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Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 09:53:51 -0500
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From: Christa Campbell 
Subject: OBJECTIVITY INC. ANNOUNCES GENERAL AVAILABILITY OF 
  OBJECTIVITY/DB 5.2


				Contact:	Kristi Furrer
						Objectivity,Inc.
						(650) 254-7170 

					kristi.furrer@objectivity.com 


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Objectivity Inc. Announces General Availability of Objectivity/DB 5.2 -Developers of Mission-Critical Applications Recognize Significant Time-to-Benefit with New Features -
PORTLAND, Ore. and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., (November 15, 1999) - - - Objectivity, Inc., the leading provider of distributed, scalable object databases, today announced the general availability of Objectivity/DB Release 5.2 for all major software development platforms and languages. This new version of Objectivity's high-end object database includes numerous enhancements and features to accelerate the development of mission-critical applications for telecommunications, manufacturing, government, science, complex information management and the Web. Objectivity 5.2 delivers many productivity and performance enhancements, including: Active Schema for full control of schema modification from any C++ program; Scalable Collections to create, build and query collections that have hundreds of millions of objects; Hot Failover to allow operation in a two-machine hot-standby redundancy configuration; support for all Java native types from C++, plus Java 2, VisualWorks 5i, and ENVY 5 for Smalltalk support. New options available for Objectivity/DB 5.2 include: Objectivity/Secure, which allows a program to interface with a customer-provided authentication package to fully control access to Objectivity databases, and Objectivity Open File System (OOFS), for creating interfaces to advanced hierarchical storage systems, such as HPSS. Availability, Pricing and Platform/Language Support Objectivity/DB Version 5.2 is available immediately from Objectivity by calling (800) 767-6259, or sending an e-mail to info@objectivity.com. Prices vary depending on the quantity of licenses and options ordered. Platforms supported include Windows, Intel Linux, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, Compaq Tru-64, HP-UX and SGI Irix. Languages supported include Java, C++ and Smalltalk. More About Objectivity, Inc. Objectivity, Inc., is the leading provider of distributed, scalable object databases with unrivaled support for mixed-language development and mixed-hardware environments. Objectivity boosts developer productivity, shortens time to market, and provides the ideal platform for mission-critical applications requiring continuous performance and adaptability to future technologies. Objectivity, Inc., is headquartered in Mountain View, California, USA. For more information, contact Objectivity by e-mail at info@objectivity.com, on the World Wide Web at http://www.objectivity.com or by calling (650) 254-7100.
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