OpenLink Software, Inc, industry and technology leader in the development and deployment of secure, high-performance database connectivity drivers for ODBC and JDBC, announces the availability of its Universal Data Access Suite, Release 5.0.
This update to its collective ODBC ecosystem for Mac OS X comprises the OpenLink ODBC Administrator, ODBC drivers for all major databases, an ODBC SDK for ODBC compliant application and driver developers, and a Runtime Environment (iODBC Driver Manager).
Release 5.0 adds full Unicode and Rendezvous support (when also supported by the back-end DBMS) to OpenLink`s Data Access Suite, while expanding platform and DBMS support to include JDBC 3.0 (JDK 1.4), and the latest shipping versions of OpenLink Virtuoso, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB/2, Informix, Sybase Adaptive Server, Progress and others.
This update builds on OpenLink`s history of providing a data access infrastructure to Mac OS X developers comparable to that found on Mac OS 9, Windows, Linux, or other Unix variants. Re-affirming its commitment to open source development, OpenLink provided numerous updates to the FreeTDS Project, upon which the new, blazingly fast Sybase and Microsoft SQL Server drivers are based.
"The ODBC ecosystem that OpenLink has created for Mac OS X underscores our commitment to delivering Open Database Connectivity on any platform," said Ted Thibodeau, Jr, Technology Evangelist at OpenLink Software. "Mac OS X`s Developer Tools include our iODBC SDK and redistributable runtime components [iODBC Driver Manager], which provide ODBC support to all Mac OS users and developers. OpenLink has also provided an updated Frameworks-based iODBC SDK, including the Aqua-based OpenLink ODBC Administrator, for free download and use since Mac OS X 10.0."
"ODBC for Mac OS X that has functional parity with its Windows, Linux and Unix counterparts is strategically important to Apple developers and end-users alike. There is no other way of decoupling solutions from application programming languages, backend database systems, and host operating systems," said Kingsley Idehen, President and CEO of OpenLink Software.
"Our data access technology enhancements demonstrate our timeless commitment to the concept of Open Database Connectivity on the Mac OS platform," he added.
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