PRESS
RELEASE
Contact
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Raining
Data Corporation
Phone:
(949) 442-4400
Fax: (949) 250-8187
Investor/Financial
Contact:
Brian C. Bezdek, Chief Financial Officer
brian.bezdek@rainingdata.com
Marketing/Press
Contact:
Mario Barrenechea, Sr. Vice President, Sales & Marketing
mario.barrenechea@rainingdata.com
Brooks
Equipment Selects Raining Data’s Pick Data Provider
For New Application Development
IRVINE,
CA. – June 19, 2003
Pick
Data Provider to Allow Development of .NET Applications For
Use with
Brooks’ Existing IBM UniData Database Management System
Brooks Equipment, the nation’s largest business to business
wholesale distributor of fire and safety products, has selected
Raining Data’s Pick Data Provider for .Net for the development
of their internal applications. Brooks intends to re-write their
existing in-house applications in C# using Microsoft’s .Net
development environment and will utilize the Pick Data Provider
to provide access to the company’s existing IBM UniData database.
The Brooks applications support business-critical areas such
as order fulfillment and back office processes, including accounts
receivable, accounts payable and warehouse management.
"The
Pick Data Provider for .Net product will allow us to quickly
extend the existing functionality of our in-house UniData application
to a more modern GUI Client/Server and Web interface, utilizing
Visual Studio .Net,” said Richard Goff, Chief Information Officer
at Brooks Equipment. “In addition to the highly functional visual
components provided in the product, the Pick Data Provider offers
an extensive class library that allows us to control the most
critical aspects of transactional data, directly from Visual
C#,” added Goff.
“Visual Studio .Net and Raining Data’s Pick Data Provider for
.Net are an enterprise class technology combination for building
and deploying mission-critical applications for client/server,
the web, mobile devices and web services. The Pick Data Provider
allows IBM UniData, IBM UniVerse and our D3
database platform users to take advantage of the .Net Framework
by utilizing Microsoft Visual Studio .Net,” said Mario Barrenechea,
SVP of Sales and Marketing for Raining Data.
About Pick Data Provider for .Net
The Pick Data Provider component for Visual Studio .Net is tightly
integrated with the .Net Framework. It allows software developers
to build Client/Server applications, Web applications or Web
services using any of the programming languages supported in
Microsoft Visual Studio .Net. These include, but are not limited
to, ASP.NET, VB.NET, C#, C++.NET and J#.
Features of the Pick Data Provider:
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Application-to-application bridge between .Net and server-based
business rules
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Smart binding and caching between visual objects and data
fields and queries
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Optimistic and pessimistic locking handler
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Extensions to the event handler to allow pre and post processing
of server data files
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Method extensions for file I/O and updates
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Multiple connections handling to different databases and systems
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Data Management administration tool for accounts, tables,
records and server-based code
About
Brooks Equipment
Founded in 1941, Brooks Equipment is the nation’s leading business-to-business
wholesale distributor of fire equipment and related parts headquartered
in Charlotte, NC, with 20 locations across the United States.
Brooks’ customers have access to an inventory of over 26,000
items, and that number is growing weekly. Brooks is dedicated
to bringing value to the fire industry with quality products
and a high level of customer service. Brooks’ storied past and
rich history reflect, not only its commitment to stocking the
widest selection and the best products in the industry, but
also its promise to be the very best in service. This is evident
by a long list of loyal and satisfied customers. Brooks' products
include Fire Extinguishers, Cabinets, Accessories and Covers,
Fire Hose, Nozzles, Brass & Fire Department Connections,
Emergency Response Products, Sprinkler Accessories & Standpipe
Equipment, Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors, Safety Products,
First Aid Products, Exit & Emergency Lighting, Signs, Labels
& Tags, Service Equipment, and Fire Extinguisher Parts.
More information about Brooks Equipment and its products can
be found at www.brooksequipment.com.
About
Raining Data
Raining Data Corporation (Nasdaq: RDTA), headquartered in Irvine,
California, has been providing reliable data management and
rapid application deployment solutions for developers of database
applications for more than two decades. Raining Data's flagship
products include: 1) high-performance TigerLogic™ XML Data Management
Server (XDMS), which provides flexible, scalable and extensible
storage and retrieval of critical business data across a variety
of structured and unstructured information sources, delivering
mid-tier scalability and transactional integrity of enterprise
databases as well as dynamic extensibility and ease of use,
mostly found in repositories and file systems; 2) D3®,
mvEnterprise® and mvBase® family of powerful Pick®
based hierarchical multi-dimensional database management systems
that are the choice of more than a thousand application developers
worldwide; 3) the Pick Data Provider for .Net™ which allows
D3,
UniData® and UniVerse® database platform users to take
advantage of the .Net Framework by utilizing Microsoft Visual
Studio® .Net by serving as a bridge between an application
and the data source; and 4) Omnis Studio®, a powerful, cross-platform,
object-oriented RAD tool for developing sophisticated thick-client,
Web-client or ultra thin-client database applications.
The
Raining Data customer installed base includes more than 500,000
active users, representing over 20,000 customer sites worldwide
with a significant base of diverse vertical applications. With
over 150 employees in four countries, the company has an extensive
distribution channel, 24x7 customer support and a strong international
presence. More information about Raining Data Corporation and
its products can be found at www.rainingdata.com
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Except for the historical facts contained herein, the foregoing
release contains forward-looking statements regarding the ability
for the Pick Data Provider to perform certain functions and
meet certain needs. Actual results could differ materially from
those expressed in any such forward-looking statements. These
forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties,
including but not limited to the market acceptance of the Pick
Data Provider for .Net and other products and updates, the success
of the Company’s research and development efforts to develop
new products, technical risks related to the Company’s products
and updates and other risks and uncertainties. Please consult
the various reports and documents filed by Raining Data Corporation
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including
but not limited to the Company’s most recent report on Form
10-KSB. All forward-looking statements are made as of the date
hereof and the Company disclaims any responsibility to update
or revise any forward-looking statement provided in this release.
Raining
Data, Pick, D3, mvEnterprise, mvDesigner, mvBase
and Omnis Studio are registered trademarks and TigerLogic is
a trademark of Raining Data Corporation. Microsoft and Visual
Studio are registered trademarks and .Net is a trademark of
the Microsoft Corporation. IBM, UniData and UniVerse are registered
trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. All
other trademarks and registered trademarks are properties of
their respective owners.
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