PRESS
RELEASE
Contact
Information
Raining
Data Corporation
17500
Cartwright Rd.
Irvine, CA 92614-5846
Brian C. Bezdek, Chief Financial Officer
Phone: (949) 442-4400
Fax: (949) 250-8187
brian.bezdek@rainingdata.com
RAINING
DATA ANNOUNCES
SUPPORT FOR MICROSOFT® .NET™ FRAMEWORK
IRVINE,
CA.- February 17, 2003
Raining
Data Corporation (Nasdaq: RDTA), a long-time provider of scaleable,
flexible and reliable data management software, today announced
the support for the Microsoft .NET Framework with the availability
of the Pick® Data Provider for .NET. The Pick Data Provider
allows D3®, UniData® and UniVerse® database
platform users to take advantage of the .Net Framework by utilizing
Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET. A Data Provider in the .NET
Framework serves as a bridge between an application and a data
source. Raining Data’s Pick Data Provider for .NET is designed
to provide additional functionality by exposing the inherent
capabilities of the Pick Data Management Environment when developing
or deploying applications with the Microsoft .NET Framework.
This
product is available as development and deployment software
licenses:
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Pick Data Provider for the Visual Studio .NET Integrated Development
Environment (IDE)
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Pick Database Server Access License Upgrades for .Net Deployment
BENEFITS
AND FEATURES
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 through
the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR). 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
AVAILABILITY
AND PRICING
Pick
Data Provider for .NET is available immediately for early adopters
for Raining Data’s D3 database platform and for the
UniData and UniVerse (U2™) database platforms from IBM®.
Full production release for D3 is anticipated by
June 2003. Pricing is starting at $495 per Developer software
license and $200 per Database Server Access License.
“The
Pick Data Provider for .Net allows Pick and Pick-like database
users to leverage their existing application code within the
.NET Framework by giving them the ability to deploy solutions
within the latest Microsoft architecture with minimal additional
development time,” said Carlton H. Baab, President and CEO.
“The combination of the Visual Studio .Net development environment
with the Pick database technology creates the ability for our
existing customers to protect their investment while at the
same time leverage the latest Web application and XML Web Services
deployment architecture,” added Baab.
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, scaleable and extensible
storage and retrieval of critical business data across a variety
of structured and unstructured information sources, delivering
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) mvDesigner®,
an object-oriented rapid application development (RAD) tool
developed for use with multi-dimensional database applications;
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 140 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 statements contained herein, the foregoing
release contains forward-looking statements, including statements
regarding the timing and availability of new products and technology
as well as compatibility with third-party software and applications.
These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties.
Actual results could differ materially from those expressed
in any such forward-looking statements, including but not limited
to the ability to penetrate new markets and attract new customers,
the market acceptance of the Company’s products and updates,
the success of research and development efforts and technical
risks related to such 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 reports on Form 10-KSB and Form 10-QSB for factors
potentially affecting the company’s future financial results.
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 news release.
Raining
Data, Pick, mvDesigner, D3, mvEnterprise, mvBase,
Omnis 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 and U2 is a trademark of International Business Machines
Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks
are properties of their respective owners.
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