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Boris Geller, Vice President, Market Development
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Raining Data Announces Production Release
of TigerLogic XML Data Management Server
IRVINE,
CA.- May 14, 2003
- TigerLogic
XDMS Version 1.1 Available Now for Solaris and Windows
-
Patent-Pending XML Profiling and Indexing Technology Delivers
Scalability and Agility
-
Innovative Operational Data Server Adds Reusable Aggregation
to the Mid-Tier
Raining
Data Corporation (Nasdaq: RDTA), a long-time provider of scalable,
flexible and reliable data management software, today announced
the immediate availability of its innovative TigerLogic™ XML
Data Management Server (XDMS) software. Raining Data’s TigerLogic
1.1 supports Solaris, Windows 2000 and Windows XP environments
and includes patent-pending technology that significantly boosts
the performance and efficiency of data architectures by moving
commonly requested data to the mid-tier – between front-end
Web clients and back-end operational systems – where it is closer
and easier for information-hungry Web and XML-enabled applications
to access quickly.
The
TigerLogic XDMS works by decoupling data from its back-end sources,
transforming it into XML, storing it in the mid-tier, and profiling
and indexing it for fast retrieval. This involves two key innovations:
first, the TigerLogic XDMS creates a flexible storage platform
that can handle data of any type or structure persistently in
the mid-tier and transform it into industry standard XML; second,
its patent-pending XML indexing and profiling technology manages
data so it can be rapidly accessed by XML-consuming applications,
as much as 10 times faster than most other XML data management
alternatives according to internal tests1.
In
addition, the TigerLogic XDMS uses Raining Data’s unique Pick®
Universal Data Model (“Pick UDM”) to power its underlying storage
engine, allowing new data sources to be connected to the TigerLogic
XDMS data model with almost no programming. This creates an
extensible and flexible environment enabling companies to unleash
the full power of XML. Unlike data management alternatives,
the TigerLogic XDMS doesn’t need to know the schema or structure
of data before being able to process and store it. This ability
to make XML schemas optional is a vital innovation because the
structures of operational systems frequently change and mapping
schemas for the purpose of linking to a new data source is both
difficult and time-consuming.
Enriching
Enterprise Ecosystems: Mid-Tier Operational Data Servers
The TigerLogic XDMS can best be described as a mid-tier operational
data server, integrating and transforming data of any type or
structure into XML and then storing it in the mid-tier to satisfy
requests for commonly needed aggregated information, fast. It
is specifically this kind of functionality that Wayne Kernochan,
Aberdeen Group managing VP of research and recognized information
integration and data management expert, calls for in his description
of a mid-tier operational data store, found in a recent paper
titled “Information Aggregation: Data without Frontiers.” (available
from Aberdeen Group at http://www.aberdeen.com/ab_abstracts/2003/04/04030035.htm)
“The
recent shift of focus among enterprise customers towards strategic
information management underscores the importance of combining
unstructured and semi-structured data with relational structured
data to provide a richer set of information that enables intelligent
business processes, creates opportunities for smarter triggers
for programmed trades, enriches dynamic value-chain planning
decisions, and so on,” said Kernochan. “Effective mid-tier operational
data stores, of which Raining Data’s TigerLogic XDMS is a strong
example, can provide all of the functionality of an enterprise
database and function as a flexible and extensible repository,
as well as a secure and scalable mid-tier data engine. This
allows users not only to improve the performance and scalability
of mission-critical databases and applications but also to efficiently
aggregate key data from databases, repositories, and shared
file systems with XML-empowered flexibility.”
According
to interviews with members of Raining Data’s customer advisory
board which includes IT architects from a number of Fortune
1000 companies, operational data servers have emerged as an
important enhancement to multi-tier application architectures
which adds extensibility and reusable data aggregation to the
mid-tier. This innovation results in efficiently meeting the
operational data needs of Web Services and composite applications
that Web-enable access to enterprise back-end systems. Without
this functionality present in their infrastructures, companies
run the risk of creating an unmanageable demand for back-end
data access, a problem that is only worsened with the use of
Web Services or federated XML query engines designed to access
back-end data sources directly. Handling such an increased processing
load can lead to costly over-provisioning – the process of buying
new hardware, software and network capacity to create many more
back-up systems than are actually needed in a data center.
“The
innovations created by the TigerLogic XDMS are crucial because
the economy doesn’t allow most information technology managers
to pay the cost of over-provisioning – and yet no rational organization
in the world would knowingly put its most critical data at risk,”
said Boris Geller, VP of Market Development at Raining Data.
“Fortunately, over-provisioning can be minimized with the right
set of tools, especially important when developing Web Services
and deploying composite applications. Research shows that roughly
50 percent of data requests are ‘read-only’ inquiries that don’t
alter back-end operational systems in any way. Offloading that
processing to the TigerLogic XDMS mid-tier operational data
server is a path to better business for the thousands of organizations
that might otherwise spend millions of dollars building out
their data centers.”
The
TigerLogic XDMS alleviates the need for over-provisioning by
aggregating commonly requested data from the back-end and storing
it in the mid-tier, updating itself when changes are made to
the sources. This means requests for relatively static data
such as an account balances, product catalogues, financial research,
inventory or customer records will touch back-end systems far
less frequently, preserving precious processing power for the
most critical data requests – those that need real-time answers
or change data on the fly.
Pricing
and Availability
Raining Data’s TigerLogic XDMS version 1.1 is currently available
for Windows 2000, Windows XP and Solaris platforms. Software
license fee pricing starts at $25,000 per server and varies
based on selected platforms and configurations.
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 .NETTM 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 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.
1 Based on internal Raining Data performance benchmarks
conducted on IBM xSeries servers running X007-defined query
profiles on Windows 2000 Server. TigerLogic XDMS was benchmarked
against three other commercially available XML database products:
1) an object DB technology based product, 2) a hierarchical
DB technology based product and 3) a relational DB technology
based product. More information on X007 benchmarks can be found
at www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~ebh/XOO7.html.
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Except
for the historical facts contained herein, the foregoing release
contains forward-looking statements regarding the use and market
for mid-tier operational data servers and the ability for TigerLogic
XDMS to 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 TigerLogic
XDMS 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 reports on Form 10-KSB and Form
10-QSB. 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,
Omnis and Omnis Studio are registered trademarks and TigerLogic
is a trademark of Raining Data Corporation. All other trademarks
and registered trademarks are properties of their respective
owners.
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