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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
RAD Studio XE Sneak Preview: Optimizing and Automating the Build Process
SAN FRANCISCO – August 17, 2010 — Embarcadero Technologies, a leading provider of multi-platform database tools and developer software, today announced the second of three Embarcadero® RAD Studio XE sneak previews leading up to the launch of the new application development suite in early September. The upcoming “2011” release will be named RAD Studio XE and will include Delphi® XE, C++Builder® XE, Delphi Prism™ XE and RadPHP™ XE.
The second sneak preview reveals new tools for developers to automate, manage and add additional functionality to their build processes. Several new tools are being added to RAD Studio XE to help streamline the development process through build automation, code quality assurance using static analysis, performance profiling, memory and resource debugging, and logging.
New RAD Studio XE tools revealed in this second preview include:
- FinalBuilder Embarcadero Edition includes features to define, debug, maintain, run and schedule repeatable build processes
- Command line audits, metrics and documention generation to add even more functionality to automated builds
- AQTime Standard with profiling features to deliver high-performance applications
- CodeSite Express with logging tools to assist with building high-quality applications
“Most developers would argue that time constraints and scope creep make it impossible for them to work any harder, so the alternative is to work smarter – accomplish more in less time and automate all of the repeatable tasks,” said Michael Swindell, senior vice president of marketing and product management for Embarcadero Technologies. “With the new tools that we’re incorporating into RAD Studio XE, developers can focus on coding the important stuff and automate the rest.”
The RAD Studio XE release also marks the extension of the new XE brand and capability set to Embarcadero’s application development line, including RAD Studio and each standalone tool in the suite. XE products are distinguished by three key components: support for multiple database types and deployment environments; Embarcadero® ToolCloud technology for centralized license management and on-demand tool access; and an easy upgrade path to Embarcadero® All-Access™ XE.
As with all Embarcadero tools, the RAD Studio XE suite of products will also be available via the Embarcadero All-Access toolbox.
Throughout August, Embarcadero will be showcasing sneak previews to show what’s in store for RAD Studio XE with its new versions of Delphi XE, C++Builder XE, Delphi Prism XE and, now, RadPHP XE.
To view the latest sneak peek blogs and videos on RAD Studio XE, visit http://www.embarcadero.com/rad-studio-xe-preview
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Embarcadero RAD Studio XE Sneak Preview: Coding and Productivity Enhancements for New Development Suite
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Embarcadero Technologies, a leading provider of multi-platform database tools and developer software, today announced the first of three Embarcadero® RAD Studio XE sneak previews leading up to the launch of the new application development suite in early September. The upcoming “2011” release will be named RAD Studio XE and will include Delphi® XE, C++Builder® XE, Delphi Prism™ XE and RadPHP™ XE.
“These new capabilities offer very specific benefits that will enable developers to save time on coding, increase productivity and focus on developing quality applications faster.”
This first sneak preview showcases developer and team productivity enhancements that will be made possible with the new release, along with enhancements to the IDE and new tool chain, modeling and debugging capabilities. These new core productivity enhancements will enable developers to better manage their source code and, ultimately, streamline the development process.
New RAD Studio XE features revealed in this first preview include:
- Subversion version control integration to help manage source code revisions in the Delphi, C++Builder and Delphi Prism IDEs
- Rapid PHP web development added to RAD Studio with RadPHP XE
- New debugging features for Delphi, C++Builder and RadPHP XE
- Modeling enhancements in Delphi XE, including enhanced code generation from the modeler for higher quality code, as well as the ability to generate sequence diagrams from methods
“Developers are constantly challenged to keep productivity high, yet they’re also required to manage source code revisions for themselves and within their team,” said Michael Swindell, senior vice president of marketing and product management for Embarcadero Technologies. “These new capabilities offer very specific benefits that will enable developers to save time on coding, increase productivity and focus on developing quality applications faster.”
The RAD Studio XE release also marks the extension of the new XE brand and capability set to Embarcadero’s application development line, including RAD Studio and each standalone tool in the suite. XE products are distinguished by three key components: support for multiple database types and deployment environments; Embarcadero® ToolCloud technology for centralized license management and on-demand tool access; and an easy upgrade path to Embarcadero® All-Access™ XE.
As with all Embarcadero tools, the RAD Studio XE suite of products will also be available via the Embarcadero All-Access toolbox.
Throughout August, Embarcadero will be showcasing sneak previews to show what’s in store for RAD Studio XE with its new versions of Delphi XE, C++Builder XE, Delphi Prism XE and, now, RadPHP XE.
To view the latest sneak peek blogs and videos on RAD Studio XE, visit http://www.embarcadero.com/rad-studio-xe-preview.
About Embarcadero Technologies
Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of award-winning tools for application developers and database professionals so they can design systems right, build them faster and run them better, regardless of their platform or programming language. Ninety of the Fortune 100 and an active community of more than three million users worldwide rely on Embarcadero products to increase productivity, reduce costs, simplify change management and compliance and accelerate innovation. Founded in 1993, Embarcadero is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices located around the world. Embarcadero is online at www.embarcadero.com.
Embarcadero, the Embarcadero Technologies logos and all other Embarcadero Technologies product or service names are trademarks or registered trademarks of Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Special Offer for C++Builder Architect Customers!
If you’ve been waiting to upgrade, now is the time. You will never get more for less.
For a limited time, Embarcadero is offering a specially priced C++Builder® Architect upgrade that not only includes the latest C++Builder 2010 release, but also over a dozen of our best database and application development tools wrapped into a single All-Access license.
Plus, you’ll get a full year of support and maintenance so you will stay up to date and get all of the upcoming releases, including the next C++Builder release. For a limited time when you upgrade to the C++Builder All-Access* Bundle for only $3,795 you get:
Our world-class RAD tools
• Delphi® Architect
• C++Builder Architect
• Delphi Prism™ Enterprise
• Delphi® for PHP
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• Rapid SQL® Pro and Developer Pro
• DB Optimizer Professional
• DB Change Manager Pro Unlimited
• ER/Studio® Enterprise
• DBArtisan® Standard
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• JBuilder® Enterprise
• 3rdRail®
• J Optimizer
• InterBase® SMP Server Edition
This special C++Builder All-Access offer includes over $17,000 worth of developer and database tools, a full year of upcoming releases for only $3,795, plus one full year of support and maintenance.
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Mastering Data Modeling for Master Data Domains
The concept of the “master” data repository implies that there is one and only one instance of each conceptual entity within the organization’s data environment. Yet over time, siloed business process, application, and data model development has led to diversity in representations of similar concepts across the different applications. So while the concept of multi-domain master data management maps from the “silo” approach, it conflicts with the idea that the same entity might exist more than once in different contexts.
Join MDM expert, David Loshin, for an insightful discussion on the importance of developing master data models and the challenges and success strategies when developing master data models.
Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Time: 11:00 AM Pacific / 2:00 PM Eastern
In this one hour webinar, you’ll learn:
- Understanding the type of master data concepts used across the enterprise
- Differentiating between entity and the role that the entity plays in each context
- Understanding the relationships among the different entities within and across contexts
- Soliciting and articulating information requirements to guide data modeling and master system development
About the Presenter
David Loshin
President
Knowledge Integrity Inc.
David is the President of Knowledge Integrity, Inc., a consulting and development company focusing on customized information management solutions including information quality solutions consulting, information quality training and business rules solutions. Loshin is the author of Master Data Management, Enterprise Knowledge Management – The Data Quality Approach and Business Intelligence – The Savvy Manager's Guide. He has an expert channel on BeyeNetwork where he blogs on information quality and is a frequent speaker on maximizing the value of information.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Survey: Majority of App Developers on Windows 7 Bandwagon
Popularity of touch technologies is greatest driver, according to an industry survey by Embarcadero
Spurred in part by the rising popularity of Windows 7 features like Touch and Multi-Touch technology, more software developers are developing applications for Windows 7, according to a recent survey conducted by Embarcadero Technologies.
"54% of developers said they are currently developing applications for Windows 7, and another 25% said they plan to start developing them in the next year"
More than half of the software developers surveyed – 54% – indicated that they are currently developing applications for Windows 7 and another 25% said they plan to start developing Windows 7 applications in the next year. Of those who are currently developing for Windows 7, the majority said they started within the past six months to one year. Meanwhile, 10% said they have no plans to develop Windows 7 applications.
Enthusiasm for Windows 7 development is being driven, in part, by developers’ eagerness to include popular features like Touch, Multi-touch and enhanced graphics into their software. When asked which Windows 7 features they are most excited about integrating into their applications, nearly 40% said Touch, Multi-touch and gestures input, while 27% said enhanced graphics, animations and Windows Imaging Component. and 24% said ribbon controls. Respondents were more lukewarm about multimedia features such as Windows Live Movie Maker and Internet TV.
“The popularity of devices like the iPhone and iPad have helped drive mainstream acceptance of Touch-based technologies. This popularity transcends into the developer community and I doubt we’ll see it abate anytime soon,” said Michael Rozlog, product manager for Delphi Solutions at Embarcadero.
Not surprisingly, 34% of respondents indicated that the biggest challenge with developing Windows 7 applications is being able to support users on older versions of Windows. Microsoft is ending support for Windows XP in April 2014 and many analysts are encouraging enterprises and consumers to switch to Windows 7 by the end of 2012, although their urging has been met with some reluctance. That speaks to the next biggest challenge cited – more than 15% of developers said they are waiting for more organizations to adopt Windows 7 to make it worth their while.
Other insights from the survey include:
- The majority plan to develop Windows 7 desktop applications first, with database applications second on the list, followed by utilities/tools
- Small business applications are higher on the priority list than enterprise applications
- More than 10% said their biggest Windows 7 development challenge is having to learn something new
- Only 3% of respondents cited Windows 7 stability and performance as a development challenge
The survey was conducted in May 2010 by Embarcadero Technologies. The 606 respondents were a mixture of developers, architects and analysts.
About Embarcadero Technologies Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of award-winning tools for application developers and database professionals so they can design systems right, build them faster and run them better, regardless of their platform or programming language. Ninety of the Fortune 100 and an active community of more than three million users worldwide rely on Embarcadero products to increase productivity, reduce costs, simplify change management and compliance and accelerate innovation. Founded in 1993, Embarcadero is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices located around the world. Embarcadero is online at www.embarcadero.com.
Embarcadero, the Embarcadero Technologies logos and all other Embarcadero Technologies product or service names are trademarks or registered trademarks of Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Embarcadero Webinar: How Meaningful Use Impacts Healthcare Data Management Professionals
Embarcadero Technologies and healthcare IT expert Shahid Shah on Wednesday, July 14 at 2:00 p.m. EDT for an insightful one-hour webinar that explores the impact of Meaningful Use (MU) and the certification of electronic health record (EHR) systems on data management professionals.
To register for this free webinar, visit the registration site.
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, created an opportunity to improve the performance of the nation’s health system through an unprecedented investment in health information technology. However, healthcare entities must implement 25 major MU requirements into their EHR systems to qualify for a piece of the billions of dollars in government incentive funds.
Healthcare architects, developers and DBAs developing information systems must be thoroughly familiar with MU to understand how the requirements will change their existing and future implementations. A recent survey of healthcare IT professionals conducted by Embarcadero shows that close to 60% are in the process of implementing an EHR system.
Webinar attendees will learn:
• An explanation of ARRA, HITECH, MU, and certification
• How technical personnel such as data architects, DBAs and developers will be affected by MU
• The best ways to determine the MU gaps that might be found in existing systems
• The types of additional expertise technical personnel may need to meet MU
• How quickly systems will need to be modified and deployed to adhere to MU rules
Registered webinar attendees will also receive a complimentary copy of Shahid Shah’s white paper, “How Meaningful Use Impacts Healthcare Data Management Professionals.”
About the Speaker
Shahid N. Shah is an internationally recognized and influential healthcare IT thought leader who is known as "The Healthcare IT Guy" across the Internet. He is an Embarcadero consultant and he also advises various federal agencies on IT matters. Shahid has architected and built multiple clinical solutions over his almost 20-year career and he is a winner of the Federal Computer Week coveted Fed 100 award, which is given to IT experts who have made a big impact in the government. He helped design and deploy the American Red Cross’s EHR solution across thousands of sites; he’s built two web-based EMRs now in use by hundreds of physicians; he’s designed large groupware and collaboration sites in use by thousands; and, as an ex-CTO for a billion dollar division of CardinalHealth, he helped design advanced clinical interfaces for medical devices and hospitals. Shahid also serves as a senior technology strategy advisor to NIH’s SBIR/STTR program helping small businesses commercialize their healthcare applications.
About Embarcadero Technologies
Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of award-winning tools for application developers and database professionals so they can design systems right, build them faster and run them better, regardless of their platform or programming language. Ninety of the Fortune 100 and an active community of more than three million users worldwide rely on Embarcadero products to increase productivity, reduce costs, simplify change management and compliance and accelerate innovation. Founded in 1993, Embarcadero is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices located around the world. Embarcadero is online at www.embarcadero.com.
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
Achieving HITECH Meaningful Use and Certification for Data Management Professionals
What Healthcare Data Architects, Developers, and DBA’s need to know about achieving HITECH Meaningful Use and Certification
The HITECH Act, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Stimulus Bill passed in 2009, establishes 25 major “Meaningful Use” (MU) requirements that all electronic medical records systems must implement in order to have their users qualify for billions in government incentive money. These MU requirements will change existing and future implementations, affecting nearly all healthcare architects, developers and DBAs developing these information systems.
Join healthcare IT expert, Shahid Shah, for an insightful webinar on the impacts of meaningful use, certification of electronic health record systems, and what this means to data management professionals.
Date: Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
Time: 11:00 AM Pacific / 2:00 PM Eastern
In this one hour webinar, you’ll learn:
- What ARRA, HITECH, Meaningful Use (MU), and Certification mean
- How technical personnel such as data architects, DBAs and developers will be affected by MU
- The best ways to determine the MU gaps that might be found in existing systems
- Additional expertise technical personnel may need to meet MU.
- How quickly systems will need to be modified and deployed to meet MU rules
Registered webinar attendees will also receive a complimentary copy of Shahid Shah’s white paper, “How Meaningful Use Impacts Healthcare Data Management Professionals”.
Register today!
About the Presenter
Shahid N. Shah is an internationally recognized and influential healthcare IT thought leader who is known as "The Healthcare IT Guy" across the Internet. He is a consultant to various federal agencies on IT matters and winner of Federal Computer Week's coveted "Fed 100" award given to IT experts that have made a big impact in the government. Shahid has architected and built multiple clinical solutions over his almost 20 year career. He helped design and deploy the American Red Cross's electronic health record solution across thousands of sites; he's built two web-based EMRs now in use by hundreds of physicians; he's designed large groupware and collaboration sites in use by thousands; and, as an ex-CTO for a billion dollar division of CardinalHealth he helped design advanced clinical interfaces for medical devices and hospitals. Shahid also serves as a senior technology strategy advisor to NIH's SBIR/STTR program helping small businesses commercialize their healthcare applications.
Shahid runs three successful blogs. At http://shahid.shah.org he writes about architecture issues, at http://www.healthcareguy.com he provides valuable insights on how to apply technology in health care, at http://www.federalarchitect.com he advises senior federal technologists, and at http://www.hitsphere.com he gives a glimpse of the health-care IT blogosphere as an aggregator.
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Top 5 Things to Know About Managing Multiple Database Platforms
Learn how to extend your current DBA skills into Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, Sybase, and more
If you’re a DBA, at some point in your career you’ll have to support two or more types of database platforms. Whether they come to you via new applications, a company acquisition, or somehow just pop up (darn those app developers!), supporting databases beyond your comfort zone can be challenging.
During this lively conversation, Stephen Wynkoop and Scott Walz will present real world examples as they discuss the five things every DBA needs to know when managing multiple database platforms:
- Schema and data migration and reporting
- Security management
- Object management and change management
- Detecting and diagnosing storage problems
- Diagnosing and repairing performance problems
Attend this webinar and you’ll learn:
- Proactive techniques you can use to improve database performance
- How setting up a proactive storage monitoring plan can improve availability while decreasing your hardware costs
- How to use the latest tools to increase you own productivity while expanding your skills into unfamiliar databases
- A general understanding of the variables involved in managing multiple database platforms
Speaker Bios
Scott Walz
Scott Walz has more than 15 years of experience in database development and administration and currently serves as the senior director of product management for Embarcadero Technologies. In this position, Scott oversees the direction of the company's database product family, while focusing on database development and administration products. Prior to joining Embarcadero four years ago, Scott served as a development lead for Louisville Gas & Electric. He holds a bachelor's degree in computer information systems from Western Kentucky University.
Stephen Wynkoop
Stephen is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP and the founder of SSWUG.ORG. He writes a daily column and newsletter on the site and produces a weekly SQL Server video program on the site. Stephen is the author of more than 12 books translated into 7 languages around the world. Stephen has spoken at numerous technology conferences and reports regularly on the happenings in the technology world.
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
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Thursday, June 3, 2010
Embarcadero Selected as 2010 SD Times 100 Award Winner
Embarcadero wins in Tools & Frameworks and Database & Data categories
SAN FRANCISCO – June 3, 2010 – Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. is the proud recipient of two 2010 SD Times 100 awards based on its demonstrated innovation and leadership in the software development community, specifically for its contributions to two categories: Tools & Frameworks and Database & Data.
SD Times editors identified the industry’s top leaders and divided them into 10 categories. Winning criteria included considering each company’s technology offering, how they advanced the software development industry, the company’s reputation, and how much buzz the company and its technology generated within the industry.
“The SD Times 100 reflects the list of companies that we believe to be the best of the best,” said Alan Zeichick, editorial director of BZ Media’s SD Times. “Year after year, Embarcadero Technologies continues to be among our list of winners due to their valuable impact on the software development industry.”
Embarcadero was also an SD Times 100 winner in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009.
About Embarcadero Technologies
Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. is the leading provider of software tools that empower application developers and data management professionals to design, build, and run applications and databases more efficiently in heterogeneous IT environments. Over 90 of the Fortune 100 and an active community of more than three million users worldwide rely on Embarcadero’s award-winning products to optimize costs, streamline compliance, and accelerate development and innovation. Founded in 1993, Embarcadero is headquartered in San Francisco with offices located around the world. Embarcadero is online at www.embarcadero.com.
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Friday, May 28, 2010
Finally, true multi-platform database tools on-demand
Now you can manage, monitor, and tune all your databases, regardless of database platform type or version. Each XE product comes complete with “out of the box” support for Oracle®, Microsoft® SQL Server®, DB2®, Sybase®, MySQL® (and more!) and can be delivered via your own private ToolCloud.
- Rapid SQL® XE – full-featured SQL IDE helps you write quality SQL faster
- DBArtisan® XE – the industry’s premier database administration tool
- DB Change Manager XE – simplify, automate and report on database changes
- DB Optimizer XE – prevent, find and fix performance issues via visual SQL profiling and tuning
- All-Access XE – easily upgrade to all the tools you need via a single, cost-effective license, so you can be amazing for less!
Embarcadero’s XE database tools enable you to extend your skills into less familiar databases. And ToolCloud technology gives everyone in your organization instant access to the tools they need, while dramatically reducing licensing, training, and operational costs. Explore Embarcadero’s full line of XE database tools at your own pace, try them free, or request a quote.
Top 10 Considerations for Choosing Database Tools – Beyond the Feature Matrix
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
Jonathan Lewis vs. Kyle Hailey -- Tune-In for the Tune-Off!
According to Jonathan Lewis, there is a basic strategy to writing efficient SQL, but it requires knowledge of the data, the metadata, and the intent of the query. Jonathan will start with the basic principles of efficient data access and then show different ways of analyzing the data. He'll then describe a graphical approach to finding the most efficient access path for a query and then apply the method to a problem he recently saw with one of his clients.
But wait... is there more than one way to skin a cat? Kyle Hailey thinks so, and he's not afraid to let Jonathan know it!
Kyle's fancy footwork will include his own approach to Visual SQL Tuning (VST) with some ring side support from DB Optimizer XE. Hitting below the belt? You be the judge.
Live! June 10, 2010 at 11AM Pacific
About the Contenders:
Jonathan Lewis
Consultant, Speaker and Author
Jonathan Lewis has been working in the IT industry for nearly 25 years, and has been using the Oracle RDBMS for more than 20. For the last 16 years he has been working as a freelance consultant, often spending only one or two days at a time with any client to address critical performance problems. Jonathan is also renowned throughout the world (having visited 42 countries at the last count) for his tutorials and seminars. He was a founding member of the Oak Table network, and one of the first individuals to be contacted by Oracle University for their "Celebrity Seminar" events. He also writes regularly for the UKOUG magazine, and occasionally for other publications around the world. In the limited amount of time he has left over, Jonathan also publishes high-tech Oracle articles on his blog at jonathanlewis.wordpress.com.
Kyle Hailey
Program Manager, Database Performance and Optimization Products
Embarcadero Technologies
Kyle Hailey has been in the industry for a decade and a half and working with Oracle for over 13 years, having spent time in support, porting, benchmarking, and kernel development at Oracle. After creating tools to improve high-end performance monitoring such as direct SGA attach and interactive graphic displays of performance data, he recently redesigned the Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g performance pages to be graphically oriented and wait-interface centric. He now works at Embarcadero on their suite of performance tuning and monitoring tools. He is a member of the Oak Table and co-author of Oracle insights: Tales of the Oak Table. He is also a regular speaker at Hotsos, NoCOUG, RMOUG, NYOUG, Oracle World and Dbforum and he teaches classes around the world on Oracle performance tuning.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Embarcadero Ups Ante in Database Tools Market with Multi-Platform, On-Demand XE Products
Embarcadero Technologies, long known for providing premium database design, development and management tools for all major database platforms, is unveiling a new line of database products that carry an XE brand. Embarcadero XE products incorporate three distinguishing features – deep, native support across all major databases with a consistent user interface, centralized license management and on-demand tool access via Embarcadero® ToolCloud™, and an easy upgrade path to Embarcadero® All-Access™ XE.
“So now, we are not only changing how premium database tools are sold, we are transforming how IT organizations can manage, provision and access those tools so they can optimize their technology spend and improve efficiency.”
XE products represent a fundamental shift in the database tools market. Leading vendors, including Embarcadero, have historically offered tools with feature support for multiple databases, but support for each database was sold separately. With Embarcadero’s XE line, support for all database types is included with each product. Embarcadero is also the only vendor providing ToolCloud technology with its products.
“With today’s increasingly complex, heterogeneous database environments, organizations need to maximize the capabilities of IT staff and leverage opportunities for greater automation, efficiency and scale,” said Will Cappelli, research vice president, Gartner. “While domain-specific database tools help meet some of these challenges, companies need to consider how easily these tools can be accessed and managed or their sought-after operational benefits may be limited.”
“We are meeting the challenges of complex IT environments by making it more cost-effective to equip IT staff with the tools they need, while simultaneously making those tools easier to manage,” said Michael Swindell, senior vice president of marketing and products for Embarcadero. “So now, we are not only changing how premium database tools are sold, we are transforming how IT organizations can manage, provision and access those tools so they can optimize their technology spend and improve efficiency.”
Embarcadero XE products are distinguished by the following capabilities:
- Heterogeneous database support: Each XE product includes deep, native database platform and version support for all major databases, including Oracle®, Microsoft SQL Server®, DB2®, Sybase®, MySQL® and more with each product providing a consistent user interface across database platforms.
- Embarcadero ToolCloud-enabled: XE products provide users with on-demand, “zero-install” access to tools, along with centralized license management, which streamline the access, administration and provisioning of tool licenses for organizations with multiple users.
- All-Access upgradeable: Embarcadero products can be upgraded to All-Access XE, a complete, on-demand tool chest for architects, DBAs and developers working in heterogeneous database environments.
Prior to Embarcadero’s new XE product line, data management professionals had two unfavorable options – using rudimentary ODBC/JDBC-based database tools that only provided generic feature support, or using platform-specific tools from database vendors or third-party tool vendors for native feature support and control. Embarcadero’s new XE tools overcome the shortcomings of these options by incorporating deep, native support for all major databases within a single tool, enabling users to extend their skills across both single platform and heterogeneous environments. Inclusion of support for all databases reduces licensing, training and operational costs.
“In the past, a customer would be identified as an Oracle shop or a SQL Server shop, but today’s IT organizations need to manage various types of databases,” added Swindell. “Our new XE products ensure they’re prepared for whatever database comes in front of them.”
XE products also incorporate Embarcadero’s ToolCloud technology. ToolCloud centralizes and simplifies tool licensing and provisioning and gives users click-and-run access to tools via Embarcadero™ InstantOn™ capabilities. This enables users to access the tools they need on-demand with full fidelity and performance and without complex installations.
Embarcadero’s initial introduction of XE products is part of a larger companywide initiative that involves extending the XE brand and capabilities across its data modeling and application development tools later this year. Meanwhile, Embarcadero’s initial line of XE tools include:
- All-Access XE – The industry’s only on-demand heterogeneous tool chest
- DB Change Manager XE – A tool for simplifying, automating and reporting on database changes
- DB Optimizer XE – A tool for heterogeneous database SQL profiling, tuning and monitoring
- DBArtisan® XE – A tool for heterogeneous database administration
- Rapid SQL® XE – A heterogeneous SQL integrated development environment (IDE)
Pricing and Availability
Five Embarcadero XE tools are now available at varying starting prices. Pricing for All-Access XE begins at $2,995, pricing for DB Change Manager XE begins at $795, pricing for DB Optimizer XE begins at $795, pricing for DBArtisan XE begins at $4,995 and pricing for Rapid SQL XE begins at $1,495. All pricing is in U.S. dollars.
About Embarcadero Technologies
Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. is the leading provider of software tools that empower application developers and data management professionals to design, build and run applications and databases more efficiently in heterogeneous IT environments. Over 90 of the Fortune 100 and an active community of more than three million users worldwide rely on Embarcadero’s award-winning products to optimize costs, streamline compliance, and accelerate development and innovation. Founded in 1993, Embarcadero is headquartered in San Francisco with offices located around the world. Embarcadero is online at www.embarcadero.com.
Embarcadero, the Embarcadero Technologies logos and all other Embarcadero Technologies product or service names are trademarks or registered trademarks of Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Watch a Demo of Embarcadero Rapid SQL XE With Scott Walz
Rapid SQL XE includes centralized license management and tool provisioning with Embarcadero's industry leading "zero-install" deployment capability. These advanced features can save significant time when it comes to managing your tool environment.
With Rapid SQL you can:
- Create high-quality SQL code faster
- Develop SQL code for up to seven popular database platforms – from a single interface
- Improve team collaboration and resource sharing, including seamless integration with source control systems
- Accelerate application development cycles with code assist, quick fixes, and debugging and profiling tools
- Produce on-the-fly, platform-specific language conversions
- Extend SQL skills into unfamiliar databases while the entire development team standardizes on one solution
Rapid SQL XE includes an Eclipse-based SQL IDE with integrated Java to SQL round-trip debuggers.
Rapid SQL XE comes complete with support for all major databases including IBM® DB2® for LUW, DB2® for z/OS, Firebird, InterBase, Microsoft® SQL Server, MySQL®, Oracle®, and Sybase®.
What’s New in Rapid SQL XE (v7.7)
New Data Source and Object Filtering Features
Rapid SQL delivers three new filtering capabilities most requested by our customers. Simple, name-based filtering lets you filter data sources based on naming. When typing characters in the data source explorer and object list filter boxes the list is updated to show only matching objects. Complex, user-defined object name filtering lets you create your own custom filters at the data source level. And Node filtering lets you hide and show objects based on object type. These new filtering enhancements enable developers to better control the user interface and work more efficiently.
Enhanced ISQL Editor
The ISQL editor in Rapid SQL 7.7 has been enhanced to meet the challenging needs of the database developer. The ISQL editor now supports “on-the-fly” syntax checking of both your code as well as the object names. To further reduce the possibility of keying errors, Rapid SQL 7.7 introduces two other powerful functions; full object look-up throughout the SQL statement, and code complete. With code complete, Rapid SQL will dynamically walk you through statements, prompting you with dropdowns, to ensure proper syntax is used.
Data Source Management
New data source management features helps streamline workflow and simplifies data source management. Data source categorization lets you visually distinguish servers used for different purposes in your enterprise. And new import and export capabilities makes it easy to quickly export and import registered data source information so you can capture data source information for backup, migrate them to other machines, or share data source information with others in your organization.
Unicode Support
In today's global environment, when data is passed over different continents and different languages, Unicode is the internationally recognized method to support global data. Rapid SQL 7.7 now offers full Unicode support throughout the application, allowing you to work with data in different languages and display the text correctly on screen.
InterBase and Firebird Support
The Rapid SQL 7.7 release introduces native support for InterBase and Firebird with connectivity, object management, SQL editing and execution facilities, and project support.
Data Editor
Improvements to the data editor include simplifying record creation and default value handling to quickly add multiple records.
User Interface Enhancements
Rapid SQL 7.7 continues the ongoing efforts to standardize object editors and wizards to improve workflow and the user interface experience.
Additional Enhancements
- Object management enhancements for Oracle, DB2 z/OS, DB2 LUW, and SQL Server
- Enhanced currency and support for DB2 z/OS and LUW
- Windows 7 support
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Embarcadero Releases Rapid SQL XE
Leading SQL IDE Includes Native Support for Heterogeneous Database Environments and Adds Support for InterBase and Firebird Databases, Plus Unicode
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Embarcadero Technologies today released Rapid SQL XE, the latest version of its integrated development environment (IDE) that enables developers and database administrators (DBAs) to produce high quality SQL code faster. Rapid SQL XE includes direct native support for heterogeneous database environments from a single user interface, and debuts support for Embarcadero® InterBase® and the open-source Firebird database, in addition to full Unicode support.
As with the recently introduced DBArtisan XE line, Rapid SQL XE includes support for all database platforms with a single product, interface and license, and also includes Embarcadero® ToolCloud™ centralized licensing and on-demand deployment features.
“As the application and database landscape becomes increasingly heterogeneous, developers must adapt by working proficiently on multiple platforms,” said Michael Swindell, senior vice president of marketing and product management, Embarcadero Technologies. “Rapid SQL XE enables IT and development managers to maximize their database development productivity by standardizing on a single tool that allows them to work on all database platforms – even ones they are not familiar with – using a single interface and minimal training.”
The intuitive SQL editing, debugging and optimization tools integrated into Rapid SQL XE help developers overcome the learning curve associated with developing for different types of databases and create high performance SQL code with optimal efficiency.
Rapid SQL XE is the second Embarcadero product to include Embarcadero ToolCloud as a standard feature. ToolCloud provides centralized licensing and provisioning plus on-demand tool deployment to improve tool manageability for IT organizations with multiple users of Rapid SQL or other Embarcadero products. Embarcadero InstantOn, also included with Rapid SQL XE, gives developers click-and-run access to Rapid SQL XE from anywhere on their network with zero-install requirements on their local machines.
Rapid SQL XE includes several feature enhancements, such as:
- Unicode Support - Unicode is the internationally recognized method to support global data and allows users to work with data in different languages and display the text correctly on screen.
- InterBase and Firebird Support - Rapid SQL XE introduces native support for InterBase and Firebird with connectivity, object management, SQL editing and execution facilities, and project support.
- Object Filtering - Rapid SQL XE delivers three new filtering capabilities most requested by our customers: name-based filtering, user-defined object name filtering and node filtering. These new filtering enhancements enable developers to better control the user interface and work more efficiently.
- Enhanced ISQL Editor - The ISQL editor now supports “on-the-fly” syntax checking of both code and object names. To further reduce the possibility of keying errors, Rapid SQL XE introduces two other powerful functions: full object look-up and code complete.
- Data Editor - Improvements to the data editor include simplifying record creation and default value handling to quickly add multiple records.
- User Interface Enhancements - Rapid SQL XE continues the ongoing efforts to standardize object editors and wizards to improve workflow and the user interface experience.
Rapid SQL XE also includes new data source management features, object management enhancements for Oracle, DB2 z/OS, DB2 LUW and SQL Server, and enhanced currency and support for DB2 z/OS and LUW and Windows 7. Rapid SQL XE supports all major databases including IBM® DB2® for LUW, DB2® for z/OS, Firebird, InterBase, Microsoft® SQL Server, MySQL®, Oracle® and Sybase®.
Press Release Source: Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. On Wednesday May 5, 2010, 8:00 am EDT
Pricing and Availability
Rapid SQL XE is now available starting at $1,495. Existing Rapid SQL customers who have purchased support for two or more database platforms can upgrade to Rapid SQL XE for $895.
About Embarcadero Technologies
Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. is the leading provider of software tools that empower application developers and data management professionals to design, build, and run applications and databases more efficiently in heterogeneous IT environments. Over 90 of the Fortune 100 and an active community of more than three million users worldwide rely on Embarcadero’s award-winning products to optimize costs, streamline compliance, and accelerate development and innovation. Founded in 1993, Embarcadero is headquartered in San Francisco with offices located around the world. Embarcadero is online at www.embarcadero.com.
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Friday, April 23, 2010
Delphi development offered for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Embarcadero will offer next month an upgrade to its Delphi Prism platform, enabling Object Pascal-based development in Microsoft's newly shipping Visual Studio 2010 IDE.
Delphi Prism 2011 is built on top of the Visual Studio shell and can be used either with Visual Studio 2010 or independently. The Visual Studio shell features the Visual Studio IDE framework as well as editors and editors.
"Delphi Prism 2011 is actually our .Net solution for the Delphi and .Net world," said Mike Rozlog, Embarcadero product manager for Delphi, which was once a Borland technology. Embarcadero acquired the former Borland development tools unit CodeGear in 2008.
Object Pascal is "considered to be one of the easiest languages to learn," in the .Net space, Rozlog said.
"Object Pascal in the .Net environment can take advantage of everything .Net has to offer," Rozlog said. Developers can build .Net. ASP.Net and data-driven applications.
When coupled with Visual Studio 2010, Delphi developers can take advantage of everything in Microsoft's software development platform, including capabilities for Silverlight; .Net Framework 4, and Windows Presentation Foundation, according to Embarcadero. Parallel processing enhancements in .Net Framework 4 are supported.
Developers also can build for Windows 7 and the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud platform.
Also featured are a redesigned IDE with improved usability and enhanced code editing.
Besides .Net 4 support and Visual Studio 2010 integration, the 2011 version of Delphi Prism features enhancements for aspect-oriented programming as well as language enhancements. An obfuscator is featured to make it more difficult to reverse-engineer code, Rozlog said. Developers also can take C# code and have it automatically converted to Prism code.
Delphi Prism 2011 offers improved connectivity to InterBase and Blackfish SQL databases. Developers also can build clients in .Net for the Delphi DataSnap application server.
Also featured with Delphi Prism 2011 is Novell's MonoDevelop IDE for building a Mono-based application development via Delphi. Mono is a runtime that allows developers to use .Net-based skills to build applications for platforms including Linux and Mac OS.
Embarcadero did not have information available Tuesday about the price of Delphi Prism 2011. The company plans to offer a new version of Delphi, for Win32 development, probably in the second half of this year.
This article, "Delphi development offered for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010," was originally published at InfoWorld.com. Follow the latest developments in business technology news and get a digest of the key stories each day in the InfoWorld Daily newsletter and on your mobile device at infoworldmobile.com.
By Paul Krill
Created 2010-04-20 02:14PM
Why Data Modeling is Now Critical to SOA Success
When SOA came on the scene, it promised to revolutionize how data is accessed within applications, across organizations and across the Web; basically anywhere it was needed.
Promoting the ultimate reuse of data and harnessing the rapid data growth were other promises of SOA. Rather than duplicating data from one system to another, SOA provided cleaner ways to access the data directly and reuse it. It was supposed to turn spaghetti-like webs of disparate systems with one-off, proprietary interfaces into an orchestrated access layer that could ask for data from anywhere and put data back seamlessly, while being more agile to changing business demands.
While SOA has accomplished this, it has also created some new challenges. How is this new data “source” documented? How is it governed? Who’s accountable to maintain quality and traceability to the back-end databases? At some point, the data in the SOA layer or enterprise service bus has to end up back in the database. If no standards are leveraged in the SOA infrastructure, integrating and sharing data can be problematic enough without it returning you to where you started with time and money wasted.
Data lives in more places that just databases. SOA has been invaluable in enabling its re-use and controlling data redundancy that can plague organizations. The backbone of Web services and SOA is XML and, more specifically, XML schemas (XSD). XSD development still elicits images of the "wild, wild west" where you build whatever you need with very little thought about reuse and standards. For the most part, XSDs have been created and managed by developers, not data architects. Developers typically they work on one project at a time, and typically do not think about enterprise-wide standards and ensuring data stored in one place is defined the same way as like data stored everywhere else.
As a result, not only can you have different representations of the same data in the SOA layer, but the version of the same data in the SOA layer can diverge greatly from data in source systems.
The XSD language also has different standards for how data is typed that provide a lot more freedom than database DDL. Precision and scale are optional on most data types. The maximum length is different between like data types like strings, dates and integers. Primary, foreign and check constraints are also treated differently. This can lead to drastic differences between the structure of the XSD and the back-end databases. If the source and target rules are not carried over to the XSD definition, it can cause many errors or, even worse, it can result in data loss as the payloads are messaged between systems.
One approach to the issue is to involve data architects in XSD development. The architects can leveraged their data models to create the XML structures much like they use data models to create databases. Models have been used to govern database development for years, so why not use the same modeling processes on XSDs? Obviously, it will make your life easier to employ a data modeling tool that provides some level of custom mapping between the logical/physical model and XSD. Once that is in place, it enables the architects to control the structure of the XML and reuse the same data elements and definitions for both database development and XML development.
XML, by nature, is hierarchical. Meanwhile, the popular database platforms are relational. This presents new challenges for trying to use data models as the common language, since they are also mostly relational. However, it is what most data architects are familiar with. Throw an XSD development tool at them and they will be a fish out of water. But if you give them their data modeling tool, they’ll be happy as clams. They will be able to play by their rules. They will understand the layout, the notation and they will be able to apply their knowledge very quickly.
To find a happy medium, most architects using modeling tools to develop canonical data models to represent the XSDs. Canonical in mathematical terms means "of simplest or standard form," and that is exactly what these models are. They rest somewhere between a logical and a conceptual model. Some parts are normalized and some parts are denormalized. Most of the time, the intention is never to generate a database or DDL with a canonical model. The intention is to reuse the data elements from the database-driven logical models in the XSD-driven canonical models. This provides two things. First, you can leverage your existing investment in your data modeling tool. Second, you will save a lot of time working in a familiar environment.
One of the most important keys to success is to let technology and software do the heavy lifting. Most sophisticated data modeling tools enable you to reuse data elements and break a large model into smaller submodels or subject areas. This is critical for aligning the canonical models with existing standards, as well as parts of the canonical model with the messages that are passed between systems. Even better, data modeling tools will help you to selectively generate custom XSD code directly from the logical or physical.
By Jason Tiret, Director of Modeling and Architecture Solutions, Embarcadero , 04/08/2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
REST and SOAP: When Should I Use Each (or Both)?
Web developers today have a myriad of technologies they can choose from; everything from simplified database access, to easy wrapping of existing middleware services, to a plethora of interesting client side software. All of these products and tools are there to give web developers the ability to create the best web-based applications in the shortest amount of time.
However, having a massive set of possible software solutions is one challenge, picking the specific approach for specific parts of the web applications is another, and web developers today have to juggle many of these decisions with changing standards or approaches seemingly appearing daily.
Take for example, the two approaches for interfacing to the web with web services, namely SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) and REST (Representational State Transfer). Both approaches work, both have advantages and disadvantages to interfacing to web services, but it is up to the web developer to make the decision of which approach may be best for each particular case.
By now, most developers have at least, from a periphery, been exposed to the REST approach, which uses a standard URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) that makes a call to a web service like http/https://www.mycompany.com/program/method?Parameters=xx. The approach is very simple to understand and can be executed on really any client or server that has HTTP/HTTPS support. The command can execute using the HTTP Get method. So developers that use this approach, cite the ease of development, use of the existing web infrastructure, and little learning overhead as key advantages to the style.
However SOAP, the granddaddy of all web services interfaces, is not going away anytime soon, and in fact with the introduction of SOAP 1.2 has fixed many of the perceived short-comings of the technology and pushing it to new levels of both adoption and ease-of-use. It should also be noted that the acronym SOAP no longer stands for Simple Object Access Protocol as of the 1.2 specification from the W3C organization; it is now just the name of the specification.
Now keep in mind that using SOAP 1.2 has some additional overhead that is not found in the REST approach, but that overhead also has advantages. First, SOAP relies on XML (Extensible Markup Language) in three ways; the Envelope – that defines what is in the message and how to process it, a set of encoding rules for datatypes, and finally the layout of the procedure calls and responses gathered. This envelope is sent via a transport (HTTP/HTTPS), and an RPC (Remote Procedure Call) is executed and the envelope is returned with information in a XML formatted document.
It is important to note that one of the advantages of SOAP is the use of the “generic” transport. While REST today uses HTTP/HTTPS, SOAP can use almost any transport to send the request, using everything from the afore mentioned to SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) and even JMS (Java Messaging Service). However, one perceived disadvantage is the use of XML because of the verboseness of it and the time it takes to parse.
However, the good news for web developers is that both technologies are very viable in today’s market. Both REST and SOAP can solve a huge number of web problems and challenges, and in many cases each can be made to do the developers bidding, which means they can work across the domain.
But the untold story is that both technologies can be mixed and matched. REST is very easy to understand and is extremely approachable, but does lack standards and is considered an architectural approach. In comparison, SOAP is an industry standard with a well-defined protocol and a set of well-established rules to be implemented, and it has been used in systems both big and small.
So this means areas that REST works really well for are:
- Limited bandwidth and resources; remember the return structure is really in any format (developer defined). Plus, any browser can be used because the REST approach uses the standard GET, PUT, POST, and DELETE verbs. Again, remember that REST can also use the XMLHttpRequest object that most modern browsers support today, which adds an extra bonus of AJAX.
- Totally stateless operations; if an operation needs to be continued, then REST is not the best approach and SOAP may fit it better. However, if you need stateless CRUD (Create, Read, Update, and Delete) operations, then REST is it.
- Caching situations; if the information can be cached because of the totally stateless operation of the REST approach, this is perfect.
That covers a lot of solutions in the above three. So why would I even consider SOAP? Again, SOAP is fairly mature and well-defined and does come with a complete specification. The REST approach is just that, an approach and is wide open for development, so if you have the following then SOAP is a great solution:
- Asynchronous processing and invocation; if your application needs a guaranteed level of reliability and security then SOAP 1.2 offers additional standards to ensure this type of operation. Things like WSRM – WS-Reliable Messaging.
- Formal contracts; if both sides (provider and consumer) have to agree on the exchange format then SOAP 1.2 gives the rigid specifications for this type of interaction.
- Stateful operations; if the application needs contextual information and conversational state management then SOAP 1.2 has the additional specification in the WS* structure to support those things (Security, Transactions, Coordination, etc). Comparatively, the REST approach would make the developers build this custom plumbing.
As shown above, each technology approach has their uses. They both have underlying issues around security, transport layers, and the like, but they both can get the job done and in many cases, they each bring something to the web. So for this argument, the best rule, is the rule of flexibility, because no matter what the problem at least in today’s web development world, web developers have great solutions using either of these protocols.
About the Author
Mike Rozlog is the senior director of products for Embarcadero Technologies, a database tools and developer software company . In this role, he is focused on ensuring the developer focused products being created by Embarcadero meet the expectations of developers around the world. Much of his time is dedicated to discussing and explaining the technical and business aspects of Embarcadero’s products and services to analysts and other audiences worldwide. Mike was formerly with CodeGear, a developer tools group that was acquired by Embarcadero in 2008. Previously, he spent more than eight years working for Borland in a number of positions, including a primary role as Chief Technical Architect. A reputed author, Mike has been published numerous times. His latest collaboration is Mastering JBuilder from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
dbExpress Database Access Components in Delphi - Delphi 101
Mastering Database Application Development
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dbExpress Database Access Components in Delphi - Delphi 101
This tutorial video describes how to use the dbExpress database access components in Delphi and RAD Studio along with a demonstration of rapidly building a database application with the Firebird database.
About the Presenter
Mike Rozlog
Product Manager of Delphi Solutions at Embarcadero Technologies
Mike Rozlog is the Product Manager of Delphi Solutions for Embarcadero Technologies. In this role, he is focused on ensuring the family of Delphi developer products being created by Embarcadero meets the expectations of developers around the world. Much of his time is dedicated to discussing and explaining the technical and business aspects of Embarcadero’s products and services to analysts and other audiences worldwide. Mike was formerly with CodeGear, a developer tools group that was acquired by Embarcadero in 2008. Previously, he spent more than eight years working for Borland in a number of positions, including a primary role as Chief Technical Architect. A reputed author, Mike has been published numerous times. His latest collaboration is Mastering JBuilder from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.