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FairCom releases c-treeSQL Server

FairCom has released c-treeSQL Server, a database server incoporating an SQL engine built on the core of the c-tree Server. This technology includes embedded SQL and interactive SQL utilities as well as JDBC and ODBC drivers and new C/C++ API's. c-treeDB provides a way of accessing the c-tree database engine regardless of the operational model of your database. C-tree Plus V7.12 is priced at $895, and production editions of c-treeSQL Server and c-tree Server start at $790. For more information, contact: FairCom, +1.573.445.6822; fax +1.574.445.9698; www.faircom.com

Trolltech AS announces Qt

Trolltech has announced Qt, an open source C++ mutliplatform toolkit. Qt runs on MS Windows (95 - XP), X11 (Linux and all major Unix variants), Mac OS X, and embedded Linux. It includes a complete set of GUI libraries, class support, 2D Canvas, Table and XML support. For more information, contact: Trolltech, +11.47.21.60.48.95; www.trolltech.com/

HP announces HP Open View Internet Usage Manager (IUM)

HP has unveiled HP Open View (IUM), a tool for developers using the Eclipse open source framework that reduces the complexity of software development for multiple environments. HP Open View IUM automates the analysis needed for planning, cost allocation or billing according to customer needs. For more information, contact: www.hp.com

PointBase releases PointBase Embedded 4.6

PointBase has released v4.6 of PointBase Embedded database, a database that provides flexibility in data organizations and connects to multiple databases from within a single JVM. It also supports index management through its GUI interface. For more information, contact: PointBase, +1.877.238-8798; fax +1.408.961.1192; www.pointbase.com/

IDEAL Software ships Virtual Print Engine, v3.50

IDEAL Software has announced Virtual Print Engine, v3.50 of its programming library, "Visual Print Engine" for Windows. The component allows the user to dynamically create documents, forms and reports through function calls. One feature is the ability to export documents 1:1 to the PDF file format. For more information, contact: IDEAL Software GmbH, +11.49.2131.1511.690; fax +11.49.2131.1511.691; www.IdealSoftware.com; www.IdealSoftware.de

HiT Software announces JDBC/DB2 and JDBC/400

HiT Software has annouced new releases of JDBC/DB2 and JDBC/400 type 4 SQL middleware, which conform to the Java ODBC 3.0 specification. HiT Software develops standard-based IBM database access middleware. For more information, contact: HiT Software, +1.408.345.4001; www.hitsw.com

MKS Announces Advancements to Enterprise SCM Solution

MKS has announced advancements to its Enterprise SCM Solution, a module which adds a consistent and repeatable approach to deploying software changes in the areas of production, administration, reporting, collaboration, usability and performance. For more information, contact: MKS Inc., +1.800.265.2797; www.mks.com

TechExcel Announces DevTrack 5.5

TechExcel has announced DevTrack 5.5, a defect tracking tool that manages and automates the software development lifecycle. DevTrack expands the application's ability to integrate with other version control systems. QA managers and engineers can create, manage, and document all test plans in a centralized repository. Defects can be automatically submitted to development projects based on test case status and links are automatically established between the test case and the submitted defects. For more information, contact: TechExcel, +1.925.871.3928; www.techexcel.com

Lokas Software releases AWicons Pro 9.1.3

Lokas Software has released AWicons Pro 9.1.3, a Windows tool for creating, editing and managing small graphic images, such as icons, cursors, buttons, and interface and website components. Cost of the program is $39.95. For more information, contact: Lokas Software; www.awicons.com

WhiteTown Software Releases CDBF 1.12 for Windows

WhiteTown Software has released CDBF 1.12 for Windows, a database viewer and editor CDBF for Windows v.1.12. This database viewer and editor lets users access databases directly without programming via the Windows interface. For more information, contact: WhiteTown Software, +1.380.5446.31677; fax: +1.380.5446-31759; email: contacts@whitetown.com; www.whitetown.com

ComponentOne LLC Releases ComponentOneStudio for .NET, v2003

ComponentOne LLC has released ComponentOneStudio for .NET, v2003, a suite of menu and toolbar components for the .NET Framework which includes tool capabilities such as: report and print preview, charting, database applications, data input controls, zip compression, and spell-checking/thesaurus. For more information, contact: ComponentOne, +1.412.681.4343; fax +1.412.681.4384; email: sales@componentone.com; www.componentone.com

Elsinore Technologies Releases Visual Intercept 3.5

Elsinore Technologies has released Visual Intercept 3.5, a web-based integration to Microsoft Visual SourceSafe. This enterprise issue management tool allows developers to work on source files within the context of their software development incidents. For more information, contact: Elsinore Technologies, +1.919.532.0022; fax +1.919.532.0023; email: info@elsitech.com; www.elsitech.com

GCC Developers and GNU Project Announce GCC 3.3

According to the GCC team, GCC is the GNU Compiler Collection that contains front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, and Ada, in addition to libraries for those languages. GCC 3.3 includes new features, improvements, and bug fixes. For more information contact the GCC team, gnu@gnu.org; gcc.gnu.org.

2AB Enhances orb2 for Java, C, and C++

2AB announced orb2 for Java 4.0 and for C/C++ 3.5. orb2 provides an integration platform for developing and managing distributed applications that are secure, flexible, and interoperable. For more information contact 2AB, +1.877.334.9572; fax +1.205.621.7455; info@2ab.com; www.2ab.com.

Wedgetail Releases JCSI Single Sign-On

Wedgetail Communications announced Java Crypto and Security Implementation (JCSI) Single Sign-On, the first in a suite of new products that integrates Microsoft and Java security technology and addresses identity management and access control issues for Java application servers. For more information contact Wedgetail Communications, +1.415.929.2288; fax +1.415.929.2292; sales@wedgetail.com; www.wedgetail.com.

Eclipse Consortium Announces Platform R2.1

The Eclipse consortium announced the release of R2.1 of the open tools integration platform, with changes that improve usability and performance, including workbench navigation enhancements, user-configurable key bindings, and Ant support, and more flexible project layouts. The Java development tools have been upgraded with editor and debugger improvements, new re-factorings, and more. R2.1 adds Mac OS X the supported platforms that include AI, HP/UX, QNX, Linux, Windows, and Solaris. For more information contact www.eclipse.org.

eNGENUITY Unveils VAPS 6.2

eNGENUITY Technologies Inc. released VAPS Version 6.2, a development environment for prototyping and deploying graphical Human-Machine-Interfaces (HMIs) for safety/mission-critical applications or applications targeted to real-time embedded systems. For more information contact eNGENUITY Technologies, +1.514.341.3874; fax +1.514.341.8018; info@engenuitytech.com; www.engenuitytech.com.

Instantiations Introduces CodePro Express

Instantiations, Inc. announced CodePro Express, a professional software tool for Java development, which helps software developers in small and midsize companies create high quality applications quickly and at reduced cost. CodePro Express is available for Microsoft Windows, Red Hat 7.2 Linux, and SuSe 7.2 Linux. For more information contact Instantiations, +1.503.598.4900; fax +1.503.684.8355; info@instantiations.com; www.instantiations.com/codepro/.

Melissa Data Releases Address Object for Linux

Melissa Data released Address Object for Linux, which allows Linux programmers to add address verification and enhancement routines to their custom PC or Web applications. For more information contact Melissa Data, +1.949.589.5200; fax +1.949.589.5211; www.melissadata.com/Linux.

On Time Introduces RTUSB-32

On Time Software released RTUSB-32 (Real-Time USB Host Protocol Stack), a Universal Serial Bus (USB) host protocol stack for embedded systems. RTUSB-32 contains the core protocol stack, the required host controller device drivers, a low-level communication API, and high-level class drivers. For more information contact On Time Software, +1.978.448.9173; fax +1.978.448.6376; info-ma@on-time.com; www.on-time.com.

TGS Releases Open Inventor 4.0

TGS released Open Inventor 4.0, which simplifies the design, development, deployment, and maintenance of scalable and interactive 3D applications for cross-platform 3D graphics applications in C++ and Java. For more information contact TGS, Inc., +1.858.457.5359; fax +1.858.452.2547; info@tgs.com; www.tgs.com.

Parasoft Releases Global Reporting System

Parasoft announced the availability of Parasoft's Global Reporting System (GRS), a support infrastructure that collects and correlates information within Parasoft Enterprise Solutions. These solutions are based on the Parasoft Automated Error Prevention methodology, which uses the information gained from software testing, monitoring, and measurement to improve the development process. For more information contact Parasoft, +1.626.256.3680; fax +1.626.256.6884; info@parasoft.com; www.parasoft.com.

PolySpace Unveils PolySpace Developer Edition

PolySpace Technologies released PolySpace Developer Edition, which detects runtime errors at compile time. It has the ability to detect errors in the early stages of the software development process and provides diagnostics to quickly fix bugs. For more information contact Polyspace Technologies, +1.978.921.4627; fax +1.978.524.4162; contact-usa@polyspace.com; www.polyspace.com.

SkyLine Tools Imaging Announces Imagelib Corporate Imaging Suite 7.0

SkyLine Tools Imaging released Imagelib Corporate Imaging Suite 7.0, which provides programmers with tools to quickly create an imaging application. Suite 7 includes the Delphi Source Code to a complete end user document imaging application (SkyDoc.exe) written by Skyline Tools. For more information contact SkyLine Tools Imaging, +1.818.346.4200; fax +1.818.888.5314; sales@imagelib.com; www.imagelib.com.

Etnus Releases TotalView 6.2

Etnus released TotalView 6.2 for the HP family of Intel Itanium 2-based servers and workstations. TotalView is a full-featured, source level, graphical debugger providing software engineers with control over threaded and parallel applications written in C, C++, or Fortran. For more information contact Etnus LLC, +1.508.652.7700; fax +1.508.652.7701; info@etnus.com; www.etnus.com.

SlickEdit Announces Visual SlickEdit v8.0

SlickEdit Inc. has announced Visual SlickEdit 8.0, a new release of their code editor for software developers. According to the company, Visual SlickEdit 8.0 helps software developers using C/C++, C#, Java, Verilog, Visual Basic .NET, SAS, XML, and Unicode to benefit from increased flexibility with directory-based projects, auto-updated distributed tagging, Secure FTP (SFTP), and Section 508 accessibility for blind and vision impaired developers. For more information, contact SlickEdit: +1.919.473.0095; www.slickedit.com.

Awake Software Releases CodeAssets

Awake Software has released CodeAssets, a code librarian and repository. According to the company, CodeAssets uses Yahoo-style browsing of the repository based on categories associated with the assets. Assets can incorporate multiple links for files, documentation, or Web sites and can include items from the catalogs for books, CDs, magazines, people, and organizations. Repositories can be local or shared on network drives. For more information, contact Awake Software: +1.832.236.5560; email: info@codeassets.com; www.codeassets.com.

Metrowerks Unveils CodeTEST 4.0

Metrowerks has released version 4.0 of CodeTEST, their software verification toolset that helps developers overcome the complexities of the embedded software environment from early phase host-based design and development, to the final phase test and validation. For more information, contact Metrowerks: +1.800.377.5416; email: sales@metrowerks.com; www.metrowerks.com.

Pragmatier Introduces Data Tier Builder 2.3

Pragmatier has released version 2.3 of their object-relational tool, Data Tier Builder, which now supports C# code generation to complement VB.NET. For more information, contact Pragmatier: reception@pragmatier.com; www.pragmatier.com.

ModelMaker Tools Releases ModelMaker 7.05

According to Modelmaker Tools, ModelMaker 7.05 is a two-way class tree-oriented productivity, refactoring, and UML-style CASE tool designed for generating native Delphi code. New features in release 7.05 include customizable views, IntelliReplace, and Refactorings. For more information, contact ModelMaker Tools: info@modelmakertools.com; www.modelmakertools.com.

Parasoft Announces C++Test for Solaris

Parasoft has announced that C++Test, their automatic unit-testing tool for C and C++ developers, now supports Solaris. For more information, contact Parasoft: +1.888.305.0041; www.parasoft.com.

Data Representations Launches Simplicity for Java v2.0

Data Representations recently announced version 2.0 of Simplicity for Java and Simplicity Professional. The new release adds JDK 1.4 support, customizable database integration, productivity enhancements, and additions to the suite of user-friendly development features. For more information, contact Data Representations: +1.973.467.4222; www.datarepresentations.com.

IronGrid Releases IronEye Cache 1.0

IronGrid has announced IronEye Cache 1.0. In addition to providing an instant caching solution, IronEye Cache can help the developer to conduct caching scenarios in the development environment for performance and scalability tuning. For more information, contact IronGrid: +1.512.474.7400; www.irongrid.com.

Geodesic Systems Introduces Runtime Solutions v7.0

Geodesic has announced Runtime Solutions 7.0, which automates the process of dealing with application faults and failures in production environments. For more information, contact Geodesic Solutions: +1.312.832.1221; www.geodesic.com.

Cenzic Unveils Hailstorm

Cenzic, Inc. introduced Hailstorm Web, a suite of software testing tools that helps enable collaboration between security experts, QA engineers, and developers, thus mitigating the security risk and liability associated with custom, Web-based applications. For more information, contact Cenzic: +1.408.626.9004; www.cenzic.com.

BCGSoft Announces BCGSoft Professional Editor

BCGSoft has released BCGSoft Professional Editor (BCGPEdit library), an MFC extension library that allows users to incorporate an advanced edit control into any MFC-based application. The Editor library implements the number of features not found in standard edit controls. For more information, contact BCGSoft: +7.812.1403710; email: info@bcgsoft.com; www.bcgsoft.com.

NeoSpeech Introduces VoiceText 2.0

NeoSpeech has announced the availability of VoiceText 2.0, advanced Text-to-Speech (TTS) software that generates natural-sounding voices from text input. VoiceText 2.0 offers the same TTS solution across handheld, desktop, and network/server applications, and now supports Linux and Sun Solaris operating systems, in addition to its existing support for Microsoft Windows. For more information, contact NeoSpeech: +1.408.226.7023; www.neospeech.com.