SOLARIS X86 SOLUTIONS ObjectStore from Object Design for Solaris x86 ObjectStore(TM), the market-leading object-oriented DBMS from Object Design, Inc.(R), is now available for SunSoft's Solaris(TM) x86 operating environment. This high-performance distributed client/server DBMS is designed to serve a variety of complex applications, including engineering design, telecommunications and digital media, business re-engineering, client/server MIS, health care, and financial modeling and simulation. ObjectStore achieves superior performance and ease of use through its innovative Virtual Memory Mapping Architecture. Its transparent interface is ideally suited for use with popular C, C++ and Smalltalk(TM) development environments, and its interactive browser enables efficient inspection of objects and object descriptions. ObjectStore provides an easy migration path for C applications. Distribution and transaction management gives workgroup members concurrent access to objects. ObjectStore offers advanced database functions such as data integrity, version control, query processing, two-phase commit, online backup and restore, and a multi-client/multi-server architecture. A Stable, Open Platform Solaris x86 is a powerful and versatile UNIX(R) operating environment for the Intel(R) x86 platform. Designed as a foundation for enterprise computing, it supports major industry standards and provides high-performance 32-bit UNIX multitasking, multithreading and multiuser capabilities. Solaris x86 is compatible with Solaris SPARC(R), ensuring full interoperability between the leading CISC (x86) and RISC (SPARC) platforms. And Solaris x86 is scalable from desktops to supercomputers, so that customers can configure heterogeneous enterprise networks and expand them easily as their computing needs evolve. Solaris x86 provides native ONC+(TM) technology-based LAN and WAN networking to support broadly distributed computing and system management. Solaris also includes powerful application and Graphical User Interface (GUI) development tools through the OpenWindows(TM) facility, and a rich suite of user productivity applications under DeskSet(TM). Numerous commercial third-party applications, including many Microsoft(R) Windows and DOS applications, run on the Solaris x86 environment. ObjectStore Features and Benefits * Store any C, C++ or Smalltalk object via transparent interface. Object types range from geometric models, to network nodes and devices, to mapping/GIS data, to compound documents and other complex information * Virtual Memory Mapping Architecture provides high performance * Multi-client/multi-server DBMS for distributed computing environments * Full object modeling capabilities, including multiple inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation and extensibility * Versions and configurations for variable-length transactions to support concurrent engineering and workgroup computing * DBMS capabilities include query processing, distributed two- phase commits, online backup and restore for nonstop operation, and data compaction to ensure data integrity * Client-centric processing model with client-side caching of application data ensures interactive high performance * Full database administration capabilities, including disk management, performance monitoring, and schema maintenance and evolution for efficient management of corporate data * Collections and relationships for data modeling and referential integrity For more information on ObjectStore, contact Object Design, Inc., 25 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01803. In the U.S. and Canada, call 1-800-962-9620. Phone 617-674-5000, Fax 617-674-5010. E-mail: info@odi.com. Object Design, Inc. has subsidiaries in Australia, France, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom, and distributors in Scandinavia, Spain, Italy, Israel, Taiwan, South Africa and other locations. Contact Object Design for information on availability in your area. Solaris x86 Features and Benefits * Provides enterprise computing power and true client/server architecture - Scalable to accommodate a wide range of hardware, from PCs to supercomputers - Fully interoperable with Solaris SPARC * Offers time-tested 32-bit operating system functionality derived from SunOS(TM) - Multiprocessing, multithreading, multiuser operating environment * Includes tightly coupled tools and facilities for enterprise networking, application development and end-user productivity - Industry-standard ONC+ network technology supports heterogeneous LAN and WAN configurations, allows users to work interactively with others regardless of location - OpenWindows environment provides toolkits that simplify application and GUI development, including industry-standard OSF/Motif(R) toolkit - DeskSet comprises a versatile, integrated set of user productivity applications, running under SunSoft's GUI. * Runs a wide variety of commercially oriented applications, including popular word processing, spreadsheet and DBMS programs * Incorporates new Wabi(TM) technology designed to run Microsoft Windows applications directly on the Solaris operating environment at native performance levels * Open, non-proprietary architecture provides for open-ended system and network expansion, integration of new applications, and choice of peripherals For more information on Solaris x86, call 1-800-SunSoft in the U.S. For international inquiries, call 415-960-3200. 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