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Raima announces the general availability of Version 11.0 of Their Database Products RDM Embedded Edition and RDM Mobile Edition

Jason Flores — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:46:15 +0000

SEATTLE, WA – Raima, a premium provider of high performance database technology, today announced the release of Raima Database Manager (RDM) Embedded and RDM Mobile version 11.0.

The RDM Embedded Edition is optimized for real-time, in memory and embedded applications. Platform support includes real-time and embedded operating systems like Green Hills Integrity, Wind River VxWorks, QNX Neutrino, Embedded Linux, and Embedded Windows. These operating systems are typically run on ARM or Power PC processors in addition to the x86 processors. Raima’s technical knowledge of these combinations of processor and operating systems are reflected in the optimization of RDM Embedded.

RDM Mobile Edition is for the mobile phone and tablet developer. Currently, the iOS version of the RDM Mobile Edition is being released. An Android version will follow in Q2 of this year. The iOS version of RDM Mobile includes a new Objective C API which provides a familiar object oriented programming interface for Apple developers. The Android version will include a similar Java abstract layer providing Android developers with the same type of object oriented programming interface.
Availability

RDM Embedded and RDM Embedded Plus are available for Windows Embedded, Embedded Linux, QNX Neutrino, Green Hills Integrity, and Wind River VxWorks.
RDM Mobile and RDM Mobile Plus are available for Apple iOS and will be available for Android in Q2-2012.

For more information on RDM and to download the SDK for evaluation visit: www.raima.com/products

About Raima
Raima is a provider of high-performance, always on database technology for both in-memory database usage and persistent storage devices. Raima delivers database solutions tailored for the following application types: Mobile, Embedded, Desktop and Server, and Enterprise Lite. The RDM System solutions are cross-platform, small footprint, fast and reliable database solutions. These products are today used worldwide in a wide range of data management solutions in industrial automation systems, military flight control systems, telecom routers & switches, financial trading systems, medical equipment, data backup solutions, consumer electronic devices and more.

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Raima, RDM, RDM System, RDM Embedded, RDM Mobile, RDM Workgroup and RDM Server are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of Raima, Inc. “®” indicates registration in the United States of America. All other company and product names mentioned may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.

Contact:
Paul Johnson
Raima Marketing Manager
Web: www.raima.com
Email: paul.johnson@raima.com
Phone: (206) 748-5300

Raima announces the general availability of its RDM Workgroup Edition Version 11

Jason Flores — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 06:00:18 +0000

SEATTLE, WA – Raima, a premium provider of high performance database technology, today announced the release of Raima Database Manager (RDM) Workgroup version 11.

This is the first of two product releases of Raima’s new RDM System. The RDM Workgroup edition is optimized for the Desktop and Server platforms including Windows, Linux, Mac OS, and UNIX operating systems. When used in conjunction with the soon to be released RDM Embedded and RDM Mobile, developers will then be able to develop software solution that span across the software market segments using a single database solution.

New technical features in the RDM Workgroup Edition

This release has added SQL functionality including User Defined Functions (UDFs) and SQL access to Raima’s non-SQL databases.

UDFs allow developers to combine multiple SQL steps into a single function resulting in more efficient application code.
Customers preferring the speed and reliability of Raima’s network model database can now perform ad-hoc SQL queries against these databases seamlessly and without any changes to existing code.

RDM Workgroup 11 includes the following interoperability capabilities:

New ADO.NET 4.0 provider
New ODBC 3.5 driver
New JDBC 4 Type 4 Driver

With the use of these drivers, third-party programs can remotely connect to RDM databases and applications can be easily created in additional managed code languages like C# and Java.

Availability

RDM Workgroup and RDM Workgroup Plus are available for Windows, Linux, MAC OS, Solaris, and UNIX.

For more information on RDM and to download the SDK for evaluation visit: www.raima.com/products

About Raima

Raima is a provider of high-performance, always on database technology for both in-memory database usage and persistent storage devices. The company was founded in 1982 and pioneered embedded database research and development.

Raima delivers database solutions tailored for the following application types: Mobile, Embedded, Desktop and Server, and Enterprise Lite. The RDM System solutions are cross-platform, small footprint, fast and reliable database solutions. These products are today used worldwide in a wide range of data management solutions in industrial automation systems, military flight control systems, telecom routers & switches, financial trading systems, medical equipment, data backup solutions, consumer electronic devices and more.

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Contact:
Paul Johnson
Raima Marketing Manager
Web: www.raima.com
Email: paul.johnson@raima.com
Phone: (206) 748-5300

Raima Changes how They Bundle Their Database Software to Better Align with Market Trends

Jason Flores — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 06:03:04 +0000

SEATTLE, WA – Raima, a premium provider of high performance database technologies, today announced that they are changing how they bundle their Raima Database Manager (RDM) system software starting with the upcoming release of RDM 11.

“Raima provides seamless access to information residing on Mobile devices like the Tablet (IOS and Android), within Embedded Systems, Desktop & Server applications all the way up into the Enterprise”, said Steinar Sande, CEO. “There are unique differences in the requirements within the various software segments. With this release we made the decision to change the way we distribute and market our database solutions to better serve these software segments.”

The new product distributions will be implemented in the upcoming release of RDM 11 and will provide targeted functionality and optimization required by engineers developing applications within the four main software segments:

Mobile
Embedded
Desktop & Server
Enterprise

Mobile Applications:

RDM Mobile is a high-performance, database management system ideal for the developer who is creating a standalone application for a smart phone or tablet device. For the iOS platform, this package includes a new Objective C API which provides an intuitive and familiar interface for Apple developers.

RDM Mobile Plus includes everything in the RDM Mobile package plus additional programming interfaces such as: the RDM low-level navigational API, which provides the finest granularity of database control; a SQL API with Raima extensions; an ODBC API based on industry standards; and a C++ API for object oriented programming. The RDM Mobile Plus package is network enabled and includes RDM’s replication and mirroring functionality which provides data synchronization and communication between devices, computers, and servers.

Embedded Applications:

RDM Embedded is a high-performance, database management system optimized for the operating systems commonly used within the embedded market. It is ideal for standalone applications such as those found in Aerospace & Defense systems, industrial automation controllers or automobile infotainment systems. Multiple APIs provide developers a multitude of programming options and functionality. However, developers only compile in what they need, keeping the application footprint minimal for these traditionally resource-constrained devices.

RDM Embedded Plus includes everything in the RDM Embedded package plus it is network-enabled, making it ideal for networked and distributed applications such as those found in telecom and industrial automation systems. This package also includes RDM’s replication and mirroring functionality to provide greater application availability and scalability.

Desktop and Server Applications:

RDM Workgroup is a high-performance, database management system optimized for the operating systems used within the desktop and server environments. It is ideal for standalone and networked applications such as those commonly found on today’s desktop and laptop computers. Multiple APIs provide developers a multitude of programming options and functionality. In addition, RDM Workgroup includes an ADO.Net 4.0 provider, JDBC 4 Type 4 driver and an ODBC 3.5 driver. Using these drivers, managed code applications can easily be created using popular languages like C# and Java.

RDM Workgroup Plus includes everything in the RDM Workgroup package, plus it includes RDM’s replication and mirroring functionality to provide greater application availability and scalability.

Enterprise Lite:

Raima has added a fourth application type referred to as Enterprise Lite. This category includes Raima’s RDM Server solution which is based on the client/server architecture as follows:

RDM Server provides developers with a client/server version of the Raima Database Manager which includes a high number of concurrent users, row level locking, enhanced security, and a robust SQL implementation which has dynamic database definition language support.

For more information on RDM and to download the SDK for evaluation visit: www.raima.com/products

About Raima

Raima delivers database solutions tailored for the following application types: Mobile, Embedded, Desktop and Server, and Enterprise Lite. The RDM System’s solutions are cross-platform, small footprint, fast and reliable database solutions. These products are today used worldwide in a wide range of data management solutions in industrial automation systems, military flight control systems, telecom routers & switches, financial trading systems, medical equipment, data backup solutions, consumer electronic devices and more. RDM Systems have served over 20,000 application developers, resulting in over 20 million deployments.

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Contact:
Paul Johnson
Raima Marketing Manager
Web: www.raima.com
Email: paul.johnson@raima.com
Phone: (206) 748-5300

Raima at Embedded World 2012 in Nuremberg Germany

Jason Flores — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:34:13 +0000

SEATTLE, WA — February 9, 2012 – Raima, which offers state-of-the-art database technologies, today announced that they will be showing their real-time sensor data acquisition demo as well as a look at their latest release of RDM at this year’s Embedded World. The show hosted in Nuremburg, Germany runs from February 28th through March 2nd and Raima can be found in booth number 5-417, Hall 5.

Featured this year will be a demonstration of real-time data being collected by multiple sensors which is aggregated, replicated and displayed on multiple devices such as an Apple iPad. The demo will be presented by Raima’s CTO Wayne Warren who will also be sharing his views on the future of data management. The presentation will be in the Raima booth in Hall 5, booth number 5-417. In addition Raima will be showcasing the latest release of their Raima Database Manager (RDM) version 11.0. This release provides even greater options for developers who are facing the challenge of ever increasing volumes of information.

About The Raima Database Manager Family

Raima released the first version of the Raima embedded database in 1984. Since then the family has grown into two successful embedded database products. RDM Embedded pioneered the embedded market space under the name dbVista. Building on the success of RDM Embedded, Raima released the product in a client/server configuration under the name Velocis, now called RDM Server. Free download packages of the Raima embedded database SDKs are available at http://www.raima.com/download-table/.

About Raima

Raima is a premier provider of high-performance embedded database and dataflow solutions known as the Raima Database Manager (RDM) product-line. Since 1984, the company has been focused on solving data management problems in a wide variety of embedded systems markets like Aerospace & Defense, Telecom, Financial, Consumer Electronics, Medical, Industrial Automation, and Business Automation. It is estimated that over time RDM products have been utilized by over 20,000 application developers resulting in over 20,000,000 runtime deployments. Raima continues to lead the way in innovation meeting the ever changing requirements of embedded systems worldwide.

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Raima, RDM, RDM Embedded, RDM Server, and dataFlow are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of Raima, Inc. “®” indicates registration in the United States of America. All other company and product names mentioned may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.

Contact:
Paul Johnson
Raima Marketing Manager
Web: www.raima.com
Email: paul.johnson@raima.com
Phone: (206) 748-5300

MindTree Selects RDMe 10.1 for Their Prominent Backup Application

Jason Flores — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:30:54 +0000

SEATTLE, WA — January 31, 2012 – Raima, which offers state-of-the-art database technologies, announced that MindTree® has selected RDM Embedded 10.1 as the database they have embedded within their prominent backup application.

The application must deliver continuous data protection to desktops and laptops. With this requirement MindTree needed a proven reliable and high availability database to manage the high volume of messaging between devices. Raima’s RDM Embedded 10.1 fills this need and contributes significantly to the application’s requirement of continuous data protection.

By upgrading to RDM Embedded 10.1 from RDM Embedded 7.2, MindTree will be able to easily expand their support for additional platforms and devices.

About The Raima Database Manager Family

About Raima Inc.

Raima Inc. is a premier provider of high-performance embedded database and dataflow solutions known as the Raima Database Manager (RDM) product-line. Since 1984, the company has been focused on solving data management problems in a wide variety of embedded systems markets like Aerospace & Defense, Telecom, Financial, Consumer Electronics, Medical, Industrial Automation, and Business Automation. It is estimated that over time RDM products have been utilized by over 20,000 application developers resulting in over 20,000,000 runtime deployments. Raima continues to lead the way in innovation meeting the ever changing requirements embedded system worldwide.

About MindTree

MindTree Ltd. is a global IT and Product Engineering Services Company with deep knowledge in specific domains. MindTree is acknowledged as the best mid-size software services company out of India for its capability to build, test and deploy solutions as much as emphasis on culture, customer centricity and corporate governance.

MindTree is ranked No. 1 among the Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE) India Award winners in 2010, 13th in NASSCOM’s listing of Top IT Software and Services Exporters in India (excluding BPO). MindTree is ranked 19th amongst IT services companies by IAOP in their annual list of the Top 100 Global Outsourcing Companies. In 2009, MindTree was ranked No. 2 in Asia and declared the overall winner in India in the Asiamoney Corporate Governance Poll. Please visit us at www.mindtree.com.

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Contact:
Paul Johnson
Director of Marketing & Product Management
Web: www.raima.com
Email: paul.johnson@raima.com
Phone: (206) 748-5300