InformationWeek

June 14, 1999

Database Synchronizer

Cloudscape links to portable devices

By Rick Whiting

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loudscape Inc. this week will ship the latest release of its embeddable database and new synchronization technology for linking portable computing devices and intelligent appliances with company databases. Cloudscape 2.0 uses Java and will offer 64-bit Data Encryption Standard security that allows only authorized applications to read data, a streaming interface for large data objects, and faster download of initial information into the database.

Equally significant is the debut of Cloudsync technology, a new option for the database, which provides data synchronization between centralized and deployed applications and data sources.

Crossroads Technologies Inc., a New York developer of portfolio-management systems and other applications for financial-services firms, uses Cloudscape because brokerages and their clients share networks of incompatible mainframes, Unix systems, and PCs. "With extranets, heterogeneous systems are the norm," says CEO Frank Greco, noting that Cloudscape's Java technol-ogy provides a means of bridging those gaps.

Meanwhile, CloudWeb will be a "one-click" database that Internet users will be able to access to download, install, and run software without leaving the browser. It is expected to be available in September.

Cloudscape 2.0 is priced at $495 for a single developer copy, or $895 with support, and $195 for a single deployment license. Cloudsync is priced at $1,600 for a developer copy and $400 for a deployment license.