(March 10, 2003) - Progress Software has released ObjectStorereg; Version 6.1, the object-oriented database acquired through the purchase of eXcelon Corporation in December 2002. This latest release of ObjectStore improves the operational effectiveness of the database with the addition of increased availability, clustering and replication support. These enhancements include support for mutual takeover capabilities for clustered fail-over, interfaces to support replication across wide area networks and support for software upgrades of live systems. Additionally, Version 6.1 offers support for the latest development platforms such as Visual Studio.NET, Sun Java JDK 1.4, and Red Hat Linux 8.0.

ObjectStore provides all the traditional services and benefits of an enterprise database while offering a very flexible programming paradigm that seamlessly integrates application and storage data models. Unlike typical application databases, ObjectStore uses a patented Cache-Forward architecture that allows an application's data to be maintained in memory, while still providing traditional transactional capabilities. Organizations can build high-performance data management systems by manipulating unlimited amounts of information in a format that makes sense to their business, without having to conform to the formats required by conventional databases. This makes ObjectStore an extremely powerful tool for developing massively scalable, high-performance business applications, as evidenced through the products popularity in the financial, airline and telecom industries where zero downtime, 24x7 availability, real-time feeds and data analysis are critical.