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IBPhoenix Introduces IBPhoenix Firebird® Developer Pack
Comprehensive Set of Professional Tools for Developing with the Firebird® Database
South Oxon, United Kingdom - June 12, 2007 :
Today, IBPhoenix announced the IBPhoenix Firebird® Developer Pack, a comprehensive set of tools for professional Firebird® database application development, maintenance and management.
The IBPhoenix Firebird® Developer Pack brings a new level of quality to the world of open-source databases whilst upholding the Firebird database principles of free development and deployment. It comprises all the professional tools and information that a developer could need to take advantage of Firebird's many unique capabilities and develop applications that are well-performing, robust, and secure.
With Firebird at its core, the IBPhoenix Firebird® Developer Pack includes tools for database application development and management, monitoring, optimization and replication. There are also maintenance and recovery tools, a full range of database connectivity options (.NET, with or without Visual Studio integration, Delphi/C++Builder, ODBC, JDBC, PHP, Ruby On Rails, Python, Perl, C++). A flexible reporting solution is also included. For new users and experienced developers there is a useful compilation of useful documentation.
The pack includes 30-days' installation support.
The IBPhoenix Firebird Developer Pack is a comprehensive response to the increasing challenges in open-source development.
"Developers have been demanding a one-box product that combines professional-quality tools with their preferred open-source database server to produce fast, robust applications in a way that is economic in terms of both time and money”, said Paul Beach, CEO of IBPhoenix.
Firebird® is licensed under two open source licences derived from the Mozilla Public License 1.1. It is free from any fees for development or deployment. Some tools included in the IBPhoenix Firebird Developer Pack are subject to commercial licensing and fees.
About Firebird®
The open source Firebird® relational database management system performs excellently and scales impressively, from an embedded, single-user model to enterprise-wide deployments with multiple 200+Gb databases running with hundreds of simultaneous clients.
Firebird® is developed by the Firebird Project, with broad support from IBPhoenix at all levels including core development, documentation, QA, porting, packaging, promotion and community-based technical assistance.
About IBPhoenix
IBPhoenix is the premier support and services company for the Firebird® Open Source Relational database. It is the leading provider of information and services to Firebird® and InterBase® developers and users, both application developers and those who develop and customise the underlying Firebird® database engine.
The IBPhoenix team has an unparalleled depth and breadth of experience with Firebird® and InterBase®, as developers, as users, as consultants, and in providing accurate, useful answers to questions about either product.
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