Firebird in the press Archives - Page 13 of 20

Meiji talks about FDD

September 6, 2006 Cantu Leave a comment

Meiji Kimura posted an on-line article in IT-Media about Firebird Developers Day. Non-japanese speakers can try some online translation tools to be able to read the article.

FlameRobin/Firebird mention on LiveDistro.org

August 31, 2006 mariuz Leave a comment

We have many hits from LiveDistro.org (saw it on google analytics stats)
Here is the article they link-ed to us

On Embedded Firebird and nHibernate

August 24, 2006 mariuz Leave a comment

Was experimenting with embedded Firebird today with nHibernate. Wanted to see if an embedded database could keep up with a highly proprietary flat file format for data lookups.
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Oracle users keen on open source databases (firebird included)

August 21, 2006 mariuz Leave a comment

Oracle users are keen supporters of open source software with as many as 60% of Oracle enterprise database sites including open source operating systems. This is accroding to a recent study, Open Source in the Stack, conducted by the Independnet Oracle Users Group (IOUG).

The survey of IOUG members conducted in June 2006 also found that as many as 37% of Oracle users were also running one of the popular open source databases alongside their Oracle implementations. [Firebird percentage is 2% in that report]

News via tectonic.co.za or read more at www.idoel.smilejogja.co…

Firebird, nee Interbase

August 16, 2006 mariuz Leave a comment

So are there any Firebird partisans out there who’d like to tell me what’s so great about Firebird? Thanks in advance, and I’m especially grateful for the flame-free nature of your expected contribution.

Here is where you can give an response

Firebird – Fast and Reliable Open Source Database System

August 16, 2006 mariuz Leave a comment

A reader of this blog recently commented that Firebird should be the database of choice on Linux, which I think deserves a follow-up. Firebird is indeed one of the database management systems that should be considered for robust and performance critical applications…[Ed: read more on the obove link]

eRuby: Using Ruby DBI for database connectivity

August 15, 2006 mariuz Leave a comment

Here’s a list of the Linux and Windows database drivers for ruby and links for downloading them. All from Firebird and MySQL to Oracle. The tutorial also shows how to install the DBI abstraction layer for Ruby to get database connectivity and use it to create write once use everywhere Ruby code.

via dzone.com

New high volume Firebird based web site – CyberEars.com

August 7, 2006 Cantu Leave a comment

August 3rd 2006

Tech Solutions Inc., in a joint venture with Alesis Corporation, announce
the new audio media and Podcast hosting website CyberEars.com built on the Firebird 1.5 SQL database

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Alesis Corporation, famous for revolutionizing the home recording studio
industry with its ADAT products, amongst countless other products for the home recording market, are about to release a new product line aimed at home Podcasters. These products are called ‘The Alesis Podcasting Kits’. By simplifying the processing of creating high quality audio without sacrificing the power of a full mixing console, high quality microphone, software and headphones, Alesis have been able to bundle a system comprising hardware and software for those who want to record their own Podcasts at home for under $US 500.00. This product range is expected to be a blockbuster product for Alesis.

However creating an audio recording for anyone won’t work unless it can be released to the world. In May 2006, Alesis contacted Scottsdale, Arizona based software company, Tech Solutions Inc., to enter into a joint venture to develop a website that would make the process of releasing Podcasts to the world a simple one. The result of this partnership is the CyberEars.com website.

CyberEars.com is a simple way where any audio creator can upload their audio content and release it to the world. Audio can be released both on the CyberEars.com site for anyone to download or listen to online, or can be also released as a Podcast. CyberEars.com takes care of generating the RSS XML content, and provides a series of tools to audio creators to promote and manage their audio. By focusing on simplicity, CyberEars.com is designed for anyone with something to say to be able to broadcast it over the Internet without any technical understanding required.

Creator of CyberEars.com, Myles Wakeham, Director of Engineering at Tech Solutions Inc., said “I know what its like for those that want to create their own audio and release it. Having done my own Podcasts in the past, and with an extensive background in the professional audio industry, there has always been a large gap between high quality, professionally recorded content, and the home recording studio. Alesis made creating high quality recordings possible at a low price with the ADAT technology over 15 years ago and revolutionized the recording process. And we believe they are doing it again for Podcasters. But without a way to release and promote their content, the Podcaster will never get heard. We are proud to contribute to the evolution of the home recording enthusiast with CyberEars.com and look forward to long and successful partnership with Alesis Corporation in this venture”, stated Mr. Wakeham.

“CyberEars.com uses the latest in secure and rugged Internet technology and prides itself on being built on Firebird 1.5 SQL database on Linux. Through the power of open source technology such as Firebird, we have been able to deliver a solution for Alesis quickly and yet feel confident that CyberEars.com can withstand the huge volume of visitors that we anticipate along with the release of the Alesis Podcasting Kit. We are already seeing high volume traffic through our server farm, and know that Firebird is able to keep up with every transaction. The level of statistics that we gather on each listener’s preference and feed this information back to our customers on CyberEars.com requires a database of immense power and we were
only confident in the Firebird platform to meet this need.”, said Mr.
Wakeham.

CyberEars.com is due to go live on September 1st 2006, however it has been made available to the general public beforehand. A free trial subscription is available to all users and rates for audio hosting begin at the low price of $4.95 per month with unlimited bandwidth provided for even the smallest account option available.

The Alesis Podcasting Kits are expected to be available throughout most
consumer electronic stores worldwide in September 2006 also. They will also be available through music instrument shops worldwide.

For more information, contact Tech Solutions Inc. at info@techsol.org or via their website at http://www.techsol.org
Alesis Corporation’s website is http://www.alesis.com

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Huge success case using Firebird!

August 3, 2006 Cantu One comment

DBA Software, provider of manufacturing (MRP) solutions for small business, announced that its decision two years ago to base its flagship product, DBA Manufacturing Next-Generation, on the Firebird open-source SQL database has been an unqualified success.
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“Our free single-user system, which anyone can download from our Website, is testimony to Firebird’s ease of installation,” continued Zumwalt. “Over the past 18 months, more than 10,000 companies have downloaded and successfully installed our manufacturing software without any support assistance.”

Read full article here.

VistaDB 3.0 – World’s First Fully Managed Embedded SQL Database

August 2, 2006 Cantu 4 comments

The SQL databases available for the .NET Framework today, including Microsoft SQL Server 2005, SQL Everywhere, MySQL and Firebird are all based on unmanaged architectures. Therefore when developers create .NET Framework-based applications that embed any of these SQL databases today, the result is an unmanaged application that does not conform to Microsoft’s guidelines. VistaDB 3.0 changes this by enabling developers build fully managed .NET Framework-based SQL database applications that can run natively on desktops, mobile devices and web servers.

Full article here.

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