Enhanced Database Driver Offers Robust ODBC Access to Microsoft SQL Server With Enterprise-Class Features That Increase Scalability and Performance by as Much as 75 Percent
BEDFORD, MA, Nov. 2, 2009 (Marketwire) --
BEDFORD, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/02/09 -- Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), a leading software provider that enables enterprises to be operationally responsive, today announced the availability of its enhanced Progress® DataDirect Connect® for ODBC database driver for Microsoft SQL Server. The Microsoft SQL Server native wire protocol driver, which is available in version 6.0 of the DataDirect Connect line of ODBC drivers, includes new innovations intended to streamline application development, boost performance and reduce deployment and maintenance costs.
The Progress DataDirect driver for Microsoft SQL Server simultaneously supports all versions of the popular database and applications running on Unix, Linux and Windows. New performance and enterprise-class features have been shown to increase throughput performance by 35 percent with 75 percent greater Central Processing Unit (CPU) efficiency than with previous versions of the Progress DataDirect driver. Performance testing also shows significant improvements in response time, throughput and scalability of database applications when compared to other third-party drivers.
Wire protocol architecture allows the DataDirect Connect for ODBC drivers to deliver fast, scalable and secure application connections to relational databases. By removing the need for database client-library software, time consuming and complicated deployment and configuration issues related to installing and maintaining different versions of the client software for different databases, database versions and operating systems are eliminated.
Progress DataDirect continues its innovations with DataDirect Bulk Load, introduced in version 6.0 of DataDirect Connect for ODBC and a performance feature of the Microsoft SQL Server driver. The complete, driver-based implementation delivers the best performance for bulk-load scenarios without the need for database vendor tools or client libraries, and has been shown to accelerate data warehousing and enable faster ETL operations.
