Eliminates Financial, Operational, and Training Risks
of Adopting Proprietary NoSQL Solutions, Allows Enterprises
to Leverage Versant's NoSQL Scale and Performance Prowess
to Solve Big Data Challenges
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 2, 2012 (GLOBE
NEWSWIRE)--
Versant Corporation(Nasdaq:
VSNT), a worldwide leader in developing
data managementsoftware infrastructure for
complex, mission-critical applications, announced today the
availability of version 0.9 of its
Versant Java Persistence API (JPA), allowing
organizations to leverage the benefits of an enterprise-grade
NoSQLsolution via the Java industry standard
database programming interface. By using Versant JPA to lower
the barriers to NoSQL adoption, enterprises can tackle
volume, variety, and velocity challenges presented by
Big Datamanagement, and derive value from gaining
more insights into information models faster and more
easily.
Emerging NoSQL technologies typically require the use of
proprietary APIs and query languages to leverage their scale
and performance advantages, raising financial risks to
adoption as enterprises must educate staff with the
proprietary interfaces. By embracing the standard
programmatic JPA approach and providing vendor extensions to
support Versant's NoSQL's scale-out topology, Versant
JPA eliminates training costs, enabling enterprise-class
developers to utilize NoSQL with existing application
development practices.
"Many benefits of NoSQL architecture are widely
understood. But with Versant JPA, we are removing the
significant risks that enterprises face in adopting
proprietary NoSQL systems," said Dirk Bartels, VP,
strategic product management. "Unlike JPA products that
are basically 'object to relational mapping' (ORM)
tools with a JPA driver for a relational database, Versant
JPA connects directly to Versant's NoSQL database and
therefore supports critical needs for information model
richness, system reliability, and data variety, in addition
to simple scale-out."
Versant JPA version 0.9 represents the first feature complete
version of the API binding since the release of a Technology
Preview in December 2011. And as one user of the JPA
Technology Preview version testified, "the pre-release
of Versant JPA is already stable and fast enough to be
useful. Once fully released, it will likely be a serious
competitor in the JPA space."
Versant JPA includes many key JPA-specific functions,
including JSE support, annotations, an entity manager API,
support for JPQL, and entity lifecycle callbacks. In addition
to the JPA industry standard, the product also includes a
generic API, which creates an easy extension point for
developers to use other virtual machine (VM)-based languages,
such as Scala and JRuby, to leverage Versant's NoSQL
database, and further broadens Versant JPA's
usefulness.
The new version also features key Versant technology-specific
extensions, such as supporting Eclipse plugins, index
definitions, distributed database support, cursor query, and
generic API extensions. The full Versant JPA version 0.9
software development kit is bundled with extensive
programming examples, tutorials, and comprehensive
documentation.
For more information on Versant JPA version 0.9, visit the
Versant JPA product page. To read how Versant
technology users have already been successful in using the
Versant JPA technical preview API, visit the Versant
Developer Community JPA section at
http://community.versant.com/Forums/tabid/98/aff/56/Default.aspx
.
About Versant
Versant Corporation (Nasdaq:
VSNT) is an industry leader in building
specialized
NoSQL
data management systemsto enable the real-time
enterprise. Using the Versant Database Engine, enterprises
can handle complex information in environments that demand
high performance, concurrency, and availability,
significantly cut hardware and administration costs, speed
and simplify development, and deliver products with a strong
competitive edge. Versant's solutions are deployed in
over 150,000 installations across a wide array of industries,
including telecommunications, energy, financial services,
transportation, manufacturing, and defense. For more than 20
years, Versant has been a trusted partner of Global 2000
companies such as Ericsson, Verizon, Siemens, and Financial
Times, as well as the U.S. Government. For more information,
call 650-232-2400or visit
www.versant.com.
CONTACT: Media Contact(s):
Versant Corporation
Dirk Bartels
dbartels@versant.com
Tel. 650.232.2432
March Communications
Nate Hubbell
versant@marchpr.com
Tel. 671.960.9857
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