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Pervasive PSQL  
PSQL Summit v10 - 64-Bit Technology Overview
Pervasive PSQL Summit v10™ now includes platform support for all 64-bit editions of Windows operating systems, as well as support for the latest Intel® and AMD® dual-core processors. Your PSQL applications can take advantage of the new faster hardware, more memory, and larger address space available in the latest 64-bit systems.
Delivering Embedded Database Solutions for Small and Medium-sized Businesses
Learn about the benefits of a low cost, high performance Embedded Database from the perspective of analyst firm Hurwitz and Associates. Designed for ISV and OEM partners, Pervasive PSQL Summit v10 delivers a complete solution to meet the needs of Small and Medium-sized Businesses.
Pervasive: A Great Low-IT Database
This paper outlines the value of Pervasive PSQL as a database of choice for the SMB (small-to-medium-sized business) market users. With Pervasive’s 25-year history of delivering reliability, high performance, and low TCO in a near zero database administration environment. You will understand why this database stands up on its own for Low-IT to Enterprises operations.
Pervasive PSQL Summit v10 Highlights
Leading analyst Curt Monash provides an independent view of Pervasive PSQL Summit v10 and the features and value that is available in this new release from Pervasive. Learn how to leverage some these new features for accelerated performance, business intelligence, and relational functionality. Monash Information Services is known for their unbiased view of technology and database centric reviews.
Pervasive PSQL Performance – Key Performance Features of Pervasive PSQL
A key value of Pervasive PSQL is its ability to scale from small concurrent users to 1000’s of user across a large enterprise. With emerging technology shifts in the move to 64-bit computing and high volume transaction servers, you can learn how to optimize your PSQL database for optimal performance and processing.
Pervasive PSQL Xtreme I/O: Delivering Performance for 32-Bit Applications
This white paper highlights the technical benefits of the new Xtreme I/O system driver introduced in Pervasive PSQL Summit v10 Server Edition. This new technology feature allows users to maximize performance through an advanced caching mechanizes that extends memory utilization while reducing disk latency caused by I/O. This paper provides a better understanding of the technology included with 32-bit editions of Pervasive PSQL Summit v10.
Upgrading Btrieve 6.15 to Pervasive PSQL v10
This paper describes the simple steps required to upgrade your Btrieve 6.15 based application to Pervasive PSQL Summit v10. We provide an easy to follow outline in migrating to the latest Pervasive database product. With support for Windows Vista™, 64-bit platform support and accelerated performance, you will see the value of Pervasive PSQL Summit v10. Learn how to take advantage of 10 years of product improvements.
Pervasive PSQL v9 Compatibility with Windows Vista
This special report summarizes Pervasive's testing and recommendations for running the various Windows Vista™ editions with Pervasive PSQL™ v9 database engines (server and workgroup). As discussed in the report, Pervasive will be able to provide supported, recommended solutions and work-arounds for existing versions of Pervasive PSQL v9 running with Windows Vista. Also touched upon in the report is the next release of Pervasive PSQL (likely called PSQL v10), scheduled for the second half of 2007. The next release will incorporate full Windows Vista support and compatibility, offering customers a smooth and seamless transition to Microsoft's Vista and Longhorn platforms.
Pervasive Software, Inc.s PSQL v9: Expert at Low-Cost,
High-Performance Databases
A large class of database users exists that is distinct and different from the traditional large enterprise
database customer-- "Low-IT" organizations. This paper shows some of the key
database characteristics that these organizations seek.
Aberdeen Cost-of-Ownership Database Study Proves Pervasive.SQL
Still The Clear Leader
As a valuable comparison resource, this Aberdeen Group study focuses on the total cost of ownership between Pervasive.SQL and other databases for small to mid-sized enterprises and departments within large corporations. The study also provides a set of important considerations that users find helpful when assessing databases for the Low-IT market. When considering the areas most important to customers such as overall cost, ease of use and the amount of deployment and administration resources needed, Pervasive.SQL V8 emerges as the clear leader with a "25-to-1" cost advantage over Oracle 9i, a "7-to-1" cost advantage over Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and a "2.5-to-1" cost advantage over Sybase SQL Anywhere Studio V7.
Pervasive Software’s Pervasive.SQL: Expert at Low-Cost, High-Performance Embedded Databases from Aberdeen Buyers Guide
Recent years have seen a new database market formed by a distinct and growing set of users from small to mid-size businesses (SMBs), workgroups and departments within larger businesses. The problem is that these users are not well served by databases aimed at large data stores and large corporate IT departments of major enterprises, yet are still running applications that are critical to their business success. This Aberdeen research presents application developers with the top evaluation criteria for successful database selection and deems Pervasive.SQL V8 a superior choice!
Data Security  
Embedding Security in Data Management Applications
Knowing what steps to take to keep data secure can be confusing: between new laws, new technology and new customer demands, it can be hard to keep up. This paper was developed to help you stay ahead of the trends in data security, so you can make the right decisions to ensure your success.
Baroudi Bloor’s Who’s Been Futzing With My Data?
In today's information-hungry climate, sharing data is critical to business success. Unfortunately, it can also spell danger if mission-critical information is inadequately secured. What steps should you take to avoid disaster? Let this complimentary analyst report be your guide.
Btrieve  
Btrieve vs. ODBC: The Right Tools for the Right Job
Determining the best data access method for the task is key to optimizing your application and your customer’s satisfaction. Btrieve and ODBC can both be used, but each has its own advantages and can play a significant role in how your applications perform. This paper illustrates the advantages of each and basic considerations to keep in mind when selecting your data.
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