Servoy Easy-To-Use Database Interface Platform Released

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

AMSTERDAM, Thursday April 24th 2003

Servoy announces the immediate availability of Servoy R2, a revolutionary
integrated development and deployment environment which combines
unparalleled ease of use with dramatic scalability, and runs on all popular
platforms.

A free evaluation version of Servoy R2 can be downloaded from Servoy’s main
website at www.servoy.com.

Servoy R2 is a revolutionary rapid application development (RAD) software
suite that combines ease-of-use with Enterprise-level scalability. Servoy
R2’s intuitive and easy-to-use interface allows both professional
developers and non-developers to create powerful desktop applications,
database front-ends, data entry and reporting systems.

With Servoy R2, workgroups no longer need disconnected desktop databases
for data entry, Crystal Reports for reporting, or installation of JDBC or
ODBC drivers on each client. Servoy R2 combines all this functionality into
one powerful, unified environment. This saves development time, virtually
eliminates end-user deployment hassles an lowers both maintenance and
support costs.

The Servoy R2 Product Suite is based on Java and runs on all popular
platforms including Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris and AIX. Users can
connect to any data source on any platform that supports a JDBC or ODBC
connection.

With Servoy R2:
– There is no need to install applications or JDBC drivers on end-user
machines
– There is no need to to perform maintenance or upgrades; the client
will auto-update on launch
– There is no need to buy additional hardware or software; it will run
on what you already have
– There is no need to migrate existing users to other operating
systems; Servoy R2 will run on a wide variety of operating systems –
with no need to re-compile platform-specific versions
– There is no need to train users to be able to operate new
machines/new operating systems

To try out Servoy R2 visit www.servoy.com

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In Depth
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Easy-to-use RAD tool
Servoy R2 provides an intuitive rapid application development (RAD) tool to
create solutions that range from simple lists or contact management to
complex, line-of-business solutions. Servoy R2 can easily connect to
multiple data sources simultaneously, and can combine data from multiple
database servers into a single application and/or report. Servoy R2’s
WYSIWYG form design tools coupled with its powerful JavaScript-based
scripting engine allow even non-programmers to create powerful, customized
workgroup applications without the need for dedicated (and expensive) IT
resources.

Platform and database independent
The Servoy R2 Product Suite supports all major databases including: Oracle,
IBM DB/2, Microsoft SQL Server, Informix, Sybase, MySQL, PostgreSQL,
OpenBase, and many others running on virtually any platform.
Servoy-produced solutions can be uploaded, saved and automatically ported
to and from any database on any platform that supports Java and a JDBC or
ODBC connection.

Because of its Java core, Servoy R2 Server can run on desktop machines, and
will easily scale all the way up to Unix Servers, AS/400 systems and
through to the largest mainframes. Scalability is only limited by the
available hardware. Servoy R2 products have a small footprint and are
optimized for high performance and scalability to accommodate large numbers
of concurrent user on each platform.

Flexibility
Servoy R2 stores all design and functionality in a database-based
repository. Because of this unique architecture, multiple developers can
work on the same or different solutions; you can have multiple versions of
each solution; and you can even develop new solutions while multiple
simultaneous clients are accessing the same server. In addition, since
there is no proprietary file format it is virtually impossible to corrupt a
solution, and you can use your database’s built-in replication services to
distribute solutions to multiple servers all over the country or all over
the world.

Servoy R2 Developer includes a full debugging environment and full
programmatic runtime control over all interface objects (including enable,
disable, trigger scripts on enter/exit/change of fields, change colors,
fonts and more), all dynamically. Servoy R2 Developer also supports version
control. This allows your development teams to create new “builds” and roll
forward and rollback solution versions at any time.

Expandability
Servoy R2 Developer features an easy-to-use, industry-standard programming
language (JavaScript) that also allows for inline Java commands, external
custom Plug-Ins (via our robust Java-based API) as well as full JavaBean
support. Because all plug-ins and beans are stored on the server and are
executed by the clients on an as-needed basis, adding or removing custom
functionality from all of your Servoy solutions is both quick and easy.

Hassle free
Servoy R2 supports up to 250 users right out of the box and ships with the
open source Firebird SQL database. Servoy R2 Server can scale from a single
Windows 2000 Server supporting 800 concurrent users to multiple Windows (or
Linux or Unix) servers serving thousands of concurrent users, and through
to high-end Enterprise-level hardware (IBM OS/390, Sun E10000 and so on) to
support many thousands of concurrent users.

In addition, Servoy R2 utilizes the Java WebStart technology to
automatically deliver the latest client software each time a user requests
the application. This means that there is no need to re-install client
software, upgrades or updates: Servoy R2 handles it for every user
automatically. Servoy Client is a very thin client; Servoy-based
applications run seamlessly over low bandwith connnections. Servoy Server
handles all connections to the database and also takes care of locking,
transactions and broadcasting of data changes. This means that there is no
need for any configuration, database drivers or plug-in installation on the
client.

Secure
Servoy R2 stores no data; it only provides an interface into existing data
sources. This means that full control over the actual databases is
maintained, and access can be easily controlled via named connections,
users and groups. In addition to the security measures available in the
back-end database, Servoy solutions can also be password protected down to
the individual form, object and record level.

You can also choose to automatically track all modifications, creations and
deletions to all data on a solution-by-solution and table-by-table basis
(regardless of the number of forms the data appears on), all with a single
checkbox. The logged data will show the previous data and the new data, as
well as the date, time, solution, form and user that made the modification,
creation or deletion.

With Servoy R2:
– There is no need to install applications or JDBC drivers on end-user
machines
– There is no need to to perform maintenance or upgrades; the client
will auto-update on launch
– There is no need to buy additional hardware or software; it will run
on what you already have
– There is no need to migrate existing users to other operating
systems; Servoy R2 will run on a wide variety of operating systems –
with no need to re-compile platform-specific versions
– There is no need to train users to be able to operate new
machines/new operating systems

To try out Servoy R2 visit www.servoy.com

Servoy BV is committed to reducing the complexity and raising the
availability of SQL-based solutions to business, government, educators,
students and non-profit groups around the world through innovative,
easy-to-use, standards-based software tools.