SolarMetric, a company spearheaded by MIT alumni, will start selling licenses of its Kodo(tm) JDO product today. Kodo JDO is an implementation of Sun`s Java(tm) Data Objects (JDO) specification for transaparent persistence. Kodo JDO shortens development cycle times, improves code quality, and creates tremendoues efficiencies for Java developers. Washington, D.C., U.S.A. -- SolarMetric, a company spearheaded by MITalumni, will start selling licenses of its Kodo(tm) JDO product today. KodoJDO is an implementation of Sun`s Java(tm) Data Objects (JDO) specification."I`m delighted that we`re able to bring Kodo JDO to market. It will greatlystreamline the development process for Java developers worldwide," saidNeelan Choksi, President of SolarMetric. "We`ve had some great feedbackfrom our customer base, and I`m proud of efficiencies, shortened developmentcycle times, and superior code quality experienced by Java developers usingKodo JDO."SolarMetric`s Kodo JDO Standard Edition Version 2.2 is a powerfulimplementation of the current JDO specification incorporating nearly fullcoverage of the features in the specification along with new functionalitythat makes interacting with relational databases even easier. Kodo JDOStandard Edition effectively provides a low-cost path for businesses toleverage the specification to meet their transparent persistence needs.Starting today, SolarMetric is offering a limited-time discount on thelicense price of Kodo JDO Standard Edition. The Standard Edition will retailfor $600, but will be available for $299 untilthe end of February."During an extensive six-month beta period, we were able to truly understandthe needs of all of our customers, enabling the development of Kodo JDO, arobust and complete implementation of JDO specification." said PatrickLinskey, SolarMetric`s Vice President of Engineering.Kodo JDO Enterprise Edition, available commercially in late February, offersincreased integration with major J2EE application servers such as IBM`sWebSphere, BEA`s WebLogic, and the open-source JBoss.Kodo JDO Standard Edition is now available for evaluation and purchase athttp://www.solarmetric.com/Software/Kodo_JDO/.About SolarMetric Inc.SolarMetric is a global company with corporate headquarters in Washington,D.C. A strong team of Java developers and experienced business leadersfounded Solarmetric in 2001. The core technology team has been togethersince 1997, working on enterprise web applications and networking products.SolarMetric was formed to address some of the inefficiencies identified bythe core technology team while dealing with existing products.SolarMetric creates enterprise development products leveraging Sun`s Javadevelopment language. SolarMetric`s products are targeted towards enablingapplication developers to focus on their application logic rather than ondeployment-specific details.SolarMetric`s client base represents all major industries and includescustomers in the European Union, Switzerland, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong,and the United States.To learn more about SolarMetric, visit online at http://www.solarmetric.com.About Kodo JDOKodo JDO is SolarMetric`s implementation of Sun`s Java Data Objectsspecification. Kodo JDO provides access to relational databases through theJDO specification, enabling Java developers to use existing relationaldatabase technology from Java without needing to know SQL or be an expert inrelational database design. It can be used with existing database schemas,or can automatically generate its own schema.Kodo JDO has been tested against IBM DB2 UDB 7.2, InstantDB 3.26, MicrosoftSQLServer 8.00, MySQL 3.23.43, Oracle 8.1.7, and PostgreSQL 6.5. Support forother databases not on this list can easily be added to Kodo JDO, either bya third party, or by SolarMetric`s consulting team.Kodo JDO Standard Edition is a complete solution for developers who need afully-functional JDO solution but aren`t interested in using JDO in concertwith a J2EE application server.Kodo JDO Enterprise Edition is a fully spec-compliant JDO implementation. Itis the ideal choice for applications that will be run in a J2EE applicationserver, such as BEA`s WebLogic, IBM`s WebSphere, or JBoss. It permitsintegrating JDO operations into globally-managed transactions, letting allJDO transactional operations be governed by the application server.Additionally, SolarMetric is working on several add-on products, includingadvanced caching options that will be useful for many server-basedapplications.About Sun`s Java Data Objects SpecificationThe Java Data Objects (JDO) specification is a new specification sponsoredby Sun Microsystems. It defines a standard set of interfaces for storingJava objects in data stores such as relational databases.This standard greatly simplifies the development of enterprise applications,as application developers no longer need to learn datastore-specificinterfaces and languages in order to store long-term objects in a database.This allows the developers to focus on the logic behind their applicationrather than on the details of communicating with a database.
