Treffer: DataDirect connects data for .Net apps.

DataDirect Technologies Inc. is upgrading its database connectivity software to make it easier for database administrators to consistently access data residing in an IT environment running multiple operating systems. This week, the company, a division of Progress Software Corp., will introduce Version 2.1 of DataDirect Connect for .Net, which offers enhanced connection failover and client-side load balancing capabilities. The software for environments that run Microsoft Corp.'s .Net also adds support for the 10g and Real Application Clusters versions of Oracle Corp.'s namesake DBMS. In addition, the DataDirect upgrade can use PL/SQL Table type as input to stored procedures. The upgrade offers password and user ID encryption for IBM's DB2 database and supports Sybase Inc.'s Adaptive Server Enterprise. But the company's featured release will be its connectivity solution for .Net, which also links tightly with Microsoft's Visual Studio .Net development software. Through this support, the new DataDirect software will reduce worries about bugs or errors from developers' plates, officials said.