Simple Java database system
Many people on both the CG and SUO lists have
been developing software in Java for various
purposes and many of those systems could use
database support.
Today, IBM has donated a simple Java database
system called Cloudscape to the Apache open
source server project. The system will be
renamed Derby and be maintained by the Apache
Foundation.
The Cloudscape/Derby system has a much smaller
footprint than a full-scale database, but it
supports a rich subset of SQL (which could be
migrated to a larger DB as a project scales up).
Following are some excerpts from the IBM web site
and from an article in the New York Times.
John Sowa
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Source: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/cloudscape/
Cloudscape - Product Overview - IBM Software
OVERVIEW
* IBM Cloudscape provides developers a small footprint,
standards-based Java database that can be tightly embedded
into any Java-based solution.
* Embeds directly in your Java application providing a silent
install, zero admin database so you don't need to deploy
a DBA along with your application.
* Supports complex SQL, transactions and JDBC so that your
applications can be migrated to DB2 UDB when they need to grow.
* Supports data encryption on disk via JCE for secure operation
in hostile environments.
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Source:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/03/technology/03java.html?ex=1249185600&en=d8a20a8423b0b3e3&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland
In Competitive Move, I.B.M. Puts Code in Public Domain
By STEVE LOHR
August 3, 2004
Most business applications require some database functions like storing
and looking up price or customer information, whether in a Web page or a
laptop program. Cloudscape is intended for use as a simple database that
resides inside a software application instead of as a full-fledged
database program that runs on its own in corporate data centers as
Oracle, I.B.M.'s DB/2, and Microsoft's SQL or MySQL do.
Placing software into the open source realm does not guarantee that it
will succeed in attracting programmers to maintain and improve the code.
Still, Java experts say that there is a need for a basic Java database
and that the Cloudscape code could prove to be popular. "It is a nice,
out-of-the-box database," said Greg Stein, chairman of the Apache
Foundation.