4D Delivers 21st Century High-Performance, Scalable, Open SQL Platform for Business Applications

4D Delivers 21st Century High-Performance, Scalable, Open SQL Platform for Business Applications

September 25, 2007

4D v11 SQL ships with over 200 new enhancements and
delivers enhanced Vista compatibility and Universal Binary
support


    PARIS, Sept. 25 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- 

    4D SAS, the award-winning maker of an integrated
platform that simplifies the process of developing and
deploying business applications, announced today the
immediate availability of 4D v11 SQL Developer product
lines that lets developers create powerful SQL powered
business applications while maintaining compatibility with
existing 4D applications.

    At the heart of the new 4D v11 SQL platform is a
revolutionary 21st Century database engine that allows
developers to build business applications that scale to the
highest business demands. 4D v11 SQL also delivers on 4D's
promise of an open, scalable platform by adding support for
SQL, SVG, and Unicode, as well as enhancing its support for
ODBC, XML and SOAP based Web Services.

    4D's developer productivity leadership is further
enhanced by the addition of over 100 new productivity
enhancements, including a new ergonomic design environment
with integrated refactoring tools, new structure design
editor and an integrated maintenance center to ensure the
developer has all the tools at their finger tips to create,
deliver and maintain powerful business applications. 4D v11
SQL also provides developers with a new, powerful component
architecture that ensures developers can deliver secure high
performance modular code.

    "4D v11 SQL is a watershed event for the 4D
community," said Larry White, president of Pelican
Engineering, Inc. "4D v11 SQL continues 4D's ease of
use and deployment while providing new levels of
scalability and a critical embrace of open
standards."

    "4D v11 SQL demonstrates 4D's ongoing commitment
to the 4D developer community," said Peter Schumacher,
president of [4D Consulting.com] eK. "As per 4D's
tradition, upgrading our existing applications was
amazingly easy. As a result, our customers could
immediately begin to use the new power and scalability of
the 4D v11 SQL platform."

    "We're thrilled with the scalability of 4D v11
SQL," said Frederic Blanc, Managing Director of
Upside, France.  "4D v11 SQL allows us to deliver low
maintenance, high performing open applications that ensure
we can meet the most demanding business
requirements."

    "With 4D v11 SQL, 4D is taking our highly
productive development environment to the next level by
adding native support for enterprise IT standards,"
said Luc Hollande, CEO of 4D SAS. "At the same time,
by providing full backward compatibility we're delivering
unprecedented levels of scalability to our
customers."

    Pricing for the 4D v11 SQL product line begins at
US$349. Upgrades and maintenance plans are also available.
4D v11 SQL Developer products are immediately available for
download and purchase at http://www.4d.com/ .

    About 4D SAS

    4D publishes a range of development, database and
integrated Web server solutions to speed business
application development, delivery and deployment. 4D SAS is
headquartered in Paris France and has international
subsidiaries in the USA, Japan, Great Britain, Germany,
Sweden, Spain, Australia and a distribution network which
is active in 40 countries. The 4D ecosystem includes more
than 7,000 software firms and VARs, as well as integrators
and publishers of vertical market applications.

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