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

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

25th September 2007, Wilmslow, UK

4D UK, the award-winning maker of an integrated platform that simplifies the process of developing and deploying business applications, announced today the immediate availability of the 4D v11 SQL Developer product line 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 4Dís 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 Frédéric 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 £195. Upgrades and maintenance plans are also available. 4D v11 SQL Developer products are immediately available for download and purchase.

 

About 4D:

4D UK Ltd. offers companies and developers an integrated development environment for developing and deploying business applications.

The 4D product line is used extensively in more than 50 countries by a network of 7,000 professional software developers and 4 million end users worldwide.

4D UK is a wholly owned subsidiary of 4D S.A.S., an international company founded in 1984. 4D has offices and subsidiaries in France, Australia, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Japan, the United States and the UK.

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