Blogs from the Beech

Pervasive Corporate and Windows Server 2008

jbeecher — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:47:00 GMT

In the past, I have talked about Pervasive PSQL v10.10 being Certified for Windows Server 2008 and the value this brings to our partners and customers. In addition to product certification, the internal Pervasive IT team has adopted Windows Server 2008 to provide increased security, productive, and better support to their customers (internal and external) using the latest technology features that Windows Server 2008 offers around Terminal Services.

Working with a Microsoft partner a customer success story has been written that highlights our use . . .

Pervasive PSQL v9.52 (SP2), update 60 posted

jbeecher — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:22:00 GMT

The support team has posted this month's update for Pervasive PSQL v9.52 (SP2), update 60 to the web for download. This update can be applied to existing versions of Pervasive PSQL v9.50 (SP2) or higher.

View the readme for more info.

-Jim

Windows XP SP3 has been released to manufacturing

jbeecher — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:32:00 GMT

According to a post on TechNet Windows XP SP3 has RTM'd. According to the post, it will be about a week before availability to Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center. Our next release Pervasive PSQL v10.10 (in beta) will provide support for this latest Microsoft release. Prior versions of PSQL have not been tested at this time.

View article . . .

DataDirect Technologies ADO.NET Provider and PSQL Summit v10

jbeecher — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:41:00 GMT

As part of our commitment to delivering on ADO.NET and providing the best technology available to our partners, Data Direct issued a press release today highlighting the use of Data Direct Connect for ADO.NET and Pervasive PSQL v10.

Pervasive and Data Direct are currently developing the next update to the provider for ADO.NET 3.5, which includes support for LINQS and other features.

Read the press release

-Jim

The new Pervasive Component Zone

jbeecher — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:46:00 GMT

I am pleased to announce the introduction of our new Pervasive Component Zone. We have upgraded our servers and software to provide a new sleek and modern site for our third-party component programs and utilities.

The Pervasive Component Zone is your one-stop resource for third-party code samples, utilities and programs offered by various Pervasive Partners, Resellers and Developers. The Pervasive Support team also posts support tools and programs. The site allows ranking by popularity, downloads, post comments, and provide a common interface with our Pervasive Blog site and the PSQL v10 support forum.
We invite you to visit the site and give us your feedback.

-Jim

Pervasive PSQL v9.52 (SP2), update 56

jbeecher — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:26:00 GMT

Our team has been busy getting betas and updates out this month. We have posted the latest update for Pervasive PSQL v9.52 (SP2), update 56 to the web for download. This update can be applied to existing versions of Pervasive PSQL v9.50 (SP2) or higher.

View the readme for more info.

And as a reminder, Update 2 is now available for existing versions of Pervasive PSQL Summit v10.0

Beta 1 is also available for Pervasive PSQL v10.10 for Windows Server and Linux

Remember to sign up to our new PSQL blog site or visit our Blog Central

-Jim

Support for Windows Server 2008

jbeecher — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:59:00 GMT

With the launch of Windows Server 2008, we have received questions from customers and partners about this latest release. You can read about our support policy on Windows Server 2008 and Pervasive PSQL, here. The Pervasive PSQL Summit v10.10 beta is certified and available for download for testing with Windows Server 2008.

Pervasive PSQL 10.01, Update 2

jbeecher — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:53:00 GMT

I am proud to announce the latest update for Pervasive PSQL Summit v10 is available. Update 2, build 061 is available for download!

This update is for existing version of Pervasive PSQL v10.0 and is not for testers of the publicly available beta for Pervasive PSQL v10.10.

To recap:

Update 2 is now available for existing users of Pervasive PSQL Summit v10.0

Beta 1 is also available for Pervasive PSQL v10.10 for Windows Server and Linux

Remember to sign up to our new PSQL blog site or visit our Blog Central

-Jim

Our Blogs Are Pervasive

jbeecher — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:59:00 GMT

Want to stay up to date on latest news on Pervasive PSQL v10? Then be sure to subscribe to our new site for Blogs from the Beech. You'll find it at Pervasive Blog Central, along with blogs about other Pervasive products and services, including DataRush, DataTools, DataServices and more. So visit Pervasive Blog Central and subscribe to one or more of our blogs, all available via RSS. We’ll keep you posted on the latest in the worlds of embeddable data management and agile integration.

-Jim

Pervasive PSQL v10.10 Beta is here!

jbeecher — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:11:00 GMT

We have posted the public beta of Pervasive PSQL v.10.10 to our Web site for download. This update includes support for the latest operating systems from Microsoft (Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1), as well as Linux support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise. In addition, we now offer support for 64-bit versions of Linux, and our Windows Server 2008 64-bit edition is now Microsoft-certified.

Take a test drive and evaluate today!

A view into the Pervasive PSQL testing Lab

jbeecher — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:41:00 GMT

Join Jeff Chapman and myself for a quick discussion of our Quality Engineering (QE) process for PSQL v10 as well as a quick tour of our testing lab in Austin, Tx. Enjoy the video !...(read more)

Certified for Windows 2008!

jbeecher — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:08:00 GMT

I am pleased to announce that we have achieved a major milestone for our up-coming release of Pervasive PSQL v10.10 for Windows . . . we are certified for Windows Server 2008! When we released PSQL Summit v10.0, we explained that “Summit” is a platform...(read more)

Upcoming Linux release . . interested in testing?

jbeecher — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:15:00 GMT

We're getting closer with our next release of Pervasive PSQL, version 10.10 besides offering support for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1, we will be offering a 32 and 64-bit editions for Linux Server. For Linux, our primary supported distributions...(read more)

Windows Vista SP1 . . . Is it supported?

jbeecher — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:14:00 GMT

With the announcement that Windows Vista SP1 has been released to manufacturing, the next question was when are people going to be able to download? The Windows Team Vista Blog (http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/) says updates should be arriving...(read more)

Windows Server 2008. . . Released to Manufacturing

jbeecher — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:14:00 GMT

With today’s announcement from Microsoft that Windows Server 2008 has released to manufacturing and available March 1, I thought I would give you a “heads-up” on our work with Windows Server 2008. Pervasive has been working with Microsoft and their testing...(read more)