Annual Report 2002 - Software AG

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Products: Focusing on investment protection and efficient data management
Adabas safeguards your IT investments
Adabas, our high-performance database for mainframes,
has set new standards for processing speed
and availability. It is acknowledged to be the fastest
database system on the market, handling up to
157,000 queries per second. Several thousand companies
worldwide now use Adabas for their missioncritical
processes. The database runs on a number
of operating systems, and offers outstanding performance,
even when accessed by a large number
of concurrent users.
In view of these considerable strengths, many
of our customers have invested heavily in Adabas
technology. As a result, it is increasingly important
that we not only deliver high performance and rich
functionality, but also ensure interoperability with
other software applications and development environments.
For example, the new Adabas SQL Server 5 enables
our customers to use standardized SQL database
software in conjunction with Adabas. A key
factor in this development was enhanced and
accelerated access to Adabas.
In addition, we improved our around-the-clock availability
and increased the maximum number of concurrent
transactions. Adabas also allows data to be
archived quickly and easily on an external storage
system using a specially developed interface.
Adabas for Linux
The poor economic climate forced many customers to
cut back IT spending last year. Software AG supported
their cost-cutting strategies by providing a new version
of Adabas for Unix and Windows platforms that
includes a version for Linux, an operating system that
is growing in popularity on account of its low cost.
Standardization of Unix environments on the basis
of Linux can reduce overall IT expenditure. Linux
S/390, for example, allows an unlimited number of
virtual Linux machines to run on a single physical
server.
In addition, we plan to further accelerate processing
speed for future versions of Adabas for Unix
and Windows platforms. We are also optimizing SQL
functionality and will introduce support for Windows
Terminal Server.