________________________________________________________________________ ANNOUNCEMENT
mxODBC Zope/Plone Database Adapter Version 2.1.0 for Zope and the Plone CMS Available for Plone 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2, Zope 2.12 and 2.13, on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and other platforms This announcement is also available on our web-site for online reading: http://www.egenix.com/company/news/eGenix-mxODBC-Zope-DA-2.1.0-GA.html ________________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION The eGenix mxODBC Zope DA allows you to easily connect your Zope or Plone CMS installation to just about any database backend on the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially supported eGenix product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC standard as middle-tier architecture. The mxODBC Zope Database Adapter is highly portable, just like Zope itself and provides a high performance interface to all your ODBC data sources, using a single well-supported interface on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and other platforms. This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting environments where stability and high performance are a top priority, establishing an excellent basis and scalable solution for your Plone CMS. Product page: http://www.egenix.com/products/zope/mxODBCZopeDA/ ________________________________________________________________________ NEWS We are pleased to announce a new version 2.1.0 of our mxODBC Zope/Plone Database Adapter product. Updated Plone Support --------------------- In this new release, we have focused on a simplified zc.buildout deployment as used in Plone 4.x and the latest Zope 2.13 releases. The mxODBC Zope DA is now again compatible with all recent Plone versions. Please see the mxODBC Zope DA documentation for details on how to install the product for use in Plone. For the full list of features, please see the mxODBC Zope DA feature list: http://www.egenix.com/products/zope/mxODBCZopeDA/#Features Enhanced ODBC Driver Support ---------------------------- We have also updated the integrated mxODBC Python Extension to the latest 3.2 release, which includes a number of important new features and ODBC driver compatibility enhancements: * Added support for the DataDirect ODBC manager on Linux which is used by several data warehouse database backends * Added MS SQL Server ODBC Driver 1.0 for Linux support * Added Teradata support * Added Netezza support * Switched to unixODBC 2.3.1+ API for better 64-bit support on Linux * Enhanced Oracle Instance Client support * Enhanced IBM DB2 driver support * Enhanced Sybase ASE driver support * Enhanced FreeTDS ODBC driver support * Enhanced PostgreSQL driver support * Enhanced generic support for many other ODBC compatible databases Please see the mxODBC 3.2 release announcement for a complete set of changes available in the underlying mxODBC 3.2 package used in mxODBC Zope/Plone DA 2.1: http://www.egenix.com/company/news/eGenix-mxODBC-3.2.0-GA.html Lowered Overall Licensing Costs ------------------------------- Starting with version 2.1, we have also simplified our license terms to clarify the situation on multi-core and virtual machines. In most cases, you no longer need to purchase more than one license per Zope/Plone instance, if you are running on a multi-core processor or virtual machine, scaling down the overall license costs significantly compared to earlier mxODBC Zope DA releases. Minor other changes ------------------- * Error screens have been changed to plain text after the recent hot fix which disabled showing HTML in error messages * The "Security" tab now also works in Zope 2.13 ________________________________________________________________________ UPGRADING Users are encouraged to upgrade to this latest mxODBC Zope/Plone DA release to benefit from the new features and updated ODBC driver support. We have taken special care not to introduce backwards incompatible changes, making the upgrade experience as smooth as possible. For upgrade purchases, we will give out 20% discount coupons going from mxODBC Zope DA 1.x to 2.1 and 50% coupons for upgrades from mxODBC 2.x to 2.1. After upgrade, use of the original license from which you upgraded is no longer permitted. Please contact the eGenix.com Sales Team with your existing license serials for details for an upgrade discount coupon. If you want to try the new release before purchace, you can request 30-day evaluation licenses by visiting our web-site or writing to sa...@egenix.com, stating your name (or the name of the company) and the number of eval licenses that you need. ________________________________________________________________________ MORE INFORMATION For more information on the mxODBC Zope Database Adapter, licensing and download instructions, please visit our web-site: http://www.egenix.com/products/zope/mxODBCZopeDA/ You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at: http://shop.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ Thank you, -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Sep 18 2012) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ 2012-10-29: PyCon DE 2012, Leipzig, Germany ... 41 days to go 2012-10-23: Python Meeting Duesseldorf ... 35 days to go 2012-08-28: Released mxODBC 3.2.0 ... http://egenix.com/go31 2012-08-20: Released mxODBC.Connect 2.0.0 ... http://egenix.com/go30 eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. 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