Newsletter :: June 2010

• Maven dependencies for db4o with Transparent Activation: In this blog post Peter Karich shares his own configuration of Maven dependencies when you use db4o with the Transparent Activation feature.
• Call for Industry Presentations ICOODB 2010: User presentations and user case studies are encouraged. A talk proposal should consist of a 500 word abstract and it should outline the technical content of the talk. Authors should also include a short biography (2-3 sentences). Submissions will be reviewed by the Chairs of the Industrial Track together with members of the ICOODB Steering Committee.
• Scala DB4O DSL with REPL optimized demo package: A project defining DSL structures in Scala to work easily with the db4o database system. So far this is a little playground to use Scala to build a DSL for querying DB4O databases.
• FRC-DB: FIRST Robotics Competiton app handles teams with db4o: a dynamic database of FIRST Robotics Competiton (FRC) teams intended to help with scouting by showing useful statistics for teams and events.
• db4o included in QuiteSleep: block callers on Android: QuiteSleep is an application for Android 2.0+ that manages your incoming calls when you're busy, sleeping, or doing anything between two time slots in any day of the week.

Versant - News from the Base Camp
from Versant Website

• Versant and Fraunhofer FOKUS Enter into a Strategic Lab Partnership - Versant Corporation and Berlin based Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (Fraunhofer FOKUS) have entered into an applied research agreement. Teaming-up together as strategic lab partners, the IT company and the German research facility aim to demonstrate how IPTV technologies can benefit from object databases to advance the multimedia industry, content providers and telecom enterprises.

Kudos of the Month
from the db4o Kudos Blog

"The decade-old, open source 'database for objects' has managed to stay speedy and relevant in its old age. As it reaches version 8.0 with a developer release this week, db4o is getting significant performance upgrades - in fact, they're the theme of this release."
— Mitchell Pronschinske

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The db4objects team.

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