X-Hive Corporation Announces Launch of X-Hive/DB 2.0

Sets the Pace for Native XML Databases

ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS -December 17, 2001 - X-Hive Corporation, a leading innovator in XML database technology, announced today the release of X-Hive/DB 2.0, the newest version of its native XML database. Additions to X-Hive/DB 2.0 include features such as document versioning, binary object support, and full text searching, which will provide XML and Java developers with more complete functionality when working with native XML databases.

"The latest additions to 2.0 round out X-Hive/DB and help us to fulfill our goal of offering the most complete native XML database." explains X-Hive CEO/CTO and co-founder, Jeroen van Rotterdam.

According to X-Hive, the introduction of version management is particularly significant to increasing the growth of native XML database technology. "In applications, such as publishing, the ability to maintain multiple versions of the same document is critical to the business process.", explains Van Rotterdam. "By addressing this issue, X-Hive/DB 2.0 breaks down the barrier for those industries who originally perceived this lack of functionality as an obstacle to moving to a native XML database."

New Features Summary

Versioning: offers the ability to store multiple versions of the same document without sacrificing the database's speed and performance. This is especially significant for applications such as publishing, legal, etc. where different versions and drafts need to be maintained and recalled.

Binary Objects (BLOB) support: allows binary large objects (such as movie files, images, MS Office files, etc.) to be stored in X-Hive/DB. This means that all resources/files needed for a project (i.e. website, book) can be stored in one place and share the same security and transaction control.

Full-text Searching: is accomplished via integration with Lucene, the open source full text index engine from Apache.

New Indexing Methods: have been added to boost the performance of X-Hive/DB applications. X-Hive/DB 2.0. Prior support for node indexes (Context Conditioned Indexing(tm)) and element name indexes has been expanded to include: library indexes, id attribute indexes and full-text indexes thru Lucene.

With X-Hive's existing support of W3C standards such as XLink, XPointer, XPath, and a recent release of its XQuery implementation demo, the launch of X-Hive/DB 2.0 widens the gap in the XML database market.

"By concentrating our efforts exclusively on the XML database, we can bring to market the more specialized features that XML and Java professionals look for when evaluating native XML databases.", states Van Rotterdam.

X-Hive/DB 2.0 is now available. Evaluation software can be downloaded from the company's website at www.x-hive.com.

About X-Hive Corporation

X-Hive Corporation is a leading innovator in XML database technology. Its mission is to provide superior technology and expertise to the growing market for XML applications and services. Its flagship product, X-Hive/DB is a native XML database based upon open standards which has the ability to instantly locate and retrieve the smallest element within large quantities of data. This sets X-Hive/DB apart from the competition and makes it the ideal foundation for building mission critical applications and large volume XML data environments.

X-Hive Corporation is an active member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and is based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. X-Hive is proud to be an Official Partner-2001 for Renault Sport F1 and the Benetton Formula 1 Team. For more information, visit www.x-hive.com.

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