Actual Technologies Delivers Client-Side SQL Server Driver for OS X

Business Wire, Jan 8, 2004

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Macworld San Francisco 2004

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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2004

Actual Technologies, LLC, a visionary new company focusing on Mac OS X success in the corporate enterprise, today announced the immediate availability of the Mac-first, Mac-only Actual ODBC Driver for Microsoft SQL Server.

The driver allows a Mac user to access SQL Server databases from applications such as Excel, using queries to populate spreadsheets, charts, and graphs with live data. The driver can also be used to incorporate SQL Server connectivity into third-party applications or even custom software written in Carbon, Cocoa, REALBasic, or PHP.

Unlike many competing products, the Actual ODBC Driver for Microsoft SQL Server does not require that any special software be installed on the SQL Server machine itself. And since the driver supports both methods of SQL authentication- SQL Server accounts and trusted domain accounts- no special configuration of SQL Server is required. Anyone familiar with setting up an ODBC connection on a Windows machine will feel at home with the configuration wizard, while Mac users will experience the ease of use and native OS X interface they have come to expect.

"Our products target the population of Mac OS X-based developers who find themselves working in primarily Windows-based enterprise IT," a company spokesman said. "Our ODBC driver brings to these developers the same SQL Server connection and data manipulation capabilities that their Windows-based peers have."

The first in a suite of new tools and products, the Actual ODBC Driver for Microsoft SQL Server gives Mac OS X developers one less reason to reach for that Windows machine in the course of their work.

The Actual ODBC Driver for Microsoft SQL Server is available for under $30 per license, with no minimum licensing requirements. To purchase the software or download an evaluation copy, please visit http://www.actualtechnologies.com/

About Actual Technologies

Actual Technologies develops software products and provides consulting services to integrate Mac OS X into the corporate IT enterprise. Its products include ODBC drivers for popular databases, file conversion utilities to integrate Macintosh applications with their Windows counterparts, and Mac OS X applications for managing database servers and manipulating data.