X-Hive Corporation Announces General Availability of X-Hive/DB, Version 7.0

Business Wire, Oct 17, 2005

ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands -- X-Hive Corporation is the first company to publish the results of the W3C's XQTS XQuery test. Latest version of X-Hive/DB will appeal to organizations who manage large volumes of content.

X-Hive Corporation, a leader in native XML database and Content Management technology for complex documentation, today announced the general availability of X-Hive/DB version 7.0.

Key new features of X-Hive/DB 7.0 include:

--Path indexes that allow more detailed specification of what nodes to index and also allow multiple values to be used as index keys.

--Improved Lock acquisition priority and deadlock victim selection

--Compliancy to the current XQuery Working Draft from the 15 September 2005 and the related specifications (XQuery & XPath functions, XQuery & XPath Data Model, etc.).

--Versionable BLOBs

--XQuery update statements

X-Hive Corporation is the first company to publish the results of the W3C's XQTS XQuery test. X-Hive Corporation urges competitors to publish their results as well. XQTS test suite results for X-Hive/DB 7.0 can be found at: http://www.x-hive.com/static/XQTSReport.html

"We added customer driven features to meet our customer needs in this new release" said Jeroen van Rotterdam, CEO of X-Hive Corporation. "X-Hive/DB is the core foundation for many content intensive, XML driven, applications. X-Hive/DB remains the fastest most powerful XML database based on open standards available in the market".

X-Hive/DB 7.0 is now commercially available on the X-Hive Corporation Web site. A 30-day free evaluation version may also be downloaded from the Web site.

About X-Hive Corporation.

X-Hive Corporation is a leader in XML database and Content Management technology. Our mission is to significantly improve operational performance of our customers, in their efforts of maintaining and publishing technical information. X-Hive Corporation offers state of the art XML technology specifically for complex Content Management Solutions in industries like Aerospace, Automotive, Heavy Machinery, Petrochemical, Publishing, and Defence. X-Hive solutions support all major XML standards, X-Hive actively participates within W3C and the ATA Civil Aviation Working Group. X-Hive Corporation co-operates worldwide with software vendors, system integrators and consultants in delivering X-Hive solutions. For more information: www.x-hive.com