McObject LLC announced it has ported its Perst® object-oriented, open source embedded database system to run on Windows RT, Microsoft's specialized version of the Windows 8 operating system that runs on Advanced RISC Machine (ARM) chips. In addition to bringing Perst to a new generation of ARM-based tablets and other low-powered devices, the new support for Windows RT enables apps incorporating the Perst mobile database to be distributed through Microsoft's Windows Store, opening a new and potentially valuable digital distribution channel. With its most recent consumer operating system upgrades, Microsoft offers Windows in three flavors: Windows 8 standard and professional editions that run on x86 hardware; and the ARM-compatible Windows RT, which is only provided pre-installed on devices. Windows 8 standard and professional support Microsoft's new touch-oriented Metro graphical user interface as well as the familiar, full-featured Windows desktop. Windows RT apps use the Metro interface and offer a limited version of the traditional desktop. In order for an app to gain distribution via the Windows Store, it must support all three Windows 8 versions. Effective immediately, the .NET edition of Perst includes an additional dynamic link library (DLL) that is compatible with Windows RT, and a new Visual Studio solution/project file for building the WinRT version of Perst. Using these new components, developers can create applications that run on Windows 8, Windows 8 Professional and Windows RT without any changes to the underlying code. Perst has also added two Windows RT example applications: TestIndexMetro, which is a port of Perst's standard performance benchmark; and TestLinqMetro, which demonstrates Perst's SQL-like database wrapper and its LINQ interface.

McObject LLC announced that TradeStation will integrate McObject's eXtremeDB(R) Financial Edition in-memory database system (IMDS) into its next-generation order-execution system, now under development. McObject's technology was selected after it performed an order of magnitude faster than alternative database systems in a proof-of-concept, indicating that eXtremeDB Financial Edition will extend the speed advantage already provided to TradeStation's customers. eXtremeDB Financial Edition provides features to optimize capital markets systems for speed, fault-tolerance and scalability. These features include: A core in-memory database system (IMDS) that delivers database responsiveness measured in microseconds; embedded architecture to eliminate client/server inter-process communication (IPC) overhead; support for column-based as well as traditional row-based data layout (including hybrid designs); a rich library of vector-based statistical functions to analyze time-series data; an ultra-short execution path (code size is approximately 150K) that minimizes demand for CPU cycles and maximizes L1/L2 cache efficiency; distributed database scalability, performance and fault-tolerance, through both Clustering and High Availability sub-systems and multiple application programming interfaces (APIs) including standard SQL and faster, type-safe native C/C++ API (native Java and C# APIs are also provided).

McObject LLC announced the availability of eXtremeDB Financial Edition, its fault-tolerant in-memory database system (IMDS) designed for time-critical capital markets systems such as algorithmic trading, risk management, order matching and quantitative analysis. The eXtremeDB product family has a proven track record in embedded systems where it is trusted in millions of deployments, in fields ranging from aerospace to telecommunications, defense and industrial control. eXtremeDB Financial Edition builds on that solid foundation, bringing flexible development tools, high reliability and the lowest possible latency for an IMDS to financial services. The product includes an array of new features built for trading organizations and others developing technology for capital markets. These features include: support for columnar data storage to improve efficiency in handling time-series data such as trades and quotes, with eXtremeDB Financial Edition, system designers can combine a columnar layout with traditional rows in a single database design, to optimize run-time efficiency, a rich library of more than 80 vector-based statistical functions that cut latency in time-series data management and maximize efficiency of L1/L2 cache use, improved clustering technology that boosts distributed database performance and scalability, a new GUI database performance monitor, to observe the effect of changes to the database or application on transaction throughput, memory consumption and other key factors when fine-tuning to reduce latency. eXtremeDB Financial Edition delivers speed without sacrificing reliability. Database transactions fully support the ACID (atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability) properties, while transaction logging provides recoverability. Optional clustering and high availability sub-systems distribute the database to multiple hardware nodes, to guarantee uninterrupted processing in the event of failure on one node. A fast, native C/C++ API is type-safe, greatly reducing the potential for run-time bugs. SQL/ODBC, JDBC and native Java and C# APIs are provided as well - development with eXtremeDB Financial Edition is faster, because there are no proprietary languages to learn. All of these features are available at no additional cost.