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HiT Software Announces the Release of Ritmo for iSeries 3.0, a well-rounded integration with Visual Studio .NET that provides .NET developers with an easy-to-use yet powerful way to connect to IBM iSeries.
 

San Jose, California, July 15, 2005 - HiT Software, a leading developer of standards-based products for relational database access, today announced the release of Ritmo for iSeries 3.0, the top middleware bridge between Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and the popular IBM iSeries/AS400 platform. HiT Software is one of the early members of Microsoft's Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) program and of the Midrange Alliance Program (MAP).

The Ritmo for iSeries 3.0 release adds powerful design tools to cut development time when writing applications that access data residing on the IBM iSeries. Ritmo for iSeries 3.0 offers features to enhance productivity and allow developers to stay in the VS.NET environment for the entire project lifecycle. Features include graphical tools such as sophisticated designers and wizards that generate code, a command editor, and a data connections explorer as well as a navigation window for working with iSeries databases and database objects (database explorer). Its treelike structure allows developers to find and manage objects in the database quickly and easily.

Tight VS.NET integration combined with HiT Software's high performance implementation of the IBM iSeries Optimized Database Server (ODBS) protocol significantly speeds the time necessary to write, debug and test code to retrieve, insert and update data stored in the iSeries database.

Ritmo for iSeries 3.0 also offers integration with Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services. From within Reporting Services, users can select Ritmo as a data source to connect to DB2 running on iSeries, and generate reports. These data processing extensions add functionality to both the Report Server and Report Designer, enabling seamless integration of custom data into reports.

"With Ritmo for iSeries 3.0, HiT Software shows its continuing commitment to the .NET platform. As the .NET platform gains momentum, we see a lot of companies that rely on the IBM iSeries developing .NET Framework-based applications to access their corporate data." said Giacomo Lorenzin, CEO of HiT Software. "Ritmo is the best provider to connect to data residing on the IBM iSeries, because of its tight integration with Visual Studio .NET, as well as its robustness, speed and security."

Availability

Fully operational trial versions are downloadable from the HiT Software web site at: www.hitsw.com/products_services/downloads.html.
 

About HiT Software, Inc.

HiT Software is a leading developer of standards-based products for relational database access. HiT Software products include Allora XML-RDB run-time transformation middleware, DBMoto data replication, SQL middleware products for IBM DB2 access, and SafeConduct for secure Internet and intranet communications.
 
Founded in 1994, HiT Software is based in San Jose, California, and is a member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). HiT Software products are sold and serviced worldwide by the HiT Software direct sales team, international subsidiaries, and authorized channel partners. Additional information is available at www.hitsw.com, by sending e-mail to info@hitsw.com, or by calling (408) 345-4001.
 

HiT Software and Allora, DBMoto, and SafeConduct are either trademarks or registered trademarks of HiT Software Inc., and/or its affiliates. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.