Actian Btrieve 12
NoSQL Embedded Database & Btrieve 6.15 Replacement for Windows 10
NoSQL
High performance NoSQL transactional database.
Btrieve 6.15 Compatible
File format and API compatible with Btrieve 6.15.
Current Windows OS Support
Support for all the latest Windows OS platforms from Vista to Windows 10.
What is Btrieve 12?
Btrieve has been the data management system of choice for tens of thousands of applications around the world for more than 30 years. Actian Btrieve 12 is the replacement database for Btrieve 6.15, API and file format compatible with Btrieve 6.15 and supported on Windows OS platforms from Vista to Windows 10.
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Business Tested NoSQL Embeddable Database
Btrieve 12 is the newest iteration of the original which has been industry tested by many years and tens of thousands of installations in business critical applications.
NoSQL Transactional Data Access
Btrieve 12 uses key-value store to store and access the data. Calls to the Btrieve engine are made programmatically with Btrieve API rather than through the use of a query language; delivering very high performance transaction processing
Current Windows OS Support
Btrieve 12 supports all of the latests Windows operating systems including Windows 10, 8.1 and 7, Windows Server 2016, 2012, 2008 and more
Backwards Compatibility
Btrieve 12 is file format and API compatible with Btrieve 6.15. Btrieve 6.15 applications can run with no changes on Btrieve 12. No need to recompile code or rebuild file formats (unless you are writing to 5.x files)
New Features
Auto reconnect, Btrieve Control Center, improved concurrent file use, wire encryption, centralized logging, online help and documentation, and updated utilities are just a few of the new features in Btrieve 12. Check out the What’s New to learn more.
Simplified Settings
Btrieve 12 takes advantage of the increased capacity of modern operating systems and hardware by simplifying resource settings. Developers no longer need to micromanage the use of system resources
ISV Focused Licensing and Pricing
The Btrieve 12 Limited Distribution License makes it simple for ISVs to embed Btrieve 12 in their applications The introductory price of $2,995 per 1,000 users means that building an application around Btrieve 12 adds very little cost, leaving a lot of room for ISV profit
Btrieve Architecture
What is Actian Btrieve?
Transactional Data Access Using Btrieve:
- Interacts directly with the data
- Does not require fixed data schema
- Uses key-value store to store and access the data
- Calls MicroKernel Engine using the Btrieve API directly rather than using a query language – no parsing!
- Low-level API calls and memory caching of data reduce the time required to manipulate data
Operational Benefits
Developer Features
Developers
Btrieve 12 or PSQL v12: Choosing the Right Product
| Ask Yourself These Questions to Choose the Right Product: | Choose Btrieve 12 | Choose PSQL v12 |
|---|---|---|
| Do you need a powerful, embeddable strictly NoSQL database for business applications? | ||
| Do you need a new database for your Btrieve 6.15 application? | ||
| Does your application need SQL access? | ||
| Does your application use an API other than Btrieve? | ||
| Does your application run on Linux or Mac OS X? |
Btrieve 12 Limited Distribution License
Btrieve 12 is available for purchase only in the form of a Limited Distribution License (LDL), which allows the license holder to make and distribute copies of Btrieve 12 as part of their application.
Who
Btrieve 12 LDL’s are for software developers (SV’s, OEM’s or large end users) who are building new applications or currently using Btrieve 6.15 and would like to migrate to a new Windows operating system.
What
The Btrieve 12 LDL entitles the license holder to distribute copies of Btrieve 12 with their application(s) in support of up to 1000 users. This can be 1000 single-user copies, 1 thousand-user copy or any combination in between.
How
Btrieve 12 Limited Distribution Licenses can be purchased either directly from Actian or from an Actian Distribution Partner.
