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Embarcadero Launches FireDAC: Enterprise Data Access for Multiple Devices
February 2013 by Marc Jacob
Embarcadero Technologies announced the availability of FireDAC, an enterprise-class data access development library for multiple devices including Windows, Mac, and Mobile. FireDAC works seamlessly with Embarcadero’s Delphi, C++Builder, and RAD Studio multi-device development solutions. The release of FireDAC follows Embarcadero’s recent acquisition of DA-SOFT’s AnyDAC data access technology.
“Enterprises have already been challenged with supporting a wide variety of database platforms in their applications, but that challenge is now multiplied by the growing diversity of desktop and mobile client devices they must support,” said Michael Swindell, Embarcadero senior vice president of products. “FireDAC makes it easy for developers to integrate high performance enterprise database access into their applications across a range of platforms and devices, all from single code base.”
FireDAC offers developers support for the largest array of database platforms including Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, SAP, DataSnap, Sybase SQL Anywhere, InterBase, Advantage Database, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MySQL, Firebird and Microsoft Access.
FireDAC will be included in the enterprise and higher editions of Embarcadero’s multi-device developer tools products and will also be available stand alone. FireDAC works seamlessly with DataSnap REST servers providing the ability to create ultra thin desktop and mobile client apps using centralised REST-based web, cloud and database services.
Delphi and C++Builder enterprise-level data connectivity is enhanced with FireDAC by offering the fastest access performance available, a wider database platform selection, greater ease of use and simplicity, a universal data access API, with database vendor server-specific features. FireDAC supports multiple client devices including Windows and Mac desktop clients and iOS and Android in 2013.
– Pricing
XE3 Enterprise, Ultimate and Architect edition users
FireDAC is available free for a limited time to purchasers and registered users of Enterprise, Ultimate and Architect editions of Delphi XE3, C++Builder XE3 and RAD Studio XE3 and is available.
XE3 Professional users; Client/Server Pack
FireDAC is also available for use with Professional editions of Delphi XE3, C++Builder XE3 and RAD Studio XE3 by purchasing the FireDAC Client/Server Add-On Pack for XE3 Professional. The Client/Server Pack is available at an introductory price of $399 for a limited time (savings of $100 off the regular price). Optional one year support and maintenance is a recommended add-on and provides upgrades plus three support incidents.
