Dimensional Data

InterBase in 2020 will continue to be, one of the hidden gems of the relational database world. From its inception in the early 1980s, through mainstream adoption and evolution under Borland, InterBase looks back at a track-record that spend decades; at times defining the standard that all other databases were measured against. With Embarcadero acquiring the Borland development portfolio in 2008, InterBase has again been brought up to speed with the latest technological advances; surpassing them even with features like Change Views. Thanks to steadily refactoring and evolution since Embarcadero took over; its performance and scope have seen radical performance gains. Once again InterBase is the cutting edge, synonymous with performance, security and platform diversity. The optimizations invested in our gentle giant over the past eight years alone are too many to list. Embarcadero has done an amazing job on modernizing this much loved — and dare I say, archetypal relational database. At the same time, they have managed to retain the functionality that is quintessentially InterBase: Features that set the product apart. For an old Delphi developer like myself, using InterBase in my production environment again is an emotional experience. InterBase was part of my university curriculum and used in my first commercial software development alongside Delphi. Familiar yet unmistakably modern, fresh yet mature and established. I want to present five good reasons why InterBase should be your next database. Writing about a subject I am passionate form easily turns into a novel, which is why I am limiting the features to a modest five. Let’s jump in and look at why should InterBase in 2020 be your next database? 1: Platform Diversity The world of technology has changed dramatically in a very short time. The way that technology evolves, be it software or hardware, is typically through sudden, unexpected leaps. The mobile revolution of 2007 spearheaded by Steve Jobs, as he unveiled the iPhone at the Apple developer conference in San Francisco, was one such leap. Overnight, the criteria for software development were irrevocably changed. Fast forward to 2020 and two-thirds of the planet’s population are walking around with a proverbial super-computer in our pockets. Each filled with applications, ever-growing in complexity, and with a very real need for reliable data persistence. Today business is conducted more and more on mobile devices, and with that, the ability to deploy software to different platforms, operating systems and hardware is a necessity. Multi-platform computing is now the prerequisite that all developers, regardless of programming language, must base their strategy on. When you need multi-platform support, InterBase is a pioneer and ahead of its time. Already in the late 80s, InterBase was available for a variety of computer systems; from large and powerful business machines running Unix, to more modest home computers like the Apollo or the Commodore Amiga. The targets of 2020 are very different, but InterBase remains the same versatile and platform-independent database system that it has always been. Today, it can be deployed to all leading platforms and operating systems: Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, and iOS. InterBase also supports heterogeneous OS connectivity across all supported platforms. The ability to use the same database on multiple architectures is by far my favorite feature. It saves time, reduces cost, and makes life significantly easier during maintenance. Internet of Things is InterBase in 2020 With the […]