FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 3, 2004

Media contact:
Iqbal M. Khan 

Director Sales and Marketing

AlachiSoft
US Toll Free: 1-(800) 253-8195
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iqbal@alachisoft.com

TierDeveloper 4.0 Released for .NET

Version 4.0 supports many-to-many relationships and more

San Ramon, California - August 3^rd, 2004 - AlachiSoft is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the TierDeveloper™ 4.0. TierDeveloper is an object-to-relational mapping and code generation tool that helps developers cut down development time and cost. Map objects to relational tables, embed powerful SQL including queries and stored procedure calls, and instantly generate fully-functional .NET components (VB.NET and C#). Also generate real-life ASP.NET and Windows Forms applications to use against the generated objects.

The latest features to be added to version 4.0 include many-to-many relationships, MS Access and DB2 8.1 support, unmapped object support where you create object first and database tables from it later, support for updatable views, formula fields, identity columns and Oracle/DB2 sequences, Typed Datasets, and much more.

"TierDeveloper has always prided itself as being the most featureful business and data objects framework generation tool for .NET. TierDeveloper 4.0 has reinforced this standing by adding a number of very important features to address the needs of large enterprise applications. Many tools provide very basic support that is good for small applications. But, TierDeveloper is designed to handle really high-end applications with performance and flexibility being a strong emphasis.", said Iqbal Khan, Director Sales & Marketing at AlachiSoft.

Technologies supported by TierDeveloper include:

•  Microsoft .NET components (COM+ or stand-alone)


•  Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002/2003


•  Microsoft ADO.NET (database access through OLEDB and Managed Providers for SQL Server 2000, Oracle and DB2)


•  Microsoft ASP.NET Web applications


•  Windows Forms applications


•  Web services & Windows Forms based remote client

Additionally, TierDeveloper supports the following leading database servers:

•  Microsoft SQL Server 7.0/2000


•  Oracle 8i/9i/10g


•  DB2 7.x/8.1


•  MS Access 2000 or later

TierDeveloper allows customers to significantly lower their development cost and maximize productivity within their current projects. Customers can develop software applications in much less time, without requiring as many resources which is essential in these difficult economic times when everyone is cutting back their budgets and is being forced to postpone and/or cancel important projects. Now, customers can develop their business-critical projects without having to increase their budgets.

TierDeveloper also helps customers improve the quality of their applications. This is because all the code that TierDeveloper generates is based on pre-tested code-templates. These code-templates have been tested for both functionality and performance. The end result of all this is a much higher quality application for our customers.

Pricing and Availability

TierDeveloper has a FREE 30-day evaluation version available on AlachiSoft website. Pricing information is also available there. NO RUNTIME FEES, NO SERVER-CPU FEES, and NO DEPLOYMENT FEES charged by TierDeveloper. Customers only pay for developer licenses.

About AlachiSoft

AlachiSoft, a California based company, is in the business of providing Software Development Productivity Tools. And, the first tool in this line is TierDeveloper, which helps developers of Enterprise Applications cut down their development time through object-to-relational mapping and code generating capabilities of TierDeveloper. TierDeveloper has been designed to become a Rapid Application Development (RAD) environment for customers who want to design and develop Enterprise systems in Microsoft Technologies. Visit our website at http://www.alachisoft.com or send us an email at sales@alachisoft.com.

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