CocoBase® Enterprise O/R Goes MICRO with J2ME MIDP Support from THOUGHT Inc.®

Java One - San Francisco, CA. March 27, 2002 - THOUGHT Inc.®, The Dynamic O/R Mappingtm Company, announces the availability of J2ME MIDP support from CocoBase® Enterprise O/R, Optimized for J2EE, J2SE, and J2ME Customer Success. Developers can now build with one O/R Mapping tool and deploy it to any Java platform, from Micro to the Enterprise. Extending CocoBase®, the market leader in O/R Mapping tools, to include support for the J2ME MIDP platform makes great use of a mature toolset for an exciting new Java platform.

"CocoBase® Micro arose from existing customers needing to deploy mobile versions of their enterprise applications," said Ward Mullins, CTO, THOUGHT Inc.® "CocoBase® was built to be lightweight for the Internet therefore porting to the J2ME platform was a natural evolution."

Typically, programming applications for micro devices requires different expertise than other systems. CocoBase's® additional support for J2ME as well as J2EE and J2SE, means developers have a highly evolved architecture for persisting and managing data now available for building handheld device applications. Developers can leverage existing data models and object models in building applications to deploy to the MIDP and Personal Java platforms. The result is cutting the cost of database access development on the J2ME MIDP platform by up to 85%.

CocoBase's® Dynamic O/R Mappingtm was designed for keeping objects compact and uncluttered with SQL, JDBC and database specific information, in order to run as economically as possible both locally and distributed. This makes CocoBase® an ideal choice for Palm and Pocket PC applications that have limited memory and usage requirements. For example, CocoBase® can access, manage and update a local database, such as the PointBase Micro MIDP Relational Database, in the handheld and later directly or wirelessly synchronize with the companies corporate database. This is very useful when the user can benefit from having complete and current information available from their handheld device.

To request a download of CocoBase® Enterprise O/R simply proceed to http://www.thoughtinc.com/cber_info.html .


About CocoBase® Enterprise O/R

CocoBase® Enterprise O/R, Optimized for J2EE and J2SE Customer Success, solves the Object to Relational impedance mismatch. It virtually eliminates the need to hand-code database access for EJB and Java Applications. This can directly decrease up to 85% of the cost of database access development for enterprise customers faced with deploying fine-grained (simple to complex) relationships on the J2EE - EJB O/R or J2SE - Java O/R platforms.

CocoBase's® unique Dynamic O/R Mappingtm Layer ensures that the developer can easily build and deploy applications for optimal scalability, performance with minimal maintenance. The CocoBase® technology is based on landmark patents issued to THOUGHT® Inc. for Repository based Object Mapping. It is the technology and product leader in the Java space. After years of product acceptance and thousands of installation sites, CocoBase® is in a class by itself in terms of delivering Object to Relational Mapping technology.


About THOUGHT® Inc.

THOUGHT Inc.®, the Dynamic O/R Mappingtm Company, architects of CocoBase® Enterprise O/R, was formed in 1993, and subsequently revolutionized object to relational mapping technology with landmark solutions and industry leadership. The company supports customers around the world from their offices in Paris, France, and Florianopolis, Brazil as well as corporate headquarters in San Francisco, CA. CocoBase® and THOUGHT Inc.® are registered trademarks of THOUGHT Inc. ®. Dynamic O/R Mappingtm and Dynamic Transparent Persistencetm are pending trademarks of THOUGHT Inc.®. CocoBase® technology is based on US patent #5857197. All other trademarks are property of their respective company. More information on THOUGHT Inc. ® can be obtained online at WWW.THOUGHTINC.COM or by calling, (415) 836-9199.