Synergex today announced the release of the Synergy/DE Data Provider for .NET, an ADO.NET data provider that enables developers to access Synergy DBMS databases from .NET applications and Visual Studio 2008 and take advantage of the benefits of Microsoft's ADO.NET Entity Framework and LINQ.The ADO.NET Entity Framework is the next data-access technology from Microsoft and is Microsoft's first full-fledged move into object-relational mapping (ORM). It simplifies data access by using entity data models (EDMs), which are conceptual models that present relational data as objects that can be customized to reflect the objects in the programming domain. EDMs can be queried using Entity SQL or LINQ, which supports IntelliSense, and Visual Studio 2008 can validate queries written against EDMs at compile-time. The Synergy/DE Data Provider for .NET supports access via .NET DataSets and EDMs, and it includes a Visual Studio plug-in (a DDEX provider) that enables developers to create Visual Studio data connections for Synergy DBMS databases.

The Synergy/DE 9.1.5b patch is now available on all supported platforms. It includes new versions of Synergy/DE, xfODBC Client, and xfNetLink .NET. This version includes improved interoperability with 3rd-party WPF and WinForm controls, improved performance on OpenVMS Integrity, support for SQLNCLI10 access to SQL Server 2008, and other quality improvements in response to customer feedback.

Synergy/DE 9.1.5a is now available on all supported platforms. On Windows and OpenVMS, all product download files have been replaced. On UNIX, all product download files except ReportWriter have been replaced. (The full Synergy/DE download files on UNIX contain 9.1.5a versions of all products except ReportWriter, which is 9.1.5.) xfNetLink COM, xfNetLink Java and xfNetLink .NET 9.1.5a are also now available.

xfNetLink .NET 9.1.5 and xfNetLink COM 9.1.5 are now available for Windows. These versions include important bug fixes for use with Windows Server 2003 SP2.

Synergy/DE 9.1.5 is now available for Windows, , Linux (32-bit & 64-bit Red Hat and SUSE), , IBM AIX (32-bit & 64-bit), Sun Solaris (32-bit & 64-bit SPARC), Sun Solaris (64-bit x64/x86), HP-UX (32-bit & 64-bit), HP-UX (64-bit Itanium), HP Tru64 UNIX, SCO OpenServer, SCO UnixWare, OpenVMS Alpha, and OpenVMS I64.

Synergy/DE 9.1.3 is now available (including xfNetLink Java) for OpenVMS I64 (Integrity server). Before installing this version, you must install HP/s ICXXL patch, which includes a required C++ runtime fix. See the version 9.1.3 Installation Configuration Guide for instructions on obtaining HP patches.

Synergy/DE 9.1.3 is now available for Windows , IBM AIX (32-bit & 64-bit), Sun Solaris (32-bit & 64-bit SPARC), Sun Solaris (64-bit x64/x86), HP-UX (32-bit & 64-bit), HP-UX (64-bit Itanium), HP Tru64 UNIX, Linux (32-bit & 64-bit Red Hat and SUSE), SCO OpenServer, SCO UnixWare and OpenVMS Alpha.

Synergy/DE 9.1.1b is now available on all supported platforms. On Windows and OpenVMS, all product download files have been replaced. On UNIX, the License Manager, Language, UI Toolkit, and Connectivity Series product downloads have been replaced. listed above. All others are either 9.1.1 or 9.1.1a.) (Version 9.1.1b on OpenVMS is still a pre-release. See the April entry below.)

Synergy/DE 9.1.1a is now available on all supported platforms. On Windows, all product download files have been replaced. On UNIX, the License Manager, Language, UI Toolkit, and xfServer/xfServerPlus product downloads have been replaced. listed above. All others are 9.1.1.). On OpenVMS, 9.1.1a is available as a backup saveset patch. (Version 9.1.1a on OpenVMS is still a pre-release. See the April entry below.)

Synergy/DE 9.1.1 is now available Windows, IBM AIX (32-bit & 64-bit), Sun Solaris (32-bit & 64-bit SPARC), Sun Solaris (64-bit x64/x86),HP-UX (32-bit & 64-bit), HP-UX (64-bit Itanium), HP Tru64 UNIX, Linux (32-bit & 64-bit Red Hat and SUSE), SCO OpenServer, and SCO UnixWare. xfNetLink COM, xfNetLink Java and xfNetLink .NET 9.1.1 are also now available.