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May 1, 2008

Stylus Studio 2008 Release 2 Now Available

The latest release of Stylus Studio, award-winning XML IDE, further simplifies data integration by providing code generation, enhanced scalability, support for additional EDI standards and more.

Mar 25, 2008

DataDirect Technologies Announces Expert Series Architect Tutorials 2008 and New XQuery Workshops

DataDirect Technologies, a leader in data connectivity and mainframe integration and an operating company of Progress Software Corporation, today announced the schedule and agenda for its bi-annual Expert Series Architect Tutorial events.

Jan 28, 2008

DataDirect Technologies Brings XQuery Functionality to MySQL Database

With DataDirect XQuery, now supporting the MySQL Enterprise® Server database, users of the most popular and widely used open-source database can now access data stored in relational databases as XML.

Jan 7, 2008

DataDirect XQuery Speeds Data Integration and Car Crash Information Lookup for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and its Constituents

The NHTSA and the Volpe Center are using the DataDirect XQuery product to provide automotive manufacturers, industry researchers, and the general public access to highway crash information housed in their Electronic Data System.

Dec 5, 2007

DataDirect Technologies Announces Latest Release of its XML Converters and XQuery Engine at XML 2007

With version 3.1 of its market-leading XML products, DataDirect Technologies offers even greater scalability and performance and broadens its support of popular databases and industry standards.

Nov 8, 2007

DataDirect XQuery Eases Standards Compliance for the Insurance Industry

DataDirect XQuery features ACORD use-case examples for IT professionals in the insurance, reinsurance and related financial services fields.

Oct 30, 2007

Document Sciences Selects DataDirect Technologies’ XML Converters and XQuery Engine for High-Volume XML Data Conversion, Processing and Integration

Document Sciences Corporation, a market-leading global provider of customer communications management solutions, has embedded DataDirect XML Converters™ and DataDirect XQuery® processing engine into its next-generation xPression® 3 software suite.

Oct 29, 2007

DataDirect Technologies Presents EDI and Flat Files in an XML World

XML experts explore the challenges of EDI and Flat File integration with modern applications during this ebizQ webinar.

Oct 3, 2007

DataDirect Technologies Brings Expert Series Architect Tutorials to St. Louis

St. Louis software developers and architects are invited to attend the Expert Series Architect Tutorials 2007 hosted by DataDirect Technologies.

Oct 3, 2007

DataDirect Technologies Listed as Sample XQuery Vendor in Leading Industry Analyst Firm’s “Hype Cycle” Report

DataDirect Technologies today announced its inclusion in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Data Management 2007 report as an XQuery sample vendor.

Sep 17, 2007

DataDirect Technologies' XML Converters Support Major Vertical Industries and Technical Standards for B2B Integration

Flexible, bi-directional, DataDirect XML Converters enable organizations to meet full range of external integration needs.

Aug 1, 2007

Health Level Seven Announces Progress Software's DataDirect Technologies Division as Newest Benefactor

Health Level Seven (HL7), a preeminent healthcare IT standards development organization, announced DataDirect Technologies, an operating company of Progress Software Corporation, has become the organization's latest benefactor member.

Jun 27, 2007

DataDirect Technologies Named to SD Times 100 List and Winner of Database Management Systems Category

DataDirect XQuery is recognized for its innovation and range of the industry’s most advanced data access and integration technologies available, and is announced as the winner of the Database Managements Systems award.

May 21, 2007

DataDirect Technologies Leads the Commercial XQuery Market with Launch of DataDirect XQuery 3.0

Latest Release Provides Full Update Support for Relational Data, Easy Integration for Web Services and Additional Enhancements for Performance and Scalability

Mar 20, 2007

DataDirect Technologies Shares XML Expertise with Developer Community at SD West 2007 and Regional XML User Groups

As a featured speaker Carlo Innocenti will deliver the session, "An XQuery Servlet for RESTful Data Services," providing attendees with a step-by-step guide on how to use XQuery to integrate data from multiple sources to create an XML or HTML result.

Mar 7, 2007

DataDirect XQuery Enables Commercial Applications Using Newest XQuery Standard

DataDirect Technologies, the unparalleled leader in data connectivity and mainframe integration, today announced its support for the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) XQuery 1.0, the industry standard for accessing XML data.

Jan 22, 2007

CODiE Awards Offer Congratulations to DataDirect XQuery

DataDirect XQuery stands out amongst 1,000 other nominees in the 2007 SIIA CODiE Awards by landing a finalist position for the category of Best Web Services Solution.

Dec 11, 2006

Build XML Pipelines

New Online Tutorial Demonstrates Visual Data Integration Using Stylus Studio XML Pipeline.

Dec 5, 2006

DataDirect Technologies Announces XQuery.com

Destination Web Site Provides Developers with Robust, Up-to-the-Minute XQuery Information, Examples, Tutorials and More.

Oct 26, 2006

DataDirect XQuery Achieves High Marks in W3C Test Suite

DataDirect XQuery becomes the first product with specialized relational support to post XQTS results on W3C site.

Jun 27, 2006

DataDirect Technologies Continues XQuery Leadership with the Launch of DataDirect XQuery 2.0

Latest release supports large XML documents, streaming XML technology, enhanced query optimization and support for legacy data sources.

Apr 13, 2006

ZapThink Report: DataDirect XQuery™ Simplifies Data Integration

DataDirect XQuery offers companies the means to win out at long-lived data integration challenges.

Sep 20, 2005

DataDirect Technologies Releases DataDirect XQuery to Simplify XML and Relational Data Integration

DataDirect XQuery™ is the first embeddable component for XQuery that is modeled after the XQuery API for Java™ (XQJ).

May 17, 2005

DataDirect XQuery Enables XQuery Everywhere

Easy, powerful Java XQuery component simplifies XML and relational data integration – now available in Beta.

Mar 29, 2005

XQuery Adoption Rate Soaring Among XML Developers

Software professionals embrace XQuery, citing simplified XML data access and transformation – comprehensive XQuery industry study results available online for free.

Jan 25, 2005

XQuery Technology Evangelist Jonathan Bruce Joins DataDirect Technologies

Jonathan Bruce to drive DataDirect's emerging XQuery technologies and broaden reach in global marketplace.

Jan 4, 2005

DataDirect Technologies Announces Top 10 XQuery and XML Predictions for 2005

XQuery pioneer and XML industry leader, DataDirect Technologies gives a sneak preview of what's to come for these ground-breaking technologies.

Jun 28, 2004

DataDirect to Enter the XQuery Market with Industry's Only Embeddable, Database-Independent Component for Processing XML and Relational Data

DataDirect XQuery™ to dramatically simplify data exchange for Java™ developers.

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