Rapidly Build Distributed Applications with ITTIA DB and Qt
Written by Digia
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
November 28, 2012 — Bellevue, WA — The
ITTIA DB SQL embedded database is now available as a plugin for the Qt
application and UI development framework from Digia. The combination of ITTIA DB
SQL and Qt enables rapid development of user-friendly data-driven applications
with a level of performance that is only possible with native code.
Qt is a cross-platform C++ application and UI framework that is widely used
to develop software with a graphical user interface (GUI), as well as non-GUI
programs. Non-GUI features include SQL database access, which can both execute
arbitrary queries and map results to lists and fields in the user interface.
Expanding on ITTIA's commitment to developers of applications for mobile
devices and other embedded systems, support for Qt in ITTIA DB SQL enhances
cross-platform development and reduces development time and cost. The Qt driver
for ITTIA DB SQL allows developers to access relational embedded data management
software that offers a unique competitive edge with such features as
replication, data distribution, reliable concurrency and logging.
The combination of Qt's elegant framework and ITTIA DB SQL's flexible data
management will encourage best practices for concurrent processing of data, as
both technologies are designed for multithreaded application development.
Applications can run transactions in parallel, allowing long-running tasks such
as synchronization to run without blocking normal operations. Qt also works well
with libraries like the STL and Boost, and code is compiled to native binaries
that will run at full speed without the need for a virtual machine.
ITTIA DB SQL and Qt provide developers with the means to synchronize the
application's embedded database with other RDBMS technologies, so that devices
can efficiently share data with a back-end server. Applications can access this
data replication environment to greatly improve high availability, reliability,
modularity, mobility, and interoperability by synchronizing device data with a
back-end RDBMS.
"We are excited to be working together with Digia and offer embedded
developers the best database and GUI technologies so they can build solutions
that empower innovation and flexibility," said Sasan Montaseri, ITTIA president.
"Embedded software projects today often demand both a modern GUI as well as a
full-fledged database solution, all within limited processing resources and
memory footprint. We are pleased to see the combination of ITTIA DB SQL
technology with the Qt application and UI development framework delivering a
powerful answer to that challenge," said Kristen Tveter, Senior Manager, Qt
Partnering at Digia.
ITTIA offers database solutions for embedded and mobile platforms where
limited memory, storage, and processing power makes software development
challenging. ITTIA's next generation embedded database technology, ITTIA DB SQL,
delivers capabilities culminated from decades of database evolution in a
compact, self-managing package. Used in applications such as medical devices,
industrial automation, portable data terminals, consumer electronics, clean
energy appliances, and mobile devices, our database technology enables
developers to leverage enterprise data management features on embedded systems
and devices across their product lines, whatever operating systems and
architectures are used. Today, ITTIA customers include leaders such as Freescale
Semiconductor, Panasonic, Puget Sound Energy, Fresenius, Boeing, Glaxo Smith
Kline, and others.
About Digia, Qt
Digia is responsible for all Qt activities including product development and
commercial and open source licensing. Since March 2011, Digia Plc, the
Helsinki-based services and consulting powerhouse listed in the NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki exchange (DIG1V) has been the commercial licensor of Qt. In September
2012 Digia acquired the full Qt business from Nokia. Digia operates in China,
Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and USA.
Digia has in-depth Qt expertise and experience from demanding
mission-critical development projects and hundreds of in-house certified Qt
developers. We have helped leading industry players worldwide deploy Qt-based
projects in the desktop, embedded and mobile space.
Digia’s goal is to provide desktop, embedded and mobile developers and
companies with the most powerful cross-platform UI and application framework.
Together with its licensing, support and services capabilities, Digia, Qt
operates with the mission to work closely with developers to ensure that the
projects are deployed on time, within budget and with a competitive advantage. http://qt.digia.com
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