Progress Software Corp. released Progress ObjectStore Enterprise 6.3, the latest version of its object-oriented, real-time database, on Jan. 9. Bedford, Mass.-based Progress said Version 6.3 features significant improvements in performance and new support for 64-bit Linux. It can be embedded into both C++ and Java applications and provides much faster real-time transaction processing than nonembedded relational databases. Pricing starts at US$4,000 for one developer and $1,000 for each additional license. Server pricing starts at $47,000 per CPU.

Teranode updates life sciences app

New usability enhancements, including table data entry, number formatting, query building and autoscrolling, are among the added features in Version 2.8 of Teranode Corp.'s XDA informatics software, which is available now. Teranode XDA 2.8 enables machines' utilization and process throughput to be optimized by dynamically proc-essing samples and compounds from multiple projects as one batch, the Seattle-based vendor said. Priced beginning at $1,000 per user and $25,000 per server, the software also provides shortcuts that let users bookmark and access experiments stored in a Teranode Model Server.

DataVelocity adds to risk reduction suite

DataVelocity in West Patterson, N.J., has added an IT portfolio management module to its flagship Erudition risk-reduction software suite. The module, called IT Portfolio, is designed to correlate and rank potential IT projects to an organization's business goals while improving project execution and planning through a variety of staff allocation tools. The software is priced starting at $50 per month under a managed service provider model.