Oracle Berkeley DB Release 4.5 now supports multi-version concurrency control, non-stop upgrades for replicated environments and a pre-built replication framework to simplify development of highly available applications, the company says.

Camiants Policy Server platform has been chosen for deployment by the most demanding broadband operators to prioritise service delivery based on a combination of subscriber requests, application needs and network status, dynamically, says Ed Delaney, vice-president, marketing and business development at Camiant. By embedding Oracle Berkeley DB in the Camiant Policy Server platform, we are able to deliver a system with the robust carrier-class performance, scalability and availability that our customers demand.

According to Oracle, Berkeley DB Release 4.5 is quickly becoming the database of choice for open source and commercial developers who need to embed a fast, reliable, transactional storage engine within their high-performance applications.

Oracle Berkeley DB is part of Oracles strategy which aims to to provide developers with a broad range of embeddable products to meet the diverse needs of the embedded industry.

Oracles embeddable product line also includes Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database, Oracle Database Lite 10g, Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Application Server 10g. Oracles embedded initiative allows Independent Software Vendors and Original Equipment Manufacturers to integrate technology directly into software applications, devices and equipment, the company says.

The latest release of Oracle Berkeley DB reflects Oracles commitment to providing both open source and commercial developers with choice and flexibility through the continued innovation and development of this open source, embeddable database, says Rex Wang, vice-president Embedded Systems Marketing, Oracle.