SolarMetric Releases New Software - Kodo(tm) JDO Offers Java Developers Faster Development Cycle Times

SolarMetric, a company spearheaded by MIT alumni, will start selling licenses of its Kodo(tm) JDO product today. Kodo JDO is an implementation of Sun's Java(tm) Data Objects (JDO) specification for transaparent persistence. Kodo JDO shortens development cycle times, improves code quality, and creates tremendoues efficiencies for Java developers.

Washington, D.C., U.S.A. -- SolarMetric, a company spearheaded by MIT
alumni, will start selling licenses of its Kodo(tm) JDO product today. Kodo
JDO is an implementation of Sun's Java(tm) Data Objects (JDO) specification.

"I'm delighted that we're able to bring Kodo JDO to market. It will greatly
streamline the development process for Java developers worldwide," said
Neelan Choksi, President of SolarMetric. "We've had some great feedback
from our customer base, and I'm proud of efficiencies, shortened development
cycle times, and superior code quality experienced by Java developers using
Kodo JDO."

SolarMetric's Kodo JDO Standard Edition Version 2.2 is a powerful
implementation of the current JDO specification incorporating nearly full
coverage of the features in the specification along with new functionality
that makes interacting with relational databases even easier. Kodo JDO
Standard Edition effectively provides a low-cost path for businesses to
leverage the specification to meet their transparent persistence needs.

Starting today, SolarMetric is offering a limited-time discount on the
license price of Kodo JDO Standard Edition. The Standard Edition will retail
for $600, but will be available for $299 until
the end of February.

"During an extensive six-month beta period, we were able to truly understand
the needs of all of our customers, enabling the development of Kodo JDO, a
robust and complete implementation of JDO specification." said Patrick
Linskey, SolarMetric's Vice President of Engineering.

Kodo JDO Enterprise Edition, available commercially in late February, offers
increased integration with major J2EE application servers such as IBM's
WebSphere, BEA's WebLogic, and the open-source JBoss.

Kodo JDO Standard Edition is now available for evaluation and purchase at
http://www.solarmetric.com/Software/Kodo_JDO/.

About SolarMetric Inc.
SolarMetric is a global company with corporate headquarters in Washington,
D.C. A strong team of Java developers and experienced business leaders
founded Solarmetric in 2001. The core technology team has been together
since 1997, working on enterprise web applications and networking products.

SolarMetric was formed to address some of the inefficiencies identified by
the core technology team while dealing with existing products.

SolarMetric creates enterprise development products leveraging Sun's Java
development language. SolarMetric's products are targeted towards enabling
application developers to focus on their application logic rather than on
deployment-specific details.

SolarMetric's client base represents all major industries and includes
customers in the European Union, Switzerland, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong,
and the United States.

To learn more about SolarMetric, visit online at http://www.solarmetric.com.

About Kodo JDO
Kodo JDO is SolarMetric's implementation of Sun's Java Data Objects
specification. Kodo JDO provides access to relational databases through the
JDO specification, enabling Java developers to use existing relational
database technology from Java without needing to know SQL or be an expert in
relational database design. It can be used with existing database schemas,
or can automatically generate its own schema.

Kodo JDO has been tested against IBM DB2 UDB 7.2, InstantDB 3.26, Microsoft
SQLServer 8.00, MySQL 3.23.43, Oracle 8.1.7, and PostgreSQL 6.5. Support for
other databases not on this list can easily be added to Kodo JDO, either by
a third party, or by SolarMetric's consulting team.

Kodo JDO Standard Edition is a complete solution for developers who need a
fully-functional JDO solution but aren't interested in using JDO in concert
with a J2EE application server.

Kodo JDO Enterprise Edition is a fully spec-compliant JDO implementation. It
is the ideal choice for applications that will be run in a J2EE application
server, such as BEA's WebLogic, IBM's WebSphere, or JBoss. It permits
integrating JDO operations into globally-managed transactions, letting all
JDO transactional operations be governed by the application server.

Additionally, SolarMetric is working on several add-on products, including
advanced caching options that will be useful for many server-based
applications.

About Sun's Java Data Objects Specification
The Java Data Objects (JDO) specification is a new specification sponsored
by Sun Microsystems. It defines a standard set of interfaces for storing
Java objects in data stores such as relational databases.

This standard greatly simplifies the development of enterprise applications,
as application developers no longer need to learn datastore-specific
interfaces and languages in order to store long-term objects in a database.
This allows the developers to focus on the logic behind their application
rather than on the details of communicating with a database.

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