Here are some reasons we think dbOvernet is the best choice.

dbOvernet is a true multi-tier implementation where competitors are typically client/server solutions, with a socket in the middle. dbO uses a real middle layer to provide business rules, methods and procedures, fully controllable and easily created - by you.

The middle tier provides separation of the client and server tiers and provides the expected AppServer and Object Request Broker components. Thus, the client, middle and server tiers can operate completely independent of one another. 

Through the middle tier's ServerObject class, you can carry out any function, create any method, write any procedure and execute any remote procedure call you wish. 

At the client side, our internal buffers (2 per ClientDataset) provide significant power - you can use automated data delivery to your form-based controls via the TDatasource component, or you can control data delivery in code, since our internal buffers respond to several database functions: EOF/BOF, First, Next, Locate, Sort, etc.

This means that you can develop your own solutions, without waiting for us as the software developer to implement specific missing features. In fact, some of our embedded features come from code given to us by members of our developer community.

dbO has many features not available in competitive products, but the key differentiation is found in our completely open, multi-tier architecture at both the front and back ends. This enables any kind of remote connectivity and empowers you to easily create powerful middle tier methods and business rules, without waiting for us to develop them for you. 

Our TdbOClientDataset can be used in ASP and similar solutions, and our TdbODataLink ActiveX can provide data and non-data delivery and functionality in most major desktop apps and development tools that support ActiveX.

Have a look at our architecture discussion. Scroll down that page for information about our middle tier ServerObject class that enables any methods, procedures, etc. to be created by you and included in the Application Server.

dbO is measurably and consistently faster at delivering results than competitive products, and dbOvernet has many, many distinct and special features. Please look at features for a listing of our feature set, as well as our latest.

For example, dbO has long featured true load balancing and fail-over. dbO fully supports Port 80 cloaking and SOCKS5, features not offered in other products. 

You can talk directly to the dbOvernet developer community through our unique messaging/help product - dbO Help Desk - that you can download dbO Help Desk through the download option at:

http://www.dbOvernet.com/dbohelpdesk1.htm

dbO Help Desk is proof of dbOvernet's real functionality. We stepped up to the plate and hit a home run with this product. dbO Help Desk is not only a practical product, it's a comprehensive demonstration of dbO's abilities to deliver remote solutions. In fact, it's the first of its kind.

As a MIDAS alternative, dbO was first:

• To publicly release an alternative to MIDAS
• To introduce the concept of client-side SQL
• To introduce support for server-side SQL
• To offer true, zero code design
• To fully support stored procedures
• To offer SOCKS support
• To provide Port 80 cloaking
• To introduce fail-over and load-balancing
• To introduce methods and business rules in the middle tier
• To provide briefcasing and cached processing
• To provide optional synchronous/asynchronous communication
• With on-the-fly redirection
• With NextPacket functionality
• With local table streaming/fetching
• With NT Service support

In addition to all our other features, dbO is the only product that:

• Provides intelligent one-to-many scrolling
• Enables grouped, cached updating
• Provides selective subset transaction handling.
• Offers open client-side in-memory record control through multiple buffers.

dbO established the alternate market, since we were the first commercial product released as an alternative to MIDAS. 

Since dbO has significant value added, it may be more expensive than other products - but then the best often is. dbOvernet is a better, more versatile product that will meet all your needs, now and in the future. We continually lead with new features and new support techniques.

We have world solutions as well, beyond Inprise products. Our dbBridge product http://www.dbBridge.com provides multi-tier connectivity to any desktop application and development tool, including Visual Basic, Access, etc.

With dbBridge, you also have an immediate JDBC-ODBC connector for Java apps, enabling any Java app to use standard Java data protocols to fetch data through our middle tier to any database backend. We are developing a complete Java server as well, and, of course, will be releasing a Linux version as soon as Kylix is underway.

If you want the best tool to not only to deliver data between remote clients and data servers, but also to provide unprecedented connectivity functionality, if you want high performance and reliability under load, if you want a product that will grow with your demands and is fully controllable, then you want dbOvernet.