InterBase is designed for use in a wide variety of applications from scalable ERP and CRM systems to single-user applications to deep embedded applications requiring no maintenance.  InterBase is a reliable, secure, highly scalable database for embedded applications on UNIX, Linux, Windows and Mac OS X systems.  The blasingly fast, small footprint database engine requires near-zero administration, ideal for business-critical applications. InterBase installs in less that 60MB and requires less than 5M of RAM to operate making it an ideal RDBMS for operation in medical devices, emergency response systems and portable devices of all kinds.

InterBase is designed to offer additional durability, exceptional performance, security and  support for internationalized applications. The highlights include:

• Further improving durability and availability, InterBase offers new enhancements for protection against failures and increased disaster recovery options through log-based journaling for short-term recovery, and journal archiving for long-term recovery in the occurrence of hardware system failures (Server Edition only).
• InterBaseis one of the fastest native databases available, and through supporting(symmetric multiprocessing) it scales to multiple CPUs, including multi-core CPUs. Performance enhancements and optimizations have been added in a number of areas, such as batch updates, and query optimizations.
• Online Dump, or Incremental Backup, of database files allow backup to be performed easier and with minimal impact on production database operations.
• Point-in-Time Recovery makes it possible to restore based on timestamps for greater recovery flexibility (Server Edition only).
• Extended International character support via Unicode UCS-2 and UTF-8

InterBase editions enable developers to build an amazing array of applications.  Check out this page to determine which InterBase edition is right for your business.

InterBase XE can take advantage of larger memory cache and more CPUs, possibly boosting performance of queries executed from 32-bit applications. Upgrading to a 64-bit InterBase XE data server allows a larger virtual address space which lends itself to accepting/servicing more connections. Also, any processing that requires more memory (thread stack size for recursive queries, larger database cache, larger SORT buffers) would benefit from a 64-bit server.

The Easysoft ODBC-InterBase Driver lets ODBC-enabled applications access local or remote InterBase databases and is available in both 64-bit and 32-bit versions.

Custom UDF libraries will need to be rebuilt and tested with 64-bit compilers and InterBase XE 64-bit. This may require getting updated UDF libraries from third-party vendors. Embarcadero delivers our ib_udf library in both 32-bit and 64-bit binaries.

US regulations monitor products that include 128-bit AES encryption. To ensure our ability to comply with US regulations, we activate the Strong Encryption capability of InterBase via a serial number key. InterBase XE and InterBase SMP 2009 with Strong Encryption can be sold to customers worldwide under the unrestricted status provisions of the "ENC" export license exemption. Under ENC rules, export licenses are not required. The export control classification number (ECCN) is 5D002 - ENC/Unrestricted.

If you create a project that makes use of the AES encryption features of InterBase, your country may have regulations that apply to the export of your product. In that event, the ability to enable Strong Encryption via our serial number key may simplify your compliance with your country's export regulations.

There is no additional charge for InterBase encryption capability.

InterBaseServer Edition supports deployment on Windows, LINUX and Solaris. A complete platform support list can be found at: http://www.embarcadero.com/products/interbase/supported-platforms

InterBase is available through our on-line stores, business partners or from Embarcaderos Sales Representatives.  Find InterBase on the web at http://www.embarcadero.com/how-to-buy or  by contacting your Embarcadero sales office:http://www.embarcadero.com/company/contact-sales

InterBase is built into vendor products of all kinds.  Embarcadero Technologies offers attractive pricing for VARs, ISVs and OEMs.  For more information contact Embarcadero sales: http://www.embarcadero.com/company/contact-sales