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Benefits of Apollo
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Benefits of using Apollo™

Apollo™ xBase data engines provide professional developers with many important features for managing their xBase data from within windows and web-based applications.


Full compatibility Apollo provides 100% full read and write compatibility with Clipper and FoxPro database files. You can be sure that any legacy DOS or Windows xBase database applications that access your database files will continue to work as expected.
Speed High-performance data access in both table-based navigational mode and in SQL mode, using SQL-92 syntax. This fast performance ensures your users experience instant access to their data.
Robust Data Management Apollo was first released in 1990 for Clipper under the product name SIx RDD. Major revisions and several re-design efforts were made and today, Apollo continues to deliver on its legendary history for providing the ultimate in xBase data management. Your applications benefit from years of focused development efforts and from the tens of thousands of users that helped make Apollo as robust as it is today.
Small Size Apollo is arguably the smallest xBase database engine on the market with a minimum footprint of ~700kb.
Ease-of-Deployment Deploying in Local or Peer-To-Peer configurations could not be easier -- simply include two DLL files along with your application.
Ease-of-Use Apollo is specifically designed to be easy-to-use and easy-to-implement in both new and existing applications. The fundamental design lets you get up-and-running quickly.
All-In-One Apollo is a self-contained database, meaning it does not need any other data technology such as the BDE or JET. The benefits are four-fold:
  • Performance. One less layer between your app and your data.
  • Disk space. Free up disk space by removing unnecessary data engines.
  • Easy-to-use. No need to fuss with configuring other engines.
  • Simple deployment. Designed from the ground up to be easy to deploy.
Specificl Language Integration One size does not fit all, especially in this industry. Individual Apollo products are available for well-known development environments such as .NET, Delphi, Visual Basic, Visual C++, C++Builder and web-developers working with Active Server Pages. Apollo's OLE DB support can be used from within an ADO/OLE DB environment. Benefit from Apollo being a natural fit in any environment.
Cross-Migration As you change development environments and software development tools, you can move to the Apollo product that fits your needs. Your benefit comes from a substantially low learning curve in changing platforms. Apollo makes cross-migration from various development platforms painless.
Cost Each Apollo product is affordable, which helps increase your return-on-investment (ROI). The Apollo Partner Program provides developers with deep discounts on multi-product purchases. This allows you to keep your software costs under control, while still implementing top technology in your applications.
Client/Server Ready The same code set can be used to migrate systems to true client/server computing simply by toggling access mode properties. This lets you migrate existing applications to client/server quickly and efficiently.
Local, Peer-To-Peer, Client/Server and Internet Support Apollo database engines support all four configurations. Each Apollo database engine can be used in local, peer-to-peer, client/server or Internet configurations.
Top Technical Support The Apollo technical support team has established themselves as a premier source of technical support. Don't take our word for it, read what our customers are saying in the Testimonials section.

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