Relational data learns to Tango.(Pervasive Software's Tango 2000 4.0 application server)(Product Announcement)

RAPIDLY BUILDING and deploying electronic-business applications is quickly becoming a requirement for companies of every stripe. In addition, meeting the necessary time lines while staying within budget is becoming a tricky proposition.

Pervasive Software's Tango 2000 4.0 is a competitively priced application server that will help developers rapidly roll out e- business applications that integrate operational-relational databases. The included tools and facilities will help Tango customers reduce e- business development costs.

When compared to its application-server rivals, Tango is strong on simplifying development and integrating relational data. In these areas, it meets rivals head-on.

However, other comparable application servers, such as SilverStream (see our recent review, www.infoworld.com/printlinks) and TSI Software's Novera 4.6 (see review, left) go further by providing more comprehensive server functionality and by offering a greater degree of manageability, …