Alpha Five

Alpha Five

[http://www.alphasoftware.com Alpha Five] , a relational database management system and Rapid Application Development system (RAD) for building Windows desktop and Web (including AJAX) applications.

It is created by Alpha Software, Inc., which has been continually producing end-user and developer database application software since 1982 [" [http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1752812,00.asp "PC Magazine Editor's Choice Award"] ", pcmag.com, retrieved 20 January 2005] [" [http://database.webbuyersguide.com/reviews/2781-wbgDatabase_reviews.html "Zif Davis Web Buyer's Guide"] ", database.webbuyersguide.com, retrieved 20 January 2005] . Finalist in the [http://www.joltawards.com/finalists.html DR Dobbs JOLT awards for 2008 as the Best Development environment with Alpha Five v8] and [http://crn.com/security/175003863?pgno=7 winner of Product of the Year award from CRN] . Applications ( [http://www.alphasoftware.com/alphafive/platinum/040p00000ActiveLinkTa.asp with full read/write/edit capability] ) can be created against its built-in DBF engine and against MySQL, Oracle, MS SQL Server, DB2, Enterprise DB, Postgress and any other SQL database engines through ODBC sources [" [http://downloads.zdnet.co.uk/0,1000000375,39127416s,00.htm "ZDNet's Database Reviews"] ", zdnet.co.uk, retrieved 05 August 2005] . The latest version now incorporates Portable SQL, a feature that allows users to switch database back ends without having to rewrite queries [" [http://www.alphasoftware.com/AlphaFive/ProductTour/Features_00.asp "Top 24 New Features in Alpha Five Version 8"] ", alphasoftware.com, retrieved 07 April 2007] . Alpha Five V9 PLATINUM - released in March 2008 is designed to build both desktop and AJAX enabled web database applications. For end users its key benefit is that it does not require programming skills. For professional developers its key benefit relates to the speed of both web and desktop database application development.

[http://www.alphasoftware.com/AlphaFive/platinum/ Details on the new Alpha Five v9 PLATINUM with Client Server and AJAX Web support]

References

See also

* List of relational database management systems

External links

* [http://www.alphasoftware.com/ Alpha Software, Inc. Website]
* [http://alphasoftware.blogspot.com/ Alpha Software - Blog - Updated almost every day]
* [http://www.aboutus.org/AlphaSoftware.com Listing on About US]
* [http://alphasoftware.com/AlphaFive/video/ Video tutorials]
* [http://support.alphasoftware.com/WhatsNewInV9/generated_NewInA5V9_Videos.htm#Videos%20of%20Selected%20New%20Features What's new in Alpha Five v9 Platinum videos]
* [http://www.alphasoftware.com/alphafive/casestudies/ Customer case studies]
* [http://www.alphasoftware.com/about/customers/ Partial customer list]


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