SAN FRANCISCO, January 6 /PRNewswire/ --

REAL Software, creator of REALbasic, a cross-platform software
development environment, announced today at the Macworld Conference and Expo
that REAL Server 2009, their cross-platform, multi-user database server will
be shipping in February. REAL Server 2009 boasts many new features as well as
increased performance and scalability. REAL Server 2009 includes:

-- New Architecture: REAL Server 2009 has a new, completely re-engineered
       event-based asynchronous architecture.
    -- MVCC: REAL Server now includes Multi Version Concurrency Control which
       eliminates transaction locking and, as a result, dramatically 
       increases concurrency and scalability. MVCC is typically found only in 
       high-end database servers, like Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
    -- Plugins: REAL Server 2009 will support external plugins, which allow
       you to both extend the SQL language as well as put your business logic 
       on the server. REAL Server also supports all of the standard SQLite 
       extensions.
    -- Restore Points: You can restore databases from a backup or from a
       restore log file, so your mistakes, even a DELETE * from Table 
       command, can be recovered with just a click.
    -- REAL Server 2009 also includes server-side cursors and client
       messaging.
    -- Greater Scalability: Testing with a preliminary version of the server
       shows that the REAL Server 2009 can handle more than 10,000 concurrent
       connections. Other servers require complex load balancing and multiple
       servers to handle the same load.

"We have doubled the scalability of REAL Server with this latest
release," commented Geoff Perlman, REAL Software's Founder and CEO. "It's a
great database server for the web. We depend on it for our entire website and
our order system."

REAL Server will be available for purchase in February 2009. The REAL
Server Developer Edition is completely free of charge and enables developers
to create an application based on REAL Server without paying any fees until
they are ready to deploy their application. REAL Server is available for
US$500. Five-server packs are available for US$2,000 and ten-server packs are
available for US$3,000. An unlimited deployment license is available for
US$9,000 per year. For more information about REAL Server, please visit
http://www.realsoftware.com/realserver.

About REALbasic

REALbasic is a full-featured software development environment suited to
creating a wide range of applications, from utilities to enterprise-class
applications. REALbasic Personal Edition for Windows or Mac is priced at
US$100. REALbasic for Linux Personal Edition is offered for free. REALbasic
Professional Edition, required for cross-platform deployment, is US$500. All
versions of REALbasic are now available and can be downloaded directly from
REAL Software at http://www.realsoftware.com/download.

About REAL Server

REAL Server is a cross-platform multi-user database server. REAL Server
provides REALbasic users the ability to create secure, robust database
applications more quickly and effectively than any other database server.
Designed for use with REALbasic 2006 or later, more information, including a
list of the major features for REAL Server, can be found at
http://www.realsoftware.com/realserver.