Rather than approach any of the young US firms formed to create and exploit object-oriented databases, Computer Associates International Inc has turned to Fujitsu Ltd to add an object dimension to its CA-OpenIngres relational database family. The first new product under the alliance, CA-OpenIngres/ODBMS, includes Fujitsu’s ODB-II object database, and an enhanced ODB-II based on the embedded CA-OpenIngres technology is also planned. The CA-OpenIngres/ODBMS system development tool kit will be shipped to customers later this year and a fully integrated object and relational database will be ready in the first half of 1996. The architectural details and an early demonstration of CA-OpenIngres/ODBMS will be unveiled next month. Computer Associates says that it chose Fujitsu as its partner and provider because its object technology represents the best in its class. We discovered that Fujitsu’s large software development team has developed perhaps the most nimble, enterprise-ready object database.
