Oracle has released Database Lite, a new offering for developing, deploying and managing applications for mobile and embedded environments.
The company claims that the new offering enables mobile users to gain access to data unconstrained by mobile network bandwidth and coverage, allowing them to access enterprise data even in the absence of a network connection.
The new release of Database Lite has the ability to bi-directionally synchronise data between the open source SQLite database and Oracle Database. It also provides centralised user and device provisioning and management of SQLite-based mobile applications, the company said.
According to Oracle, the new offering consists of Database Lite Client, a small footprint SQL database that runs on many devices and platforms and can be bi-directionally synchronised with an Oracle Database server; and a Database Lite Mobile Server, which enables mobile users and devices to operate in occasionally connected environments, periodically synchronising with a back-end database server.
Through a new open architecture, the Database Lite Mobile Server can synchronise between Database Lite Client databases and an Oracle Database as well as between SQLite client databases and an Oracle Database. The Database Lite Mobile Server can also be used to provision SQLite-based applications, devices on which these applications run, and users of these applications, the company said.
In addition, the new release includes enhancements such as User authentication on client devices using a Common Access Card, and easy sharing of devices among multiple users by means of device re-registration.
Marie-Anne Neimat, vice president of software development at Oracle, said: “Oracle Database Lite’s support for mobile applications built on the open source SQLite database addresses this need and helps improve productivity for a large community of mobile workers who can now access their enterprise Oracle Database, no matter where their jobs take them.
