Progress has released an enhanced Progress DataDirect Connect for ODBC database driver for Microsoft SQL Server.  According to Progress, "The Microsoft SQL Server native wire protocol driver, which is available in version 6.0 of the DataDirect Connect line of ODBC drivers, includes new innovations intended to streamline application development, boost performance and reduce deployment and maintenance costs." With its wire protocol architecture, the DataDirect Connect for ODBC drivers can carry our quick, scalable, and secure application connections to relational databases.

Furthermore, "New performance and enterprise-class features have been shown to increase throughput performance by 35 percent with 75 percent greater Central Processing Unit (CPU) efficiency than with previous versions of the Progress DataDirect driver," according to Progress. "Performance testing also shows significant improvements in response time, throughput and scalability of database applications when compared to other third-party drivers."

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