| Dual-licensed object database company expands board |
Jun. 26, 2006
 Embedded software pioneer Jerry Fiddler has joined the board of embedded object database company Db4objects, and along with Vinod Khosla, Tim O'Reilly, and others, will take part in the company's second funding round. Db4objects sells Db4o, a dual-licensed object database targeting mobile and industrial devices.
Fiddler and Khosla were founding CEOs of, respectively, Wind River and Sun Microsystems. Other Db4o directors and investors include Mark Leslie, Audrey MacLean, Carl Rosenberger, and Db4o CEO Christof Whittig.
Db4objects's db4o database stores Java or .NET objects without requiring conversion to SQL or another format. This is said to simplify replication, particularly with "partially connected" clients, since database object structure can help enforce business rules. The database is especially suited to embedding within Java or .NET applications that run on mobile devices, according to Db4objects.
Db4objects began offering db4o under a dual-license model in December of 2004, after which it quickly became the "world's most popular object database," the company claimed, in August of 2005.
Db4objects is funded by various individuals, with total investments in the "low seven-figure range," it says. The company's Series B funding round drew participation from all previous investors, in addition to new investors Fiddler, Khosla, Opsware CTO and LDAP inventor Tim Howes, and tech media barron Tim O'Reilly.
Fiddler stated, "Open source has propelled db4objects into a unique position to take advantage of the growth of object-oriented platforms like Java and .NET. By making them native, open source, and embeddable, db4objects has put object databases back onto the map."
Db4o CEO Christof Wittig stated, "Since our inception, we have focused on providing an embeddable object-oriented persistence solution to our customers like Boeing, Bosch, Seagate, and Intel."
Db4objects will host its first-ever user conference in London this July.
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