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Base One International Corp, a supplier of software for developing Grid and cluster computing applications, announced that IDC has issued a Research Bulletin about Base One. IDC's report, from their High Performance Systems group, identifies Base One's Grid and cluster computing technology as a flexible, modular, Grid/cluster computing solution that can be adapted to fit evolving customer needs. In addition, IDC identifies Base One's business application focus and unique experience in implementing database-centric Grid technology as providing Base One with a major opportunity in the Grid software marketplace. "IDC sees significant Grid server market growth through 2008 in database oriented transaction / business applications enabled for Grid," said Earl C. Joseph II, research vice president of High Performance Systems of IDC. "Base One is focusing on this high growth market space." IDC's Research Bulletin about Base One is being distributed as part of IDC's Workstations and High Performance Systems Continuous Intelligence Service. Base One Granted Additional US Patent For Grid/Cluster Database Technology Base One has been awarded another U.S. Patent, confirming its leadership in high performance database technology that scales from a single desktop to a large Grid or multiple clusters of computers. This most recent patent greatly simplifies the programming and deployment of high efficiency applications that store and retrieve data on remote (Microsoft, IBM, Oracle and Sybase) databases, residing on Windows, Unix/Linux, AS/400 and IBM mainframes. Internally, Base One's technology optimizes access for each type of database -- while providing a single, straightforward, external interface that works for both local and remote databases without any application source code changes. "This database patent extends Base One's leadership in Grid and cluster computing. High performance database business applications built on Grids and clusters of computers is where we, and IDC, see significant market growth," said Steven Asherman, president and CTO of Base One.