NuSphere Corporation, which delivers Enhanced MySQL to run today's businesses, announced the release of NuSphere MySQL Advantage 2.1, a Web development platform for small- and medium-sized enterprises. NuSphere continues its rapid development and enhancement of this integrated foundation comprised of Enhanced MySQL, Apache, Perl and PHP by adding Web portal and access management capabilities to this latest release.

NuSphere's latest value-add to Advantage 2.1 includes their Access Manager for Apache, the industry's most popular open source Web server, which provides the ability to control individual and group access to a Web site. This provides businesses with the security functionality they need to run business-critical applications on the Advantage platform. With the Access Manager for Apache, developers can quickly add, edit or remove users, as well as assign group privileges and add new groups. The integrated PHP Web portal tool has flexible layout control and Web-based administration, so developers now have a more intuitive way to build and maintain their Web portal.

Backed by professional support services and quarterly upgrades from NuSphere, NuSphere MySQL Advantage 2.1 is one of the industry's most cost effective, versatile and enterprise-capable solutions for IT departments.

Additional new features and benefits of NuSphere MySQL Advantage 2.1 include:

• Access Manager for Apache -- Offers Web site managers the ability to restrict access for different users and control privileges to Web sites and applications.
• Search Engine -- Provides developers with the ability to create a complete index and search system for a domain or intranet. The engine has many sophisticated features, including Boolean expression and fuzzy searching, support of keywords in documents, ability to search HTML and text files and robot exclusion.
• Integrated Web Portal -- Helps programmers shave development time by using templates and flexible layouts to boost productivity. Also allows for the creation of interactive features such as polls and surveys.
• IRM -- Provides businesses with a popular Web-based asset tracking system that stores detailed information on each computer in a network.

"Developers are in desperate need of a single integrated web development platform that is capable of supporting enterprise applications and is backed by solid technical support," said Lorne Cooper, president of NuSphere Corporation. "NuSphere MySQL Advantage is a cost-effective and reliable development platform that fills a critical need in the quickly maturing open source market by delivering an integrated technology that not only works right out of the box, but continually adds value."

NuSphere MySQL Advantage subscribers will receive quarterly updates composed of technology enhancements that build off of its core components. It is available immediately for $299 per server.

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