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MULTI-DATABASE QUERY AND DESIGN TOOL DELIVERS EXTENDED FUNCTIONALITY FOR CREATING, EDITING, AND VIEWING DATABASE CONTENT

BEVERLY, Mass., November 6, 2007 – Altova® (www.altova.com), creator of the industry-leading XMLSpy® XML editor and other popular XML, data management, UML, and Web services tools, today announced that Altova DatabaseSpy™ 2008 is now available in a German language version. Like its English counterpart, the German edition of DatabaseSpy connects to all major databases, easing SQL editing and database structure design, for a fraction of the cost of single-database solutions. DatabaseSpy supports IBM DB2 (including IBM pureXML), Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, Oracle, MySQL, and Sybase, as well as other ADO or ODBC databases.

Altova DatabaseSpy provides a straightforward database connection wizard and organizes connections and related project files to make accessing databases and their components effortless. A SQL Editor facilitates query writing with capabilities, including code completion, syntax coloring, and drag and drop editing. A powerful Database Design Editor enables graphical design and visualization of database structures or schemas. It can also used to duplicate existing structures in differing database types. Additionally, DatabaseSpy provides users with advanced XML support for inspecting XML data in database tables and managing the XML Schemas used to validate that data. Data can be exported in five formats, including XML, XML Structure, CSV, HTML, and Excel.

“The ability to use and manage data across multiple database platforms is vital to a company’s global business operation,” said Tim Hale, Director of Worldwide Marketing for Altova. “With the latest release of DatabaseSpy we added a host of powerful, sought-after features that we wanted to extend across our customer base. As a global company with over 3 million registered users, it is important for us to provide tools that will help give users an edge regardless of language or location.”

Learn more about all the powerful features of Altova DatabaseSpy 2008 at: http://www.altova.com/databasespy

Availability and Pricing

Altova DatabaseSpy 2008 is available for download and purchase with the price for a single-user license starting at (USD) $129. DatabaseSpy may be purchased directly from the Altova Online Shop at: https://shop.altova.com

To download a 30-day free trial of DatabaseSpy, visit: http://www.altova.com/download.html

About Altova

Altova accelerates application development and data management projects with software and solutions that enhance productivity and maximize results. As an innovative, customer-focused company and the creator of XMLSpy and other leading XML, data management, UML, and Web services tools, Altova is the choice of over 3 million clients worldwide, including 91 percent of the Fortune 500. Enabling customers ranging from vast development teams in the world’s largest organizations to progressive one-person shops, Altova’s line of software tools fulfills a broad spectrum of business needs. Altova is an active member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and Object Management Group (OMG) and is committed to delivering standards-based platform-independent solutions that are powerful, affordable, and easy to use. Altova was founded in 1992 and has headquarters in Beverly, Massachusetts and Vienna, Austria. Visit Altova on the Web at: http://www.altova.com

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