ADO.NET ENTITY FRAMEWORK (EF 4.0 and 1.0) SUPPORT

Application Context Awareness

This feature detects if a technology such as LINQ, Entity SQL, or NHibernate is being used, and automatically reconfigures its default settings for the best out-of-the-box performance for that particular technology. With this feature, developers can spend more time coding and even less time configuring their data connectivity.

Logging Application Block support

Progress DataDirect providers support the logging of SQL statements using Microsoft's Enterprise Library Logging Application Block. This allows you to easily determine which SQL statements are being generated by object-relational technologies such as ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 4.0 and 1.0). This visibility allows the DBA to perform important tasks related to database optimization and re-indexing for optimal performance.

Data Programming Technologies

Supports LINQ, Entity SQL, and ADO.NET Data Services.

Integrated Performance Tuning Wizards in Visual Studio

Progress DataDirect Performance Tuning Wizards, which automatically generate the ideal connection options for optimal performance within a given application scenario, are fully functional with the ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 4.0 and 1.0).

Application Monitoring

Monitor your ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 4.0 and 1.0) applications in production with features such as Connection Statistics, Client Monitoring and perfmon counters.

Superior performance for ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 4.0 and 1.0) applications

• Best-in-class runtime performance and scalability – blows away the competition with the best throughput, while using minimal CPU and memory resources
• Fully tunable enterprise performance architecture – includes support for key features such as statement caching and connection pooling
• Integrated performance wizards in Visual Studio – now fully functional with the ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 4.0 and 1.0)
• Industry-leading EDM model generation capabilities - we lead both in performance and in configurability

Quickly develop robust enterprise applications using LINQ, Entity SQL, and ADO.NET Data Services

• Leverage the full functionality of the ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 4.0 and 1.0) no matter what application development approach you choose
• Application Context Awareness detects and reconfigures the ADO.NET provider to ensure optimal ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 4.0 and 1.0) performance
• Support for EDM portability across data sources, (including SQL Server) with flexible model support

Boost enterprise readiness

• Offers standard ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 4.0 and 1.0) EDM context extensions
• Log SQL statements generated by the ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 4.0 and 1.0) for database optimization and tuning
• 100% provider-implemented connection failover and load balancing with no code changes
• Leverage security features such as Kerberos and SSL within the ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 4.0 and 1.0)
• Monitor your ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 4.0 and 1.0) applications in production with features such as connection statistics and perfmon counters
• Supports local (lightweight) and XA distributed transactions within ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 4.0 and 1.0)

No database client software required – ever!

• Progress DataDirect’s 100% managed code architecture completely eliminates the need for database client libraries such as Oracle OCI
• With an architecturally sound model, Progress DataDirect providers dramatically improve the potential for successful deployment of the ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 4.0 and 1.0)

Secure end-to-end application data access

• 100% managed code architecture leverages all of the security features inherent in the .NET platform
• Operating system authentication (aka Single Sign-On) via Kerberos
• Standard security features such as SSL data encryption are exposed to applications in the ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 4.0 and 1.0)

Superior performance

• Best-in-class development-time and runtime performance and scalability – blows away the competition with the best throughput while using minimal CPU and memory resources
• Fully tunable enterprise performance architecture – includes support for key features such as statement caching and connection pooling
• Integrated performance wizards in Visual Studio – now fully functional with the ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 4.0 and 1.0)

Quickly develop robust enterprise applications using LINQ or Entity SQL Queries (view tutorial), and ADO.NET Data Services (view tutorial)

• Leverage the full functionality of the ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 4.0 and 1.0) no matter what application development approach you choose
• Application Context Awareness detects and reconfigures the ADO.NET provider to ensure optimal ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 4.0 and 1.0) performance
• Support for EDM portability across data sources, (including SQL Server) with flexible model support

Boost ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 4.0 and 1.0) application enterprise readiness

• Offers standard ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 4.0 and 1.0) EDM context extensions
• Log SQL statements generated by the ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 4.0 and 1.0) for database optimization and tuning
• 100% provider-implemented connection failover and load balancing with no code changes
• Leverage security features such as Kerberos and SSL within the ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 4.0 and 1.0)
• Monitor your ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 4.0 and 1.0) applications in production with features such as connection statistics and perfmon counters
• Supports local (lightweight) and XA distributed transactions within ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 4.0 and 1.0)

No database client software required – ever!

• Progress DataDirect providers support all features with the industry’s only 100% managed code architecture that completely eliminates the need for database client libraries such as Oracle OCI
• With an architecturally sound model, Progress DataDirect providers dramatically improve the potential for successful deployment of the ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 4.0 and 1.0)

Secure end-to-end application data access

• 100% managed code architecture leverages all of the security features inherent in the .NET platform
• Standard security features such as Kerberos and SSL are exposed to applications in the ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 4.0 and 1.0)