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September 2010: InstantBDExpress 1.8.8 released

This version adds support for Delphi XE. Look here for more details, prices and downloads.

July 2010: InstantSolutions 5.2 released

Version 5.2 of InstantSolutions is now available for download. Also available a 60-day trial version.

February 2010: InstantBDExpress 1.8.7 released

This version adds support for Delphi 2010. Look here for more details, prices and downloads.

January 2010: InstantSolutions Professional 4.14 released

Version 4.14 (build 4.14.0) of InstantSolutions Professional is now available for download. Also available a 60-day trial version.

January 2010: First official release of InstantSolutions 5

All-new InstantSolutions 5.0 (build 5.0.3) is now available for download. Also available a 60-day trial version.

January 2009: InstantSolutions 4.10 released

Version 4.10 of InstantSolutions Professional is now available for download, with more flexible management of PDF generation and support for OpenOffice.org 3.0. Also available a 60-day trial version.

Other news

November 3rd, 2008: InstantBDExpress 1.8.6 released

This version adds support for Delphi 2009 Update 1. Look here for more details, prices and downloads.

January 7th, 2008: InstantBDExpress 1.8.5 released

This new version of InstantBDExpress adds support for ftAutoinc fields and for the "December Update" of Delphi 2007 and RAD Studio 2007. Look here for more details, prices and downloads.

July 18-19th, 2007: CodeGear Developer Days

CodeGear is hosting two days of free web technical seminars. More information here.

June 6th, 2007: InstantBDExpress 1.8.3 released

As part of our continuous update policy, this new version of InstantBDExpress fixes all reported bugs and adds some enhancements. Look here for more details, prices and downloads.

April 16th, 2007: InstantBDExpress 1.8.1 released

This version of InstantBDExpress replaces the one (1.8) shipped on the Delphi 2007 for Win32 Partner DVD. It completes the support for Delphi 2007 and adds a number of fixes and enhancements. Look here for more details, prices and downloads.

March 12-16th, 2007: See you at CodeRage

CodeRageis the virtual conference organized by CodeGear. We, as a CodeGear partner, will be having a booth and a chat room open for the duration of the conference. Feel free to drop by and have a chat, a special discount on our products or a free license of InstantBDExpress.

December 19th, 2006: EDW 1.5 released

The new release of EDW includes new features, complete documentation and an updated demo application which can be freely downloaded. Check it out!

December 12th, 2006: InstantBDExpress 1.5 released

The new release of InstantBDExpress is available. This is the tool of choice for converting existing BDE applications to the dbExpress technology. Look here for more details, prices and downloads.

November 14th, 2006: CodeGear is born

Borland has turned it development tool division into a separate, wholly owned, subsidiary company called CodeGear. Ethea welcomes the newborn and wishes her well, looking forward to continue the fruitful collaboration we had so far with Borland. See the following articles for more details:

http://bdn.borland.com/article/33819

http://bdn.borland.com/article/33818

http://bdn.borland.com/article/33817

November 12th, 2006: Firebird 2.0 FINAL released

The long-awaited new version ofFirebird has finally completed its beta/RC cycle, and has now been released. Go download it fron SourceForge, and spread the word!

September 1st, 2006: Are you ready for Turbo Delphi?

InstantObjects, InstantSolutions and EDWare compatible with the new Turbo Delphi 2006 Professional, a cheaper, single-language and single-platform version of Delphi.

August 7th, 2006: InstantObjects 2.0 FINAL version released

The InstantObjects development team is proud to announce the much awaited version 2.0. This version of the popular Object Persistence Framework is available for all versions of Delphi for Win32, from Delphi 5 to Delphi 2006, plus Kylix and, soon, FPC/Lazarus!Ethea is very active on this Open Source project, with contributions from some of its members to both development and project administration.

June 12th, 2006: Delphi Day session papers on-line

We have published the slides and the text(italian only) from the session about metadata-based programming given by Nando Dessena at the DelphiDay 2006 last June, 9th in Piacenza. Enjoy!

June 9th, 2006: Ethea announces the new EDW

What's EDW? What does it do? Come and discover it at the Delphi Day 2006 or on our web site!

June 9th, 2006: InstantObjects 2.0 RC 1 version released

The InstantObjects development team is proud to announce the much awaited version 2.0 (now almost final). This version of the popular Object Persistence Framework is available for all versions of Delphi for Win32, from Delphi 5 to Delphi 2006, plus Kylix and, soon, FPC/Lazarus!Ethea is very active on this Open Source project, with contributions from some of its members to both development and project administration.

May 10th, 2006: Ethea at the Delphi Day 2006

We will be participating in the DelphiDay 2006 to be held next June, 9th in Piacenza (PC). Nando Dessena will be giving a session about "Metadata-based programming", we will show our forthcoming EDW framework for Database and Data Warehouse applications, and we will be there with several other members of our staff. All sessions are in italian.

January 20th, 2005: Ethea becomes Borland Technology Partner

Ethea has become a Borland Technology Partner. This guarantees that Ethea's products will support the latest Borland technologies. The partnership agreement, which covers both the  InstantSolutionsframework and the InstantObjects project, will allow Ethea to fully integrate its products with the latest versions of Borland's development tools.

November 12th, 2005: InstantSolutions Framework 3.5 for InstantObjects 2 and OpenOffice.org 2 released

The new 3.5 release of the integrated development suite InstantSolutions Framework is available to companies already using ISF and people wishing to know more about it. Among the many new features, ISF 3.5 adds support for OpenOffice.org 2.0 (and the new OpenDocument file format) and integrates with InstantObjects 2.0, which provides better performance and stability.

October 31st, 2005: Basket Scoring now supports OpenOffice.org

By leveraging the experience of Sport Club Manager, Ethea has been able to add OpenOffice.org support to Basket Scoring. Thus, you can now ask the Basket Scoring team to provide automatic creation of custom reports and documents.

September 30th, 2005: Basket Scoring 3.0, with the new shoot-maps, is released

The new version 3.0 of Basket Scoring (both Standard and Pro edition) is available. BS 3.0 features the new shoot-maps: with a single mouse click you can now indicate the exact position of each shoot in the field.

Basket Scoring 3.0 can also produce an HTML page with all the statistics for all players and the shoot-maps (this last option is available to registered users only).

We have also restructured the way Basket Scoring stores game events: now the complete chronology is stored (together with the shoot-map data, of course), which will allow any kind of analysis and comparison.

It is still possible to load a match saved by Basket Scoring 2.x, but it will not contain the chronology and the shoot-maps.

June, 20th 2005:  InstantBDExpress, the technology to convert BDE applications to dbExpress, is available

At the Delphi Day 2005 Carlo Barazzetta of Ethea has shown a set of Delphi components that allow the conversion of BDE-based applications to Borland's dbExpress. This library, called InstantBDExpress, is now available to anyone who wishes to port BDE applications to dbExpress, together with Ethea's qualified consultancy services.
More details on InstantBDExpress

June, 10th 2005: Great success for the InstantObjects Day sponsored by Ethea!

Ethea, leader in InstantObjects development, has organized an event called the InstantObjects Day, june 10th 2005 in Piacenza (Italy). Many people attended to the technical presentations about InstantObjects and InstantSolutions , and to the official presentation of Ethea and several products developed with these technologies. A big thank you to everyone who participated to this event!

A summary of the event (Italian)