MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- TimesTen, Inc., a provider of real-timeevent processing software, today announced the general availability ofversion 5.0 of the company’s core product, the TimesTen® Real-Time EventProcessing System. With this announcement, TimesTen once again raises thebar on infrastructure software designed for real-time event processing withenhancements focused on improving performance, scalability andease-of-integration into existing systems. This milestone release is adirect response to the expanded deployment of real-time, highly-availableservices from TimesTen’s customer base.“The need for high performance, real-time infrastructure software isgrowing, and yet, is remarkably underserved by the current marketplace,”said James R. Groff, CEO of TimesTen, Inc. “As all the recent talk aboutthe real-time enterprise underscores, companies are increasingly looking tomake their businesses more cost-efficient and agile. TimesTen has spentover five years working closely with organizations in telecom and financialservices for which real-time processing is not just a competitive advantage,but a stringent business requirement. Our mature, proven product, plus theexpertise we’ve gained working with more than 170 customers worldwide,positions us well as real-time finds its way into additional markets andinto the corporate enterprise,” added Groff.With TimesTen version 5.0, performance has been improved by focusing on“concurrency” ? the ability for multiple users to access and share the samedata simultaneously. Traditionally, data managers use “locks” to preventmultiple users from manipulating the same data at the same time as a way tomaintain control and minimize human error, often at the expense ofperformance. Version 5.0 features a new locking model that imposes fewer ofthese locks, and also eliminates locking delays between readers and writers,dramatically improving concurrency. This required a significantarchitectural change in the system, yielding more consistent “real-time”responsiveness for all users and increasing the overall performance. Inaddition, the redesigned locking model provides a better foundation forfuture performance improvements.TimesTen