LinuxPR: Allaire Selects MERANT to Deliver Data Access and Integration For Linux | Linux Today

LinuxPR: Allaire Selects MERANT to Deliver Data Access and Integration For Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 13, 2000

MERANT Empowers Allaire ColdFusion Developers with Scalable
Data Access to Industry-Leading Databases.

“Leveraging the MERANT EgilityTM solution to provide
market-leading data access and integration for critical e-business
and Web applications, MERANT…today announced a strategic
agreement with Allaire Corporation…the industry’s leading
independent e-business platform vendor. Under the terms of the
agreement, Allaire will integrate MERANT’s DataDirect®
technology with the new Linux versions of ColdFusion, empowering
Allaire customers with secure high-availability data access and
integration across Linux-based Web applications.”

“ColdFusion, an award-winning cross-platform Web application
server, has enabled more than 3,500 companies worldwide to create a
variety of transaction-intensive Web solutions on intranets and
public Internet sites, including e-commerce, content management,
business automation, and more. MERANT enhances the ColdFusion
development environment, providing scalable transaction-based
connectivity between ColdFusion applications residing on Linux and
industry-leading databases including MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL
Server, Informix and Sybase.”

Press
Release

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

Linux Today Logo

LinuxToday is a trusted, contributor-driven news resource supporting all types of Linux users. Our thriving international community engages with us through social media and frequent content contributions aimed at solving problems ranging from personal computing to enterprise-level IT operations. LinuxToday serves as a home for a community that struggles to find comparable information elsewhere on the web.

Property of TechnologyAdvice. © 2026 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.