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News release
11/04/2005
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and Your Sweet Products
By the time this article is published, Microsoft will have already released a new version of its Relational Database Management System (RDBMS), SQL Server 2005. As many of you may be aware, Microsoft SQL Server is an integral part of your Sweet-Billing, Sweet-Field Data, and Sweet-CAD systems. SQL Server is the RDBMS that manages the data you enter into these applications.
The release of SQL Server 2005 brings many new and exciting changes; some of these changes are not fully supported in the 5.1.1 version of Sweet-Billing and Sweet-Field Data and version 5.0.4 of Sweet-CAD. At this time Ortivus North America (NA) is requiring customers to remain on SQL Server 2000 and NOT deploy SQL Server 2005. Deployment of SQL Server 2005 with version 5.1.1 of Sweet-Billing and Sweet-Field Data or version 5.0.4 of Sweet-CAD will result in failure of your Sweet program to operate properly. Ortivus NA is actively pursuing adding support for SQL Server 2005 into its products and anticipate a compatible release in 2006.
Current Microsoft Desktop Engine customers who would like to upgrade to another edition of SQL Server can do so; however, it must be an edition of SQL Server 2000. Through the Microsoft Open License program, Microsoft offers downgrade rights. Downgrade rights allow for the purchase of the SQL Server 2005 while legally allowing for the deployment of SQL Server 2000. SQL Server 2005 can then be deployed at a later date with no additional cost.
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About Ortivus:
Ortivus offers integrated software solutions for Emergency Medical Services and Public Safety. The North American Subsidiary develops and markets the following pre-hospital applications: EMS billing, patient care reporting, computer-aided dispatch, automatic vehicle location, mobile data application, and patient vital signs monitoring and data transmission.
The Ortivus vision is to be the customer’s preferred provider of integrated information and decision-making software support systems in the Emergency Medical Service, Public Safety and Healthcare industries.
Ortivus operates out of two North American corporate office locations (Decorah, Iowa, US and Montreal, Quebec, Canada), as well as several international locations (Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Great Britain).