Mertech Data Systems, the leading provider of high-performance middleware technology, is pleased to announce the availability of the beta version of BTR2SQL for PostgreSQL. BTR2SQL for PostgreSQL allows users of Btrieve/Pervasive transaction engines to use PostgreSQL database without requiring source level changes. The product is available for immediate download.

Mertech Data Systems, the leading provider of high-performance ISAM to SQL Database Connectivity (ISDBC) drivers, is pleased to announce the release of the beta version of BTR2SQLv5.0.

BTR2SQL v5.0 includes many new features, beginning with support for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Edition, the addition of a startup trace, and improvements to the GUI interface and migration process.

Mertech is pleased to announce that it has entered into an OEM agreement with SAP for reselling SAP Crystal Reports to Mertech customers.

Under this OEM agreement effective worldwide, Mertech will be able to distribute Crystal Reports 2008 and 2011 its customers at less than the retail price of Crystal Reports available from other sources.

Mertech will be offering a series of training webinars to help developers transition from Crystal X1 to Crystal 2011.

The first training webinar will walk users through the installation, migration and deployment steps. The second webinar, which will be in May, will go in details of how to take advantage of the new features in Crystal Reports 2011.

Mertech Data Systems CEO Riaz Merchant will be presenting at the 2012 DISD Conference in Dallas, TX on March 2 and 3.

Topics for the two Mertech sessions are:

- Flex2Crystal: The future of Crystal Reports for VDF users for the Flex2Crystal product

- Using DocuMentor in the Software Development process

The link for the event is http://www.disdconference.com

About DISD

Mark Alspaugh of Simplified Systems is the winner of the "Documentor 2.0 iPad" promotion. Contestants were required to run DocuMentor against their applications and submit screen shots from their report.

Thanks to all who submitted their entries and provided us valuable feedback about DocuMentor 2.0.

Mertech is please to announce the availability of DocuMentor 2.0. DocuMentor 2.0 contains two significant new features a) it now allows users to view source code b) supports viewing on iPad.

Mertech's latest release of Flex2SQL drivers is a major release with features designed to take better advantage of administration tools provided by various SQL databases. The presentation highlights features that are a first for the driver and help programmers to work with seamlessly with the native SQL backends.

- Synchronizing Relationship
- Handling Table Casing