<p>BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), a global software company that simplifies and enables the development and deployment of business applications, today announced that Yamaha Motor Europe has chosen the Progress DataDirect SQL Server for JDBC driver to dramatically increase page load speeds for its dealer website and improve overall database access performance.</p><p>"DataDirect JDBC drivers help ensure that our website experience meets customer expectations for quick and reliable transactions. We're excited to be able to boast that all of our pages now load in four or five seconds."</p><p>For commerce driven businesses with rich online content, high-speed data access and web performance are critical factors in ensuring sales. The Yamaha Motor site, for example, connects its 1,500 European dealers with Yamaha distributors in 12 countries. Designed to help dealers quickly order spare parts, as well as register warranties and process claims, it is imperative that the site deliver an optimum user experience.</p><p>Yamaha encountered a database performance problem when it shifted from a high-end application server to a virtualized environment to run its dealer website. Because the existing database driver was limited, page load times that used to take five seconds began to take 40 seconds. In the test environment, the site and database crashed. An investigation revealed that the drivers that accompanied the commercial database the company was using were not able to operate efficiently enough to ensure the kind of performance and speed that customers, distributors and dealers had grown to expect from the website.</p><p><a href="http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130214005241/en/Yamaha-Motor-Revs-Website-Performance-Progress%C2%AE-DataDirect%C2%AE">Keep reading...</a></p>