<s>
Apache	B-Language
Derby	I-Language
(	O
previously	O
distributed	O
as	O
IBM	B-Language
Cloudscape	I-Language
)	O
is	O
a	O
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
RDBMS	O
)	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Apache	O
Software	O
Foundation	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
embedded	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
programs	O
and	O
used	O
for	O
online	B-General_Concept
transaction	I-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apache	B-Language
Derby	I-Language
is	O
developed	O
as	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
project	O
under	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
2.0	I-Application
license	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
a	O
time	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
distributed	O
the	O
same	O
binaries	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Java	B-Language
DB	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2015	O
they	O
announced	O
that	O
for	O
JDK	B-Language
9	O
they	O
would	O
no	O
longer	O
be	O
doing	O
so	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apache	B-Language
Derby	I-Language
originated	O
at	O
Cloudscape	B-Language
Inc	O
,	O
an	O
Oakland	O
,	O
California	O
,	O
start-up	O
founded	O
in	O
1996	O
by	O
Nat	O
Wyatt	O
and	O
Howard	O
Torf	O
to	O
develop	O
Java	B-Language
database	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subsequently	O
,	O
the	O
product	O
was	O
renamed	O
Cloudscape	B-Language
and	O
releases	O
were	O
made	O
about	O
every	O
six	O
months	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
Informix	B-Application
Software	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
acquired	O
Cloudscape	B-Language
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
IBM	O
acquired	O
the	O
database	O
assets	O
of	O
Informix	B-Application
Software	O
,	O
including	O
Cloudscape	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
database	O
engine	O
was	O
re-branded	O
to	O
IBM	B-Language
Cloudscape	I-Language
and	O
releases	O
continued	O
,	O
mainly	O
focusing	O
on	O
embedded	O
use	O
with	O
IBM	O
's	O
Java	B-Language
products	O
and	O
middleware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
Derby	O
's	O
graduation	O
from	O
incubation	O
,	O
Sun	O
joined	O
the	O
Derby	O
project	O
with	O
an	O
intent	O
to	O
use	O
Derby	O
as	O
a	O
component	O
in	O
their	O
own	O
products	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
6	O
in	O
December	O
2006	O
,	O
Sun	O
started	O
packaging	O
Derby	O
in	O
the	O
JDK	B-Language
branded	O
as	O
Java	B-Language
DB	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2007	O
IBM	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
withdraw	O
marketing	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Cloudscape	B-Language
product	O
,	O
but	O
would	O
continue	O
to	O
contribute	O
to	O
the	O
Apache	B-Language
Derby	I-Language
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Java	B-Language
DB	I-Language
database	O
is	O
Oracle	B-Application
's	O
supported	O
distribution	O
of	O
Apache	B-Language
Derby	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
of	O
the	O
technology	O
,	O
Derby	O
's	O
database	O
engine	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
full-functioned	O
relational	O
embedded	O
database-engine	O
,	O
supporting	O
JDBC	B-Language
and	O
SQL	B-Language
as	O
programming	O
APIs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
IBM	B-Application
Db2	I-Application
SQL	B-Language
syntax	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
network	O
server	O
allows	O
clients	O
to	O
connect	O
over	O
TCP/IP	O
using	O
the	O
standard	O
DRDA	B-Language
protocol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
network	O
server	O
allows	O
the	O
Derby	O
engine	O
to	O
support	O
networked	O
JDBC	B-Language
,	O
ODBC/CLI	O
,	O
Perl	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
ij	O
:	O
a	O
tool	O
that	O
allows	O
SQL	B-Language
scripts	I-Language
to	O
be	O
executed	O
against	O
any	O
JDBC	B-Language
database	O
.	O
</s>
