Sometimes you need to face the inevitable: the tool selected years ago is not the one you need for the future. Have you been struggling with complicated modeling tasks or outdated tools? Are your data models getting too big to handle? We’ve heard from a lot of customers recently who have been frustrated with their old data modeling tools, for multiple reasons such as: Lack of functionality Lack of support Lack of a future roadmap Embarcadero is committed to enabling our users to adapt to...

In the past couple of weeks, I've had occasion to look fairly closely at the ADO.NET Entity Framework, and compare it to NHibernate.  Of course, before I even started, I went out and read what other people had to say on the subject.  Many people point to this post by Danny Simmons as approximating the "official" Microsoft position on the subject, and commenters around the web seem to focus specifically on what Danny calls "a [not yet delivered, but] much larger vision of an entity-aware data pl...