RAD Studio XE2 Enterprise

RAD Studio XE Enterprise is a designed for software developers and teams building client/server, multi-tier, cloud, and Web applications for native Windows, .NET and the Web. RAD Studio Enterprise offers seamless connectivity with a variety of database servers and enterprise data sources, expanded UML modeling, and a comprehensive tool set for delivering quality applications. RAD Studio Enterprise includes everything in the Professional edition, plus the following for building client/server and multi-tier database and Web applications:

• Database server connectivity to InterBase, Firebird, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, Informix and Sybase when building native Windows applications
• Remote server connectivity to InterBase when building .NET applications
• DataSnap multi-tier application development and .NET DataSnap client development
• FinalBuilder Embarcadero Edition and command line tools for build automation
• VCL for the Web Standard with no concurrent connection limit
• Complete set of 80+ code metrics and 200+ code audits
• Full two-way UML modeling capabilities with multiple diagram types, synchronization between code and models, documentation generation, and design patterns

Please see the feature matrix for the differences between the 3 versions.

Windows Development

• Fast drag-and-drop design
• Over 500 VCL controls included
• Built-in touch and gesturing support
• dbExpress with support for 9 major databases
• DataSnap n-tier middleware with JSON, REST, HTTP, COM, and XML
• UML / code metrics and audits
• Build 32-bit apps that run on 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows
• Target Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and Windows 7 from single source

.NET Development

• Build .NET apps and cross-platform Mono apps targeting Windows, Linux and Mac OS X
• Easy-to-learn Delphi Prism programming language
• Develop on Windows and Mac OS X
• Support for the latest .NET technologies
• Build DataSnap .NET clients to connect to Delphi multi-tier middleware
• ASP.NET and Silverlight development

PHP Web Development

• Complete PHP IDE with editor, debugging and profiling
• Visual designers for PHP applications and HTML files
• More than 75 visual PHP components

• 1 GB RAM (2 GB+ recommended)
• Up to 5 GB free hard disk space depending on components installed
• DVD-ROM drive (if installing from a Media Kit DVD)
• 1024x768 or higher-resolution monitor
• Intel® Pentium® or compatible, 1.6 GHz minimum (2GHz+ recommended)
• Mouse or other pointing device
• Microsoft® Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
• Microsoft® Windows Vista™ SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit) requires administrator rights
• Microsoft® Windows XP Home or Professional (32-bit and 64-bit) SP2 or SP3
• Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 SP1 or 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)