XML-J: Tell us about HiT Software and how you got into the XML business? Lorenzin: HiT Software was incorporated in California in 1994 and started out developing SQL middleware. A year ago, as we thought through new product plans, it was clear that XML showed strong justification for developer acceptance. We saw our SQL middleware customers accessing data from XML-based development projects, so we've developed an XML database infrastructure product that meets this common need. It's specialized to access databases, any database. We have both a Java and a Windows version, but HiT Allora is the name of the product line.