Lasso Professional is an advanced Web application server product used by Web developers who demand an easy to use yet powerful tool for building and serving data-driven Web sites. Lasso provides access to a variety of different databases (such as FileMaker Pro, mySQL, and Microsoft SQL Server) across multiple platforms.

Lasso Professional 8 provides all of the features expected in an advanced yet easy to use Web application server. Lasso provides broad support for industry standards along with its own HTML-like language called Lasso Dynamic Markup Language (LDML). LDML is a tag-based language for building data-driven Web sites which makes it easy for non-programmers to build data-driven Web solutions while providing the depth and power advanced Web developers require for creating sophisticated Web applications.

The enhanced productivity offered by Lasso Professional allows Web developers to save time and money so they may focus less on technical challenges and more on creative and business advancements. This enhanced productivity has won Lasso the support of thousands of Web developers worldwide.

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Our Lasso Professional hosting accounts are powered by dual processor Power Macintosh G4 servers and include plenty of storage, user configurable mail services, optional Postini virus filtering, SSL security, and CGI support. digital.forest is one of the only Lasso hosting providers with a state of the art in-house datacenter.

We currently offer accounts with packages of FileMaker Pro or MySQL databases. MySQL is the world's most popular Open Source Database, designed for speed, power, and precision in mission critical, heavy load use. FileMaker Pro Unlimited offers easy to use, flexible database publishing that can be rapidly deployed. FileMaker Server Advanced is a great new product that combines the ease of use of FileMaker Pro with a powerful new architecture.

digital.forest gives you the tools to control and maintain Web sites and databases on your schedule, not ours. Our Lasso Professional hosting services have been designed to provide you with as much control over your Lasso Professional hosting environment as possible, providing you with many features previously only available on dedicated servers.

All Lasso Professional 8 accounts are configured as independent sites and processes, for added protection and flexibility. Customers have access to the Lasso SiteAdmin tool to configure all aspects of security and manage most Lasso settings.

FileMaker Pro Hosting customers also have access to our Alder database manager, which makes it easy to remotely open, close, and manage your FileMaker database files. You can make changes and add new files at any time you like without waiting for us to give you access to your data. Alder's browser-based interface makes it easy to use - even when you're on the road - and its built-in security prevents unauthorized access to your database.

Founded in 1994, digital.forest is the premier database- and application-hosting company serving small and medium-sized businesses and corporate workgroups around the globe. digital.forest offers both shared- and dedicated-server solutions for Web-enabled databases and applications on Macintosh, UNIX, and Windows systems.

Using careful planning and proven technology, we've created a server system of outstanding efficiency and stability. And our systems are housed on-site at our own facility. We don't lease server space somewhere else. So if you have a problem, we're here, with complete control of all the equipment involved.