The first beta of Jaybird 4 is available for testing
The article gives the introduction to the basics of Firebird transactions.
Jaybird 2.2.15 released
If you need to convert a very big Firebird 2.5 database to 3.0, or many databases during the short period of time (for example, overnight or during the weekend), you will definitely find useful this article: it describes how to speed up the backup-restore process by 25-30% with stream backup-restore process.
ADO.NET provider 6.6.0.0 Release
Firebird Project announces the first Beta release of Firebird 4.0, the next major version of the Firebird relational database, which is now available for testing.
Development of the PHP 'ibase' driver for Firebird (and InterBase) has been revived, with seed funding from KIMData GmbH and Martin Koeditz stepping up to lead the work.
The new article with the collection of tips and tricks to improve Firebird database performance: "23 More Ways To Speed Up Firebird".