DbPipeline.NET
OR-Mapper for C# and VB.NET that is better than Entity Framework
... ADO.NET or Entity Framework.
Our goal when designing the DbPipeline.NET™ Library was to create an easy to use database access layer set of classes using 100% managed code so that VB.NET and C#.NET programmers can use it to build database applications (Client/Server, Web, and 3-tier) without having to be consumed with the programming involved with the retrieval, handling, management and storage in memory of the data while it is being worked on, and updating of the data.