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Quest Software Provides Consolidated View
of Multiple Instances of Microsoft SQL Server for Better Problem
Detection and Resolution
¡ª¡ªFrom Quest Sofrware Inc. March 8, 2006
Newest Member of Quest¡¯s Award-Winning Spotlight
Product Family Announced, Along With Additional Products and
Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Quest Software Inc. (Nasdaq: QSFT), a leading provider
of application, database and infrastructure management solutions,
today announced the availability of Spotlight? on SQL Server
Enterprise, the newest member of Quest¡¯s award-winning Spotlight
family. At the same time, the company announced other updates
and additions to enhance the breadth and depth of its solutions
for managing Microsoft SQL Server, with extensive support
for SQL Server 2005.
Quest Spotlight on SQL Server is used by thousands of customers
worldwide to provide a graphical display of real-time SQL
Server performance with one-click drill-down to diagnose
and resolve performance problems. While this capability
is extremely valuable, many SQL Server database administrators
(DBAs) are responsible for dozens of SQL Server instances.
Spotlight on SQL Server Enterprise is the first product
to provide consolidated at-a-glance visibility of performance
across multiple instances of SQL Server, with the ability
to drill down on any item for fast problem resolution.
¡°We work very closely with Microsoft, and this relationship
helps ensure that we consistently provide products that
add value to the SQL Server platform,¡± said Douglas Chrystall,
director, product management, SQL Server solutions, Quest
Software. ¡°We are very excited about the release of this
newest member of the Spotlight family, as it solves a unique
challenge faced by the SQL Server community. We are also
pleased to announce additional products that enhance the
performance of SQL Server and improve the productivity of
SQL Server professionals.¡±
New capabilities and Quest¡¯s extensive support for SQL
Server 2005 include:
- Capacity Manager for SQL Server ¨C
this new product offers a single consolidated view of
storage consumption, growth rates and trends at all levels
¡ª including the instance, database and object.
- Quest Central for SQL Server ¨C now
SQL Server 2005 compatible, Quest Central is an integrated
performance management solution for SQL Server DBAs. Working
with Spotlight on SQL Server Enterprise, Quest Central
provides DBAs with the ability to diagnose difficult performance
issues on any server, perform historical problem analysis,
and resolve problems through advanced automated tuning.
- Benchmark Factory for Databases ¨C
Quest now offers a freeware version of its advanced database
stress testing product, which allows database code to
be tested in isolation from the application, providing
a true view of database issues.
- Toad for SQL Server and LiteSpeed for SQL Server
¨C As announced last quarter, these well-known Quest products
are fully SQL Server 2005 compatible. Toad improves SQL
code quality and enhances DBA and developer productivity.
LiteSpeed reduces the time and cost of SQL Server backup
and recovery by compressing data up to 95 percent.
¡°From delivery of SQL Server to ongoing management, Quest
Software offers tremendous depth and breadth in solutions
for SQL Server,¡± said Don Peterson, senior product manager
for SQL Server at Microsoft Corp. |
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