Embarcadero® Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: EMBT), a leading provider of strategic data management solutions, today announced that it has again been named to the 2006 SD Times 100. Each year, the SD Times 100 recognizes companies and organizations that have demonstrated great leadership, either by gaining a large market share, generating a "buzz" in the industry for meaningful technological innovation, or by having other companies follow a company's lead by trying to emulate it. This year, Embarcadero Technologies was honored in the "Modeling" category with the publication noting the company's vision that "enterprise architecture is most effective when organizations can map out data standards and then trace their efforts." Embarcadero also announced that they have been included in the inaugural edition of IT Week's annual Top 100 Vendors List which recognizes those companies whose products IT Week's editors feel demonstrate quality and excellence, making them the top in their respective fields.

According to a recent study by Gartner, more organizations (19.0%) have plans to deploy DB2 than any other database platforms. For all of these new and for existing DB2 deployments, DBAs will need monitoring solutions that help them manage complex environments without increasing the workload. With its non-invasive architecture, easily customized alerting, and clear reporting, Performance Center allows DB2 DBAs to quickly identify bottlenecks and drill-down on specific problems without incurring maintanence costs. The Embarcadero "Health Index" in Performance Center rolls up key statistics into one indicator for at-a-glance performance information. Preconfigured templates for alarm thresholds and notifications as well as user-defined escalation paths simplify the implementation of standard operating procedures for increased efficiency.

Noted Noel Yuhanna, Forrester senior analyst, in a recent report, "Demand for automation will increase. Enterprises will continue to focus on automation and standardization to improve the operational efficiency of their database environments." ("Trends 2006: Database Management Systems," January 12, 2006).

"Many of our customers who are already using Performance Center with other platforms would like to be able to consolidate database performance monitoring into one solution," said Greg Keller, vice president of product management at Embarcadero Technologies. "With Performance Center 2.0, these customers will be able to see how more of their databases are performing and understand specific issues that might cause downtime from a single solution. This will simplify monitoring for all of their key databases."