Idera Announces New Version of Leading SQL Server Performance Monitor

Adds Mobile Monitoring and Intelligent Alerting to SQL Diagnostic Manager

At the 2008 PASS Community Summit, Idera, a leading provider of management and administration solutions for Microsoft Windows, today announced a new version of its market-leading SQL Server performance monitoring product -- SQL diagnostic manager(TM) 5.6.

Idera's SQL diagnostic manager is an award-winning management and diagnostics solution that minimizes costly server downtime by providing agent-less, real-time monitoring and customizable alerts for fast diagnosis and remediation of SQL Server performance and availability problems.

With the new release, Database Administrators (DBAs) can now react even faster when critical problems arise using the following new features:

--  Mobile monitoring -- Idera's award-winning SQL mobile manager product
    has been incorporated into SQL diagnostic manager. Now SQL diagnostic
    manager users can view real-time SQL Server performance data, perform
    management tasks and receive alerts on a Windows mobile or Blackberry
    device.
--  Adaptive Alerting -- Automatically recommends alert threshold settings
    based on pattern recognition analysis of historical server performance
    data.
--  Alert Snoozing -- Enables DBAs to temporarily silence alerts when
    running applications that are known and allowed to exceed general
    thresholds.
--  Application Security -- Provides configurable server access
    permissions for users of SQL diagnostic manager. Enables the power of the
    SQL diagnostic manager console to be provided to operations and helpdesk
    staff to monitor SQL Servers without the ability to change or modify those
    servers.
    

"SQL Server houses critical business data and ensuring high levels of performance and availability is critical for business operations," said Rick Pleczko, President and CEO of Idera. "The new features in this release add to SQL diagnostic manager's powerful and proven technology to ensure it continues to be the gold standard in SQL Server performance monitoring."

About Idera

Idera delivers a new generation of tools for managing, administering, and securing Microsoft Windows Servers. Idera's products help companies ensure server performance and availability and reduce administrative overhead and expense. Idera provides solutions for SQL Server, SharePoint, PowerShell and Microsoft Dynamics Servers. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Idera's products are sold and supported directly and via authorized resellers and distributors around the globe. To learn more, please contact Idera at +1-713.523.4433 or visit www.idera.com.

Idera is a division of BBS Technologies, Inc. SQL diagnostic manager and Idera are trademarks or registered trademarks of BBS Technologies, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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