Quest Broadens Its Portfolio of DB2 Management Products

HostReview.com
Wednesday, September 22, 2004; 12:00 AM

September 22, 2004 - (HostReview.com) - Quest Software, Inc. (www.quest.com), a leading provider of application, database and Windows management solutions, today announced the availability of new versions of Quest Spotlight on DB2 UDB and Quest Spotlight on DB2 OS/390, two powerful performance diagnostics solutions that help to pinpoint the source of DB2 performance problems so that they may be rapidly resolved before end user service levels are impacted.

"Quest Software is dedicated to supporting its DB2 customers with powerful solutions to simplify and automate the management of business-critical DB2-based applications," said Doug Merritt, senior vice president and general manager, Application and Database Management Solutions, Quest Software.

Spotlight on DB2 UDB and Spotlight on DB2 OS/390 are powerful performance diagnostics tools that display real-time, graphical illustrations of all DB2 activity in a simple and intuitive interface. With architecturally accurate visual representations of the DB2 environment, Spotlight enables database administrators to view all activity across the entire DB2 instance or subsystem analyzing connections, wait events, locking, memory and disk I/O to pinpoint and alleviate problem areas as they occur. Metrics can be viewed in either real-time or historically.

"The core of today's business information is contained within complex RDBMS environments," says Ray Paquet, vice president and research director of Gartner, Inc. "Organizations managing these systems should invest in tools that enable them to diagnose and resolve performance issues before end users are affected and business is interrupted."

Quest Spotlight on DB2 UDB and Quest Spotlight on DB2 OS/390 are part of a complete set of Quest Software solutions that help customers achieve optimum performance and availability for their vital DB2 databases.

Spotlight on DB2 UDB and Spotlight on DB2 OS/390 are components of Quest Software's extensive Spotlight product suite for applications, databases and systems.

Quest Spotlight on DB2 UDB is available now, with pricing starting at $3,600 per server. Quest Spotlight on DB2 OS/390 is also available now, with pricing starting at $275 per MIP. Additional information may be found at http://www.quest.com/solutions/db2.asp.

Quest Software, Inc. provides software to simplify IT management to 18,000 customers worldwide, including 75 percent of the Fortune 500. Quest products for application, database and Windows management help customers develop, deploy, manage and maintain the IT enterprise without expensive downtime or business interruption.