Embarcadero Receives the SQL Server Magazine Readers' Awards

San Francisco, Calif. - September 01, 2004 - Embarcadero Technologies®, Inc. (Nasdaq: EMBT), a provider of cross-platform data lifecycle management solutions, today announced that its products won in seven categories in the 2004 SQL Server Magazine Readers' Choice Awards. Through these awards, the magazine's readers recognized Embarcadero's solutions as the best products in the industry. More than any other participating software vendor, these seven awards reflect Embarcadero's ongoing commitment to providing real solutions to the Microsoft SQL Server community.

Best Application/Operations Management Tool -- Embarcadero DBArtisan®
Best Capacity Planning/Trend Analysis Software -- Embarcadero DBArtisan with Capacity Analyst™
Best Database Modeling/Design Software -- Embarcadero ER/Studio®
Best Change and Configuration Management Tool -- Embarcadero Change Manager™
Best Application Testing/Debugging Software -- Embarcadero Extreme Test™
Best Database Testing/Debugging Software -- Embarcadero Extreme Test
Best SQL Server Migration Tool -- Embarcadero DT/Studio®

"Recognition from customers in the industry is an honor and the ultimate 'seal of approval' for the products that won," said Kim Paulsen, Group Publisher, SQL Server Magazine. "The SQL Server Magazine Readers' Choice Awards were started as a way for readers to choose and recommend the best technology products in the industry. The awards program gives readers the opportunity to voice their opinions on the most outstanding products in the industry and for leading technology companies to receive the recognition they deserve."

"We are very honored to win these awards from the SQL Server Magazine readers," said Robin Schumacher, vice president of product management for Embarcadero Technologies. "This endorsement of our database lifecycle management solutions underscores our ongoing commitment to provide the SQL Server community with the best resources for managing and optimizing their critical data, database, and application infrastructures."

About the Winning Products
DBArtisan: Embarcadero DBArtisan enables database administrators (DBAs) to concurrently manage multiple databases from a single graphical console, creating dramatic productivity gains for both experienced and novice database professionals. DBArtisan is the leading database administration solution for managing Microsoft® SQL Server, Oracle®, Sybase®, and IBM® DB2 Universal Databases. Its rich feature set helps database professionals maximize the availability, performance, and security of databases throughout the enterprise.

DBArtisan with Capacity Analyst: Capacity Analyst, in combination with DBArtisan, collects critical database storage, object, and performance metrics at scheduled intervals and provides visual analysis and reporting mechanisms that allow for historical trend analysis and forecasting.

ER/Studio: Embarcadero ER/Studio is the foundation of Embarcadero's model-driven solutions and enables the visual analysis and design of data managed throughout the enterprise. This product is part of a series of integrated solutions offered by Embarcadero that supports the lifecycle concept of enterprise data management for the architecture, administration, performance, and integration of corporate data, and the systems that manage that data.

DT/Studio: Embarcadero DT/Studio is a data integration solution. Supporting native and standards-based connectivity to a wide variety of data sources and providing over 1000 out-of-the-box transformations, DT/Studio simplifies integrating data across disparate sources and enterprise applications, and drastically shortens the time that it takes to develop data integration tasks. DT/Studio integrates seamlessly into virtually any environment and includes rich documentation and reporting features to ensure a clear understanding of the environment going forward.

Extreme Test: Embarcadero Extreme Test is a next-generation, goals-based performance testing solution for enterprise systems. Through its timesaving features, innovative approach to test creation, and open, standards-based architecture, Extreme Test enhances application integrity and gives IT professionals greater confidence in deploying and upgrading applications throughout the enterprise.

Change Manager: Embarcadero Change Manager allows users to capture, version, compare and propagate database schemas as they change over time, thereby eliminating the need for error-prone manual processes. Change Manager ensures productivity gains and reduces the risk of database development, especially in cross-platform environments with multiple development teams. Additionally, Change Manager automatically takes snapshots of the database schema, which provides a complete archive of the application and helps administrators pinpoint and immediately address problem areas.

About SQL Server Magazine
SQL Server Magazine is the definitive guide to building high-performance, reliable, scalable, and secure business solutions using SQL Server and Microsoft .NET technologies. SQL Server Magazine is the only resource devoted to providing database developers and administrators, application programmers, and business intelligence architects the technical, tactical, and hands-on information they need to implement and maintain world-class systems. For more information visit www.winnetmag.com/pressroom.

About Embarcadero Technologies
Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: EMBT) is a leading provider of data lifecycle management solutions that help companies build, optimize, test, and manage their critical data, database, and application infrastructures. Nearly 11,000 companies, including 97 of the Fortune 100, rely on Embarcadero Technologies products to manage the explosive growth in data and ensure optimal performance of their complex, multi-platform applications and systems. Embarcadero Technologies is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. For more information, call 415/834-3131 or visit www.embarcadero.com.

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