Quest Software Announces Siebel 7 Validation; Quest Central for DB2 UDB Empowers Users of Siebel eBusiness Applications with Comprehensive Database Management

Business Wire, Dec 2, 2002

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IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2002

Quest Software Inc. (Nasdaq:QSFT), a leading provider of application management solutions, today announced that the integration of Quest Central for DB2, version 2.0, with Siebel 7 has been successfully validated by Siebel Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:SEBL).

Siebel Systems is a leading provider of multichannel eBusiness Applications software.

Quest Central for DB2 expedites the resolution of performance issues, improving overall database and system availability, as well as reducing the costs associated with managing DB2 applications.

Siebel Systems provides organizations with a proven set of industry-specific best practices, CRM applications software and business processes, enabling corporations to sell to, market to and serve customers across multiple channels and lines of business.

Quest Central for DB2 delivers Siebel eBusiness Applications users the ability to optimize DB2 performance by providing components for performance diagnostics monitoring, SQL tuning, space management and database administration.

Quest Central for DB2 gives administrators all of the tools they need to optimize their Siebel environments, enabling them to resolve all their performance issues from within Quest Central instead of switching between multiple tools from a variety of vendors.

"Siebel Systems and Quest Software are jointly committed to supporting the DB2 platform for 24x7 high-end eBusiness applications. We are happy to acknowledge the work Quest Software has done to ensure the compatibility of Quest Central for DB2," said Mike Straub, alliance technical director for Siebel Systems.

"Customers can be confident in knowing that Quest Central for DB2 has passed stringent tests with DB2 UDB databases running in a Siebel 7 environment."

"This validation reinforces our commitment to our Siebel Systems partnership and our joint customer base in supplying performance and availability solutions to optimize Siebel eBusiness applications," said Sherry Zak Morris, director of software alliances for Quest Software.

"We acknowledge Siebel Systems' market-leading position and believe that, with the addition of Quest Software's Quest Central for DB2, customers will be able to further guarantee the health of their application infrastructures."

Siebel Systems forms alliances with proven technology leaders to deliver tangible business benefits throughout the enterprise. By choosing Siebel eBusiness Applications and validated partner solutions, Siebel Systems' customers can pursue a best-of-class software acquisition strategy and quickly deploy the very best solution available.

The Siebel Validation Program applies rigorous technical scrutiny to evaluate the integration of third-party solutions with Siebel eBusiness Applications. Integrations that meet the rigorous standards of Siebel Systems' testing criteria are validated and documented by the Siebel Alliance Program.

About Quest Software Inc.

Quest Software is a leading provider of application management solutions. Quest provides customers with Application Confidence(SM) by delivering reliable software products to develop, deploy, manage and maintain enterprise applications without expensive downtime or business interruption.

Targeting high availability, monitoring, database management and Microsoft infrastructure management, Quest products increase the performance and uptime of business-critical applications and enable IT professionals to achieve more with fewer resources. The company has headquarters in Irvine and has offices around the globe. For more information on Quest Software visit www.quest.com.

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