GoldenGate Software Unveils GoldenGate 9.0 With Extended Support for MS SQL Server and DB2 z/OS

Business Wire, Nov 13, 2006

GoldenGate Extends Heterogeneous Database Capabilities With Support for Microsoft SQL Server and DB2 z/OS for High Availability and Real-Time Data Integration Solutions

SAN FRANCISCO -- GoldenGate Software Inc., the leading provider of transactional data management solutions, today announced the release of GoldenGate 9.0, extending the platformeIUs heterogeneous database capabilities by expanding support for Microsoft SQL Server and IBM DB2 z/OS. GoldenGate 9.0 is in response to the large number of enterprise customers who run mission-critical applications on DB2 z/OS and who require continuous application availability in addition to the growing number of organizations who have deployed applications on SQL Server with a predominance for business intelligence, analytics and reporting. Keeping applications continuously available and leveraging data transactions across the enterprise, in real time, is increasingly important to improving the efficiency of business operations.

The number of organizations using the Microsoft SQL Server platform for critical data initiatives such as business intelligence and data warehousing is on the rise. According to a recent survey for the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS), a global community of users, SQL Server is a dominant database platform in markets such as financial services, technology and government, with 70% of survey respondents already using the new SQL Server 2005. The survey also revealed that 41% of enterprises have over 60 instances of the database running in their environment and 28% of survey respondents can tolerate "less than one to four hours" of downtime per year. [EditoreIUs Note: See also todayeIUs press release entitled "MS SQL Server 2005 Survey Reveals Wide Market Adoption with Dominance for Running Business Intelligence, Reporting and Data Warehousing Applications"]

With GoldenGate for SQL Server, organizations can move data from source to target, in real time, with no requirement for a middle tier. With minimal impact to the source system, GoldenGate reads the SQL Server database log, encrypts the committed transactions and moves them across the network to one or many target systems. Additionally, because most environments need continuous uptime, GoldenGate moves the data bi-directionally while maintaining transaction integrity and, in the event of a primary system outage, users are immediately pointed to the second fully synchronized system and business continues as usual.

"GoldenGate supports the broadest range of database platforms which allows us the flexibility to decide upon the best environment for our applications," said Stuart Morrison, chief technology officer at Westcon, a worldwide distributor of networking, communications and security products. "With this expanded support for SQL Server, we can perform system migrations and upgrades with little downtime in addition to integrating the data across all environments, in real time."

"Real-time access to real-time information is becoming a requirement for todayeIUs global enterprise, which places greater importance than ever on the value of data for initiatives like real-time business intelligence and reporting," said Chris McAllister, director of product management for GoldenGate Software. "With GoldenGate 9.0, customers can use the same technology platform to keep their DB2 z/OS or Microsoft SQL Server application environments highly available, providing application users ongoing access to real-time data transactions."

New Product Features Include:

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GoldenGate Software's TDM solutions enable customers to effectively maximize the performance, accessibility, and availability of the transactional data that drives mission-critical business processes. With over 300 customers in 35 countries, GoldenGate supports the worldeIUs most popular databases including SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase, DB2 z/OS, DB2 UDB, HP NonStop, Enscribe, Ingres and MySQL.

Product Availability

GoldenGate 9.0 is generally available now. For more information, please contact info@goldengate.com.

About GoldenGate Software

GoldenGate Software Inc. is the leader in transactional data management (TDM) solutions for maximizing the performance, accessibility, and availability of enterprise data. GoldenGate's technology offerings enable businesses to capture, route, transform, deliver, and verify transactional data in real time across heterogeneous IT environments. With more than 300 customers worldwide, GoldenGate is used to drive solutions for critical initiatives in high availability, disaster tolerance, and real-time data integration. Customers include Visa, Bank of America, Sabre Holdings, Comcast, Federated Investors, Mayo Foundation, UBS, and Overstock.com. GoldenGate broadens its global market reach through key relationships with ISVs and systems integrators including ACI Worldwide, GE Healthcare, Teradata -- a division of NCR, Amdocs, MySQL AB, and others. A private company, GoldenGate is headquartered in San Francisco and can be found on the web at www.goldengate.com.