Quest Software Releases New and Enhanced Products to Improve SQL Server 2005 Management Capabilities

Business Wire, June 4, 2007

Change Director Helps Track Database Change Impact; Powerful New Features Are Added to Two Existing Solutions

ORLANDO -- Quest Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:QSFT) today announced the release of a new product, Change Director for SQL Server, as well as the addition of powerful new features to both Performance Analysis for SQL Server 6.0 and Toad([R]) for SQL Server 3.0. Both moves demonstrate the company's ongoing support for Microsoft SQL Server, including SQL Server 2005. These product releases further enhance the breadth and depth of Quest's portfolio of solutions that help database administrators (DBAs) and developers maintain and manage their SQL Server environments with greater ease and efficiency.

"Quest's solutions for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 increase the capabilities of the database management system, and allows users to achieve an improved level of performance in their management of SQL Server 2005," said Kim Saunders, senior director of SQL Server marketing at Microsoft Corp. "The addition of Change Director, along with the enhancement of other products for SQL Server 2005, continues Quest's tradition of enabling greater efficiency through reliable and powerful solutions for SQL Server."

Quest's newest offering, Change Director for SQL Server, allows DBAs to more easily script and migrate database schema changes while tracking the impact of those changes on the database. In addition, DBA's will gain greater control of their databases by proactively monitoring the structure of the database and rolling back changes as needed, thereby reducing the risk of unexpected outages caused by unplanned or improper changes.

Quest Performance Analysis for SQL Server provides DBAs with critical information about the performance of the database and offers a variety of tools that assist in determining the cause of, and solution for, performance issues. Performance Analysis for SQL Server uses an improved version of Quest's StealthCollect technology, a 24X7 non-intrusive, lightweight memory-sampling technology that now proactively analyzes performance data for inefficiencies and anomalies. New to this version is IntelliProfile, an adaptive profiling tool that continually and transparently monitors database performance to learn the baseline behavior of a system. Once IntelliProfile baselines are established, it is easy to separate real problems from normal behavior, which means DBAs only spend time on issues that really matter.

Quest Toad for SQL Server is a database development and administration tool that increases user productivity and ensures optimal code quality for the SQL Server environment. With Toad, SQL Server developers can reduce the bugs in their applications, build the highest quality code faster, and maximize application performance - all while integrating with current version control software for collaboration. The result is reduced time to market. New administration features in this version of Toad for SQL Server include SQL Server job management, logging of all executed SQL, and server-side filtering, all of which help reduce the complexity of SQL Server database management. Other new productivity features include editing of duplicate table data, one-click export to Microsoft Excel with linked queries, and the ability to add notes to database objects, all of which shorten the time spent doing redundant tasks.

In addition to these new and enhanced products, Quest offers the Quest Management Suite for SQL Server which includes: Spotlight([R]) on SQL Server Enterprise, LiteSpeed for SQL Server, Capacity Manager for SQL Server and SQL Watch([R]). This bundle of solutions allows organizations to monitor performance, back up and recover data, evaluate capacity and manage change. More information on the management suite can be found at: www.quest.com/Quest-Management-Suite-for-SQL-Server.> The Quest Management Suite for SQL Server enables users to control and manage their SQL Server environment, and also quickly resolve unforeseen performance problems. "Spotlight on SQL Server allows me to be both proactive and reactive when monitoring the overall health and performance of my database servers," said Keith Luken, network operating systems architect, Rock-Tenn. "Compared to the other tools I have used, Spotlight is the best enterprise solution available, as it is the most efficient, user-friendly and intuitive offering on the market." Rock-Tenn is a Georgia-based manufacturer of packaging products.

Pricing and Availability

Change Director is available now with North American pricing starting at $795 (USD) per server. More information on Change Director can be found at www.quest.com/change-director-for-sql-server. To learn more about Quest's SQL Server solutions visit: www.quest.com/sql-server.> About Quest Software, Inc.

Quest Software, Inc. delivers innovative products that help organizations get more performance and productivity from their applications, databases and Windows infrastructure. Through a deep expertise in IT operations and a continued focus on what works best, Quest helps more than 50,000 customers worldwide meet higher expectations for enterprise IT. Quest Software can be found in offices around the globe and at www.quest.com.