[October 28, 2014] |
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Dell Software Reinforces Commitment to SQL Server Market Leadership with Upgraded Monitoring, Management and Backup Offerings
ROUND ROCK, Texas --(Business Wire)--
Dell Software today announced a
host of enhancements that further demonstrate its ongoing commitment to
the SQL Server database market, including the release of Spotlight
on SQL Server Enterprise 11.0. The new solutions, which will be on
display next week at PASS
Summit, the industry's leading conference for SQL Server
professionals, build on Dell's 18-year legacy of providing robust,
affordable, and easy-to-use database tools to monitor, manage, protect,
and improve the performance of SQL Server environments.
News Facts:
Dell Software's complete set of end-to-end SQL Server solutions enables
customers to get the most from their database investments. Along
with Spotlight on SQL Server Enterprise 11.0, newly upgraded solutions
include Foglight
for SQL Server 5.7, Toad
for SQL Server 6.5, LiteSpeed
for SQL Server 8.0, and SharePlex
8.6.
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Spotlight on SQL Server Enterprise 11.0, a SQL Server database
monitoring tool, continues to break new ground when it comes to
providing customers with the ultimate in flexibility to suit their
specific usage needs.
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Building on the success of the Wait Stat analysis workflow,
Spotlight 11 introduces a multi-dimensional workload analysis to
provide maximum insight into performance issues.
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The new release also features a mobile capability that allows SQL
Server DBAs to remotely diagnose issues directly from their mobile
phones. Spotlight mobile is implemented as a native mobile app
(IOS, Android (News - Alert) and Windows Mobile), delivering the user experience
customers have come to expect from mobile apps.
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In addition, version 11 features a new SCOM management pack,
enabling SCOM users to leverage Spotlight on SQL Server for SQL
Server monitoring and diagnostic needs.
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The newly released Foglight for SQL Server 5.7, for real-time and
historical database performance monitoring of both virtualized and
non-virtualized databases, introduces the new SQL Performance
Investigator that provides fast, accurate and detailed SQL workload
analytics within its flexible deep dive monitoring platform. Foglight
for SQL Server can monitor thousands of instances within a single
download-and-go installation, while offering deep dive operational and
workload data collection and retention. Designed specifically to help
ease the workload of the DBA, additional new features include:
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Multi-Dimensional Data Cube for fast workload analytics, with
historical session data that allows for easy navigation through
performance metrics and ability to gather more granular metric data
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Lock analysis to show who is locking a table and causing
degradation for other users. Forensic level analysis shows both
real-time and historical data to determine who is holding the
lock, what object is being locked, and for how long, and povides
the ability end the locker's session
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Change Tracking to track changes to database configuration,
objects, execution plan and system configuration to quickly see
the impact changes have on database performance
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Dell Software's popular line of Toad data and data management
solutions has been updated to support the latest versions of SQL
Server 2014 Enterprise and Express. Dell's Toad solutions support SQL
Server databases running on Amazon EC, as well as other Microsoft
platforms including SQL Server Analysis Services, SQL Azure, Azure
data market, Azure table services and SharePoint.
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Toad for SQL Server 6.5 now also integrates with Spotlight
Essentials to deliver system health checks and performance
analytics to DBAs and developers.
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LiteSpeed for SQL Server 8.0, the latest release of Dell Software's
leading SQL Server backup and recovery solution, offers a host of new
features, including:
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A new cloud backup option to Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service),
allowing customers to bypass local disk and backup and restore
directly to the cloud from either on-premises SQL Servers, or
those running on Amazon EC2. Data is fully encrypted for
transport, and optionally encrypted on S3. LiteSpeed also supports
the S3 GovCloud, for use by U.S. government agencies and customers
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An updated user interface, a new multi-database restore feature,
and full support for SQL Server 2014
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Lastly, planned for later this year, the release of version 8.6 of
SharePlex, a leading database replication and near real-time
integration solution, increases Dell's expanding footprint of
heterogeneous database support. The updated solution enables IT staff
to offload reporting, migrate data, and provide immediate data
integration services from Oracle databases to Microsoft SQL Server for
better business insight.
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The new release brings the number of certified target platforms
for replication support to eight, including: Oracle, Microsoft SQL
Server, Hadoop, SAP (News - Alert) ASE, ODBC, JMS, SQL flat files, and XML files.
Leading the way in solutions for SQL Server
Dell's collective expertise and the breadth and depth of its SQL Server
solutions span the entire IT infrastructure, from hardware to software
and services. Dell is one of the largest resellers of Microsoft SQL
Server licenses worldwide, and a leading worldwide Microsoft SQL Server
deployment partner. Recipient of six 2014 Microsoft Partner of the Year
awards, Dell has 17 Microsoft-certified Masters on-staff, more than 20
advanced Microsoft competencies, and more than 38,000 SQL Server
databases managed worldwide.
Availability:
The latest releases of Spotlight on SQL Server Enterprise, Foglight for
SQL Server, Toad for SQL Server, and LiteSpeed for SQL Server are
available now. The new release of SharePlex will be available later this
year. All solutions are available both direct from Dell and through the
channel.
Supporting Quotes:
Matt Wolken, vice president and general manager, information
management, Dell Software
"The complexity and continuing growth of data are driving the need for
better management of leading databases, and SQL Server continues to play
a critical role in the IT management ecosystem. With our collective
expertise, and the breadth and depth of our SQL Server solutions
spanning the entire IT infrastructure, Dell remains committed to leading
the way in the development of solutions that assist organizations
worldwide to manage, monitor and protect Microsoft SQL Server
environments."
Supporting Resources:
Dell World
Join us Nov. 4-6 at Dell World 2014,
Dell's premier customer event exploring how technology solutions and
services provide organizations a better way to accelerate businesses'
ability to innovate. Learn more at www.dellworld.com
and follow #DellWorld on
Twitter.
Delivering Complete and Connected Software Solutions
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"Power to Do More" by delivering scalable yet simple-to-use solutions
that can increase productivity, responsiveness and efficiency. Dell
Software is uniquely positioned to address today's most pressing
business and IT challenges with holistic, connected software offerings
across five core solution areas, encompassing data
center and cloud management, information
management, mobile
workforce management, security
and data
protection. This software, when combined with Dell hardware and
services, helps customers simplify IT, mitigate risk and accelerate
business results.
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services that give them the power to do more. For more information,
visit www.dell.com.
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