BEZ Systems Releases BEZPlus Version 5.2 Data Warehouse Performance Engineering Tools.

DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 1998--BEZ Systems, a leader in database warehouse performance engineering, today announced it is shipping an upgraded version of its BEZPlus Software tools. BEZPlus Version 5.2 is targeted at customers building data warehouses based on MPP and SMP platforms.

BEZPlus consists of the modules: INVESTIGATOR, STRATEGIST, SerView DBA, APPRAISER, CorpView DBA and the newest products Scheduler and Reporter. Scheduler and Reporter are designed to automatically generate and distribute performance reports through the client's Intranet site.

Features of the new Version 5.2 release include:

--CorpView DBA enhancements for customized viewing of historical performance data; --Additional Statistical Process Control (SPC) Graph Options including viewing multiple SPC Filters on a single graph; --Support for Multiple Teradata Systems as well as Oracle, UDB and MS SQL Server; --Performance Prediction Based on Open Queueing Network Models in addition to Closed Queueing Network Models; --Scheduler and Reporter - New Products providing automatic loading and reporting; --Automatic index file generation for intranet based reporting with support for multiple system environments.

"Our experience working with 40% of the Fortune 100 companies has shown that performance management, planning, and in-depth analysis of data and SQL are critical to the success of data warehouse projects" said BEZ President, Dr. Boris Zibitsker. "The unprecedented growth of databases, along with an increasingly complex set of queries, coupled with the increasing complexity of MPP and SMP environments, makes data warehouse projects more difficult to manage and prone to failure.

"Our products are built on the assumption that regardless of the hardware, software, or DBMS platform, the two most important elements for any enterprise are data, stored in the form of tables, and SQL used to access this data. We focus on identifying and analyzing how these database objects are used in the production MPP environment. BEZPlus V5.2, with its excellent automation and reporting capabilities, provides the critical information needed to manage and tune complex data warehouse environments."

The V5.2 release of BEZPlus is available from BEZ Systems today. The six products, which constitute BEZPlus, are available individually or as a suite. They are priced on a per-node basis, ranging from $2,500 per product per node down to $500 per product per node, depending on number of nodes. More information is available from BEZ Systems at [phone] or visit BEZ's web site at www.BEZ.COM.

BEZ Systems, Inc., is at 570 Lake Cook Rd, Suite 407, Deerfield IL 60015

CONTACT: BEZ Systems, Inc.

Dr. Boris Zibitsker, 847/940-1010

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