Canadian Pacific Railway's -CPR- IT Infrastructure on the High Performance Track With Leading Technology from Precise Software Solutions.

WESTWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 1999--

"Our experience with Precise Enterprise has been fantastic," said

Maureen Forrest at Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). "If a company

wants to get the most out of its Oracle application environment, it

will definitely want to use Precise Enterprise."

Precise Software Solutions, Inc. today announced that Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), one of the largest railway systems in North America, is using Precise technology to maximize the Oracle(R) application performance for its asset management applications. These applications track more than six million pieces of equipment and process approximately two million transactions a day.

In order to improve the operational performance of its IT infrastructure, CPR replaced its mainframe systems with Oracle-based systems, and installed two UNIX(R) servers. Shortly after installation, CPR found their applications still performing inadequately, and were surprised to find their servers running at 80% CPU utilization. In order to correct the performance problems, CPR was faced with buying additional hardware at a potential cost of $1 million, with no guarantee for improved application performance, or rewriting the application code, which was not feasible.

To avoid both these costly options, CPR enlisted the assistance of DBCORP Information Systems, a specialist in database administration services. In turn, DBCORP chose Precise Enterprise, the leading application performance management solution for Oracle database applications from Precise Software Solutions, to help tune CPR's application code. Within the first few weeks, DBCORP was able to identify 24 major performance problem areas, and by using the extensive application tuning features of Precise Enterprise, DBCORP was able to pinpoint and correct CPR's most challenging application performance problems.

"As soon as DBCORP began using Precise Enterprise we saw great value," said Maureen Forrest, CPR's Manager of Manager of Service Excellence Infrastructure. "For the first time, we were able to have a full systems view of our database activity, including I/O hits and SQL statements. We were very impressed with the product's ability to provide us with the big picture. The implemented code changes allowed us to improve our application throughput and decrease our CPU utilization from 80% to 40%. Because our applications run much more efficiently, we are able to confidently commit to our Service Level Agreements."

Precise Enterprise enabled CPR to save significant time and money by eliminating its traditional trial and error approach to tuning code. In addition, by effectively tuning CPR's application code, Precise Enterprise allowed the existing hardware environment to adequately manage the application load, eliminating the need to purchase more hardware. Precise Enterprise also provided CPR with the ability to conduct performance tuning throughout the lifecycle of its applications. As a result, CPR is now able to monitor its applications in development and in production, leading to more efficient code, better performing applications and more confidence in the application's reliability.

"By using Precise Enterprise, we were able to make immediate improvements in code efficiency, thereby dramatically reducing processing overhead and significantly improving transaction throughput," said Bruce McCartney, Chief Technology Officer, DBCORP. "Precise Enterprise's ability to detect long running SQL statements made it easy to isolate and correct inefficient SQL code."

"Precise Enterprise's unique solution provides a holistic view of application performance," said Shimon Alon, Precise Software Solution's president and CEO. "This enables companies like Canadian Pacific Railway to eliminate guesswork and focus on the true cause of the performance problem."

About Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)

Calgary-based Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) (http://www.cpr.ca), a subsidiary of Canadian Pacific Limited, operates 25,000 km (15,500 miles) of track in Canada and the U.S. The railway has about 19,500 employees and revenues of about $3.5 billion Cdn annually. The railway serves ports on both coasts of Canada and all regions in between, as well as the Midwestern U.S. into the Chicago heartland and the most industrialized and populous sectors of the U.S. Northeast.

About DBCorp

DBCORP Information Systems, Inc. (www.dbcorp.com) is a leading provider of database administration services in North America since 1991. With extensive expertise in Oracle, Sybase and MS SQL Server database systems, DBCORP offers customers complete database operating and maintenance services. DBCORP's consultant and subcontracting services also provide excellence in delivery, improvement and operation of corporate and work group database solutions. DBCORP currently operates DBA Call Centers at both of its Calgary, Alberta and Dallas, Texas offices.

About Precise Software Solutions

Precise Software Solutions (www.precisesoft.com) is a leading provider of application and business performance measurement and management solutions for Oracle-based systems. The Precise Enterprise product suite provides comprehensive solutions that increase corporate Return On Investment (ROI) by helping to ensure optimal performance in Oracle-based systems, including data warehousing environments, E-commerce and Web applications, ERP applications and storage systems. With headquarters in Westwood, Massachusetts, Precise Software Solutions services clients worldwide through its offices in the United States and Israel, and through an international network of resellers and distributors.

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