Coradiant Partners with dbaDIRECT to Deliver Remote Database Administration Services.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers BOSTON & CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2002 Leading MSP (1) (Management Service Provider or Managed Service Provider) An organization that manages a customer's computer systems and networks which are either located on the customer's premises or at a third-party datacenter. of Collaborative Internet Infrastructure Services Provides Clients With Optimal Database Performance and Availability for Less Cost Coradiant Inc., a leading Internet infrastructure and performance management company, announced today that it has signed a strategic agreement with dbaDIRECT(SM) Inc., the leading provider of 24 X 365 remote database administration In remote database administration (Remote DBA), a client computer is monitored and professionally managed from a remote location, usually by a third-party company, to ensure that the database and computer system that is being monitored continues to run properly and efficiently over (DBA) services. Boston-based Coradiant now extends its managed service offerings to include database administration services -- Coradiant's Remote Database Administration (DBA) Service -- supporting Oracle, Sybase, Informix, MS SQL Server See Microsoft SQL Server. , and Universal Database DB2. Coradiant's Remote DBA Service provides clients with 24 X 365 database support and is a complete database administration solution. The service incorporates critical monitoring functions; proactive, remote database management; all the functions of a full-time database administrator (DBA) such as maintenance, performance tuning Performance tuning is the improvement of system performance. This is typically a computer application, but the same methods can be applied to economic markets, bureaucracies or other complex systems. , backup, and recovery; plus interactive, online reports illustrating performance trends and database server status. "We are happy to have dbaDIRECT as a service delivery partner enabling Coradiant to provide 24 X 7 high-end database administration," said David Coughlan, vice president of strategic development at Coradiant. "dbaDIRECT's services enable us to focus our internal resources toward providing a total solution to our customer's Web-based requirements instead of focusing on backend administration." Coradiant's integrated infrastructure services provide remote management, maintenance, and proactive monitoring of business-critical Web sites from the company's network operations centers. Clients receive quick implementation, high responsiveness, and save the costs of equipment purchasing. dbaDIRECT delivers 24 X 365 remote DBA services enabling companies to achieve optimal database performance and availability with fewer people at a lower cost. "We are excited about joining with Coradiant to deliver a full suite of continuous infrastructure management services," said Brad Landstra, vice president of sales for dbaDIRECT. "In today's dynamic environment, many organizations are being challenged to provide reliable systems more cost effectively. To address this challenge, Coradiant and dbaDIRECT are squarely aimed at reducing operational expense and increasing the reliability of our customers' systems." About Coradiant Inc. Coradiant Inc. is a leader in the collaborative management of complex Internet infrastructures. The company's cooperative approach to managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality , combined with its industry-leading OutSight out·sight n. The faculty or act of clearly perceiving and understanding external things. Web performance management service, is essential for organizations that need real-time understanding and operation of their online applications. Started as a networking analysis and e-business consultancy in 1997, the company has, since 1999, concentrated on the deployment, operations, and continuous improvement of Web systems for its clients. Coradiant's team of Web engineers and networking experts, along with its innovations in virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. , facility-free integrated infrastructures, and real-time site performance analysis, help companies build sites with quick performance, high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. , and robust security. Coradiant has headquarters in Boston, with offices and facilities in Silicon Valley, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , and Montreal, Canada. For more information visit www.coradiant.com or call 877/731-7277 in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . About dbaDIRECT Inc. dbaDIRECT Inc. provides 24 X 365 remote database administration services and performs all the functions of a full-time DBA -- monitoring, maintenance, backup, recovery, performance tuning, and more. Platforms supported include Oracle, Sybase, Informix, Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. , and UDB See DB2 UDB. udb - Universal Debugger DB2. dbaDIRECT ensures reduced database support costs, improved DBA staffing efficiency, and optimum database availability and performance by leveraging its dbaDIRECT ONguard(SM) process (patent pending). The company has headquarters in the Greater-Cincinnati area where it houses its database operations center (DBOC(TM)). For further information, visit dbaDIRECT's Web site at www.dbadirect.com. Coradiant is a trademark of Coradiant Inc. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners 2002, Coradiant Inc. All rights reserved. dbaDIRECT, dbaDIRECT ONguard(SM), the dbaDIRECT logos, and all other dbaDIRECT product or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of dbaDIRECT Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks belong to their respective companies. (c) 2002, dbaDIRECT Inc. 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