DB Ghost V 4.0.

Innovartis have announced a major change to its DB Ghost product following the release today of version 4.0. DB Ghost is now a pick-and-mix collection of six automated change management tools, which allow project teams to build and deploy Microsoft SQL Server databases directly from any source code control system. More modules will follow during the year. Visit www.innovartis.co.uk for full details.

Comment:

The current DB Ghost is an all or nothing purchase and our users have been asking if they can obtain just this or that element. So in order to exploit the value of individual functions within the product and to give potential customers more flexibility, we have decided to create distinct functional modules.

This means that a potential customer can now:

* Just buy the DB Ghost Database Builder product if they already have a diff tool. This will give them the link to source control without having to throw away their current software. Even users of competitive tools can buy this module as the 'final piece of the puzzle'.

* Buy all the modules for a discounted price if they understand and require the full change management solution, or just purchase the elements they need.

* Take price out of the equation for the purchasing decision.

The DB Ghost 4.0 range comprises:

* DB Ghost Database Builder This is Innovartis USP in the market and is used to build brand new databases from a set of drop/create scripts and static data INSERT scripts. If the scripts are a set of baselined files that have been extracted from a source control system then the true power of this approach is realised as the 'source' database can be regarded as the drop/create scripts under source control.

* DB Ghost Data and Schema Scripter Used to script out a databases schema and data into individual drop/create scripts or, in the case of data, boilerplate INSERT scripts.

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