Database-GUYS Inc. Releases SQL-GUY Version 2.2 To Accelerate IBM DB2 Performance.Business/Technology Editors SPENCERPORT, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 2001 Database-GUYS Inc. announced today the availability of version 2.2 of SQL-GUY(TM), the precision performance management tool for DB2(R) Universal Database for UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). that provides instantaneous real-time analysis of the most costly SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. statements in any workload mix. SQL-GUY 2.2 introduces unattended initialization in·i·tial·ize tr.v. in·i·tial·ized, in·i·tial·iz·ing, in·i·tial·iz·es Computer Science 1. To set (a starting value of a variable). 2. To prepare (a computer or a printer) for use; boot. 3. and termination of SQL-GUY Monitor Agents as well as Global Statement filtering, permitting more rapid detection of the causes of slow performance. With version 2.2, SQL-GUY Monitor Agents can be started from a command line, allowing automated unattended execution. Additionally, SQL-GUY 2.2 contains Global Statement filtering, which allows database administrators to identify the SQL statements that access specified tables. Other features of this release include the ability to do ascending and descending Ascending and Descending is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher which was first printed in March 1960. The original print measures 14" x 11 1/4”. The lithograph depicts a large building roofed by a never-ending staircase. sorts on any field, as well as faster processing of dynamic SQL See embedded SQL. statements. "Often the primary culprits of slow application performance are SQL statements having exorbitantly high execution costs Execution costs The difference between the execution price of a security and the price that would have existed in the absence of a trade, which can be further divided into market impact costs and market timing costs. ," says Scott Hayes, president and founder of Database-GUYS Inc. "SQL-GUY 2.2 accelerates identification of SQL that may be hindering application speed. At one customer site, the advanced performance capabilities of SQL-GUY 2.2 helped the DBA team reduce Siebel 2000 batch EIM EIM Enterprise Incentive Management EIM Enterprise Information Management EIM Enterprise Identity Mapping (IBM) EIM Enterprise Instant Messaging EIM Employee Internet Management EIM European Institute for the Media processing time by 75 to 80 percent within 24 hours of installing the tool." "DB2 is the fastest, most scalable database on the market," says Jim Kelly, vice president of marketing, Data Management Solutions Division at IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) . "The combination of DB2 and SQL-GUY from Database-GUYS Inc. provides users with the ability to increase DB2's record-setting performance." SQL-GUY (U.S. Patent Pending) is ready to help IBM DB2 for UNIX customers achieve remarkable success. Interested parties should contact Database-GUYS Inc. directly at 1-877-4DB-GUYS (toll-free in the US) or 1-716-349-2450 (international) or visit the company's Web site at http://www.Database-GUYS.com to inquire about the tools or download a free trial. Database-GUYS Inc. is located at 36 Walnut Hill Drive, Spencerport, NY 14559, and the fax numbers are 877-225-4452 (toll-free in the US) or 1-208-279-7041 (international). Database-GUYS Inc. is a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation providing performance management tools for DB2 UDB UNIX. In addition to SQL-GUY, the Database-GUYS(TM) team of performance management tools includes: Wise-GUY(TM), which handles database monitoring and tuning; Pool-GUY(TM), which monitors bufferpools and automates their tuning; Space-GUY(TM), which helps assure database availability by monitoring tablespace utilization and performance; and Connection-MINER(TM), which helps users understand how database resources are being used and by whom, providing a basis for calculating chargebacks and identifying problems. The Database-GUYS logo, Database-GUYS, Wise-GUY, Pool-GUY, Space-GUY, Connection-MINER, and SQL-GUY are trademarks of Database-GUYS Inc. All other product and company names referenced herein are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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