Dirig Adds Proactive Management for Sybase Database Server; New Specific Application Manager Provides Performance Management for Leading eBusiness Database.Business/Technology Editors NASHUA, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2001 Dirig Software, a developer of leading application and system management solutions, today announced a Specific Application Manager (SAM) developed for Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise See ASE. (database) Adaptive Server Enterprise - (ASE) The relational database management system that started life in the mid-eighties s "Sybase SQL Server". For a number of years Microsoft was a Sybase distributor, reselling the Sybase product for OS/2 and (later) Windows (ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) A relational DBMS from Sybase that runs on Windows NT/2000, Linux and a variety of Unix platforms. ASE is a comprehensive and robust data management product with a long history dating back to the late 1980s. ). Designed to support Dirig's RelyENT, xSPress or Fenway management solutions, the new SAM provides detailed performance management for eBusiness solutions utilizing Sybase ASE as the backend database. The Sybase SAM ensures enterprises and service providers of a reliable and scalable management solution that will help protect their eBusiness revenue stream. "Sybase is a proven leader in enterprise eBusiness solutions, with Sybase ASE being the core database platform for many transaction-intensive enterprise applications," said Dave Wilby, vice president of product management for Dirig Software. "As we continue to expand our solutions for enterprise environments, the Dirig SAM for Sybase ASE provides a complementary utility to Dirig-managed infrastructures with pre-defined statistics gathered through Dirig's exclusive data sampling technology." In expanding Dirig's database server support, the Sybase SAM provides IT administrators the benefit of a consolidated eBusiness performance management environment, incorporating systems, Web servers, application servers, custom or legacy applications and the back-end database. Using Dirig's data sampling technology, the SAM quickly enables Dirig solutions to manage all critical database performance metrics through corrective actions, predefined thresholds and detailed statistics, ensuring eBusiness transaction completion and optimal performance levels. Some examples of statistics monitored with the Sybase SAM include: Sybase System Table, User Table, and DB % Used; Pre defined thresholds for Sybase Database utilization and table utilization; Samples Sybase Server Usage (CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. , IO, Idle); and Sybase Packet and Disk IO Statistics. According to the September 2001 AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. Research Report on Enabling Technologies entitled "Field Survey of Database Best Practices", analyst Peter Urban cites, "we found manageability to be a significant issue with their (surveyed customers) relational databases and their TCO's." Validating Dirig's strategy in developing a SAM for Sybase ASE, the AMR Research report also states, "Users found monitoring and management tools from several vendors still need improvement ... One Sybase customer said that the vendor needs tools that allow for the creation and management of tables and indices, and that there is no easy way to make a copy of a table." With Dirig's technology, companies have out of the box capabilities to monitor and manage any server-based application. With a few simple rules, Dirig solutions are able to manage processes or services specific to a given application, as well as monitor any text-based log file or NT EventLog message. The technology also provides the ability to sample and monitor any NT Performance Counter (perfmon attribute) as well as integrate data points via the execution of a script, executable or library (.dll or .so). Dirig's SAMs quickly allow a user to manage an application with minimal or no added configuration. About Dirig Software Dirig Software provides proactive eBusiness performance management solutions that help organizations protect revenue streams, resulting in increased profits, brand loyalty and a better user experience. Founded in 1997, Dirig has emerged as a leader in the eBusiness management industry. The company has experienced significant growth year over year in both headcount and revenues. Dirig has formed partnerships with major industry leading organizations such as 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) (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : IBM) Global Services, Aprisma Management Technologies Aprisma Management Technologies was created after Cabletron Systems was broken up into 5 smaller pieces, as the business unit to continue the highly successful SPECTRUM network management suite. It was acquired in early 2005 by Concord, which in turn was acquired by Computer Associates. , Micromuse, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : MUSE), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HWP HWP Height (and) Weight Proportionate HWP Half-Wave Plate HWP Highway Patrol HWP Height Weight Proportional HWP Hewlett-Packard Corporation (stock symbol) HWP Hydrolyzed Whey Peptides ), and BEA Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAS). Dirig 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 headquartered in Nashua, NH with offices in Chicago, IL, and has been selected as one of the top 21 privately held companies privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. to watch in 2001 by Boston.Internet.com. For more information, visit Dirig at www.dirig.com or call 603-889-2777. |
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