Quest Central for DB2 V1.1.Quest Software The computer-software manufacturer Quest Software (Quest Software, Inc.) (NASDAQ: QSFT), headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, dates from 1987. Quest develops, sells, and supports database management, Windows management, and application management software products , has released Quest Central for DB2 version 1.1, with added support for 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) OS/390 mainframe systems, DB2 version 7 and new functionality to ease the migration of databases across servers. These enhancements it is claimed, improve DB2 database management and reduce the learning curve for database administrators (DBAS DBAS Data Base Administration System DBAS Data Base Access Server ) working on 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). and mainframe systems, from a single console. The new release extends 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. tuning technology to the OS/390 environment by providing a graphical tuning environment and context-sensitive advice to improve database response times. Support for the remaining components on OS/390 will be available early next year. Quest Central for DB2 V1.1 facilitates the migration of databases from one server to another with drag-and-drop migration. Users drag a database or database object and drop it onto another server. It also migrates dependent objects, data, and security permissions, encompassing the migration process. www.quest.com |
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