IDERA announced the extension of its product portfolio by adding Embarcadero Technologies’ ER/Studio and DB PowerStudio tools.
Organizations can now rely on a single vendor to manage the full database lifecycle — design, develop, monitor and improve — across multiple platforms, including SQL Server, Oracle, and others.
In October 2015, IDERA acquired database software provider Embarcadero to expand its focus on world-class solutions that simplify and accelerate DBA productivity. Embarcadero’s database products, ER/Studio and DB PowerStudio, now join the IDERA product portfolio, creating a full suite of database lifecycle management (DLM) solutions.
Research shows that 88 percent of application managers cite the database as the common challenge or issue with application performance. As the foundation on which all IT systems, networks and applications operate, the database is the most critical element of IT infrastructure, requiring a consistent, reliable management approach.
As an independent vendor with a database lifecycle management approach, IDERA is in a position to help IT admins resolve problems by providing deep insight into issues across multiple databases.
“Database issues that impact application or network performance can often go undiagnosed without lengthy investigation by IT admins because they are not necessarily visible at the database level,” said Matt Aslett, Research Director, Data Platforms and Analytics, 451 Research. “As an independent vendor with a database lifecycle management approach, IDERA is in a position to help IT admins resolve problems by providing deep insight into issues across multiple databases.”
IDERA provides cross-platform DLM tools that meet the needs of application managers, network and IT admins, data and business architects, database developers and DBAs, alike.
IDERA’s DLM solution provides the following core capabilities:
- Design — IDERA helps organizations design databases with data modeling tools that enable quick deployment.
- Develop — IDERA offers cross-platform database development tools that make it easy to build stable databases without an extraordinary learning curve.
- Secure — IDERA meets growing security and compliance demands by providing you with tools that ensure your databases are secure.
- Monitor — IDERA’s comprehensive monitoring tools cover a wide range of challenges from backup and administration to security, compliance and performance.
- Improve — IDERA goes beyond discovery with tools that provide prescriptive recommendations and best practices.
“With our rich history in building database tools, and the new products from Embarcadero, IDERA uniquely supports the needs of network, application and IT managers throughout the database lifecycle,” said IDERA CEO Randy Jacops. “We provide both a high-level view of the environment as well as drill-down features to address even the smallest infrastructure issues before they impact an organization. Our customers face tremendous pressure each day to ensure their IT systems operate at the highest levels. We’re dedicated to making database management processes easier by delivering support at every stage of the database journey.”
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