Bradmark Announces Surveillance DB™ Support for MS SQL Server® 2008 R2

— Building on its offering of premier, third-party enterprise monitoring tools, this expanded support for MS SQL Server contains major enhancements that bolster Bradmark’s position as the world-class provider of application solutions for database management —

HOUSTON, Texas — April 21, 2010 — Bradmark Technologies, Inc., an established provider of enterprise monitoring and database administration tools, today announces the scheduled availability of Surveillance DB™ version 4.3, which includes a redesigned Microsoft SQL Server windows GUI for heterogeneous database monitoring, support for MS SQL Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008 R2 and much more.

“ Version 4.3 demonstrates Bradmark’s commitment to broadening and deepening the support for Surveillance enterprise customers,” said, Brad Tashenberg, CEO, Bradmark Technologies, Inc. “With this new functionality, Bradmark also demonstrates the ability to deliver timely and functionally rich value to our customers,” says Tashenberg.

The Surveillance suite provides essential tools for real-time monitoring, issue identification and resolution, rules-based event management, data archiving and reporting. The product’s architecture is client/agent based allowing for n+1 scalability to an unlimited number of servers and the product also monitors the OS to ensure data integrity. With support for Microsoft, Oracle, Sybase and IBM database investments that run on UNIX, Linux and Windows operating systems, Surveillance provides a single, integrated source for DBAs to manage multi-database, multi-OS system enterprises from a single source.

Key Surveillance support and enhancements for Microsoft SQL Server include:

• Redesigned SQL Server Health Window
• Monitoring of a multi-instance machine through the SQL Server Multi-instance Health Window in the OS module
• Enhanced Block Tree Window
• Monitoring of key statistics:
• Filegroup Usage, including autoextend
• Top Timed Event
• Tempdb Storage
• Long-running Operations (i.e. DBCC CHECKDB)

Capturing of:

• Longest Running SQL
• Current Executing SQL
• Connectivity using SQL Server Native Client (9 or 10)
• Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2
• Monitor the database using Dynamic Management Views and Functions (DMV), which provide more powerful monitoring metrics
• New platform support: Windows Server 2008 R2 and Linux POWER

 

“This latest release demonstrates Bradmark’s commitment to broadening and deepening the support for Surveillance enterprise customers,” said, Brad Tashenberg, CEO, Bradmark Technologies, Inc. “With this new functionality, Bradmark also demonstrates the ability to deliver timely and functionally rich value to the SQL Server community,” says Tashenberg.

 

Product Availability

Bradmark’s Surveillance DB is now available. For evaluation copies on CD, visit www.bradmark.com and click on the Demo Request link, or contact your Bradmark representative directly. For Bradmark U.S.:

(713) 621-2808, or toll-free (800) 621-2808

For Bradmark EMEA: +31 (0) 251-268 248

 

About Bradmark Technologies, Inc.

Founded in 1981, privately-held Bradmark Technologies, Inc. develops, markets, sells and supports data management solutions that provide anytime — anywhere access to managing database, application and operating system components. Bradmark’s innovative product suites detect and prevent problems before they adversely affect productivity, ensuring that IT environments are up and operating at peak performance. Headquartered in Houston, Bradmark has offices in Seattle, Washington, London, Munich, the Netherlands and Beijing. Additionally, Bradmark reaches global audiences through a network of Channel Partners and International Distributors. For additional information, visit www.bradmark.com.