SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With an ever-changing business landscape, Oracle database professionals are under constant pressure to manage and maintain their database environments. Quest Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: QSFT - News) today unveiled its latest version of Toad® for Data Analysis, designed to simplify the process of querying and reporting on multiple database platforms. Toad for Data Analysis, now included on the newest upgrade of Toad for Oracle (also released today), will be showcased at Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco.

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Toad for Data Analysis 2.0 helps analysts query, understand and report on information quickly and efficiently. Database professionals now have the ability to streamline data collection from almost any platform including Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Sybase and Microsoft Access.

"Oracle database professionals increasingly face more responsibilities, and are constantly being asked to do a lot more with a lot less," explained Claudia Fernandez, director of product management for database solutions, Quest Software. "By including Toad for Data Analysis with Toad for Oracle, we provide an all-in-one solution that alleviates the need for additional tools."

Toad for Data Analysis 2.0 was designed specifically for analysts and data-focused professionals. It enables them to:

• Connect to any relational data source for querying and reporting
• Automate and schedule frequent tasks, such as running recurrent queries or distributing reports, easier than ever before
• Write custom queries, to execute a query against multiple connections simultaneously, and join data across all platforms
• Browse, view and edit database tables and objects and visualize relationships
• Build custom reports and export data to Microsoft Excel with one click

With the release of Toad for Oracle 9.7, Oracle database professionals have an efficient, complete package of tools to assist in daily development or administration tasks.

• Getting started video links show the “Top Things You Should Know” for developers and DBAs to reduce the learning curve
• AppDesigner (formerly Action Palette) allows users to automate workflows and tasks inside Toad, and use conditional logic
• Data Generator (Professional, Xpert, and Suites) helps users populate tables with multiple rows of data to ensure applications are tested properly
• Database Browser exposes common DBA tasks so users can easily navigate Toad menus (Toad DB Admin Module and DBA Suite)
• StatsPack and AWR advisories offer advice to help correct potential database performance and configuration issues (Toad DB Admin Module and DBA Suite)
• Performance testing allows developers to test their code for SLAs, and allows DBAs to replay database workload in a test environment (Toad Dev Suite and Toad DBA Suite)
• RMAN templates facilitate the creation of RMAN scripts (Toad DB Admin Module and DBA Suite)

Quest Software will also feature new versions of other database tools at Oracle OpenWorld (booth #2112), including: SQL Navigator® 6.0, Quest SQL Optimizer for Oracle 7.4, Benchmark Factory® for Databases 5.7 and Toad Data Modeler 3.2.5.

Pricing and Availability

Toad for Data Analysis 2.0 is now available as a stand-alone product, with North American pricing starting at $499 (USD) per seat. Pricing for the Toad for Oracle base edition is $870 (USD) per seat and includes Toad for Data Analysis 2.0. More information on Toad for Data Analysis can be found at: www.quest.com/toad-for-data-analysis. More information on Toad for Oracle can be found at: http://www.quest.com/toad-for-oracle/.

About Quest Software, Inc.

Quest Software, Inc., a leading enterprise systems management vendor, delivers innovative products that help organizations get more performance and productivity from their applications, databases, Windows infrastructure and virtual environments. Through a deep expertise in IT operations and a continued focus on what works best, Quest helps more than 90,000 customers worldwide meet higher expectations for enterprise IT. Quest provides customers with client management as well as server and desktop virtualization solutions through its subsidiaries, ScriptLogic and Vizioncore. Quest helps organizations deliver, manage and control complex database environments through award-winning products for Oracle, SQL Server, IBM DB2, Sybase and MySQL. Quest Software can be found in offices around the globe and at www.quest.com.

Quest, Quest Software,the Quest logo, Toad, SQL Navigator and Benchmark Factory are trademarks or registered trademarks of Quest Software in the United States and certain other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.

Web Links Referenced in this Release:

Quest Software, Inc. http://www.quest.com/

Toad for Data Analysis: http://www.quest.com/toad-for-data-analysis/

Toad for Oracle: http://www.quest.com/toad-for-oracle/