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Quickshift Launches Microsoft SQL Server Performance Challenge at 2005 PASS Community Summit

Posted on: Tuesday, 27 September 2005, 15:00 CDT

Quickshift(TM) Inc., an innovative developer of performance acceleration technology for Microsoft Windows and SQL Server, today launched the Microsoft SQL Server Performance Challenge at the 2005 PASS Community Summit in Dallas, TX. Solid Quality Learning, a global provider of advanced education and solutions for the Microsoft database platform, has partnered with Quickshift to certify the winning entries.

To participate, 2005 PASS Community Summit attendees must enter the Quickshift for Microsoft SQL Server Performance Challenge at the event. Each business participating in the contest will receive a free production license(a) of Quickshift software for internal use.

Quickshift products, built on sophisticated memory and I/O optimization technology, include Quickshift(TM) for Microsoft SQL Server and Quickshift(TM) for Microsoft Windows Server. These products deliver:

-- Rapid implementation with installation in less than a minute,

-- Immediate, measurable performance increases,

-- A solution that is transparent to applications, device drivers, and operating systems, and

-- Seamless operation and low TCO, with little to no additional hardware, tuning, application rewrites, or disruption.

Quickshift products have delivered performance improvement for its customers, such as Blue Cross Blue Shield, USDA, Eloqua, and American Tire Distributors.

"Delivering on our promise of breakthrough performance increases, we want to show end users first hand the gains we can deliver for their business applications," said Dan Keelan, CEO of Quickshift. "We are excited to launch the Quickshift Performance Challenge in the PASS Community, consisting of the leading thinkers and developers in the Microsoft SQL Server ecosystem."

About Quickshift Inc.

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Quickshift is the leading provider of software products that deliver breakthrough performance improvement of more than 100 percent for database servers and related business applications. Quickshift products help IT organizations reduce spending on database upgrades, performance tuning, hardware purchases and support. The products are based on the company's patented database optimization technology, which was performance tested by BMC and Microsoft-certified through Veritest. Quickshift is led by experienced technology veterans, including executives from Oracle, i2, IBM, AT&T Bell Labs, Tandem and Pyramid. Quickshift is a privately held company with funding from CenterPoint Ventures, InterWest Partners and STARTech Early Ventures. More information is available at www.quickshift.com.

(a) For details and rules of the free production software offer, contact Quickshift at www.quickshift.com.

Source: Business Wire

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