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PolyServe's Database Utility for SQL Server Wins 'Most Innovative Product' at Windows IT Media's Best of Tech Ed 2006 Awards

Posted on: Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 09:00 CDT

BEAVERTON, Ore., June 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Windows IT Media honored the PolyServe Database Utility(TM) for SQL Server with the Best of Tech Ed 2006 Award for Most Innovative Product at Tech Ed 2006 in Boston. The award, presented exclusively to PolyServe out of more than 200 entries, is given only when a product provides such a compelling value to the market that the judges elevate the product into its own category.

Judges Michael Otey, Karen Forster, Diana May, Amy Eisenberg, Jason Bovberg, and Blake Eno reviewed 212 products and services that were submitted for the awards program.

"The winners at Tech Ed 2006 each represent best-in-class technology products. After closely evaluating all entries, our team of editors chose winners based on the products' strategic importance to the market, competitive advantages, value to the customer, and value in the marketplace," said Mike Otey, technical director for Windows IT Media.

"We selected the PolyServe Database Utility for SQL Server as most innovative because it addresses availability and maintenance with a new, forward-thinking approach," comments Mike Otey. "Using a feature called Dynamic Re-Hosting, it enables SQL Server instances to be shifted between different host servers within seconds using a shared store architecture. Dynamic Re-Hosting provides high availability of SQL Server services as well as one-click system maintenance."

"We're honored that our PolyServe Database Utility for SQL Server is recognized as an innovative solution for IT departments challenged by sprawling, uncoordinated SQL Server deployments," said Clark Newby, vice president of marketing, PolyServe. "This award reflects the remarkable level of interest we see in the market, and we're excited to provide that market a better way to manage large-scale SQL Server environments."

The PolyServe Database Utility for SQL Server enables IT organizations to effectively and reliably consolidate up to hundreds of disparate Microsoft(R) SQL Server(TM) databases into a single, easy-to-manage cluster. The Database Utility for SQL Server integrates PolyServe's innovative shared data clustering technology to deliver immediate and long-term consolidation benefits that redefine the economics of SQL Server deployments: reducing by half the number of servers and software installs needed for SQL Server, cutting cluster configuration and management time as much as 75 percent and lowering total cost-of-ownership by often more than 50 percent over three years.

PolyServe's shared data clustering technology offers a unique approach to SQL Server consolidation. With traditional virtual machine technologies, software overhead limits performance, and "big iron" consolidation approaches increase the risk of application failure and incur more cost. Only PolyServe runs directly on Microsoft Server System with no performance degradation and inherent high availability services for all servers, making it the preferred choice for intensive applications like SQL Server databases. With PolyServe's Dynamic Re-Hosting(TM) capabilities, online server maintenance and one-click instance upgrades, the Database Utility provides a perfect platform for hosting SQL Server 2005 databases while reducing management costs and improving database availability.

Learn More about the Tech Ed 2006 "Most Innovative Product"

IT professionals interested in taking an in-depth look at the capabilities of the PolyServe Database Utility for SQL Server can download a new webcast featuring PolyServe chief technology officer Michael Callahan. To learn more, visit: http://www.sqlmag.com/go/seminar/polyserve/availability.

About PolyServe

PolyServe, Inc. is a leading provider of software for enabling utility computing in enterprise data centers. PolyServe software consolidates Linux and Microsoft Windows(R) servers and storage into manageable, available and scalable utilities for databases and file serving. This approach overcomes the limits of server virtualization to extend server consolidation benefits to all applications, and to all cost footprints. In addition to its headquarters in Beaverton, Ore., PolyServe has a Microsoft development center in Bellevue, Wash. It also has sales and support offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, London, Minneapolis, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. For more information about PolyServe, visit http://www.polyserve.com/, or call 877-476-5973.

About Windows IT Media

Penton's Windows IT Media, the largest independent Windows IT community in the world, includes flagship print publication Windows IT Pro, three monthly paid subscription print newsletters, 12 direct-request email newsletters, and a Web-site resource for more than 2.5 million IT professionals each month. First published in 1995, Windows IT Pro is the editorial leader in its field and has a paid subscription base of 105,000. The magazine is published in 13 languages and has an international reach into 160 countries. Windows IT Pro UPDATE, the group's flagship email newsletter, is the only e-newsletter to make BtoB Magazine's Media Power 50 list.

Windows IT Media also includes SQL Server Magazine and MSD2D. SQL Server Magazine has 30,000 paid subscribers, more than 250,000 web site visitors monthly, and three email newsletters sent to more than 130,000 opt-in subscribers. MSD2D is a rich online information resource for IT professionals, with a focus on the software developer community. MSD2D has 200,000 email newsletter subscribers. The three publications' Web sites generate more than nine million page impressions. Their email newsletters have more than one million opt-in subscribers. Windows IT Media is the world's leading producer of custom roadshows, paid conferences and paid workshops for Windows and SQL Server IT professionals.

For more information visit http://www.windowsitpro.com/pressroom, http://www.sqlmag.com/, and http://www.penton.com/.

NOTE: PolyServe, PolyServe Database Utility and Dynamic Re-Hosting are trademarks of PolyServe, Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

PolyServe, Inc.

CONTACT: Jeff Hardison of McClenahan Bruer Communications,+1-503-546-1000, or jeff@mcbru.com, for PolyServe, Inc.

Web site: http://www.polyserve.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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