Confio Announces Ignite 6.0 for Oracle

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Confio Announces Ignite 6.0 for Oracle

June 5, 2006 – Boulder, CO - Confio Software, the leading innovator of Wait-Time based application performance management and monitoring tools, today announced the immediate availability of Ignite 6.0 for Oracle. This latest release integrates the integrates the performance management capabilities of Ignite for Oracle into the broader Confio Igniter Suite to deliver end to end monitoring of end user requests, adding new capabilities for pro-active alerting and trend analysis.

Ignite for Oracle is used by expert DBAs and Oracle development teams to find and fix performance bottlenecks in Oracle databases and the applications that depend on them. Using best practice Wait-Time analysis, Confio customers have reported a return on investment (ROI) in excess of 800-percent. According to the company, Ignite is unique in its ability to monitor production systems both without an installed agent and without affecting the performance of production environments while providing the deepest visibility into Oracle performance analysis.

“Last year, at the beginning of our peak season for online sales, we used Ignite to help us tackle performance issues we were having with our Oracle databases. Facing a severe deadline, Confio’s Ignite quickly pinpointed the issues, which allowed our team to remove bottlenecks and restore our systems to optimal performance in time for our peak season. Ignite is now a major part of our performance and monitoring strategy and helps us maintain a quality user experience for our partners and customers,” said John McGivern, vice president of IT Operations, GSI Commerce.

Ignite for Oracle 6.0 is the first product to be integrated into the Confio Igniter Suite, which provides detailed Wait-Time analysis capabilities for end user transaction requests all the way down to the database layer. It is the first end-to-end application performance tool to be focused on the needs of DBAs. Version 6.0 also adds new alerting features that notify the DBA of potential problems, like Oracle RAC bottlenecks, before they become serious.

Ignite for Oracle 6.0 can be downloaded at no cost and be running in a trial within 30 minutes. Confio notes that Ignite works to immediately expose problems and identify solutions to the most critical database bottlenecks, often within the first 72 hours of operation. Download a free trial from www.confio.com/freetrial

About Confio Software

Confio Software develops application performance management tools that are revolutionizing the way that databases and the applications that depend on them are monitored, managed and optimized. Built on industry best-practice Wait-Time methods, Confio Igniter Suite improves service levels and reduces costs for database and application infrastructure. Confio is based in Boulder, Colorado, with customers worldwide. For more information, please visit www.confio.com.