CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 8, 2010 — SQL Sentry, Inc., the developer of award-winning software for Microsoft SQL Server, announced today that its SQL Sentry Performance Advisor was chosen as a winner in the Best of Connections 2010 awards program in the "Best SQL Server Product" category by Penton Media's DevConnections.
The Best of Connections awards recognize companies based on their innovation, strategic importance to the market, competitive advantage and exceptional value to customers. The winners were chosen from more than 80 nominated products in six (6) categories. The field was narrowed to three finalists in each category. Finalists were interviewed at the DevConnections 2010 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2-3 to determine the winners in each category. Winners were announced live from the DevConnections 2010 exhibitor's floor at 2 pm on Thursday, November 4.
"Narrowing down the list of nominees to 18 finalists in the six Connections categories was a challenge, considering that we were faced with so many top-tier products and services," said Amy Eisenberg, Executive Editor for Windows IT Pro, "but in the end, we came up with six very deserving winners. We're proud of our selections, and we believe all our finalists and winners represent the best of the best in their categories."
"We are honored to have Performance Advisor recognized as the 'Best SQL Server Product' by DevConnections," said Greg Gonzalez, President and CEO of SQL Sentry. "Since the product was first introduced in 2008, we've continued to release new product capabilities with the goal of providing the best performance tool for Microsoft SQL Server."
About SQL Sentry®
SQL Sentry, Inc. delivers software products that optimize the performance of Microsoft SQL Server environments. SQL Sentry Performance Advisor® for SQL Server delivers an advanced performance dashboard with relevant Windows and SQL Server metrics in a single view along with detailed insight of heavy SQL, blocking, deadlocks, and disk bottlenecks. SQL Sentry Performance Advisor for Analysis Services provides unparalleled insight into Analysis Services performance, including bottlenecks related to memory, storage systems, aggregation usage, queries and processing. SQL Sentry Event Manager® is the ultimate scheduling, alerting and response system for managing SQL Server jobs and other events that impact performance.
Contact:
Nick Harshbarger, SQL Sentry VP Sales and Marketing, (704) 895-6241, Email
16905 Northcross Dr, Suite 120, Huntersville, NC 28078, http://www.sqlsentry.net
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