AUSTIN, Texas, November 6 /PRNewswire/ --

- Brother-Hawk(TM) brings new levels of control to lights-out database performance management

DBI (Database-Brothers, Inc.), providing professional grade database performance management tools, today announced the release of Brother-Hawk(TM) (http://www.dbisoftware.com/brother-hawk.php), a powerful new addition to our DB2 tool suite. Brother-Hawk Version 1.0 for DB2 LUW (http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/db2/support/db2_9) is a separately licensable add-on component to DBI's Brother-Panther(R) (http://www.dbisoftware.com/brother-panther.php). Brother-Hawk sends automated, customized, meaningful alerts based on the characteristics of real-time and recently computed data. DB2 LUW database performance monitoring now includes three levels of customized alerts. Lights-out alerting of potential performance management issues has never been so on-target.

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Total Database Monitoring -- 24/7

You're in control; define alert rule filters to monitor all databases, specific tables in a specific database, tablespaces, SQL statements - even Transaction Response times. Unique alert squelch feature suppresses duplicate alerts to minimize alert noise and analyzes event correlation, then de-duplicates alerts to provide clean, meaningful alerts. Execute DB2 or operating system commands when an alert triggers. Choose to receive e-mail and/or SNMP trap messages when alerts occur, and plug Brother-Hawk into your enterprise IBM Tivoli (http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli), CA Unicenter NSM(R) (http://www.ca.com/us/system-management.aspx), HP OpenView (http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/prodserv/software.html) , or similar consoles. All managed through an easy-to-use central console. If you can code an SQL statement to test for the presence of a condition, you can easily create an alert with Brother-Hawk.

Ensuring you have a robust alert management capability is vital in today's IT world because it helps focus attention on IT infrastructure where it is most needed. With cost-cutting imperatives and over-burdened IT resources, focus on the right systems at the right time is critical to an organisations' success, comments Julian Stuhler of Triton Consulting (http://www.triton.co.uk), a leading information management consulting firm in the United Kingdom.

When it comes to performance, every second matters, says Scott Hayes, president and CEO of DBI. Brother-Hawk provides unique insight into performance issues by monitoring your database 24/7 and alerting you to performance issues before they become performance nightmares. We've automated advanced lights-out database monitoring to free our customers to pursue other important business opportunities.

Total Database Monitoring Control -- At The Right Price

Brother-Hawk is competitively priced starting at only US$2,499 USD per CPU. With its extremely flexible alert definition capabilities, early customers are using Brother-Hawk to replace more expensive and less flexible alternative solutions.

New Software Releases Mean Even More Productivity for DB2 LUW Databases

See new features included in these new performance software releases: Brother-Eagle(R)(http://www.dbisoftware.com/brother-eagle.php) for DB2 LUW v2.3, Brother-Panther(R) (http://www.dbisoftware.com/brother-panther.php) for DB2 LUW v4.2, Brother-Thoroughbred(R) (http://www.dbisoftware.com/brother-thoroughbred.php) for DB2 LUW v1.1. Optimize your database performance with DBI's powerful tools. You'll see a return on your investment within 3 months!

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Editorial Contacts Trevoris Morgan DBI Phone: +1-512-249-2324 x123 trevoris.morgan@DBIsoftware.com

Trevoris Morgan of DBI, +1-512-249-2324, ext. 123, trevoris.morgan@DBIsoftware.com