Computer Associates ManageIT for Oracle helps clients leverage Oracle e-business solutions

Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) has announced the beta availability of ManageIT for Oracle, the industry`s most sophisticated and predictive application and database management family of solutions for Oracle environments. This advanced intelligent database management solution allows IT and databases administrators to easily and effectively manage applications, databases, systems and Internet resources, enabling and ensuring high availability of critical e-business applications from Oracle.

CA`s ManageIT for Oracle suite delivers a fully integrated set of performance, administration, analysis, optimisation and backup-and-recovery solutions for today`s Oracle environments. ManageIT employs industry-leading visualization technology, event correlation, single point of management and built-in intelligence to deliver the most powerful solution in its category.

"ManageIT provides intelligent application and database management that enables Oracle customers to proactively deal with the complexities of managing e-business and back-end client/server environments," said Colin Mahony, analyst at the Yankee Group. "With the ManageIT suite, customers get the flexibility of an integrated solution that positions them for growth as e-business transaction volumes expand."

The comprehensive ManageIT for Oracle suite includes the following:

• ManageIT Performance with ManageIT Knowledge Agents delivers performance and availability management solutions for databases (Oracle, MS SQL Server, Jasmine ii, Ingres II, UDB, etc.), applications (SAP R3, PeopleSoft, etc.), groupware/middleware (MS Exchange, Lotus Notes, CICS, etc.) and servers (NT, Unix, etc.).

• ManageIT Database Administration simplifies database administration and enables the schema management of heterogeneous relational databases across multiple Unix and Windows NT platforms; provides the key components to streamline every DBA task.

• ManageIT Database Analyser adds comprehensive facilities for structural analysis, space management and extensive statistical reporting.

• ManageIT SQL-Station integrates all aspects of SQL-based application development, including administration, coding, debugging, tuning, testing, monitoring and implementation.

• ManageIT TSreorg provides a comprehensive solution for database defragmentation and data optimisation focused on achieving and maintaining peak performance and availability of mission-critical applications throughout the enterprise.

• ManageIT Fast Unload offers superior movement of data across repositories for migration and recovery operations.

• ManageIT Backup & Recovery implements and automates backup and recovery strategies for Oracle database servers in a distributed environment; provides database administrators the capability of defining flexible and scalable backup-and-recovery strategies that can be saved, reused, scheduled and monitored from an easy-to-use central administrative client.

• ManageIT Log Analyser allows IT managers to conduct complete recovery strategy encompassing lost or corrupted data retrieval, database activity audits and a host of other important information recovery tasks. A key component of ManageIT, ManageIT Performance provides the most comprehensive performance and database monitoring solution in the industry, allowing IT managers to monitor business-critical resources from a business process perspective. It allows administrators to instrument their database solutions with a wide selection of highly customized Knowledge Agents and implement CA`s ground-breaking Neugents predictive technology to detect anomalies in application or database behaviours before they impact end-users and/or clients.

Leveraging the Unicenter TNG Framework, ManageIT for Oracle`s Knowledge Agents gather highly granular data on various processes within critical applications. Neugents technology automatically analyses the data and instantly identifies patterns that could lead to deterioration in performance. As a result, Oracle clients can monitor the widest set of application parameters to pinpoint root causes of problems and take corrective actions as required.

"In today`s competitive business environment, it`s crucial that our clients` enterprise systems, particularly their vital database resources, achieve 100 percent availability," said Yogesh Gupta, CA senior vice president. "CA`s ManageIT for Oracle makes it possible for Oracle database and systems administrators to easily predict and prevent performance and availability problems well before they adversely impact performance. When it comes to managing Oracle environments, no other solution comes close to providing the breadth and depth of capabilities and level of sophistication afforded by ManageIT for Oracle."

The ManageIT for Oracle solution incorporates PLATINUM`S advanced database tools that were added to CA`s product offering earlier this year through CA`s acquisition of PLATINUM technology International, inc. "The ManageIT for Oracle solution is a clear example of CA`s strategy to seamlessly meld CA and PLATINUM resources to help organizations radically improve all aspects of application development, data management, security and e-commerce," said Gupta.