Embarcadero Change Manager 3.0 ensures accuracy, performance of database applications with source code control integration

Embarcadero Technologies, Inc, a provider of data lifecycle management solutions, today announced the release of Embarcadero Change Manager 3.0, its cross-platform change management solution. The latest version integrates Embarcadero Change Manager with popular source code control systems.

By automating a normally manual and error-prone process, this new feature helps to bring database administrators (DBAs) further into the database application release cycle, giving them the control they need to ensure that their schemas are consistent with the database application code. Additionally, Embarcadero Change Manager 3.0 has significant enhancements in support of the IBM DB2 UDB platform, further broadening the company`s product portfolio for this important database.

"There are three top concerns for DBAs. One is uptime, two is performance," said Robert Dawson, database engineer at Janus Capital Group. "Number three is any change that could affect number one and two. Embarcadero Change Manager 3.0 reduces the risk associated with change across all the platforms we run on by giving us control to capture, compare and synchronise our database schemas and objects."

Embarcadero Change Manager`s source code control integration enables customers to store schema archives and associated DDL into Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, Serena the makers of PVCS, and IBM Rational ClearCase repositories. This integration streamlines development and deployment activities by linking the database schema - the structure of the database - to the application code which accesses that same database.

Change Manager 3.0 provides DBAs an additional level of documentation by automatically extracting DDL during archive capture. This DDL can also be checked into the same source code control system, right alongside application code, ensuring consistency and lowering the chance of errors during application roll-outs and upgrades.

Additionally, Change Manager 3.0 offers a "compare" facility to quickly validate, audit and report on database schema differences; a command-line utility that allows capture and compare jobs to be embedded in regular nightly maintenance scripts; and powerful job notification capabilities so DBAs can regularly receive information about their changes. For example, Change Manager quickly and easily validates that security levels imposed by DBAs remain intact and notifies DBAs if any infractions occur. With Change Manager 3.0, errors are reduced, deployment times are faster and maintenance costs are lowered.

Rob Oliphant, VP of International Operations in the UK at Embarcadero Technologies, said: "Today`s data professionals are looking for a solution that minimises the risk involved with change. Embarcadero Change Manager 3.0 automates and streamlines the complex and error-prone task of maintaining application database schemas in cross-platform environments. Additionally, it is a helpful integration tool that enables our customers to quickly understand changes in their environments so they can better optimise their data and database infrastructures."

Embarcadero Change Manager helps development teams, quality assurance (QA) managers, database administrators, and IT directors collaborate and automate processes, ensuring the accuracy and performance of all applications. Embarcadero Change Manager delivers productivity gains and reduces the risk of database development, especially in cross-platform environments with multiple development teams. Users achieve these enhancements by reducing inaccurate or unwanted code and automating processes that are time-consuming and prone to human error. By automatically capturing snapshots of the database schema and comparing it with the current state of the database, Embarcadero Change Manager helps administrators pinpoint changes and immediately address problem areas.

Change Manager enables database professionals to ensure data accuracy and relevance on Oracle, Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server, and IBM DB2 UDB for Linux, UNIX and Windows. Embarcadero Change Manager 3.0 is available now. To download a free evaluation copy, please visit the Embarcadero download centre at http://www.embarcadero.com/downloads.

For more information on Change Manager and other products from Embarcadero Technologies, visit the Embarcadero Technologies Web site at http://www.embarcadero.com or send an e-mail to sales@embarcadero.com.