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ROCHESTER, NY-- DGI announced today the release of Flight Deck(TM) version 1.1, its latest and most comprehensive performance management tool for IBM DB2 Universal Database. This pioneering product uses some of today's most advanced technologies to promote fast, efficient, and secure monitoring and tuning for any DB2 database from anywhere. Flight Deck delivers a conceptual picture of the quality of database performance, and if it detects poor performance, Flight Deck provides the pathway to the specific source of the slowdown. Flight Deck graphically presents key performance metrics in a web browser, incorporating customizable gauges, graphs, and charts to illustrate exactly how well a database is operating. Additional features include the ability to quickly identify and solve runaway queries, locking problems, system utilization vital statistics (CPU, paging, memory), and configuration tuning opportunities from any workstation on the corporate network. Flight Deck can intelligently and easily force applications, implement corrective solutions, or run any DB2 command securely from anywhere. By efficiently combining both DB2 Snapshot and Event instrumentation, Flight Deck has the unique ability to graphically demonstrate resource time distributions inside and outside of DB2. "In just a few hours, DGI saved one North Carolina bank over $1,000,000 in hardware upgrades. The ROI for DGI tools is absolutely incredible when considering hardware savings, DBA time, service level agreements, and improved throughput rates," said Scott Hayes, president and founder of DGI. "With Flight Deck, understanding and achieving breakthrough performance results for DB2 become as easy as reading the fuel gauge on a car dashboard. Now the DBA has the choice and power to be in the know and in control for high availability and performance." "From single servers to clustered environments, our DB2 customers require the best possible performance from their database applications," said Jim Kelly, vice president of marketing, IBM Data Management Solutions. "DGI's Flight Deck working with IBM DB2 Universal Database enables customers to detect and correct database application bottlenecks, maximizing the value their e-business applications can provide." For more information visit www.breakthroughdb2.com or www.software.ibm.com/data