Quest Software has announced at the Microsoft global product launch of SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006, that its database management products are ready to support Microsoft SQL Server 2005. The Quest products offer comprehensive capabilities to further enhance the enterprise-level performance of the strategic database platform.

Quest Software is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner that brings deep database expertise and a broad array of powerful products to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 solutions, said Ilya Bukshteyn, director of product management for SQL Server at Microsoft Corp.

We are excited that customers can leverage these products to increase database performance and staff productivity concurrent with the SQL Server 2005 launch.

Quest products for SQL Server 2005 are designed to simplify day-to-day DBA and database developers' tasks, including building databases, resolving performance problems, securing data for archiving, and protecting databases from unauthorized changes. Quest products for SQL Server 2005 include:

Toad for SQL Server to improve SQL code quality and the productivity of developers and administrators by providing an easy-to-use database development environment;
LiteSpeed for SQL Server to dramatically reduce storage costs by compressing data up to 95% and cut backup/recovery periods in half; SQL Watch to reduce downtime and regulatory non-compliance by monitoring and auditing database changes;
Benchmark Factory to decrease hardware and software costs by increasing the accuracy in planning scalability and capacity by providing SQL database load testing.