SQL Diagnostic Manager by Idera Named "Best of Tech-Ed 2008 IT Pro Awards Winner" by Windows IT Pro and SQL Server

HOUSTON, TX, Jun 19 (MARKET WIRE) --
Idera, a leading provider of systems management tools for Windows, today
announced that its SQL diagnostic manager (TM) product was named as a
Winner of the "Best of Tech-Ed 2008 IT Pro Awards" in Database Management
by Penton Media's Windows IT Pro(R) and SQL Server Magazines(R).

The Best of Tech-Ed 2008 Awards recognize companies who offer innovative
products for the industry. The judges reviewed more than 223 products and
services submitted for the contest and chose 29 finalists to be
interviewed at the Tech-Ed 2008 IT Pro Conference in Orlando, Fla.
Winners were announced on June 12 at an evening reception and are also
posted on www.WindowsITPro.com/awards.

"Choosing from such a wide variety of outstanding entries is a challenge
every year, and the quality of this year's entries was particularly high,"
said Karen Forster, group editorial and strategy director for Windows IT
Pro and SQL Server Magazine. "The winners clearly reflect our judging
criteria: innovation, strategic importance to the market, competitive
advantage and exceptional value to customers."

"We are elated to win an award from such a highly regarded publication at
one of the biggest shows of the year," said Rick Pleczko, President and
CEO of Idera. "SQL diagnostic manager has become a 'must-have' product
for DBAs monitoring and managing any SQL Server environment."

About SQL diagnostic manager

The award-winning SQL diagnostic manager is a powerful performance
monitoring and diagnostics solution that proactively alerts administrators
to health, performance or availability problems within their SQL Server
environment, all from a central console. SQL diagnostic manager minimizes
costly server downtime by providing agent-less, real-time monitoring and
customizable alerts for fast diagnosis and remediation of SQL Server
performance and availability problems. SQL diagnostic manager also
pinpoints common performance issues such as worst-performing code, and
provides extensive historical metrics for in-depth trend analysis.

About Idera

Idera delivers a new generation of tools for proactively managing,
administering, and securing the world's fastest growing database
management system -- Microsoft SQL Server. Battle-proven and engineered
for distributed enterprises, Idera's solutions help companies ensure
database availability while also reducing tedious administrative tasks
and expense. Idera's solutions include: Security and Compliance
Management, Performance and Availability Management, Backup and Recovery,
and Change and Configuration Management. Headquartered in Houston, Texas,
Idera's products are sold and supported directly and via authorized
resellers and distributors around the globe. To learn more, please
contact Idera at +1-713.523.4433 or visit www.idera.com.

Idera is a division of BBS Technologies, Inc. SQL diagnostic manager and
Idera are trademarks or registered trademarks of BBS Technologies, Inc. or
its subsidiaries in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other
company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective companies.

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Carrie Ward
PR for Idera
832-407-5347
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