News Facts:

• Quest Software (Nasdaq: QSFT) today announced the forthcoming release of Toad® for Oracle version 10, the de-facto standard tool for Oracle development and administration. Toad 10 will offer new functionality enhancements that the Toad community has been asking for, providing improved productivity, better database manageability and easier access to educational resources.

• Toad users spoke, and Quest listened. Toad for Oracle 10 is the culmination of suggestions gathered from the Toad community’s ‘wish list,’ incorporating many development, administration, platform and educational enhancements:
  • Development: enhanced development best practices functionality through a new schema ER diagram reporting window, and editing enhancements with a built-in SQL performance tuning methodology.
  • Administration: greater manageability and automation, including the ability to perform multiple tasks between multiple instances, and a single console to manage server, database and schema compare and synchronization.
  • Platform: greater usability with an enhanced graphical interface utilizing new data grids and Unicode support.
  • Education: direct access to Toad community resources in Toad World so users can quickly gain the knowledge they need to solve everyday problems in their organization.
• Toad 10 is expected to release in October, but anyone interested in test-driving the new release is invited to download the beta today! Join the Toad for Oracle beta program at www.toadsoft.com/beta.html to experiment with Toad’s new features and follow the product’s development. Because this is the beginning of the Toad 10 beta cycle, testers should visit often to see the new functionality as it is gradually incorporated into the product – there are weekly updates!

• Tell Us What You Think: Quest is very responsive to user feedback and aims to incorporate suggestions from the community into product development whenever possible. After downloading the Toad 10 beta, testers are encouraged to visit Toad World, where they can participate in discussions about Toad 10 and access additional information about the new release.

Quote:

Larry Humphries, VP & GM Database Management, Quest Software:

“This will be one of Quest’s biggest and most exciting releases of Toad for Oracle in ten years. The new features and enhanced functionality built into version 10 reflect how much Toad continues to evolve, as well as Quest’s ongoing effort to bring added value and innovation to the most popular Oracle tool on the market.”

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We can arrange a quick conversation with the key executives and Toad experts behind this initiative – just ask!

About Us:

Quest Software Inc. is an enterprise systems management vendor. We deliver innovative products that help organizations get more performance and productivity from their applications, databases, Windows infrastructure and virtual environments.

Relevant Links:

• Follow Toad on Twitter: www.twitter.com/Quest_Toad
• Become of fan of Toad on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Quest-Software/65026711832?sid=7203ec1ca84ae9c8330c0a60ea1d8a3d&ref=search#/pages/Toad/54821553176
• Read Jeff Smith’s blog post, “Sneak Peak at Toad v10”: http://www.toadworld.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&EntryID=371
• Read Toad developers and experts’ blogs on Toad World: http://www.toadworld.com/Community/QuestExpertsBlogs/tabid/67/Default.aspx
• Watch Quest and Toad videos on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/questsoftware
• Subscribe to Quest news releases: http://www.quest.com/rss/news-releases.aspx

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Referenced Links:

• Quest Software: www.quest.com
• Toad® for Oracle: www.quest.com/toad-for-oracle/
• Toad World: http://www.toadworld.com/
• Toad for Oracle beta program: www.toadsoft.com/beta.html
• Toad World: www.toadworld.com

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