DBSophic Introduces Workload Tuning for SQL Server

New Approach is the First to Optimize an Entire Database Workload in One Go

JERUSALEM, August 10, 2010 - DBSophic (www.dbsophic.com/), an innovative provider of
performance management products for database-centric applications, announced
a new approach to database optimization, known as "workload tuning". Unlike
traditional "query-by-query" tuning techniques, workload tuning optimizes the
entire database workload automatically. Since a workload may include millions
of queries, the process runs offline, incurring no load on the production
environment. With support for applications running on SQL Server, the new
approach is implemented in the company's flagship product, QureTM
(www.dbsophic.com/product).

Qure has been successfully deployed at Clalit Health Services, one of the
world's largest HMOs, serving over 3.9 million people. At Clalit, delivery of
state-of-the-art medical care is facilitated by a large and complex IT
infrastructure that includes over 500 SQL Server databases. Key SQL Server
applications include administrative systems and the patient-information
system in Clalit's hospitals.

"Our IT applications serve a large base of doctors, healthcare workers,
and of course patients," explains Doron Ytzhaki, CTO of Clalit Health
Services. "Providing our users with the fastest application performance is a
top priority for us. To help achieve this, we're using Qure throughout our
SQL Server environment. Thanks to Qure, we've already achieved major
performance gains on both the administrative systems in our data center and
the patient-information system in our hospitals."

At Clalit, dramatic improvements in application performance have also
translated to a significant IT cost savings, as Ytzhaki explains: "Like other
large sites, we have consolidated our many SQL Server databases onto a
centralized server farm, to ease manageability and control costs. By helping
us get the most from our existing hardware, Qure has saved us server hardware
upgrades, DBA resources, and improved the performance of the DBA group.

Ami Levin, DBSophic's CTO, explains how workload tuning and
the company's Qure solution work: "To provide automated optimization of
millions of queries, thousands of stored procedures and other database
objects, Qure runs against a copy of the production database. The workload to
be tuned is represented by a standard SQL trace of production activity.

"After Qure's analysis process generates the recommendations," continues
Levin, "Qure benchmarks their actual performance improvement against the
copy-of-production. Qure does this by replaying the workload, applying the
recommendations, and then replaying the workload again to measure the actual
performance gain (in Duration, I/O, and CPU).

"Finally, Qure provides the DBA with executable scripts for applying the
recommendations to production. Recommendations may be applied by the DBA
selectively or in bulk and are always accompanied by detailed explanations
and undo scripts."

A free trial version (www.dbsophic.com/download) of Qure for SQL
Server is available on the company's website (www.dbsophic.com/).

About DBSophic

DBSophic is an innovative provider of performance management products for
database-centric applications. While traditional tools focus on optimizing
individual queries, DBSophic delivers automatic workload tuning. By
optimizing the entire application-to-database workload, DBSophic's solutions
help enterprises achieve unparalleled gains in application performance. The
company is headquartered in Jerusalem.

Qure is a trademark of DBSophic. Other trademarks and registered
trademarks are property of their respective owners.

    Contact:

    Inbal Barit, marketing director
    DBSophic
    Phone: +972-2-5610716
    Email: inbal@dbsophic.com

Contact: Inbal Barit, marketing director, DBSophic, Phone: +972-2-5610716, Email: inbal at dbsophic.com .