Cincinnati, OH- Gartner, Inc, the leading IT analyst firm, has named dbaDIRECT as a 2010 “cool vendor”. Gartner defines a cool vendor as “a company that offers technologies or solutions that are innovative, impactful, and intriguing”. The company’s dedication to advancing DBA automation with its ONguard Remote DBA Management System was a key contributing factor to its inclusion in the report. As the leader in intelligent remote database administration services since 1999, dbaDIRECT has enabled companies of all sizes to have professional, 24×365 DBA services for a fraction of the price of hiring full time employees or consultants.
CEO and founder of dbaDIRECT, John Bostick, expressed his gratitude for this recognition from Gartner. “We have worked for over a decade to truly change the way database administration services are delivered. I have seen this model go from revolutionary, in 1999, to a best practice today. We have re-invented ourselves several times to continue to push our approach forward, and each time we have been able to add a new innovation that has pioneered the market. Our customers rely on us to take care of their most critical data assets, and we take this responsibility very seriously.”
dbaDIRECT’s selection as a cool vendor comes at a time when companies are continuing to search for ways to keep costs under control, even as their data continues to grow. Remote database administration allows these companies to control their costs using a scalable support model. Most companies have found that the cost containment measures actually result in better support with dbaDIRECT’s 15 minute response times and 24×365 monitoring and maintenance.
About Gartner”s Cool Vendors Selection Process
Gartner”s listing does not constitute an exhaustive list of vendors in any given technology area, but rather is designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness of a particular purpose.
Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are: Innovative, enable users to do things they couldn”t do before; Impactful, have, or will have, business impact (not just technology for the sake of technology); Intriguing, have caught Gartner”s interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months.
