Press release               Stockholm, February 20, 2000.

Db Maint Supports MSDE

LAN Assistans & Konsulting AB announces that their flagship product Db Maint, a maintenance program for SQL Server, supports Microsofts database engine MSDE in its new version, Db Maint 2.02. The MSDE support  opens up new markets for Db Maint, especially in the OEM field. Db Maint maintains and preserves Microsoft SQL Server installations and its data.

Db Maint is an administration program for maintenance of Microsoft’s database management system SQL Server. The software contains several functions which significantly facilitate administration and improve performance of MS SQL Server 6.5 and 7.0, e.g. safer and easier backup, continuous reports on the conditions of the databases, advanced logging and presentation, and analyses and documentation of the SQL Server installation, including databases.

The new Db Maint 2.02, which is available from February the 20^th, supports Microsofts database engine MSDE. MSDE is described as a development tool. Developers can distribute MSDE solutions royalty free. The support for MSDE opens up new markets for Db Maint in especially the OEM field since software developers can now use the functionality in Db Maint to add e.g. backup and maintenance routines to their MSDE based applications, and thereby save a considerable amount of development time and costs. MSDE lack administrative programs.

Db Maint is developed and distributed by LAN Assistans & Konsulting AB. The software is primarily used by third-party developers and in medium-sized and smaller installations without access to SQL Server expertise. Db Maint has received excellent reviews and is featured in a 2-page Lab Report in the latest issue of SQL Server Magazine (February), where Db Maint is described as ”easy-to-use, effective and inexpensive”.

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