Idera, a provider of management and compliance solutions for Microsoft SQL Server, announced that its SQLsafe was named as a winner of the "Editor's Choice Awards" in the Backup and Recovery category by Penton Media's SQL Server Magazine. SQLsafe is a high-performance backup and recovery solution for Microsoft SQL Server that accelerates, encrypts and compresses database backups.

    "Our editors are tough, in-the-trenches critics," Paulsen continued. "They demand solid value and performance from the products they select. Editor's Choice Award winners can feel proud that the products and services they developed have earned the respect and recognition of the SQL Server Magazine editorial staff."

    SQLsafe speeds database backups by up to 50% and reduces disk space usage by up to 95%. SQLsafe also offers automated 'hands-free' multi-server backup management and monitoring and ensures compliance with corporate backup and recovery policies. SQLsafe was also recently recognized as one of the 2006 Products of the Year by SearchSQLServer and TechTarget.

    "The 2007 Editor's Choice Awards utilize our editors' product knowledge and subject matter expertise to identify exceptional products that have been covered in the pages of SQL Server Magazine and its online newsletters, and which benefit the SQL Server Magazine reader community," said Kim Paulsen, group publisher.

    "We are delighted to receive this recognition from the editors at SQL Server Magazine," said Rick Pleczko, President & CEO, Idera. "We get a lot of feedback from our customers about how much they value SQLsafe and how much time and effort it saves them. It is a wonderful confirmation to receive recognition from the industry influencers at Penton Media as well."

    Idera delivers a new generation of tools for managing the world's fastest growing database management system, Microsoft SQL Server. Idera's solutions help database administrators keep SQL Server running at optimum performance, ensure availability, speed recovery, ease compliance requirements, and dramatically reduce administrative overhead. The products are amazingly simple to use, provide remarkable results, and can be installed in minutes.

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