copyright © 2006 quest software toad through the years a celebration of 10 years of toad
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Copyright © 2006 Quest Software
Toad Through the YearsA Celebration of 10 Years of Toad
He was once a lonely tadpole!
He grew fast…
…in 1999 he was Acquired by Quest Software
Toad and Quest Software
Toad Delivers Value
• Better usability• More functionality• Greater flexibility
Expansion Beyond Oracle
• Toad for SQL Server
– Commercial version released in September 2005
• Toad for DB2
– Commercial version released in September 2005
• Toad for MySQL Freeware
– Released in April 2004
Expansion Beyond Developers• Developers
– Toad Development Suite for Oracle released in February 2006
• Analysts– Toad for Data Analysis: multi-platform querying and reporting tool
– Released in August 2007
• DBAs– Toad DBA Suite for Oracle released world wide in January 2008
Community is Key!
Toad World your one-stop resource for all things Toad
• Over 29,000 members
– Expertise
– Collaboration
– Resources
What makes Toad Stand Apart?
The de-facto standard Oracle development and administration tool used by over one million database
professionals world wide
• All-in-one tool
• Encourages teamwork
• Provides visual representations
• Simplifies development project management
• Records actions for playback and sharing
• Helps provide documentation to management
• Includes comprehensive reporting capabilities
• Compares and synchronizes schemas for DBAs
• Optimizes SQL and indexes with proprietary tool included in some editions
Toad for Oracle 9.7
• Includes Toad for Data Analysis 2.0 for multi-db querying and reporting
• Enhanced dev best practices functionality such as ability to generate test data, code performance testing for SLAs, and code analysis and refactoring enhancements.
• New performance diagnostics, advisories, workload replay and RMAN functionality. Change management and DBA workflow enhancements.
Thank You
Toad Through the YearsA Celebration of 10 Years of Toad