1. response@gridapp.com 156 5th Avenue New York, NY 10010 P: 646.452.4100 www.gridapp.com See the Future of Your Database Matthew Zito, Chief Scientist

2. response@gridapp.com GridApp Systems Welcomes You! Thank you for attending Our presentation will last approximately 40 minutes with a live Q&A to follow –Topic: See the Future of Your Database –Today’s Presenter: Matthew Zito, Chief Scientist, GridApp Systems

3. response@gridapp.com Today’s World Data is stuck in silos –Lots of individual databases –Lots of separate schemas to manage DBAs are still specialized –Last specialized IT profession –Primarily focus on minutia Increasing push to improve IT efficiency –Off shoring/outsourcing –Reducing IT complexity

4. response@gridapp.com Drivers for the Future Organizations want better access to their data –Better BI –More data portability The data infrastructure is more complicated –Virtual Machines –Clustering –Replication The data management is more complicated –Sarbanes -Oxley, HIPAA, SB1386, FDA 21 CFR Part 11

5. response@gridapp.com The Crush in the Middle DBAs are asked to –Know more –Do more –Be more business-focused At the same time: –Manage more databases –Keep headcount down –Get projects done faster

6. response@gridapp.com So What’s to be Done? The role of a DBA must change –More focused on big picture –Reduce “small picture” activities Create process –Less worrying about what’s happening to systems –More effective delegation Reduce manual interaction with databases –Tools –Scripts –Let software do the work Drive Predictability

7. response@gridapp.com Why Database Automation? Automation –Encourages standardization –Forces the creation of processes –Drives predictability What can you automate? –Provisioning –Patching –Replication/Failover –Anything you do more than once

8. response@gridapp.com GridApp’s Closed Loop Process Automate Operations 4 Automated Enterprise Database Operations Define Standards 2 Guarantee Compliance 3 Discover & Inventory 1

9. response@gridapp.com What’s New in GridApp Clarity 3.5 Enhanced Patch Management Easy customization of patch activities Patching of Oracle ASM and CRS installations Patching of non-Clarity provisioned databases and clusters SQL Server Patching Actionable Reports Create on-demand reports to view configuration changes Timeline reports create a historical view of changes over time Immediately identify how databases are in or out of compliance

10. response@gridapp.com Clarity 3.5 - Patch Edit

11. response@gridapp.com Clarity 3.5 - Patch Install

12. response@gridapp.com Clarity 3.5 - Reports

13. response@gridapp.com What’s New in 3.5 (cont.) Customized Workflow Management Completely tailor provisioning and patching activities to allow organization-specific methods and standards. Customers can automate based on their standards and our best practices combined, by building custom scripts that are integrated into the provisioning and patching processes. Support 64-bit Oracle on Linux, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and 2005, HP-UX 11.23 for Itanium Enhanced support for Oracle Single Instance and Oracle RAC database versions 9i, 10gR1, and 10gR2.

14. response@gridapp.com Clarity 3.5 - Jobs Page

15. response@gridapp.com Clarity 3.5 – XML Template

16. response@gridapp.com Summary The future of database administration is automation –Driving predictability –Simplifying day-to-day operations Real-time Insight and Results –Replace spreadsheets with software –Replace scripts with workflows Clarity 3.5 –The first software platform designed to standardize and automate database environments

17. response@gridapp.com My Contact Details Email: mzito@gridapp.commzito@gridapp.com

18. response@gridapp.com Schedule a Demo Email sales@gridapp.comsales@gridapp.com SUBJECT LINE = Demo

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20. response@gridapp.com Q&A with Matthew Zito Thank You for Attending!