Re: Spotlight on Oracle by Quest

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 09:37:24 -0800
Message-ID: <1070905077.468195@yasure>

Dusan Bolek wrote:

> Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:<1070813197.156567_at_yasure>...
>

>>I agree. Quest's products may be a bit pricey but quality has never been 
>>the issue. If I might inquire ... which competitor and are you happy 
>>with the decision technology wise, not just the lower price?

>
>
> It was more complicated. Question was not to have Spotlight or to have
> its competitor. We needed to select a whole portfolio of products for
> database management, monitoring and tuning. So Spotlight was just a
> small part in the offer. The other (and at the end happier) guy was
> BMC's Patrol. From technological point of view I think that both
> offers were comparable, so real selection was made during negotiation
> with price as major factor, but also some others were involved
> (support contract, interoperability in current environment, demands on
> operator's knowledge etc.).
>
> --
> Dusan Bolek

Thank you.

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