Press Release IDERA AND INFORMATION SHIELD FORM STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP TO PROVIDE BEST PRACTICE SECURITY, AUDITING AND COMPLIANCE POLICIES FOR SQL SERVER Leading SQL Server Management and Administration Tools and Information Security Policy Providers Collaborate to Provide Enhanced SQL Server Auditing and Compliance Solutions Houston, Texas - April 19, 2005 Idera, a leading provider of management and administration solutions for Microsoft SQL Server, and Information Shield, a global provider of best practice information security policies, today announced a strategic partnership to provide best practice security, auditing and compliance policies for Microsoft SQL Server. With this partnership, Information Shield has and will continue to serve in an advisory capacity in the development of Idera's SQL compliance manager, a comprehensive solution for auditing and continuous compliance of Microsoft SQL Server databases. Using expert knowledge provided by Information Shield, Idera products help customers more easily meet internal and external audit requirements of regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, GLBA, HIPAA, BASEL II, and The USA Patriot Act. Idera and Information Shield will also collaborate on the development of audit and compliance policies specifically for SQL Server. Information Shield was selected by Idera due to its innovative and industry leading work on the development of information security policies. "Information Shield is pleased to work with Idera to deliver solutions that provide customers with effective, scalable SQL Server auditing and compliance," said David Lineman, CEO, Information Shield, Inc. "Idera products allow organizations, for the first time, to get the SQL auditing detail required to implement and demonstrate effective control over their corporate data." "We are very excited about the value that this relationship will provide to SQL Server database administrators," said Rick Pleczko, President and CEO, Idera. "The incorporation of Information Shield's award-winning expertise into our products will provide invaluable solutions for SQL Server DBAs, especially with the increasing deployment of SQL Server as the database of choice in mission-critical environments. We are extremely pleased to be partnering with such a well respected company." About Information Shield, Inc. Based in Houston, Texas, Information Shield, Inc. is a leading global provider of Information Security Leading Practices with over 7000 international clients. Through its network of direct sales and global resellers, Information Shield provides pre-packaged information security products that can easily be customized by clients to meet security and regulatory needs. For more information, please visit www.informationshield.com or email us at info@informationshield.com. About Idera Idera delivers a new generation of tools for managing and administering the world's fastest growing database management system - Microsoft SQL Server. Battle-proven and engineered for the enterprise, Idera's solutions include: Backup and Recovery, Web-based Administration, Job Management, Performance Monitoring and Diagnostics, Auditing and Compliance, Configuration Management, and Data Migration and Transformation. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Idera's products are sold and supported directly and via authorized resellers and distributors around the globe. For more information, please visit www.idera.com. Idera - a division of BBS Technologies, Inc. SQL compliance manager, Idera and the Idera logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of BBS Technologies, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.