User Quotes and Testimonials

SQL Sentry is changing how people work with their servers. They are able to do new things and accomplish more work with less effort. See what people are saying:

Performance Advisor: A Quick "Two Thumbs Up"
-- SQLBlog.com, Aaron Bertand, SQL Server MVP

Blue Cod Technologies
"SQL Sentry Event Manager has been very valuable in reducing our response time to issues, reducing the time required to validate job executions, and given us the ability to set up and manage alerts across our database and server platforms through one interface."
-- Rick Shonak, Sr. Database Administrator, Blue Cod Technologies

Brickmill Marketing Services
"We are a small SQL shop without the benefit of a dedicated SQL DBA. Managing our SQL environment is a small but very critical part of my responsibilities. SQL Sentry Event Manager greatly reduces the daily effort of managing my SQL Servers. I can see all of my scheduled events, configure alerts to capture hung jobs and even automate a response to critical issues. Plus I don't have to install, manage and suffer the performance drain of agents on every server. SQL Sentry has proven over the years to be a reliable and cost efficient tool."
-- Peter Smith, Director, Corporate Services at Brickmill Marketing Services

Burger King Corporation
"I save at least an hour a day without the chore of checking SQL Server jobs. More importantly, I now have great peace of mind. If there are no email alerts, there are no problems. Event Manager is simple to use and dependable. What a great product and I should also mention great tech support as well."
-- Victor Simms, Sr. Systems Engineer, Burger King Corporation

El Paso County, CO
"Now that I have Event Manager, I look forward to going to work. No more struggling with the native tools to get things done."
-- Klara Barton, Database Administrator, El Paso County, CO

EMP
"Our team has been impressed with the range of functionality, the ease of use and the comprehensive job management capabilities of Event Manager. To put it in a short form...a first class application."
-- Markus Kottwitz, EMP, Lingen, Germany

eScreen
"Event Manager delivers quick insight and easy control over job schedule conflicts that can impact server performance."
-- Michael Perino, DBA, eScreen, Inc.

Maximum ASP
"Event Manager is a critical component of our cutting-edge SQL Server hosting environment. It is an efficient tool to manage all our scheduled events and notifications and it saves me more than 20 hours per week."
-- Sarah Barela, DBA Manager, MaximumASP

Microsoft SQL Server MVP
"Event Manager saved me time. Over an hour of Data Warehouse processing time each night. That's an invaluable resource. People say you can't buy time – but with Event Manager I did!"
-- Geoff N. Hiten, Microsoft SQL Server MVP

Open Systems Consulting
"Everyone who sits near me is tired of hearing me say 'COOL!' as I learn more and more about what Event Manager does. And to think - all I was really looking for was a SQL Server job calendar. What I got was the calendar AND a crystal ball! Not only can I see that some jobs are overlapping with others, I can see which ones WILL overlap in the future. But I think my favorite feature is getting emails if someone else creates a job without seeing what's already scheduled. If anyone asks for a reference, I'll happily tell them how much better my day is now that I'm using Event Manager."
-- Kim Raburn, President, Open Systems Consulting

Oracle Expert and Best Selling Oracle Press Authors
"Event Manager enables a busy DBA to do things that were almost impossible just yesterday. Automating a logical workflow between SQL Server and Oracle jobs is an amazing feature and critical time saver. Event Manager's intuitive interface provides insight over all scheduled database events whether SQL Server or Oracle, with the granular control that DBAs often dream of."
-- Kevin Loney, Oracle Press author of the Oracle 10g DBA Handbook

Peak 10, Inc.
"Event Manager has improved our business and our work environment. Clients and management have noted the positive effect. Event Manager removed the job management burden and has given us the insight and capabilities to improve our systems and applications everyday!"
-- Scott Brooks, Director of Hosting Services, Peak 10, Inc.

Red Rocket Solutions
"SQL Sentry Event Manager helped us detect and resolve in three minutes a critical problem that had plagued us for three months. SQL Sentry Event Manager has provided our DBAs the power and control to raise administration of our enterprise to the next level."
-- Kurtis Smith, Director of Product Development, Red Rocket Solutions

Solid Quality Learning
"I am already recommending Event Manager to all my Reporting Services clients...it is time to take control of all those SQL Agent Jobs for report subscriptions and snapshots."
-- Douglas McDowell, Director of Operations, Business Intelligence, Solid Quality Learning

SQL Server Central
"Event Manager is the one tool that can really change an organization and simplify the DBA's daily life. It's not a "nice to have tool", it's a "must have tool" if you're concerned about the bottom-line support costs of your servers. You'll never know how you lived without Event Manager and it's a must have in the DBA's arsenal."
-- Brian Knight, Microsoft SQL Server MVP, SQLServerCentral.com

SQL Server Performance
"This is a product that every DBA should use."
-- Brad McGehee, Microsoft SQL Server MVP, SQL-Server-Performance.com

SQL Server Worldwide Users Group
"Event Manager should be in your "install everywhere" software set. You won't want to manage tasks and jobs on systems that don't have it once you've used it."
-- Stephen Wynkoop, SQL Server Worldwide Users Group

Wachovia Securities
"Monitoring jobs running on multiple servers is difficult and time-consuming work. Consolidating that information into one customizable view is a life saver. Event Manager is a must-have tool for SQL Server DBAs."
-- Mike Palavido, IT Director, Wachovia Securities

West Farm Foods
"Job schedule changes are very common and Event Manager lets us quickly view, understand and manage all schedule issues."
-- Ron Strouss, DBA, WestFarm Foods