Dell Software takes a leap into ‘connected intelligence’ with Toad

• Toad is the foundation of Dell’s database development and administration product family
• DB pros can ask questions, interact with peers and access a wealth of platform knowledge

DELL Software said it will now give developers and DBAs (database administrators) a seamless connection to the Toad World user community with the release of Toad for Oracle 12.0.
 
Serving three million visitors each year, the new, completely redesigned Toad World puts the power of knowledge literally at the fingertips of Toad users by enabling easier navigation and encouraging greater engagement, Dell Software said in a statement.
 
Database professionals struggling to maintain productivity, while keeping up with increasing changes to the data landscape, can ask questions, interact with their peers and access a wealth of platform knowledge, all without leaving Toad.
 
Toad is the foundation of Dell’s database development and administration product family, the company said.
 
“At Dell, we think a connected employee is a more efficient one,” said Darin Bartik, executive director of product management, Information Management, Dell Software.
 
“With the new Toad and Toad World releases, Dell connects its users to knowledge, and to other users on their team and around the world.
 
“Individuals and teams working with data and databases can be smarter and faster. In turn, business applications and processes that depend on this work can be released quickly, perform better, and cost less to operate,” he claimed.
 
Designed to allow the greatest possible productivity in development and administration of databases, Toad enables developers and DBAs of all skill and experience levels to work efficiently and accurately, it claimed.
 
Now, with the ability to connect directly to all the intelligence in Toad World, they can maintain the high level of database knowledge needed for optimal performance, and quickly address everyday challenges such as coding errors and database performance issues.
 
Toad for Oracle 12.0 includes the following features:

• Forum window: Provides access to the Toad World user community’s extensive knowledge base for Toad, Oracle, and general technology discussions. Database professionals can browse, search, ask questions and start discussions directly in the Toad forums, all while using Toad.

• Jump search capability: Provides rapid automated search, so users get immediate contextual help on any Toad or Oracle topic inside or outside of Toad, even if they don’t know where to look. Users can type in the relevant search text, or go directly from an Oracle error message and jump to any Toad window or menu item, the Toad World community forum, or a support article to find what they need to solve their problem quickly.

• Multi-schema compare: Allows fast simultaneous comparison of multiple schemas in source and destination environments, i.e., schemas in the database that need to be compared across both test and production environments.

• Private script repository: Provides a secure, private repository for teams to share scripts and interact with the script’s owner to provide feedback, questions and comments, allowing greater productivity and higher code quality across the database team.

• Toad World repository: Allows Toad for Oracle users to collaborate through script and file sharing via a secure public repository.

• MyToad (remote script execution): Enables mobility by allowing database professionals to execute scripts and perform actions in Toad using a web-based GUI from any mobile device or home computer.

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