GridApp Systems

Infobox_Company
company_name = GridApp Systems, Inc.
company_type = Private
company_slogan = "Automating Database Operations"
foundation = 2002
location_city = New York City, New York
location_country = USA
key_people = Rob Gardos, Chairman & CEO, Shamoun Murtza, CTO, Matthew Zito, Chief Scientist, Dan Cohen, Dir. of Development, Eric Gross, Mr. Database
industry = Computer software
products = GridApp Clarity™
homepage = [http://www.gridapp.com/ www.gridapp.com]

GridApp Systems, Inc. is a database automation software company. GridApp’s software is designed to provide holistic insight, standards enforcement, and process automation across heterogeneous database environments.

Founded in 2002 and headquartered in New York City, GridApp Systems was the brainchild of five former employees of Register.com, Rob Gardos, Shamoun Murtza, Matthew Zito, Dan Cohen, and Eric Gross. The five realized that 85% of the routine tasks performed by database administrators could be automated [ cite paper | author = Forrester Research | title = Automating Database Administration Can Improve Efficiency And Lower Costs | date = 2005-08-29 | url = http://www.forrester.com/Research/Document/Excerpt/0,7211,37620,00.html ] , decreasing critical errors and improving productivity; all five continue to function as GridApp’s CEO, CTO, Chief Scientist, Director of Development, and Mr. Database respectively.

GridApp's flagship product is GridApp Clarity, which took the Silver in the Performance and Tuning Category for SearchSQLServer 2006 “Products of the Year.” [ cite paper | author = SearchSQLServer | title = 2006 Products of the Year | url = http://searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/productsOfTheYearWinner/0,296407,sid87_gci1237917_tax306001_ayr2006,00.html ] On June 3, 2008, ServerWatch called GridApp Clarity a “server room must-have” in the Automation and Compliance category, winning the Silver again. [ cite paper | author = ServerWatch| title = 10 Server Room Must-Haves | url = http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3750666 | date = 2008-06-03 ]

GridApp released Clarity 4.5 on March 3, 2008. The new software incorporates technology that “can automate any type of database activity through a feature called Clarity Actions.” [ cite paper | author = eWEEK | title = GridApp Systems Extends Database Automation Capability | url = http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/GridApp-Systems-Extends-Database-Automation-Capability/ | date = 2008-03-03 ]

GridApp currently supports hundreds of customer installations worldwide, across multiple industries such as financial services, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, education, eCommerce, and technology. GridApp's market leading products and services have revolutionized the way businesses deploy and better manage their critical database assets.

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