HOUSTON – October 22, 2008 – Idera, a leading provider of management and administration solutions for Microsoft Windows, today proudly announced that its SQL diagnostic manager™ product is the winner of the 2008 Application Design Award from the Nielsen Norman Group, a usability consulting company. The awards recognize the 10 best-designed application user interfaces worldwide.

The report announcing the winners said, although the applications had different purposes and audiences, the common thread was that each company had “thoroughly investigated their intended domain, extracted the key tasks and designed for their vision of the key users.”

Idera’s SQL diagnostic manager was praised for its ability to provide value to both inexperienced and experienced SQL Server database administrators (DBAs). “Because they spent time understanding how successful DBAs perform their job, they lay out the interface in a way which supports their users’ tasks. They provide the data that experienced DBAs need to resolve issues, while also stepping less experienced users through the process,” the report says.

According to the report, SQL diagnostic manager was also recognized for its ability to handle large quantities of data through “clever graphical summaries and progressive disclosure.”

“In every aspect, from sales to product download to usability, we are thinking about the user experience and how better to serve our customers,” said Rick Pleczko, President and CEO of Idera. “Our product teams work tirelessly to develop top-notch products and this award is proof of their talent and effort.”