As enterprise decision-makers look for new ways to cut costs, they are calling on database administrators to squeeze every ounce of performance out of their current systems.

Enterprise IT managers have traditionally measured database productivity with counter-based tools, where I/O operations and CPU cycles are simply counted, with attempts made to minimize the number of operations. In contrast, Wait-Event analysis is a method of optimizing database performance by measuring how long it takes to complete each portion of a task. Confio, the leading innovator of Wait-Event performance and analysis tools, now delivers this industry best-practice analysis through its Ignite software product. Using Confio's Wait-Event-based Resource Mapping Methodology (RMM), Ignite solves Oracle database problems faster and more efficiently.