dbaDIRECTSM And The Boston Group Join Forces To Deliver 24 X 365 Remote Database Administration Services

New Partnership Offers Customers A Cost-Effective Way To Deepen Database Infrastructure Support Via Remote DBA Services

CINCINNATI, Ohio (July 15, 2002)—dbaDIRECT Inc., the leading provider of remote database administration (DBA) services, announced today a new partnership with The Boston Group, a global provider of software development and technical consulting. Under the agreement, The Boston Group will expand its service offerings by reselling dbaDIRECT’s 24 X 365 remote DBA services supporting Oracle, Sybase, Informix, MS SQL Server, and UDB DB2 technologies. The relationship will also enable dbaDIRECT to widen its distribution channels in the Fortune 1000 market.

The Boston Group will offer dbaDIRECT’s complete suite of services ­—The InformantSM, The GuardianSM, and The ControllerSM — to maximize the performance of customers’ business-critical systems while lowering their database support costs. The partnership will enable The Boston Group to deliver a complete database administration solution including all the functions of a full-time database administrator (DBA) such as 24 X 365 monitoring, proactive management, maintenance, performance tuning, backup, recovery, and reporting.

“With the track record and the expertise of dbaDIRECT’s personnel, we think that our clients will benefit tremendously from our partnership,” said Ronak Desai, vice president of sales and marketing for The Boston Group.

“Success in today’s global marketplace demands more than just cutting costs, it means maximizing revenue,” said Terry Brown, director of business development for dbaDIRECT. “Our partnership with The Boston Group provides customers with a cost-effective way to achieve the highest levels of database availability and performance without getting distracted from core competencies that drive profitability.”

About The Boston Group

The Boston Group (TBG) is a global provider of software development, elearning & IT solutions. Since its inception in 1988, TBG has provided cost-effective IT solutions to Fortune 1000, Small & Mid-Size companies from its state-of-the-art development centers in the U.S., India, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines. For further information please visit www.thebostongroup.com.

About dbaDIRECT

dbaDIRECT Inc. provides 24 X 365 remote database administration services and performs all the functions of a full-time DBA?monitoring, maintenance, performance tuning, backup, recovery, and more. Platforms supported include Oracle, Sybase, Informix, Microsoft SQL Server, and UDB DB2. dbaDIRECT reduces database support costs, improves DBA staffing efficiency, and ensures optimum database availability and performance by leveraging its dbaDIRECT ONguardSM process (patent pending). The company is headquartered in the Greater-Cincinnati area where it houses its database operations center (DBOC™). For further information, please visit dbaDIRECT’s Web site at www.dbadirect.com.