Welcome
The following is a pricing list for the Generic Enterprise Manager (GEM) as of October 2006. As you can see, this product is Inexpensive. We do NOT actively sell this toolkit - there are no sales calls any of the other "features" of competitive database administration products. We do, however, respond to your contacting us. You may download and try the full GEM version for a reasonable time. If you like it, and are at a commercial organization, it is YOUR responsiblity to contact SQL Technologies for an invoice.We hope you respect this pricing model.
Thank You For Your Continued Support
Ed Barlow
Pricing
GEM Project GEM is a major effort designed to help you manage business critical infrastructure at commercial organizations. It is expected that commercial users will support this project financially. We do, however, come from a free software background you can expect the package to be low cost and high functionality. Non profit and government organizations, companies with 1-4 database systems, and indviduals are welcome to use this software for free.GEM uses licensed consultants and distributors for primary user support. These 'Certified Product Specialists' will be paid a sales and support fees above and beyond the prices listed below, in return for installation and production support. Support charges for these individuals will be negotiated by the customer on a case by case basis.
Training is available for individuals interested in being Certified. If you are a consultant or distributor and are interested in reselling GEM, please contact us. For now, support will be provided by SQL Technologies free of charge.
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PACKAGE |
PRICE LIST (as of Aug 1 2006) |
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GEM Standalone Backup Scripts |
FREE |
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GEM Stored Procedure Library |
FREE |
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Free GEM (1-4 Server License) |
FREE |
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Commercial GEM |
$500 / server initial license $200 / server / year maintenance |
We count each instance of a Database Server for pricing. We do NOT count the systems that they reside upon. For example, if you have 2 Datbases Servers on one machine, a second machine with one Database Server, and 12 other support machines -> it counts as 3 servers and would therefore be free.
Customization
GEM is open source and supports an open perl API. The software is designed for easy, customization. Most simple customization can be done trivially by the customer. Specialty features can be developed Contact SQL Technologies for details.Complex customization can be performed on a contract basis. Contact us for more information.
Usage License
All GEM software and documentation are Copyright © 1995-2006 by SQL Technologies, inc. All rights are reserved.GEM is currently under strict distribution control. The GEM may be downloaded from www.edbarlow.com for evaluation and use, but the software may not be redistributed in any manner without express consent.
NO WARANTY OF ANY SORT IS PROVIDED WITH THIS SOFTWARE
GEM is distributed as open source code, and it is ok for you to inspect and modify the code line so long so long as you don't remove any of the copyright notices and do not redistribute the changes without the consent of SQL Technologies.
GEM Introduction Presentation
Complete GEM Documentation
