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Sybase Solutions Enable Fast Return to Operations With Zero Data Loss Critical to Financial Services Applications NEW YORK, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sybase, Inc. (NYSE:SY), a leading provider of information management and mobile software, today announced that it will showcase its business continuity solutions for mission-critical applications at Securities Industry Association's 2005 annual Business Continuity Planning Conference at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge. With these offerings, Sybase provides a comprehensive array of products to enable fast return to operations for critical database applications in heterogeneous environments. These solutions further Sybase's commitment to helping customers build robust and reliable business continuity planning (BCP) solutions. During the conference, SIA sponsor Sybase will discuss business continuity solutions that can address the ever-increasing demand for availability, while also meeting stringent service level agreements in a workshop entitled, "Building Redundant and Resilient Systems: Real Time Database Recovery." This interactive workshop on Tuesday, October 25th at 1:30 p.m. EDT, will also explore secondary data center SAN mirroring and show why mirroring alone may not meet database recovery time objectives. "With Sybase(R) business continuity planning solutions, customers are experiencing the benefits of increased data availability, reduced network bandwidth costs and improved return on their existing assets," said Eric Johnson, vice president of Financial Solutions Group, Sybase, Inc. "These innovative solutions address customers' needs -- ensuring the highest transactional integrity with increasingly constrained resources." A fundamental component of the Sybase BCP solution is Sybase Mirror Activator(TM). With its patent-pending technology, Mirror Activator reduces failover recovery time to seconds, ensures zero data loss and minimizes database downtime. Combining the best features of both transaction replication and storage replication, Sybase Mirror Activator eliminates the disadvantages of using either system alone in a disaster recovery solution, providing customers faster recovery and a more comprehensive solution. Mirror Activator's high availability allows for more productive use of database assets by leveraging mirroring infrastructures and disaster recovery components such as those provided by EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, IBM, NetApp and Veritas. Sybase works with more than 1,700 of the largest financial institutions worldwide, and its technology powers 60 percent(1) of the world's securities firms. Financial institutions rely on Sybase's proven solutions to build secure, scalable and highly available infrastructures that provide comprehensive data management, data replication and application failover technologies. With Sybase BCP solutions, organizations can benefit from secure, real-time, highly available and integrated financial solutions that are designed to increase ROI and competitive positioning by providing a faster return to operations. About Sybase, Inc. Sybase is the largest global enterprise software company exclusively focused on managing and mobilizing information from the data center to the point of action. Sybase provides open, cross-platform solutions that securely deliver information anytime, anywhere, enabling customers and partners to create an information edge. The world's most critical data in commerce, communications, finance, government and healthcare runs on Sybase. For more information, visit the Sybase Web site: http://www.sybase.com/. NOTE: Sybase and Mirror Activator are trademarks or registered trademarks or trademarks of Sybase, Inc. or its subsidiaries. (R) indicates registration in the United States of America. All other company and product names mentioned may be trademarks of the companies with which they are associated. Special Note: Statements concerning Sybase's future growth, prospects and new product releases are, by nature, forward-looking statements that involve a number of uncertainties and risks, and cannot be guaranteed. The words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "will" and similar expressions relating to Sybase and its management may identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are intended to reflect Sybase's current views with respect to future events and may ultimately prove to be incorrect or false. Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially include shifts in customer demand, rapid technology changes, competitive factors and unanticipated delays in scheduled product availability. These and other risks are detailed from time to time in Sybase's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including, but not limited to, its annual report on Form 10-K and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q (copies of which can be viewed on Sybase's Web site). (1) "Technology Trends in the Securities Industry 2001," by TowerGroup/SIA, author Larry Tabb DATASOURCE: Sybase, Inc. CONTACT: Joan Fronske of Sybase, Inc., +1-925-236-4893, or ; or Ruth Busbee of Citigate Cunningham, +1-415-618-8739, or , for Sybase Web site: http://www.sybase.com/

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