Sybase Announces Availability of Enterprise RDBMS on Mac OS X Panther
January 06 2004 - 2:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
Sybase Announces Availability of Enterprise RDBMS on Mac OS X
Panther Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5.1 Provides First
High-Performance RDBMS Available on Apple's Breakthrough Platform
DUBLIN, Calif., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sybase, Inc. , a
leading provider of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software,
today announced that Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)
12.5.1, the latest release of the company's enterprise-class
relational database management system (RDBMS), is now available to
Mac OS X Panther customers. With ASE 12.5.1, Apple users will be
able to deploy database-driven applications that take advantage of
one of the most cost-effective data management systems for
business-critical computing. "ASE for Panther combines the best of
both worlds -- Sybase's high performance, scalable database and
Apple's legendary ease of use," said Dr. Raj Nathan, senior vice
president and general manager, Sybase Infrastructure Platform
Group. "This release demonstrates our continued commitment to
provide the Mac community with data management solutions that offer
the best performance with the best use of resources -- both systems
and people." "We performed a full range of real world tests on
production databases used by our applications, comparing Sybase ASE
running on Apple G5 against various configurations from other
vendors," said David Knight, CEO of OneStep Solutions Plc, a leader
in debt recovery solutions for local government, legal and
commercial organizations. "ASE 12.5.1 under Mac OS X 10.3 beat the
others on price/performance by a factor of three. In addition, this
performance pairing has opened a number of new opportunities for us
-- from lowering the entry price of our solutions to cost effective
backup and reporting servers -- and the orders are already rolling
in. Combining increased sales with the lower development and
support costs that Sybase ASE on Apple's Mac OS X offers is going
to improve our bottom line significantly." New capabilities in
Sybase ASE 12.5.1 allow users to affordably close today's
"Operational Gap" -- the gap created between the need to scale up
to handle exponential growth in data volume/complexity, and the
need to control or reduce the cost of data management, including
people, systems and applications. Greater System Performance and
Scalability ASE 12.5.1 supports large data sets and increased data
volumes more efficiently on all platforms, including Panther.
Operational scalability -- the ability to serve increased workloads
and data sets with existing hardware, software and DBA resources --
has been improved with enhancements to system performance achieved
by the following new features: scalable logging, parallel recovery,
index sampling, temporary databases per application or login and
improved database reorganization. In addition, ASE 12.5.1 takes
full advantage of Panther's support for asynchronous disk I/O and
increased addressable memory (up to approximately 4GB), thus
providing users with a substantial performance boost over Jaguar.
Self-management Features and New DBA Tools Reduce Operational Costs
Database operational costs consume a large percentage of IT
budgets, and have soared to meet the demands of online and mobile
data access and real-time applications. Sybase ASE 12.5.1 includes
new features to reduce operational costs, such as self-management,
automatic resource management and transportable databases. These
capabilities enable companies to handle new and increased demands
for data access without significantly increasing DBA costs. In
addition, Open Directory User Authentication, ASE Plug-in for
Server Admin, new System Preference Pane for ASE, and enhanced
Rendezvous support improve security and DBA productivity. "Our
customers who use Mac OS X demand high performance, but frequently
don't have DBA resources to manage a complex system," said Lowell
Schneider, president of Schema Research, a California-based
technology-consulting firm. "Sybase ASE 12.5.1 allows us to offer a
reliable, high-performance enterprise-class RDBMS without the
burdensome staff and maintenance costs." Faster, Simpler
Application Development Cost containment business strategies
mandate use of open standards-based technologies when developing
applications. ASE 12.5.1 delivers faster and lower-cost application
development with support for all the leading development languages
and environments including WebObjects, JBoss, Tomcat, Servoy, 4D,
RealBasic, Omnis, as well as the new Open Client Framework. "Sybase
was one of the first vendors to bring enterprise level solutions to
Mac OS X taking advantage of the world's most advanced operating
system," said Ron Okamoto, Apple's vice president of Worldwide
Developer Relations. "Sybase continues its strong Mac OS X support
with the release of ASE 12.5.1 delivering easy-to use and cost
effective data management solutions for business-critical
computing." Pricing and Availability Sybase ASE 12.5.1 for Mac OS X
10.3 is now available, with prices starting at $1,495. For more
information, or to place an order, please visit
http://www.sybase.com/eshop or call 1-800-8-SYBASE. For a free
developer download, please visit http://www.sybase.com/mac. Visit
Sybase at MacWorld San Francisco in booth #1548, January 5-9, 2004.
About Sybase Sybase enables the "Unwired Enterprise" by delivering
enterprise and mobile infrastructure, integration and application
software solutions. Organizations can attain maximum value from
their data assets by getting the right information to the right
people at the right time and place. The world's most critical data
in commerce, finance, government, healthcare and defense runs on
Sybase. For more information, visit the Sybase Web site:
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