Sybase First to Provide Free Linux Enterprise-Class Database for Production Use
September 08 2004 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Sybase First to Provide Free Linux Enterprise-Class Database for
Production Use Sybase ASE Express Edition for Linux is Available
Immediately DUBLIN, Calif., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Sybase, Inc. (NYSE:SY), a leading provider of enterprise
infrastructure and wireless software, today deepened its commitment
to the Linux community with the availability of the first free
deployment version of an enterprise-class Linux database-Sybase(R)
Adaptive Server(R) Enterprise (ASE) Express Edition for Linux. Now,
enterprises, the developer community, and small businesses will be
able to build, test and deploy new applications with no license
fee, allowing them to experience the substantial performance and
cost-savings benefits of Sybase ASE on Linux, recognized as the
"Best Linux Database" in the 2003 LinuxWorld Magazine Readers
Choice Awards and as the low TCO leader over Oracle, IBM and
Microsoft by the Standish Group. "Sybase ASE on Linux offers the
best of both worlds for any organization," said Dr. Raj Nathan
senior vice president, Information Technology and Solutions Group,
Sybase. "Combining ASE's overall power and ease of use with Linux
running on industry-standard hardware results in unbeatably low
TCO. With Sybase ASE Express Edition for Linux, we open up these
benefits to a vast new ecosystem of enterprises, developers,
software vendors and systems integrators and share the risk with
our customers and partners as they develop and test experimental
concepts and exciting new applications." "mLogica is seeing a
growing demand for migration from other database platforms to
Sybase ASE on Linux, for both improved performance and lower
costs," said Amit Okhandiar, president of mLogica, Inc. "A recent
client was running high volume transactions and queries over the
Internet on a Microsoft SQL Server and Windows NT environment and
was suffering severe performance issues. Based on their long-term
requirements for scalability, high performance, security and high
availability, we migrated them to Sybase ASE on Linux and initial
results show their performance improvement has increased by at
least ten fold. In addition, by using our mSecure, our monitoring
and systems management solution for ASE on Linux, the customer was
also able to significantly reduce system and database
administrative costs." Sybase ASE has demonstrated superior
performance on Linux in transaction-heavy environments like
financial services, where reliability, security and high
availability are critical. Sybase ASE's open standards-based
technology make integration and migration particularly easy,
further reducing risk and costs. Unlike open source databases,
Sybase ASE Express Edition for Linux is industrial-strength, is
consistently enhanced with cutting-edge functionality, is free from
complex licensing issues and will not pose unexpected integration
problems. Companies including Anvil, Dresdener Kleinwort
Wasserstein (DKW), Global Card Services, Iroquois Gas Transmission
System, L.P., Manitoba Family Services and Housing, Reuters,
Securify and Veritas, make Sybase ASE on Linux their RDBMS of
choice. "This is a bold move that could significantly entice Linux
developers to make Sybase their choice for new development and
deployment," said Gerald Kerr, senior research advisor for The
Standish Group. "We have consistently found that Sybase ASE running
on Linux offers the lowest TCO of any high-performance database
platform-over Oracle, IBM or Microsoft. Sybase ASE Express Edition
for Linux deepens this value proposition by eliminating license
fees, and helping to give Sybase access to new markets among both
developers and enterprises." For more information about the
benefits of Sybase on Linux and to download free white papers,
visit http://www.sybase.com/linuxpromo . To learn about more ways
in which Sybase continues its commitment to developers, visit the
Sybase Developer Network (SDN) and take advantage of other exciting
offers in addition to sharing and collaborating with other
developers through CodeXchange at http://www.sybase.com/sdn .
Availability Sybase ASE Express Edition for Linux is available
immediately at no cost and is offered for customer use only. No
other purchase is required. Support plans, including telephone
support and named support contacts, are available starting at
$2,200 per year. For additional details or to download the
software, please call 1-800-8-SYBASE or visit
http://www.sybase.com/linuxpromo . Sybase ASE Express Edition is
limited to one central processing unit (CPU), five gigabytes of
total data storage and two gigabytes of random access memory (RAM).
For developers with larger systems requirements, please refer to
the Sybase ASE Enterprise Edition and Sybase ASE Small Business
Edition. About Sybase, Inc. Celebrating 20 years of innovation,
Sybase enables the Unwired Enterprise by delivering enterprise and
mobile infrastructure, development and integration 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 website: http://www.sybase.com/
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