Johannesburg, 18 Nov 2003
Sybase South Africa has announced the local availability of Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 12.5.1, the latest release of its enterprise-class relational database management system (RDBMS).
Sybase ASE has established itself as one of the most cost-effective data management platforms for business-critical computing, and builds on that reputation with the introduction of key enhancements in version 12.5.1 to reduce total cost of ownership and operations.
"We've used Sybase and Oracle in building applications for our customers but prefer Sybase ASE because of its ease of use," says Chris Young, president, Cascadia Software, a Seattle-based technology consulting firm. "It is easier for us to develop systems using Sybase ASE, and with ASE 12.5.1 we are very much looking forward to taking advantage of the new performance and development features, including the job scheduler, and complete XML support."
"The scalability and high performance of ASE 12.5.1 allows our customers to build, deploy and manage database applications on the most cost-effective platforms - including Linux on Intel, Windows and Unix," says Tahzier Isaacs, marketing manager at Sybase South Africa. "This release demonstrates Sybase's continued commitment to data management solutions that offer the best performance with the best use of resources - both systems and people.
"It builds on announcements earlier this year on record-breaking Linux performance; the real-time database partnership with Tibco; TPC-H benchmarking tests for our highly scalable analytical engine, Sybase IQ 12.5; and our leadership in mobile data management solutions."
New capabilities in this release enable customers using Sybase ASE 12.5.1 to 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.
Demonstrated lower TCO
"Based on our analysis of thousands of applications, the total lifecycle cost of most database applications will be, on average, more than 15% lower when running on Sybase ASE versus the equivalent offering from Oracle," says Jim Johnson, chairman, The Standish Group. "In addition, we've seen instances where Sybase ASE runs at a 37% lower cost than Microsoft SQL Server."
Standish Group's VirtualAdvisor - a comprehensive TCO analysis tool comprised of data from over 2 000 case studies gathered from more than 1 200 CIOs - enables organisations to evaluate applications from a variety of disciplines including accounts payable, billing, order processing HR, reservation management, portfolio management, trading, customer information, Internet backing, medical records and criminal justice. Platforms evaluated included systems on several platforms such as HP, IBM, Linux-based solutions and Sun.
Self-management features and new DBA tools
Database operational costs consume a large percentage of IT budgets, and have soared to meet the demands of online 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, new DBA tools, such as Job Scheduler, DBXray and Sybase Database Expert, allow DBAs to automate scheduled operations and quickly diagnose problems thereby improving productivity.
ASE 12.5.1 supports large data sets and increased data volumes more efficiently on all platforms, including Intel-based hardware running Linux. 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 reorganisation.
Cost containment business strategies mandate use of open standards-based technologies when developing applications, and represent a significant portion of today's IT operating budget. ASE 12.5.1 delivers faster and lower-cost application development with enhanced support for Web services and native XML document management.
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