Sybase SA has announced the local availability of its relational database management system, Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise(ASE)12.5.
It supports the data processing needs of traditional online transaction processing and the complex data manipulation needs of decision support systems. ASE 12.5 also enables the management of transaction-intensive applications and data.
As businesses continue to move processes and transactions to the Web, they are finding their infrastructure must be able to take full advantage of Web standards and protocols to achieve operational efficiency from e-business.
"Advanced XML and Java functionality in databases is essential for e-business data management," says Julie Tomlinson, Sybase SA marketing manager.
"Companies moving to e-business processes should look for databases with these capabilities, as well as dynamic performance, availability and openness for integration."
ASE 12.5 addresses these requirements through features that work with Internet standards. It includes innovations for storing and searching XML documents and executing Java in the database. Key new features of ASE 12.5 include advanced e-business data management functionality, performance enhancements and security features.
ASE 12.5 supports XML document indexing and management, including XQL, a query language to search XML information residing in the database. This capability helps to ensure performance-optimised searches of large XML documents.
XML features can aid developers in the management of large quantities of XML-based transaction data by reducing or eliminating the need for extra programming and translation. In addition, by using XML search capabilities in ASE 12.5, Web content can be generated from existing data and XML documents.
"Increasingly, XML is becoming the document of record, and ASE 12.5 can deal with XML documents in any format," says Tomlinson. "With innovations like XQL support and high-performance execution of Enterprise Java Beans within the database, ASE 12.5 can help empower enterprises with the data management tools and performance they need to take full advantage of e-business efficiencies."
ASE 12.5 also allows developers to access non-relational information from within the database without external programs or additional coding. This feature, managed through Sybase Central, integrates with ASE's enhanced text and XML searches.
With the increasingly unpredictable workloads the Internet forces on business applications, the database must be able to respond to changing demands. ASE 12.5 enables database administrators (DBAs) to adjust the server's performance online without requiring the system to be restarted. ASE allows DBAs to manage total memory available, number of user connections, number of locks, number of open objects, procedure and disk input/output structures and adjust configuration parameters to deal with server load changes without restarting, to create greater server uptime.
Tackling the privacy and security concerns of e-businesses, the new version of ASE provides access control, encrypted communications using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol and server authentication using digital certificates from a certificate authority or use of tools that are part of public key infrastructure (PKI). Row-level access control allows system administrators and security officers to define security policies at the data level in order to protect sensitive information even at the individual record level.
Sybase has fully embedded SSL encryption and PKI certificate protocols in ASE 12.5 to help protect data from accidental disclosure and wiretaps.
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