Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE), the industrial-strength relational database management system, is to be integrated with SAP Business One 2004, the latest release of SAP's integrated business management solution for small and mid-size businesses (SMBs).
To be available in more than 37 countries and 25 languages, SAP Business One on Sybase offers SMBs application functionality on a data management platform that delivers both high performance and low total cost of ownership (TCO).
SAP will sell and distribute the combined SAP Business One and Sybase ASE offering through its global network of more than 650 channel and solution partners. Sybase will provide migration and support programs, allowing solution partners offering add-on solutions for SAP Business One to offer their solution on Sybase ASE.
"Sybase and SAP are committed to bringing a greater range of IT solution choices to the SMB market, especially to those in key vertical industries where we both have a history of leadership," says Julie Tomlinson, sales and marketing manager at Sybase SA.
"With SAP Business One on Sybase ASE, customers can gain the database performance advantages typically available only to the largest enterprises, at an overall cost that consistently ranks among the lowest in the industry."
Sybase ASE provides SMBs with a high-performance platform for data and transaction processing that is engineered for the lowest possible costs for systems, management and application development. It includes built-in self-management and self-tuning tools, wizards to automate routine tasks, advanced XML and Web services support, and is a proven leader on the Linux platform.
These features, along with ASE's history of reliable data management technology, provide a platform that supports the most demanding processing environments, accelerates application development, secures critical company and customer data, and eases data administration tasks.
By better managing information, SMBs can begin to fulfil the promise of the unwired enterprise - getting the right information to the right place at the right time.
"Partnering with companies like Sybase helps us and our solution partners meet the growing demand for SAP Business One's affordable and easy-to-use business management solution for small and midsize businesses," says Gadi Shamia, VP, SAP Business One.
"Sybase allows our customers to work with the platform of their choice and optimise their software environment to meet their individual needs."
Designed to be an integrated solution that enables SMB users to get the information they need, when and how they need it, to run their business operations, SAP Business One provides business managers and employees with greater control and visibility for managing their operation.
SAP Business One is an SMB solution that enables new levels of Integration between parent companies, their subsidiaries and the many partner, supplier and vendor companies that make up the business ecosystem.
* For more information, go to http://www.sybase.com/sap.
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Sybase SA is the sole African representative of Sybase Inc (USA), one of the largest global independent software companies, and has offices across the continent. Sybase's open architecture solutions provide the data management and mobility necessary to create the unwired enterprise.
The company has three solutions focused "practices": The Data Management Practice, The Business Intelligence Practice, and The Unwired Practice, each mandated to assist in converting technology into holistic, end-to-end solutions that meet specific business needs. The practices offer a solid combination of technology know-how and business area expertise.
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