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SYBASE
ASE 12.5 INEVITABLE FOR E-BUSINESS
SYBASE [Sunday,
January 13, 2002]
SYBASE
ADAPTIVE SERVER ENTERPRISE 12.5, THE DATA MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM FOR AN INTELLIGENT TRANSITION TO E-BUSINESS
To extend its continous commitment to its valuable
customers, Sybase Middle East is highlighting the new
security and e-business features of its Adaptive Server
Enterprise, ASE 12.5 that is considered the corner stone
for an intelligent transition into e-Business. Mr. Roman
Miller, Sybase UK based regional Pre-Sales Manager for
EMEA is touring the Middle East, starting from UAE, Abu
Dhabi and Dubai to visit major customers, conducting
professional presentations, explaning the importance of
upgrading to ASE version 12.5 to enable a smooth
transition into e-Business.
“Sybase® Adaptive Server® Enterprise (ASE) 12.5
meets the evolving needs of e-Business data management,
and supporting the more traditional RDBMS requirements
of complex, transaction-heavy processing where
performance, security and scalability are critical. We
at Sybase, as a technology maker, believe in ourselves.
In fact we are not competing with anyone, rather I would
like to say that, we are co-existing with everyone for
the benefit of our customers, any time, anywhere” said
Roman Miller, Regional Pre-Sales Manager – EMEA
Key features include:
· Innovative advances in data management that exploit
the operational efficiencies of e-Business through
XML/XQL support, high-performance execution of
Enterprise Java Beans, and management of external,
non-relational content
· Dynamic performance with dynamic tuning for
uninterrupted access to data despite the unpredictable
demands of the Internet
·Enhanced security with row-level access control and
encrypted communications to protect critical company and
customer data
·ASE 12.5 achieved 140,239.97 TPM with a
price/performance ratio of $16.31/tpmc, using a HP
Server rp8400 system
·This benchmark represents the best price/performance
ratio for Unix-based tested by the TPC-C
Sybase’s flagship product, ASE 12.5, supports the
heavy data processig needs of traditional OLTP and the
complex data manipulation needs of decision support
systems, while providing the flexibiltiy, scalability,
performance and security neede to support new,
e-Business applications.
The new ASE 12.5 includes innovations for storing and
searching XML documents and executing JavaÔ in the
database to support companies rapidly transitioning to
e-Business processes, also it continues to support the
transaction-heavy data processing needs of traditional
online transaction processing (OLTP) and the complex
data manipulation needs of decision support systems
(DSS), while providing flexibility, scalability,
performance, and security for Web-based transaction
processing. “ASE 12.5's commitment to openness and
performance gives customers an intelligent choice for
managing their mission-critical, transaction-intensive
applications and data in mixed environments, therefore
enable them to make a smooth transition to e-Business”
Said Yves Khoneisser, Professional Services Manager,
Sybase ME.
Key New Features Address e-Business Requirements
As businesses continue to transition processes and
transactions to the Web, a company's infrastructure must
be able to take full advantage of Web standards and
protocols to achieve greater operational efficiency from
e-Business. ASE 12.5 addresses these requirements with
advanced features that work seemingly effortlessly with
Internet standards.
“Advanced XML and Java functionality in databases is
essential for e-business data management," said
Mark Shainman, senior research analyst at META
Consulting Group. "Companies moving to e-Business
processes should look for database managers with these
capabilities, as well as dynamic performance and
openness for integration."
Key new features of ASE 12.5 include advanced e-Business
data management functionality, dynamic performance
enhancements and strong security features.
Advanced e-Business Data Management
Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5 supports advanced
XML document indexing and management including XQL, a
query language to search XML information residing in the
database. This capability, which is built using
patent-pending fast indexes for XML technology, helps to
ensure performance-optimized searches of large XML
documents. These flexible XML features can aid
developers in the cost-effective management of large
quantities of XML-based transaction data by reducing or
eliminating the need for extra programming and
translation. In addition, using XML search capabilities
in ASE 12.5, Web content can be dynamically generated
from the existing data and XML documents.
Increasingly, XML is becoming the document of record,
and ASE 12.5 is the enterprise-class relational database
that can effectively deal with XML documents in any
format. With innovations like XQL support and
high-performance execution of Enterprise Java BeansÔ
within the database, Sybase ASE 12.5 can help empower
enterprises with the cutting-edge data management tools
and performance they need to take full advantage of the
operational efficiencies available through e-Business.
ASE 12.5 also supports high-performance execution of
Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) and Java Stored Procedures.
EJB and Java Stored Procedure support within the
database can offer faster development of applications
that utilize Java component models, providing a secure,
performance-optimized environment that marries open,
component-based development with a high-performance
database server. With Sybase’s PowerJÒ Java
development environment developers can easily deploy
EJBs within ASE.
By using ASE 12.5, our valuable customers can benefit
from quicker and more flexible access to their critical
financial data. The ability to use Java Stored
Procedures within ASE 12.5, our financial reporting
solution not only delivers much better performance, but
also provides a simpler—and more elegant—way to code
our key generation algorithms without building custom
applications. In addition, the XML features allow us to
more easily expose data to our financial application.
In addition to the EJB and XML features, Sybase ASE 12.5
allows developers to quickly access non-relational
information from within the database without necessarily
using external programs or additional coding. This
feature, easily managed through Sybase Central™,
integrates with ASE's enhanced text and XML searches.
Dynamic Performance
With the increasingly unpredictable workloads the
Internet forces upon business applications, the database
must be able to respond quickly and reliably to changing
demands. Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5 has
dynamic tuning features that allow database
administrators (DBAs) to quickly adjust the server’s
performance online without requiring the system to be
restarted. ASE allows DBAs to dynamically 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.
“ASE's flexible querying and interrogation of data on
the fly have enabled us to perform ground-breaking
genetic research," said Michael Heaney, database
manager for The Institute for Genomic Research.
"Performance is critical with the high volume of
data our researchers process both in-house and over the
Web. ASE 12.5's dynamic performance enhancements coupled
with XML and Java support will provide the manageability
and performance we need to further expand our research
capabilities."
Strong and Flexible Security Features – Major Concerns
of e-Business :
Sybase is also tackling privacy and security—major
concerns of e-Business. The new version of ASE provides
row-level access control, encrypted communications using
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 easily 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
as well as wire taps.
Additional Enhancements
Sybase customers will also find additional benefits in
ASE 12.5 that support today's RDBMS needs. They include:
· Compressed backups to aid in reducing archival costs
· SQL DebugÒ to assist in application development
· Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) support
for easier system management
· Cluster support for Veritas, Sun, IBM, Compaq and HP
for high availability
· Optimized management of temporary tables for lower
overhead
· Multiple Language support with Unicode UTF-16 for
international data
· Wider columns and longer rows with database pages up
to 16K for improved performance of complex enterprise
resource planning systems
· Enhancements to Component Integration Services for
remote query optimization, heterogeneous data access and
heterogeneous transaction support
About Sybase, Inc.
Sybase (NYSE: SY) provides enterprise-class software
solutions that fuel e-Business and enable access to
information anytime, anyplace. With its industry-leading
Enterprise Portal (EP), mobile and wireless, business
intelligence and vertical-market solutions, Sybase is
one of the largest global independent software companies
in the world. For more information, visit
www.sybase.com.
For more information, please visit the Sybase regional
Middle East website : www.sybase.co.ae or contact :
Lara Kayali
Marketing & Media Manager
Sybase ME
Profile
Sybase
(NYSE: SY) provides enterprise-class software
solutions that fuel e-Business and enable access
to information anytime, anyplace. With its
industry-leading Enterprise Portal (EP), mobile
and wireless, business intelligence and
vertical-market solutions, Sybase is one of the
largest global independent software companies in
the world.
For more information, visit www.sybase.com. For
more information please visit the Sybase
regional Middle East website, www.sybase.co.ae
or contact: - Lara Kayali, Marketing & Media
ManagerSybase ME, email: lara@sybase.co.ae
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