Sybase iAnywhere Unveils SQL Anywhere 11 Beta

Business Wire, April 14, 2008

Includes Launch of Blog Center for Product Management and Engineering Discussion of Industry Topics in the Context of SQL Anywhere and Its 200 New Features

DUBLIN, Calif. -- Sybase iAnywhere today announced the beta availability of "Panorama," code-name for the next release of SQL Anywhere([R]), its market-leading data management and synchronization solution. Over 200 new features have been added to SQL Anywhere that further enhance its leadership in enabling frontline database applications. Today, SQL Anywhere powers thousands of embedded and mobile database applications with over 10 million deployed licenses. SQL Anywhere innovation continues to provide improved performance, reliability, scalability and functionality to applications ranging from workgroup and branch office systems to mobile applications used by sales people and service technicians. Developers are invited to register for the beta program at: http://www.sybase.com/sqlany_panorama_beta_registration.> "SQL Anywhere is perfectly suited for frontline environments where excellent out-of-the-box performance, embeddability, and superior data synchronization are required but administration is not readily available," said Dave Neudoerffer, vice president, engineering. "With the version 11 release, we continue to raise the bar in addressing the mission-critical requirements of these database applications."

SQL Anywhere version 11 includes over 200 new features and enhancements based on extensive feedback from embedded partners and customers. As a key component of the Sybase([R]) Unwired Enterprise strategy of managing and mobilizing information anywhere, anytime, SQL Anywhere continues to provide new and innovative functionality in the delivery of information beyond the traditional data center.

A preview of a few of the new features includes:

* Enhanced parallel query capabilities - includes parallel sort, parallel index scans and index-only retrieval to make the most of today's laptop, desktop, and server machines

* Embedded full-text search - provides a powerful yet compact facility to effectively search the ever increasing amounts of unstructured data in the front lines

* New data synchronization options - builds on our rich, heterogeneous synchronization platform with the addition of new failover and load balancing options, background synchronization, and support for MySQL

* .NET and Perl stored procedures - ensures developers can leverage their programming language experience to implement database business logic

To learn more about SQL Anywhere, developers can visit the SQL Anywhere home page at http://www.sybase.com/sqlanywhere, or visit the SQL Anywhere Blog Center at http://www.sybase.com/sqlanyblogs. Powered by SQL Anywhere, the blog center features senior Product Management and Engineering employees discussing industry hot topics in the context of SQL Anywhere and its feature set.

SQL Anywhere 11 Beta Availability

The SQL Anywhere 11 beta program is now open. Developers can sign up for the program by visiting: http://www.sybase.com/sqlany_panorama_beta_registration. The GA release of SQL Anywhere is scheduled for later this year.

About SQL Anywhere

With over 10 million deployed seats, SQL Anywhere is used by thousands of enterprises and ISVs worldwide, to provide data management and data synchronization technologies for database-powered applications that operate in frontline environments with minimal IT support. SQL Anywhere offers enterprise-caliber features in a database that is easily embedded and widely deployed in server, desktop, remote office and mobile applications.

About Sybase iAnywhere

iAnywhere, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. (NYSE:SY), enables success at the front lines of business. The company holds worldwide market leadership positions in mobile and embedded databases, mobile management and security, mobile middleware and synchronization, and Bluetooth[R] and infrared protocol technologies. Sybase iAnywhere plays an important role in the Sybase Unwired Enterprise strategy, which focuses on managing and mobilizing information from the data center to the point of action. Tens of millions of mobile devices and over 20,000 customers and partners rely on the company's "Always Available" technologies, including SQL Anywhere and its Information Anywhere suite.

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Special Note: References to Sybase iAnywhere mean iAnywhere Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. Statements concerning iAnywhere Solutions' product market, relationships with its customers and new products are forward-looking statements that involve a number of uncertainties and risks and cannot be guaranteed. Factors that could ultimately affect such statements are detailed from time to time in Sybase's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited to its annual report on Form 10-K and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q (copies of which can be viewed on the Company's web site).