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Sybase Leapfrogs Competition; Achieves 'Best On Platform' With SQL Server11

Source: PR Newswire

EMERYVILLE, Calif., Dec. 22 /PRNewswire/ via NewsPage -- Sybase, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYBS), The Enterprise Client/Server Company(TM), today announced that Sybase(R) SQL Server(TM) 11 achieved the industry's best TPC-C benchmark results ever recorded on the 300 megahertz Digital AlphaServer 8400. The Sybase/Digital benchmark achieved 11,014 transactions per minute (tpmC) at a price/performance of $222 per tpmC with Sybase SQL Server 11 -- 17 percent faster and 32 percent less expensive than Oracle's best performance result utilizing the same Digital Alpha chip.

These results position Sybase SQL Server 11 as the performance and price/performance relational database leader on two of the best-selling UNIX servers: Digital AlphaServer 8400 and the Hewlett-Packard 9000 T500.

"In head to head competition on the same platform, Sybase continues to
demonstrate that SQL Server 11 is the most scalable and most cost-efficient RDBMS on the market today," said Dennis McEvoy, senior vice president of the Enterprise Products Division for Sybase. "When combined with Digital's 64-bit architecture, SQL Server 11 achieves unprecedented high-end results."

The benchmark tests were conducted on a 10-processor Digital AlphaServer 8400 system using six gigabytes of memory. With SQL Server 11's unique Logical Memory Manager, overall memory usage becomes extremely efficient and allows for increased scalability across SMP environments. Sybase's lower memory and disk storage requirements result in the industry-leading price/performance figures. Sybase expects even better TPC-C results testing on Digital's 350 megahertz AlphaServer.

The TPC-C price/performance results represent true cost of ownership including initial hardware, software and disk storage costs with five years of product maintenance. This means that customers can implement enterprise systems for significantly less than using Oracle or Informix.

"Sybase's record-breaking tpmC results demonstrate once again the superior
performance advantages of Digital's 64-bit AlphaServer systems," said Pauline Nist, vice president of Digital's AlphaServer Business Segment.
"The combination of Sybase SQL Server 11 and an AlphaServer 8400 system
offers customers unprecedented levels of raw performance, industry-leading price/performance and the ability to implement Very Large Memory database searches for the fastest response times."

TPC-C Comparison Chart Sybase Oracle Informix

Digital AlphaServer 11,014 tpmC 9414 tpmC None

8400 (300 megahertz) $222 per tpmC $316 per tpmC

Sybase, Inc.

Sybase, Inc. is a worldwide leader in client/server software. Sybase and its wholly owned subsidiary Powersoft Corporation are focused on four major market segments: on-line transaction processing, data warehousing, mass deployment and electronic commerce. Sybase's software products -- database, middleware and tools -- provide customers with desktop to enterprise solutions. The company's mission is to provide customers with an open, adaptable information systems architecture that enables them to develop and deliver complete information systems solutions to facilitate rapid business change. Headquartered in Emeryville, CA, Sybase is the sixth largest independent software company in the world.

NOTE: Sybase and The Enterprise Client/Server Company are trademarks of Sybase, Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. Received on Wed Jan 03 1996 - 00:00:00 CET