Sybase Joins Winter Corp DB Scalability Program Sponsors

Winter Corporation announced that Sybase Inc, has become a sponsor of the fifth annual Database Scalability Program.

Winter Corporation, which administers the program, is a leading consulting firm that studies the impact of large-database technology on business trends. Winter provides research, consulting and education services that help users and vendors define database solutions, architect implementations, and manage scalability issues. The company focuses on database technology near, at and beyond the frontier of scalability.

Database Scalability Program 2000 analyzes the characteristics of the world's largest databases, and examines databases supporting the world's largest workloads. These vast data repositories anchor e-commerce, business intelligence, supply-chain management, customer relationship management, resource management and other business-critical applications.

The Sybase Business Intelligence Division provides high-performance data warehousing technology and customer relationship management (CRM) applications to their customers and partners. The division's applications and technologies enable customers to achieve customer- and Web-centric data warehousing solutions that increase competitive marketplace advantage.

"With the rapid expansion of Web enabled data warehousing, the need for data, user, and query scalability is critical," said Eric Miles, senior vice president and general manager of the division. "The exceptional research done by Winter Corporation will enable us to demonstrate our economical approach to VLDB. Our strengths in this area make the Sybase approach ideal for supporting the rapid growth of Web-enabled data warehousing and the delivery of advanced business analytics via the Enterprise Portal."

"We're honored to introduce Sybase as a sponsor of the Database Scalability Program," added Richard Winter, president of Winter Corporation. "Sybase's scalable, high-performance database solutions make it a formidable player in today's warehousing, business intelligence, and Web economy. Sybase products and services are helping to raise the bar on large-scale traditional and Internet applications."

Other Database Scalability Program 2000 sponsors include EMC Corp, Hewlett-Packard Co, IBM Corp, Informix Corp, Microsoft Corp, NCR Corp, NetGenesis Corp, and Oracle Corp. Surveys will be accepted through August 31, and awards identifying the top databases will be announced and distributed soon afterwards.

About Winter Corporation

Winter Corporation is a leading center of expertise in database scalability for e-business, enterprise applications and business intelligence. The company provides research, consulting and education services that help users and vendors define their database solutions, architect their implementations, and manage their scalability issues. Winter Corporation focuses on database technology near, at and beyond the frontier of scalability. For more information, contact Winter Corporation by e-mail at info@wintercorp.com, on the World Wide Web at www.wintercorp.com, or by calling 617-695-1800.

Contact Winter Corporation, Kathy Auerbach, 617-747-3947, kathy.auerbach@wintercorp.com.