Sybase IQ Multiplex Qualified by EMC on 10-Terabyte DW

Sybase Inc announced the completion of qualification tests of Sybase Adaptive Server IQ Multiplex with EMC Enterprise Storage Network (ESN) products. The tests determined that IQ Multiplex effectively manages a 10-terabyte data warehouse on EMC solutions, including EMC Symmetrix Enterprise Storage systems and software, and the Connectrix family of Fibre Channel products. Additionally, the tests provide a guideline for customers wishing to build very-large-database warehouses.

Sybase also evaluated IQ Multiplex's scalability and data compression capabilities for large volumes of analytical data, confirming that IQ Multiplex data compression and column-indexing are more cost effective compared to traditional, relational technology. With the continuing growth of content collected from a variety of devices, such as the Internet and wireless communications tools, managing information successfully is becoming increasingly important.

"IQ Multiplex and EMC enabled us to deliver a competitive, cost-effective solution that handles massive amounts of data at a fraction of the cost of using traditional database technology," said Greg Dale, CTO of comScore, a Sybase IQ Multiplex customer that provides Web-consumer data services. comScore recently won the Grand Prize in the Winter Corporation Database Scalability Survey in the NT category.

IQ Multiplex offers unique storage efficiency advantages over older, traditional-technology data warehouses that directly translate into a cost effective, 24x7 data warehouse architecture. "Through data compression and storage efficiency, IQ Multiplex will allow data warehouses to use EMC's unique software products such as EMC TimeFinder, Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF) and others," said Paul Krneta, Sybase director of IQ Multiplex. "This creates a new breed of an IQ Multiplex-based VLDB that has well-proven enterprise features -- such as high-availability, disaster recovery and near-zero downtime. This was impossible with traditional data warehouse technology."

Data warehousing has traditionally been complex due to the use of transactional DBMS as a data warehouse engine. Sybase and EMC are delivering information access, query performance, and data loading 10 to 100 times faster than transactional databases. This is due to IQ Multiplex's patented, column-based, bit-wise indexes and EMC's Symmetrix information storage systems. The performance continues even as the number of users and the amounts of data increase dramatically.

Sybase and EMC are also receiving positive feedback on the testing from industry analysts. Richard Winter, a world expert in VLDB, said, "EMC and Sybase are changing the rules for storing and using large amounts of data. IQ Multiplex creates a paradigm shift in click stream, call detail record and customer data storage and analysis."

The EMC/Sybase test used approximately 10 terabytes of EMC Symmetrix storage with IQ Multiplex v. 12.4.2. Over 40 billion rows of data were loaded with the largest table containing over 30 billion records. To receive a detailed study of the EMC-qualification results and configuration options, visit: www.sybase.com/detail/1,3693,1012289,00.html.

About Sybase Business Intelligence

Sybase Business Intelligence solutions provide open, integrated data warehouse and business intelligence infrastructures based on proven technology and industry "best practices." The division develops "integrated intelligence" applications and partners with other leading vendors to provide a new generation of business intelligence with a focus on specific vertical markets, including financial services, credit cards, healthcare, insurance, banking, telecommunications and the Internet. Key products include Industry Warehouse Studio for complete industry-specific analytical CRM, Adaptive Server IQ Multiplex for high-performance data warehousing, and seePower -- dynamic visualization analysis software.

About EMC Corporation

EMC Corporation is a world leader in information storage systems, software, networks and services, providing the information infrastructure for a connected world. Information on EMC products and services can be found at www.emc.com.

About Sybase Inc

Sybase 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, and vertical-market solutions, Sybase is one of the largest global independent software companies in the world. For more information, visit the Sybase Web site: www.sybase.com.

Contact Jeff Pike of Sybase Inc, 978-287-1972, jeff.pike@sybase.com.