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June 22, 2009 — New York, NY. SunGard and Sybase Collaboration Helps Increase Transaction Processing for Stock Exchange Data Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), an industry leader in enterprise and mobile software, today announced that SunGard, one of the world’s leading software and technology services companies, has certified the latest version of its Front Arena position control solution with Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 15, Sybase’s enterprise database management system. Customers using SunGard’s newest version of Front Arena to support cross-asset capital markets trading and trading strategies combined with ASE 15 have experienced up to a 400% increase in transaction processing of stock exchange data.
“With the pace of today’s highly competitive global marketplace, delayed response to changing data conditions can mean missed opportunities,” said Nils Unden, chief technology officer for SunGard’s Front Arena business unit. “The combination of these leading solutions from Sybase and SunGard helps customers to keep pace with ever-increasing volumes of stock exchange data.”
ASE powers 46 of the top 50 banks and securities firms in the world, providing extreme transaction processing systems that support tens of thousands of concurrent users with ultra-fast, nonstop performance on cost-effective, standards-based platforms. Sybase’s rock solid reliability, superior performance and low total cost of ownership, combined with Front Arena’s processing and intelligent workflow capabilities, help give capital market firms greater control over the entire trade process. As a result of close engineering collaboration between Sybase and SunGard, the latest version of Front Arena has been tuned to take advantage of the features of ASE 15, helping customers to improve performance, reduce operational risk and increase efficiency.
“We are pleased to further our relationship with SunGard in order to increase functionality and performance for our joint customers,” said Brian Vink, vice-president, data management products, Sybase. “By working closely with SunGard, we have been able to equip our customers to face new
market challenges.” Pricing and Availability
ASE 15 is currently available on the following platforms: Windows x86, Linux x86, Linux x86-64 bit, and
Sun Solaris 64-bit. ASE 15 editions range from a free Developer Edition to the Enterprise Family of
products. Pricing for the Small Business Edition starts at $1,495. For more information on migration to
Sybase ASE 15, please visit: www.sybase.com/ase15migration.For additional information, please call
800-8-SYBASE or visit www.sybase.com/ASE. About Sybase
Sybase is an industry leader in delivering enterprise and mobile software to manage, analyze, and
mobilize information. We are recognized globally as a performance leader, proven in the most dataintensive
industries and across all major systems, networks, and devices. Our information management,
analytics, and enterprise mobility solutions have powered the world’s most mission-critical systems in
financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing, and government. For more information, visit
http://www.sybase.com. Read Sybase blogs: http://blogs.sybase.com.
About ASE
Sybase ASE is an enterprise database management system designed to meet the increasing demands of
large databases and high transaction volumes. Sybase ASE continues to achieve positive momentum in
the Enterprise Database Management Systems market, outpacing the industry in database license
revenue growth. Recognized as a leader in Enterprise Database Management Systems in Forrester
Research’s 2009 Database WAVE report, Sybase ASE has garnered additional awards including
Enterprise Open Source Magazine’s “Best Linux Database”; SD Times 100 for leadership in Database
and Data Tools; and, Best Enterprise Data Management Vendor by Waters Magazine. About Front Arena
A cross asset trading solution serving a range of financial institutions, SunGard’s Front Arena provides straight-through processing by integrating sales and distribution functions, trading capabilities, risk management, as well as settlement and accounting support. Institutional asset managers and brokers, traders, and market makers use Front Arena to trade equities, fixed-income, interest rate derivatives, and credit. Front Arena’s components can be configured to meet a variety of trading needs and scaled to support operations ranging from local to global.
About SunGard
With annual revenue of $5 billion, SunGard is a global leader in software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education and the public sector. SunGard also helps information-dependent enterprises of all types to ensure the continuity of their business. SunGard serves more than 25,000 customers in more than 50 countries, including the world’s 25 largest financial services companies.
Trademark Information: SunGard, the SunGard logo, Front Arena and Adaptiv are trademarks or registered trademarks of SunGard Data Systems Inc. or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and other countries. All other trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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