SYBASE ANNOUNCES WAREHOUSE WORKS - FRAMEWORK TAILORED FOR CLIENT/SERVER
DATA WAREHOUSING

EMERYVILLE, CA, November 29, 1994 -- Sybase, Inc., The Enterprise
Client/Server Company, today announced Warehouse WORKS, a comprehensive
framework for client/server-based data warehousing. Increasingly,
customers are combining the benefits of a central data warehouse with
those of local data warehouses or "data marts" distributed throughout the
organization. Built on the open foundation of Sybase's Open Client and
Open Server interfaces, Warehouse WORKS offers users:

* The industry's leading interoperability solutions for integrating
  heterogeneous data and platforms
* Exceptional high-speed access to data through a family of SYBASE
  server products.
* The ability to integrate of best-of-breed products, including 125+
  certified tools.

Warehouse WORKS incorporates SYBASE products now successfully in use with
customers' data warehouse applications. These include SQL Server,
Navigation Server, Replication Server, and Enterprise CONNECT. Also part
of this framework is Sybase's new IQ Accelerator software for enhanced
query performance, announced today. (See Sybase's IQ Accelerator press
release, dated November 29, for more information.)

"Client/server data warehousing is a highly effective means to give
knowledge workers the information they need to make strategic business
decisions. But it carries a major challenge in managing data across a
range of heterogeneous databases, hardware, and software," said Mike
Forster, president of MDI, a Sybase company. "With Warehouse WORKS, Sybase
offers customers an integrated suite of data management and
interoperability solutions, providing users the fast data access they need
. . . when and where they need it."

Warehouse WORKS Framework

Sybase's Warehouse WORKS framework is designed specifically to address four
key elements of the data warehouse process for client/server environments:
data assembly, data transformation, data distribution, and data access.

The area of data assembly requires a comprehensive interoperability
solution to receive data distributed throughout the enterprise. This
includes legacy data currently stored on mainframe systems in a variety of
formats and databases as well as new data generated by client/server
systems. The Enterprise CONNECT family of interoperability products from
Sybase's MDI subsidiary supports transparent heterogeneous access to more
than 20 IBM Mainframe and non-IBM data sources. Sybase's leadership in
this area is reflected by a recent Meta Group survey of 152 data warehouse
users. Enterprise CONNECT was their number one choice - by a two-to-one
ratio over the nearest competitor.

Data transformation, in which operational data is modified to support
decision-making, is the most complex component of data warehousing and
typically requires a variety of tailored approaches. To support customers'
transformation requirements, Sybase is taking a three-pronged approach:

* Leverage the interoperability of Enterprise CONNECT.
* Work closely with partners who specialize in data extraction,
  transformation, cleansing, and data modeling.
* Provide consulting services to develop solutions that are customized
  to users' specific needs.

Sybase's Replication Server plays a key role in the area of data
distribution. It delivers changes in operational information to both
central and local data warehouses, also known as data marts. Sybase's
Replication Server software is the industry's leading data replication
solution with n ore than 550 customers. Today, Replication Server can
distribute data from a SQL Server database to a range of other data
sources. In 1995, Sybase is expected to roll out products that can
replicate data from heterogeneous data sources, both local-area network
and mainframe.

Together, the combination of SQL Server with the IQ Accelerator and/or
Navigation Server addresses another critical component of a data warehouse
system, data access. Many customers have already built data warehouse
applications based on SQL Server 10. With the addition of IQ Accelerator,
SQL Server's performance is enhanced further to support large numbers of
users who want to interactively query the database - often defining and
redefining their questions based on the last answer they received.
Sybase's Navigation Server provides scalable parallel processing
capabilities optimized to support both queries and large bulk operations
such as reporting, list management, and data maintenance.

Sybase, Inc.

Sybase, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYBS) is one of the fastest growing suppliers of
client/server-based software products and services for on-line
enterprise-wide applications. Sybase's integrated family of software
includes database servers, tools, connectivity and systems management
products, providing complete desktop-to-mainframe solutions. Headquartered
in Emeryville, CA, Sybase markets its products worldwide through its
direct sales force, telesales, distributors, OEMs, VARs and Systems
Integrators.

Sybase Inc
6475 Christie Ave
Emeryville, CA 04608
510-596-3500;  Fax: 510-658-9441

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