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Sybase Wins 'Best Mobile Solution' and 'Best Database' at 2006 SIIA Codie Awards

Posted on: Tuesday, 23 May 2006, 16:56 CDT

DUBLIN, Calif., May 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sybase, Inc. , a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software, today announced that its database and mobile software solutions received highest honors at the 2006 SIIA Codie Awards. Sybase(R) Adaptive Server(R) Enterprise (ASE) 15 and AvantGo(R) won as leaders in the Codie Awards' "Best Database Management Solution" and "Best Mobile Solution" categories.

"Sybase has secured its position as a leading database company and a cutting-edge provider of mobile industry solutions," said Ken Wasch, president of the Software Information Industry Association (SIIA). "The company continues to be recognized for its innovative technology."

"We are extremely pleased about the SIIA's recognition of our database and mobility solutions," said Marty Beard, senior vice president of corporate development and marketing for Sybase. "These prestigious awards validate our unique ability to deliver best-of-breed data management and mobility solutions that span both ends of the solutions spectrum from the data center to the device."

Sybase ASE has established itself as one of the most cost-effective data management platforms for business-critical computing. ASE 15 builds on that leadership with key enhancements including new encryption capabilities and patented query processing technology that have shown increased performance and reduced hardware resource consumption.

AvantGo is a free service that delivers rich, personalized mobile websites to smartphones and PDAs. AvantGo offers the convenience of anywhere, anytime access, seamlessly supporting both wireless and "sync and go" connectivity.

In addition to the recognition in the database and mobile solution categories, two additional Sybase products were also Codie finalists. Sybase WorkSpace, a unified Eclipse-based application development environment designed to meet the challenge of developing a service-oriented architecture (SOA), was named a finalist in the "Best Software Development Solution" category. M-Business Anywhere, a platform from Sybase iAnywhere that enables developers to leverage their web-based skills to deliver content and applications to mobile devices rapidly and cost-effectively, was named a finalist in the "Best Web Services Solution" category.

The annual Codie awards showcase the software and information industry's finest products and services, and remains the industry standard for celebrating outstanding achievement and vision. This year's winners were chosen from a record 1,026 nominations for excellence of products, services, corporate leadership and philanthropy.

About Sybase, Inc.

Sybase, Inc. is the largest global enterprise software company exclusively focused on managing information from the data center to the point of action. Sybase provides open, cross-platform solutions that securely deliver information any time, anywhere, enabling customers to create an information edge. The world's most critical data in commerce, communications, finance, government and healthcare runs on Sybase. For more information, visit the Sybase Web site: http://www.sybase.com/.

NOTE: Sybase, Adaptive Server Enterprise, iAnywhere and AvantGo are registered trademarks of Sybase, Inc. or its subsidiaries. All other company and product names mentioned may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.

Special Note: Statements concerning Sybase's future products, prospects, and operating results are by nature forward-looking statements that involve a number of uncertainties and risks and cannot be guaranteed. The words "anticipate,""believe,""estimate,""expect,""intend,""will," and similar expressions relating to Sybase and its management may identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are intended to reflect Sybase's current views with respect to future events and may ultimately prove to be incorrect or false. Factors that could ultimately affect such statements include sales productivity, possible disruptive effects of organizational changes; shifts in customer or market demand for the Company's products and services; public perception of the Company, its technology vision and future prospects; rapid technological changes; competitive factors; delays in scheduled product availability dates (which could result from various occurrences including development or testing difficulties, software errors, shortages in appropriately skilled software engineers and project management problems); interoperability of the Company's products with other software products, and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited to its annual report on Form 10-K and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q (copies of which can be viewed on the Company's web site).

Sybase, Inc.

CONTACT: Lorna Fernandes of Sybase, Inc., +1-925-236-4107, orlorna.fernandes@sybase.com; or Ruth Busbee of Citigate Cunningham,+1-415-618-8739, or rbusbee@citigatecunningham.com, for Sybase, Inc.

Web site: http://www.sybase.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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