NTAP--Network Appliance and Sybase Provide Integrated Solution for Database Environments
NetApp® Storage Appliances Deliver Simplicity, Manageability, and Business Continuance for Adaptive Server Enterprise With Performance Equivalent to That of Raw Devices
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 18, 2000-- Network Appliance (Nasdaq:NTAP - news), the leading provider of network-attached data access and content delivery solutions, and Sybase, Inc. (Nasdaq:SYBS - news), a premier supplier of e-Business solutions, today announced certification and support of NetApp storage appliances (filers) in Sybase® Adaptive Server® Enterprise (ASE) environments.
The integrated Network Appliance and Sybase solution combines the simplicity and power of NetApp storage solutions with ASE's ability to meet the demanding database requirements of Internet and traditional, mission-critical OLTP and DSS applications. The synergy between Network Appliance and Sybase products delivers a quantum leap in meeting customer demand for storage consolidation, scalability, performance, manageability, availability, and productivity.
In a joint effort, Sybase and Network Appliance performed certification of NetApp and ASE using the QuaSR test suite on ASE with the Solaris®, HP/UX, IBM® AIX, Windows NT®, and Linux® operating systems and the NetApp filer. To help ensure business continuity, testing included special emphasis on data integrity, system reliability, and server and filer stability, including subjecting the configuration to power outage and power supply takeover scenarios. Certification has been completed for ASE 11.9.2.3 and ASE 12.0 or higher sub releases.
``Strengthening our relationship with Network Appliance is a winning proposition for both companies and more importantly our customers,'' said Billy Ho, Vice President Engineering, Sybase Enterprise Solutions Division. ``The Network Appliance(TM) filer is ready out of the box for a Sybase configuration without the need to customize ASE or the supported operating systems. This allows our customers to quickly and easily implement ASE on Network Appliance storage. Furthermore, the filer offers the combination of file system manageability and the performance and integrity of raw devices.''
``Together with Sybase, Network Appliance takes another major step in expanding its leadership in delivering storage and data management solutions for enterprise, Internet, and database environments. We are excited about this collaboration, and look forward to mutual success meeting our customers' needs,'' said Mark Santora, senior vice president of marketing at Network Appliance.
About Sybase, Inc.
Headquartered in Emeryville, Calif., Sybase, Inc., is one of the largest global independent software companies. Sybase helps businesses integrate, manage and deliver applications, content, and data anywhere they are needed. The company's products, combined with its world-class professional services and partner technologies, provide a comprehensive platform for integrated, end-to-end solutions in mobile and embedded computing, data warehousing, and Web environments. Sybase focuses especially on EP solutions, which give businesses the ability to extend their enterprise to customers, partners, and suppliers by converting stored data into useful information, which can be integrated and personalized in a continuously available environment for use anywhere at anytime. Sybase customers represent the industries leading the global economy, with strong concentrations in financial services, public sector, telecommunications and healthcare. The company's Web address is sybase.com.
About Network Appliance
Network Appliance, Inc., a veteran in network file storage and content delivery, has been providing data access solutions since 1992, and is a member of both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 index. Major corporations and service providers, including Lycos, Yahoo!, Citicorp Securities, Siemens, Lockheed, Cisco, Motorola, and Texas Instruments have deployed NetApp solutions.
The company pioneered the concept of the ``network appliance,'' an extension of the industry trend toward dedicated, specialized products that perform a single function. NetApp storage and content delivery platforms (filers and NetCache(TM) appliances) are coupled with powerful content distribution and reporting software. This end-to-end solution offers seamless data management from the back-end data center to the edge of the network quickly, simply, and reliably. The Network Appliance product portfolio utilizes the company's innovative data access software, known as the Data ONTAP(TM) operating system, as well as standards-compliant hardware. It also offers multiprotocol support and transparent integration for UNIX® and Windows® environments.
Special Note: Statements concerning Sybase's future business relationships are by nature forward-looking statements that involve a number of uncertainties and risks and cannot be guaranteed. Factors that could ultimately affect such statements are shifts in customer or market demand, rapid technological changes, the interoperability of the Company's products with other software products and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC filings (copies of which can be viewed on the Company's web site).
NetApp and the Network Appliance logo are registered trademarks and Network Appliance, NetCache, and Data ONTAP are trademarks of Network Appliance, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Sybase and Adaptive Server are registered trademarks of Sybase, Inc.. Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark in the U.S. and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such. |
