Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), an industry leader in delivering enterprise and mobile software, today announced that the readers of Waters magazine voted the company “Best Enterprise Data Management Vendor.” Sybase received the highest percentage of the readers’ votes to win the category for the second year in a row. The recognition of Sybase was part of the 2009 Waters Rankings, an industry-respected award where the winners are chosen by the qualified readers of Waters magazine, a financial IT publication with a circulation of over 10,000.

To address enterprise data management (EDM) challenges such as data mining, predictive modeling, reporting and business intelligence, Sybase offers a comprehensive set of database management technologies for capital markets. Sybase® Adaptive Server® Enterprise, a high-performance, mission-critical database management system that gives Sybase customers an operational advantage by lowering costs and risks, has been powering trading systems on Wall Street for over twenty years. Sybase’s analytics server, Sybase IQ, works with a multitude of operating systems, hardware platforms, and analytics applications. As the leading column-oriented database, Sybase IQ delivers answers up to 100 times faster than traditional RDBMS systems.

In addition, to enable real-time decision support in securities trading, Sybase released Sybase CEP for streaming analytics and Sybase RAP – The Trading Edition™ Enterprise with built-in time series analytics earlier this year. Sybase RAP with Sybase CEP is now the only solution to comprise built-in time series analytics, a market data platform, ultra low latency, and streaming data analytics in a single product — an enhancement to the very successful market analytics platform that is already helping dozens of capital markets firms make better trading and portfolio decisions across their trade lifecycle.

“For the second consecutive year, the readers of Waters magazine have embraced Sybase’s brand and reputation for delivering best-in-class enterprise data management solutions,” said Phil Albinus, Editor of Waters. “By placing first within the Best Enterprise Data Management Vendor category, the readers of Waters have acknowledged Sybase’s market leadership. Managing a firm’s data has never been more important. As the industry makes its way to a recovery, IT and data professionals clearly think of Sybase for enterprise data needs.”

Waters covers the practical implementation of technology in the securities industry and is relied on by financial technology professionals worldwide for focused, in-depth coverage of financial market data and technology. Each year, the readers of Waters are invited to choose the best financial IT services and solutions that help CIOs and CTOs get their job done. This year, more than 1,000 voters filled out the Waters Rankings ballots. The qualified Waters Rankings voters work in today’s leading investment firms, hedge funds and exchanges. Technology vendors and media relations firms were not allowed to vote.

“We are honored that the readers of Waters magazine have recognized Sybase as the best enterprise data management vendor for the second year in a row,” said Eric Johnson, senior vice president and general manager of financial services, Sybase. “Sybase recognizes the major premium that has been placed on transparency and reliability as a key technology solutions provider to Wall Street. We take very seriously our role of trusted partner guiding our clients through the disruptive and highly demanding environment that has emerged over the last 18 months. All of this is part of our larger ongoing effort to deliver best-of-breed solutions that address Wall Street’s pain points.”

The winners of the 2009 Waters Rankings will be featured in the July 2009 edition of Waters and on the Waters web site: www.watersonline.com. Waters will celebrate with the winners at an exclusive cocktail party and awards ceremony at Metrazur in New York’s Grand Central Terminal.

To learn more about Sybase financial services solutions, please visit us in booth #2111 in the Grand Ballroom on Exhibit Level 2 at SIFMA 2009 Technology Management Conference & Exhibit at the Hilton New York in New York City, June 23-25, 2009, or visit: www.sybase.com/capitalmarkets.

About Waters

Each month, Waters reports and analyzes the business reasons for and practical implementation of financial technology in the capital markets and securities industry. Since its launch in 1993, securities industry professionals worldwide have relied on the magazine for its focused, in-depth coverage surrounding the confluence of business and technology in market data, trading and risk technology and infrastructure as well as the human issues of talent management, staff retention and compensation within the financial services community. With more than 10,100 subscribers around the world*, Waters' readers enjoy the insights of CIOs and CTOs from the global markets. The magazine also releases the electronic newsletter Waters News each Tuesday to more than 14,000 industry professionals and it sponsors conferences in New York, London, and Singapore. Waters also hosts briefings, and training courses in many of the world's financial centers. For more information, visit www.watersonline.com.

About Sybase, Inc.

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 data-intensive 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.

Join us August 26-27 for Sybase TechWave Symposium 2009 at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel in Washington D.C. For more information, visit http://www.sybase.com/techwave.

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