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Sun and Sybase Create World's Largest Data Warehouse

00:00:00 - 04 October 2004

Sybase IQ Analytics Database and Sun's iForce Enterprise Data Warehouse Reference Architecture Compress 155 Terabytes of Input Data into Less than 55 Terabytes of Storage

October 4, 2004 - (HostReview.com) - Sun Microsystems, Inc. (sun.com) and Sybase, Inc. (www.sybase.com), today announced that they have created the largest, verified data warehouse in the world, according to an independent audit conducted by InfoSizing, Inc. Larger data warehouses are becoming critical to enterprises that must store, track, and manage a growing volume of data to meet government compliance regulations.

According to Francois Raab, president, InfoSizing, Inc., "The size of the iForce Enterprise Data Warehouse Reference Architecture is impressive, but size is only a part of the story. Organizations are faced with an exploding volume of enterprise data from online transactions to RFID transmissions.

The Sun and Sybase iForce Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) Reference Architecture -- consisting of Sun Fire servers, Sun StorEdge storage sub-systems and Sybase IQ, a highly scalable analytical engine -- enables customers to set up such highly scalable data warehouses in days instead of months, while also minimizing storage costs.

In addition, the companies are announcing joint customers that include Nielsen Media Research, American Airlines, Bank of Montreal, BizRate.com, Allianz Insurance, U.S. Department of Transportation, Telefonica, Samsung Card, Chohung Bank and LG Card.

Using its patented data compression, Sybase IQ needed less than 55 terabytes on the Sun StorEdge storage sub-systems to store the 155 terabytes of input data, providing proof that Sybase IQ can dramatically reduce storage costs by up to 90 percent over competitors.

Additionally, support costs and data center footprint were lower when compared to conventional databases, which would require up to one petabyte (1,000 terabytes) of storage for this example. Sun's Chip Multi-threading (CMT) technology and Sybase IQ showed no slowing in query or data loading speed as query submission rates increased five fold, allowing companies to make split-second decisions as required by financial transactions.

With one trillion rows of data, the Sun and Sybase data warehouse can hold enough data to track the history of all world financial trades on all stock exchanges or hold enough data to track all credit (and debit) card transactions in the entire world over the last seven years.

"Our data warehouse is by far one of the largest I've ever seen and it's going to grow considerably every year. This report increases my confidence that the hardware and technology [Sybase IQ and Sun] we have selected will be able to keep up with our demands as we grow it to the 30 terabyte level," said Timothy S. Geary, Data Resource Manager, Information Technology, National Product Group, Nielsen Media Research.

Celebrating 20 years of innovation, Sybase enables the Unwired Enterprise for customers and partners by delivering enterprise and mobile software solutions for information management, development and integration. The world's most critical data in commerce, communications, finance, government and healthcare runs on Sybase.

Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the Net work.

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