Geac SmartStream Supports Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 11.5.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 1997-- Geac SmartStream customers to see dramatic performance and scalability benefits with Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 11.5 Geac SmartStream today announced support of Sybase, Inc.'s new Adaptive Server(TM) Enterprise 11.5 database server. As a long-term strategic Sybase partner, Geac SmartStream and its suite of integrated client/server business applications is uniquely designed to take advantage of Sybase's advanced database technology. Adaptive Server Enterprise See ASE. (database) Adaptive Server Enterprise - (ASE) The relational database management system that started life in the mid-eighties s "Sybase SQL Server". For a number of years Microsoft was a Sybase distributor, reselling the Sybase product for OS/2 and (later) Windows 11.5 is an on-line transaction processing (database) On-Line Transaction Processing - (OLTP) The processing of transactions by computers in real time. and decision support database optimized to deliver predictable high-performance in unpredictable, mixed-workload environments. New functionality, including bi-directional indexing, parallelism An overlapping of processing, input/output (I/O) or both. 1. parallelism - parallel processing. 2. (parallel) parallelism - The maximum number of independent subtasks in a given task at a given point in its execution. E.g. , and application process prioritizing, that is integrated into the server's Logical Process Manager will optimize the performance and scalability of all Geac SmartStream enterprise business applications. Earlier this year, Sybase awarded Geac SmartStream with its prestigious Global Commercial Application Partner Award for highest product sales in 1996. "With the many technology enhancements made available with Adaptive Server Enterprise 11.5, our position as one of Sybase's leading application providers is solidified in terms of transaction throughput numbers and overall product performance," said Duncan Watson, global alliance director of Geac SmartStream. "Our customers can expect to see new performance and deployment cycle standards being set as we continue to move forward on delivering new architectures and end-user functionality." Adaptive Server Enterprise 11.5, the successor to Sybase SQL Server Sybase SQL Server - Adaptive Server Enterprise (TM) 11, is designed to provide organizations with predictable high-performance in unpredictable mixed-workload OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) See transaction processing and OLCP. OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing and DSS (1) (Digital Signature Standard) A National Security Administration standard for authenticating an electronic message. See RSA and digital signature. (2) (Digital Satellite S environments. Product features include: -- Logical Memory Manager and Logical Process Manager for application- and user-specific dedicated resources; -- Scalability for very large databases (VLDB (Very Large DataBase) An extremely large database. What constitutes a VLDB is debatable, but databases of 100GB or more are generally considered the starting point. ) through parallel operations for maximum utilization of system resources; -- Common services for management and administration, data access/movement, security and Web access. -- Support for specialty datastores including geo-spatial, time series, multimedia/imaging, and text; -- New security features for Internet transactions and multi-tier applications. Adaptive Server Enterprise 11.5 is the first new member of the Sybase Adaptive Server product family. Other Sybase Adaptive Server optimized databases, which will be introduced in coming months, include Adaptive Server Anywhere for mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings , and Adaptive Server IQ for building distributed data marts used in business decision making environments. "Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 11.5 showcases the high-performance and scalability of Geac SmartStream's suite of integrated client/server applications," said Terry Stepien, Vice President of Database Marketing for Sybase, Inc. "Together, Geac SmartStream and Sybase provide organizations with high performance in unpredictable, high-volume, mixed workload computing environments." Sybase, Inc. Background Information Headquartered in Emeryville, Calif., Sybase, Inc. is a worldwide leader in distributed, open computing See open system and open source. solutions with record revenues in 1996 of over $1 billion. The company provides customers and partners with the software and services to create business solutions for strategic, competitive advantage. These high-performance, end-to-end solutions encompass client/server, Internet and intranet transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. and datamart and data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse applications. The company's Adaptive Component Architecture(TM) enables rapid design, development and deployment of distributed multi-tier business applications. The company's product lines include Sybase high-performance database servers, EnterpriseConnect distributed data access and connectivity products and Powersoft(R) enterprise application development tools. The company's Internet addresses are http://www.sybase.com and http://www.powersoft.com . Geac SmartStream Background Information Geac SmartStream is a premier client/server enterprise business application software solutions, including financials, procurement, human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , order fulfillment Order fulfillment (in BE also: order fulfilment) is in the most general sense the complete process from point of sales inquiry to delivery of a product to the customer. Sometimes Order fulfillment , and reporting and analysis systems. News about Geac's SmartStream division, plus product and service information for the SmartStream line, is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.smartstream.geac.com. For more information, contact Geac SmartStream at 66 Perimeter Center East, Atlanta, GA, 30346-1805. Or call (404)239-2000. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: SmartStream is a registered trademark of Geac Computer Systems, Inc. All other company and product company names mentioned may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the companies with which they are associated. CONTACT: Geac SmartStream Chris Nabors, (404) 239-2597 chris.nabors@geac.com or The Weber Group for Sybase, Inc. Simon Eastwick, 415/463-8650 tburgess@ca.webergroup.com |
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