Sybase Customers Honored for Visionary Computing Projects That Promote Social and Economic Progress
03 June 2008 - 10:00PM
Business Wire
Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), the largest enterprise software and
services company exclusively focused on managing and mobilizing
information, today announced that two of its customers, the Alfred
Wegener Institute for Polar and Maritime Research and Embraer, have
been awarded the 21st Century Achievement Award, presented by the
Computerworld Honors Program. The program, which recognizes
individuals and organizations that use information technology to
benefit society, also recognized 17 other Sybase� customers among
the Laureates in the 2008 competition. �The Computerworld Honors
Program highlights the important role information technology plays
in improving our daily lives,� said Dr. Raj Nathan, chief marketing
officer, Sybase. �As exhibited by these companies, Sybase products
provide a unique ability for the use of critical information
anytime, anywhere. We applaud the Alfred Wegener Institute, Embraer
and all the companies recognized by this prestigious organization.�
With a size of more than 1.2 terabytes, the PANGAEA archiving
system at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Maritime
Research (AWI) is among the largest knowledge bases for many
geoscientific disciplines. Accessed by researchers across the
globe, the PANGAEA system uses the Sybase IQ analytics server to
store the more than 1.7 billion data points that are used to
understand the overall �earth system� using advanced geoscientific
methods. To date, the system has fueled more than 130 research
projects around the world. �There is no other scientific data model
capable of handling such volumes and this high level of
complexity,� said Dr. Hannes Grobe, Scientist, AWI. �Since many
diverse aspects can be combined in a single query, the system opens
entirely new avenues of scientific examination, allowing us to
contribute significantly to the further exploration of our earth.�
Embraer, one of the world�s largest aircraft manufacturers, uses
Sybase iAnywhere�s SQL Anywhere� as its in-flight test engineering
database manager. This solution provides a powerful foundation upon
which Embraer conducts hundreds of tests on new aircraft, testing
thousands of parameters such as altitude, speed and temperature
that are then analyzed to ensure they meet demanding certification
requirements. �SQL Anywhere operates in a cluster, permits the
creation of self-related tables and has an excellent cost/benefit
ratio,� says Antonio Magno Lima Espechit, Embraer computerized
systems engineer. �What caught my attention was the database�s
stupendous performance. Even the most complex queries are solved
almost instantaneously. The database returns so fast and it is so
stable that we don't worry about it.� The following Sybase
customers and partners were recognized during the 20th Annual
Laureates Medal Ceremony & Gala Awards Evening on June 2, 2008
at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. Sybase is
proud to announce three finalists for the Computerworld Honors 21st
Century Achievement Award from among 19 Laureates: 1. Agriculture
Bank of China 2. ARUP Laboratories 3. Boston University 4. Canada
Post/Innovapost 5. Delta Technologies (Finalist) 6. Diginaut 7.
Duke University Health Systems 8. Educational Testing Service
(Finalist) 9. Lincoln Financial 10. Mayo Clinic 11. New South Wales
Health 12. Pr�malliance (Finalist) 13. Santa Clara County Office of
Education (FaucetteMicros Systems) 14. Stradcom/The Land
Transportation Office of the Philippines 15. T.G.I. Fridays
(Micros) 16. ThyssenKrupp Steel 17. United States Coast Guard The
Computerworld Honors Program unites chairmen and CEOs of the
world�s foremost information technology companies to recognize the
most outstanding user achievements in technology each year. The
technology achievements honored by this program are preserved and
protected in national archives, and in more than 350 universities,
museums and research institutions throughout the world. �Each year,
the Computerworld Honors Program seeks to recognize organizations,
from a variety of sectors, for their ongoing efforts to utilize
technology in order to benefit society,� said Ron Milton, chairman
of the board of trustees for the Computerworld Information
Technology Awards Foundation and executive vice president of
Computerworld. �We are proud to provide a platform to publicly
acknowledge these contributions.� About Sybase, Inc. Sybase is the
largest enterprise software and services company exclusively
focused on managing and mobilizing information. With our global
solutions, enterprises can extend their information securely and
make it useful for people anywhere using any device. The world's
most critical data in commerce, communications, finance, and
government runs on Sybase. For more information, visit
http://www.sybase.com. Sybase, iAnywhere and SQL Anywhere are
registered trademarks of Sybase, Inc. All other company and product
names mentioned may be trademarks of the respective companies with
which they are associated.
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