Sybase Expands Unwired Enterprise Solutions Portfolio with Data Services Acquisition

Enterprise Information Integration Technology Helps Customers Gain Further Benefits from Their Investments in Existing Heterogeneous Data Sources

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Sybase, Inc. today announced additional investments in its information management technology portfolio with the acquisition of Avaki Corporation’s technology and assets, furthering its drive for heterogeneous information management. Avaki’s leading edge enterprise information integration (EII) technology and solutions will be integrated into Sybase information management solutions group and broadens Sybase’s advances in information integration.

• Provides customers with virtual views of multiple data sources, federated data access, integration and query capabilities.
• Enhances Sybase’s leading enterprise data services solutions portfolio with the addition of advanced technology enabling the rapid development of sophisticated applications in a service-oriented architecture (SOA).

DUBLIN, Calif. — May 9, 2005 — Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software, today announced continued investment in its information management technology portfolio with the acquisition of the technology and assets of Avaki Corporation, a market-leading, privately held provider of enterprise information integration (EII) software. Avaki helps companies in data intensive industries deploy their business information systems faster and at lower cost through better approaches to data integration. Sybase intends to incorporate the technology into its core group of information management solutions.

“The acquisition of Avaki’s technology marks another key milestone in the investment strategy around our information management solutions portfolio,” stated John S. Chen, chairman, CEO and president of Sybase, Inc. “Avaki’s EII software enables advanced applications to be built in a virtual, service oriented architecture, rapidly and easily pulling together information from a variety of sources and locations. This approach helps our customers to gain further returns on from their existing technology investments.”

Avaki’s flagship enterprise information integration (EII) software streamlines integration of data from many distributed sources while providing standardized access to integrated data views through a single data layer. The technology is ideal for companies seeking an efficient and scalable way to integrate and deliver data from diverse distributed sources to key enterprise applications that require fresh data consolidated from multiple parts of the organization.

“We are extremely pleased with the fact that given Sybase’s resources and global reach, that Avaki’s leading edge technology will be gaining access to an even broader segment of the EII marketplace,” said Andre Boisvert, chairman and CEO, Avaki.

“Data integration is being increasingly considered for facilitating various applications, including the creation of a single view of business entities (for example, customers and products) in a real-time manner. Simplifying data integration is an important goal for organizations dealing with a diverse and distributed data architecture,” said Ted Friedman, vice president Data Management and Integration, Gartner, Inc.

Avaki solutions allow a customer to:

• Standardize and simplify application access to data by making many data sources look like one quickly, without programming
• Maintain a library of reusable views that becomes a repository of all your data integration assets
• Deliver data to applications in real-time from original data sourcesso you can control costs and improve data consistency
• Protect production databases from uncontrolled access to data, while delivering data efficiently to applications
• Take advantage of robust SOA to create a strategic data layer that serves many data sources and applications and scales easily across your enterprise

About Sybase, Inc.
Sybase is the largest enterprise software company specializing in managing and mobilizing information from the data center to the point of action. Sybase provides open, cross-platform solutions that securely deliver information anytime, anywhere, enabling customers to create an information edge. The world’s most critical data in commerce, communications, finance, government and healthcare runs on Sybase. For more information, visit the Sybase Web site: http://www.sybase.com.

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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS: Statements concerning the benefits of Sybase’s agreement to acquire Avaki’s assets and technology, future growth, and Sybase’s plans following completion of the acquisition are by nature “forward-looking statements” (within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) that involve a number of uncertainties and risks and cannot be guaranteed. Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially include risks relating to shifts in customer demand, rapid technological changes, the successful integration of acquired technology, competitive factors and unanticipated delays in scheduled product availability and other risks concerning Sybase and its operations that are detailed in the period filings with the SEC of Sybase, including its most recent filings on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q.

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