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Sybase Releases SOX Compliant PowerDesigner 12.5 with Enhanced Metadata Management

(July 09, 2007)--Sybase provider of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software, announced the availability of Sybase PowerDesigner 12.5, an all-in-one modeling and design solution for enterprises that need to build or re-engineer business applications quickly, cost-effectively and consistently. Supporting more than 60 databases and leading development environments including Sybase Workspace, Sybase PowerBuilder, Java , the Eclipse open source development environment, and Microsoft Visual Studio, Sybase PowerDesigner combines business process modeling with unified modeling language (UML) and data modeling to make possible open, cross-platform information architectures that securely deliver information anytime, anywhere.

This newest release of Sybase PowerDesigner uniquely adds the ability to include metadata from Extract Transform and Load (ETL) and data federation (EII) tools with database models ensuring more complete impact analysis of changes to the information architecture as well as better documentation support. Sybase PowerDesigner 12.5 also includes complete UML 2.0 support and makes migrating from Computer Associates (CA) ERwin data modeling solution even easier by supporting the latest releases of the CA product.

"There is an increased necessity in the enterprise for managing metadata through modeling to ensure adaptability, reduce redundancy, and achieve initiatives such as Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)," said Raj Nathan, chief marketing officer, Sybase. "With this release of PowerDesigner we continue to extend our leadership position in the data modeling market by providing a robust enterprise modeling tool that manages business, technical, and information metadata."

Gartner Dataquest has stated that Sybase is the worldwide market share leader in application development database design software for 2006 based on total software revenue, reaching 35.4 percent of market share, according to Gartner, "Market Share: Application Development and Project and Portfolio Management Software, Worldwide, 2006" by Laurie Wurster et al, published May 22, 2007.

Joe Caruso, consultant from Kforce working at ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas), recently completed a conversion from CA's ERwin to Sybase PowerDesigner. "Unlike ERwin, PowerDesigner facilitates all aspects of the design cycle right from data modeling to XML definition to interface generation," said Caruso. "Other modeling tool suites do not offer the level of integration and feature coverage compared to PowerDesigner, which significantly limits their value as an enterprise standard."

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