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<td align=left width="72%"> <font class=indextop>data tools platform project</font><br> | |
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<p align="center"><span class="style2">Eclipse Foundation and Sybase Announce | |
Approval of<br> | |
Eclipse Data Tools Platform Project </span></p> | |
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<div align="left"> <span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;"Times New Roman"'><span class="style1">Sybase | |
to Lead Open-Source, Community-Driven Development Project</span></span></div> | |
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<P><b>SYNOPSIS: </b>Top-level Eclipse Project addresses the common need | |
for data tooling infrastructure and the desire to extend the offerings | |
in new and innovative ways<br> | |
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<p><b>OTTAWA and DUBLIN, Calif. - August 29, 2005</b> - The Eclipse Foundation, | |
an open source community committed to the development of a universal development | |
platform, and Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), a leading provider of enterprise | |
infrastructure and mobile software, today announced approval of the new | |
Data Tools Platform (DTP) project proposal. Submitted by Sybase in February, | |
the DTP project will provide a comprehensive set of data management frameworks | |
and a representative suite of data management tools, which are essential | |
for data centric application development.</p> | |
<p> "The DTP Project will be an enabling technology - the platform | |
upon which more extensive data management products will be built," | |
said Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation. "Sybase | |
is a recognized leader in data management and data tooling, and the Eclipse | |
community will benefit greatly from its leadership on the new Data Tools | |
Platform Project."</p> | |
<p>The DTP Project recognizes both the common need for data tooling infrastructure | |
and the desire to extend the offerings in new and innovative ways. Initially | |
the DTP Project will contain the following three projects, and emphasize | |
relational data sources and structures:</p> | |
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<li>Model Base - Provides the foundation for DTP, using industry best | |
practices such as model-driven development with UML, and taking advantage | |
of the Eclipse Modeling Framework. Initially included are models for | |
driver definition, database definition, SQL and SQL Query </li> | |
<li>Connectivity - Includes components for defining, connecting to, and | |
working with data sources, which include: Driver Management Framework, | |
Connection Management Framework, JDBC connection support, Data Source | |
Explorer, and Open Data Access.</li> | |
<li>SQL Development Tools -Provides frameworks and tools for deep and | |
broad SQL support, including: Routines Editor Framework, Routines Debugger | |
Framework, SQL Query Parser, SQL Execution Plan Framework, SQL Editor, | |
Visual SQL Builder, Results View, and Script History.</li> | |
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<p> "Sybase has been involved with Eclipse since early 2002 and is | |
fully committed to it as a framework," said David Tong, vice president | |
of engineering, Sybase. "We are excited about the Data Tools Platform | |
Project and how it will allow developers to stay ahead of the curve by | |
enabling real-world development across a host of mixed software and hardware | |
environments." </p> | |
<p>Additional members of the Project Management Committee on the DTP project | |
include IBM and Actuate. For more information on the Eclipse DTP project, | |
please visit: <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/datatools/" target="_top">http://www.eclipse.org/datatools</a>.<br> | |
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"IBM has been actively contributing database tools for the Eclipse | |
Web Tools Platform (WTP) Project over the past year, and will be providing | |
significant capabilities within the DTP Project," said Bernie Spang, | |
Director IBM Database Servers. "We see this as an opportunity to | |
establish a common set of tools to accelerate the adoption of Eclipse | |
for building dynamic applications and reduce development costs for our | |
customers." </p> | |
<p>"Actuate is pleased to be participating in the Data Tools Platform | |
project, both in terms of assisting in the management of it and by donating | |
code to provide the basis of the Open Data Access (ODA) capability in | |
the Connectivity project," said Mark Coggins, senior vice president | |
of engineering at Actuate Corporation. "We look forward to leveraging | |
a number of DTP capabilities in the Business Intelligence and Reporting | |
Tools (BIRT) project, particularly SQL modeling and editing." <br> | |
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<P> Eclipse is an open source community whose projects are focused | |
on providing an extensible development platform and application | |
frameworks for building software. Eclipse provides extensible tools | |
and frameworks that span the software development lifecycle, including | |
support for modeling, language development environments for Java, | |
C/C++ and others, testing and performance, business intelligence, | |
rich client applications and embedded development. A large, vibrant | |
ecosystem of major technology vendors, innovative start-ups, universities | |
and research institutions and individuals extend, complement and | |
support the Eclipse Platform.</p> | |
<P> The Eclipse Foundation is a not-for-profit, member supported corporation | |
that hosts the Eclipse projects. Full details of Eclipse and the | |
Eclipse Foundation are available at <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/" target="_top">www.eclipse.org</a> | |
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Sybase, Inc.</font></b></td> | |
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<P> Sybase is the largest global enterprise software company exclusively | |
focused on 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: <a href="http://www.sybase.com" target="_blank">http://www.sybase.com</a>.</p> | |
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<div align="center">Julie Connolly<br> | |
Sybase, Inc. <br> | |
925-236-8696<br> | |
<a href="mailto:julie.connolly@sybase.com">julie.connolly@sybase.com</a><br> | |
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<p>Chantal Yang for Eclipse<br> | |
Schwartz Communications<br> | |
781-684-0770<br> | |
<a href="mailto:eclipse@schwartz-pr.com">eclipse@schwartz-pr.com</a><br> | |
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<P>Brand or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their | |
respective holders. Eclipse is a trademark of Eclipse Foundation Inc. | |
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks | |
of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. <br> | |
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<P><font size="1">Eclipse is a trademark of Eclipse Foundation Inc. Sybase | |
is a registered trademark of Sybase, Inc. or its subsidiaries. All other | |
company and product names mentioned may be trademarks of the respective | |
companies with which they are associated. All other company and product | |
names mentioned may be trademarks of the respective companies with which | |
they are associated.</font></P> | |
<p><font size="1">Special Note: Statements concerning Sybase's future growth, | |
prospects and new product releases are, by nature, forward-looking statements | |
that involve a number of uncertainties and risks, and cannot be guaranteed. | |
The words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," | |
"expect," "intend," "will" and similar expressions | |
relating to Sybase and its management may identify forward-looking statements. | |
Such statements are intended to reflect Sybase's current views with respect | |
to future events and may ultimately prove to be incorrect or false. Factors | |
that could cause actual events or results to differ materially include | |
shifts in customer demand, rapid technology changes, competitive factors | |
and unanticipated delays in scheduled product availability. These and | |
other risks are detailed from time to time in Sybase's Securities and | |
Exchange Commission filings, including, but not limited to, its annual | |
report on Form 10-K and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q (copies of | |
which can be viewed on Sybase's Web site).</font><br> | |
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