IBM and Sybase cosy up to offer cheap data warehouse in a box

Stan Beer
Monday, 10 November 2008 09:26

IT Industry - Market

The cost improvement, the partners say, stems from the use of standard IBM processor and storage hardware.

"The IBM component is the foundation," says Stuart Lewis, platform executive, systems and technology group, IBM Australia & New Zealand.

"The Power6 suite of processors  is the fastest chip on the market. There is a low total cost of ownership for the client with the storage component, the DS3000 and DS4000, being market proven, very reliable, robust and scalable."

IBM and Sybase have already been selling the Sybase Analytic Appliance in the US and, according to Sybase global director of business development, David Wiseman, Australia has been chosen as the first market outside the US.

"This is a US$350 million market, growing at 30-40%," Wiseman said.

"The democratisation of analytics in organisations is putting stress on the costs of data. Sybase IQ is not a transactional database; it's a specialist for doing analytics. The faster the processor, the faster it will run. That's why we have the combination with IBM and its Power hardware. We're delivering on standard technologies."

According to Sybase's Daymond, negotiations with the first Australian clients for the new product are already at an advanced stage.

The Sybase Analytic Appliance will be marketed and supported in Australia by IBM reseller Frontline, with business intelligence reporting tools on offer from Microstrategy.