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Sybase Software Selected by NationsBank for Enterprise-Wide Client/Server Environment

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NationsBank, the fourth-largest bank in the United States with assets of $184 billion, has chosen Sybase's SQL Server 10 as the foundation for its new enterprise-wide client/server environment. The strategic partnership aims to realize operational efficiencies and improve customer service through enhanced data access and manipulation capabilities. Sybase's relational database management system (RDBMS) will enable NationsBank users to access and manipulate critical data at their desktops, increasing their ability to support customers' needs effectively.

Key Takeaways:

  • NationsBank selected Sybase's SQL Server 10 as the key foundation for its new enterprise-wide client/server environment, aiming to realize operational efficiencies and improve customer service.
  • The partnership will enable users throughout the organization to access and manipulate critical data at their desktops, increasing their ability to support customers' needs effectively.
  • Sybase's RDBMS will help NationsBank deploy client/server systems rapidly and gain greater efficiencies, reducing the cost of IT investments throughout the bank's operations.
  • NationsBank will use Sybase's Enterprise CONNECT family of products, including OmniSQL Gateway, Net Gateway, and Open Server for CICS, to leverage its existing systems and provide on-line access to data residing on host mainframes.
  • The implementation will provide a wide area network linking over 480 Novell file servers to over 14,000 Windows-based PCs throughout the bank, enabling on-line access to critical data.

Statistics:

  • NationsBank is the fourth-largest bank in the United States with assets of $184 billion.
  • The bank operates two large regional data centers, housing six mainframes that handle millions of transactions per day and support thousands of on-line users simultaneously.
  • Sybase's SQL Server 10 will be used to deploy client/server systems rapidly and gain greater efficiencies.
  • The partnership aims to reduce the cost of IT investments throughout NationsBank's operations.
  • Over 14,000 Windows-based PCs running across the NationsBank Wide Area Network will have on-line access to critical data.

Sources:

  • Sybase press release, April 19, 1995
  • NationsBank press release, April 19, 1995
  • PrNewswire, April 19, 1995
  • Sybase Inc. company news on-call fax service, 800-758-5804, ext. 100551.

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