Sybase Buys Aleri Assets

February 8, 2010

Sybase has finalized an Asset Purchase Agreement with Aleri. Aleri is a leading provider of enterprise-class complex event processing (CEP) technology and CEP-based solutions.

"With this transaction Sybase positions itself as a clear market leader in CEP. We have strengthened our real-time analytics platform, by adding Liquidity Risk Management and the industry leading Liquidity Management Suite," said Dr. Raj Nathan, Senior Vice President and CMO of Sybase. "Our customers increasingly expect Sybase to provide a broad analytics portfolio to meet their growing needs and we are committed to continue to deliver on this vision."

CEP is an integral part of real-time analytics and with this acquisition, Sybase strengthens its overall analytics platform and leadership position to better meet the needs of enterprises requiring real-time analytics processing.

"The addition of Sybase development resources to the Aleri platform will accelerate the pace of innovation adding new features to the CEP engine," said Jerry Baulier, Vice President, Engineering of Sybase, (former CTO and VP Engineering of Aleri). "Furthermore, Aleri customers will benefit from the strength of Sybase's worldwide customer support organization."

According to Forrester Research, "The Aleri platform is a strong product backed by a strong strategy." Aleri is recognized as a standout leader in CEP in the Forrester Research, Inc., independent report published August 4, 2009 --"The Forrester Wave™: Complex Event Processing (CEP) Platforms," Q3 2009. The full report can be found at www.forrester.com.

Aleri is also the first CEP vendor to have published STAC-certified (Securities Technology Assessment Centre) Benchmarks.

The terms of the transaction are not being disclosed and Sybase does not expect the transaction to have a material impact on 2010 financial results.