Released on = August 16, 2007, 5:44 am

Press Release Author = Manthan Software Services Pvt Ltd

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = Best-of-breed, high performance business intelligence
solution to the retail industry

Press Release Body = Sybase Inc (NYSE: SY), a leading provider of enterprise
infrastructure and mobile software, today announced its partnership with Manthan
Systems, a leading Solution provider of business intelligence (BI) and analytics
solutions for the Retail Industry.

Anand Sri Ganesh, Marketing Director, Manthan Systems, said, "Through this symbiotic
relationship, we will bring greater value to retailers who prefer the Sybase IQ
database platform for their data warehousing needs with ARC - a retail-specific
best-of-breed business intelligence solution that can be deployed rapidly and cost
effectively."

Built on an enterprise retail data model, the ARC solution provides cross functional
analytics for every retail function, and empowers users at all levels with the right
kind of analytics. With a deep understanding of the diversified nature and business
processes in the retail sector, the ARC data model variants are also made to
accommodate the specific sectors of the retail industry like food & grocery, fashion
& lifestyle, mass merchandise formats as well as specialty retail segments.

"Retailers have found ARC's ability to be deployed quickly and cost effectively to
be a major advantage in their highly competitive environment", he further added.

"With Sybase's winning IQ Datawarehousing solution and Manthan's ARC retail business
intelligence and Analytical suite; customers can optimize and enhance their current
IT investments, link together the valuable data resources already in place, and
extend the reach of business-critical information to users on the front lines,
giving them agility and productivity edge across all areas of their business,"
commented Mehul Rajparia, Asia Pacific Channels Director, Sybase.


Web Site = http://www.arc-bi.com

Contact Details = Manthan Software Services Pvt. Ltd
No. 40/4, Lavelle Road
Bangalore - 560001
India
Phone: +91 80 2299 0585
Fax: +91 80 2299 05856