CIOview: Should You Migrate from Sybase to SQL Server?

Almost every IT organization is tasked with providing higher levels of service and lowering costs. Databases in particular are under tremendous scrutiny because they have a multiplier effect on the rest of the IT budget and represent a growing level of importance to the business. Consequently, database managers are commonly at a crossroad of crisis: the need for new functionality is growing while transaction volumes and storage requirements are continually increasing.

This white paper takes you through two distinct examples of the TCO associated with staying with Sybase ASE as compared to migrating to SQL Server 2005. In the first example, this white paper examines the TCO implications of a 32-bit database deployment and how costs change as one adds i) an upgrade to Sybase ASE 15, ii) 2-node clustering, and iii) integrated Business Intelligence. In the second example, this white paper examines the TCO of a 64-bit implementation and the change in costs as one upgrades to Sybase ASE 15 and adds clustering.