Hong Kong - 10 January, 2008 - Sybase (NYSE:SY), a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software today announced the appointment of Stuart Fisher as Director of Channel Sales and Alliances, Asia Pacific.

Based in Singapore, Stuart will head Sybase's Channel & Alliances teams across the Asia Pacific region. He will work with each of the General Managers & Country Managers across the region to develop strategies, programs and initiatives designed to drive incremental revenue through the Sybase partner community. Stuart will report directly to Barrie Sheers, Sybase's Senior Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific.

"At Sybase, we see our partners as an extension of our existing sales team and our goal is to become the vendor of choice for the Asia Pacific partner community," said Barrie Sheers. "The appointment of Stuart Fisher to this important position provides a leader for the company's new initiative to expand support to our network of partners across the region."

Stuart has over 15 years experience in the IT industry in general management, senior sales and marketing roles. During that time, he has focused on IT infrastructure and ERP software solutions, selective IT outsourcing, project management, mobility and m-Banking initiatives, including five years in Asia Pacific with SAP AG.

Stuart is experienced in providing enterprise IT solutions across several industry sectors, including Banking and Finance, Manufacturing, Telecommunications, Services, Defence, Government and Education.

He holds an MBA from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, in Sydney Australia.

About Sybase
Sybase is the largest global enterprise software company exclusively focused on managing and mobilising information from the data centre to the point of action. Sybase provides open, cross-platform solutions that securely deliver information anytime, anywhere, enabling customers to create an information edge. The world's most critical data in commerce, communications, finance, government and healthcare runs on Sybase. For more information, visit the Sybase Web site: http://www.sybase.com.

For media enquiries contact: Kathy Au Yeung, Sybase, Asia Pacific, +852 2506 8777 or kathyay@sybase.com; or Lai-Fun Man, Sybase, Asia Pacific, +852 2506 8750 or lai.fun.man@sybase.com.