Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 12.5.1 on the Mac OS X platform, is designed to support the demanding requirements of transaction-intensive, mission-critical OLTP and decision support applications while delivering innovations that meet the emerging needs of e-Business. ASE for Mac OS X provides the Mac community with the ability to run client/server applications on a single operating system, running on hardware that spans from iBook to Xserve. Additionally, ASE gives Mac users the flexibility to run client/server applications on a mixture of Mac and virtually any other software or hardware OS platform.

Sybase ASE is the product of choice for mission-critical applications requiring high performance, reliability and scalability. With complete support for Mac OS X, ASE 12.5.1 offers superior database capabilities, including Java and XML support with a dramatically lower total cost of ownership. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.