World Cup FRANCE 98 – Press Releases
9 December 1995
Sybase chosen as Official Software Supplier of the 1998 Football World Cup.
Client/Server Software for World’s Largest Mass-Media Sporting Event with over 37 Billion Television Viewers Worldwide.
Sybase Inc., The Enterprise Client/Server Company TM, has been selected by the 1998 World Cup Organising Committee, the Comité Français d’Organisation de la Coupe du Monde 1998, as the Official Software of the 1998 World Cup. This will be the second World Cup following that of 1994 showcasing Sybase Software, and will include a client/server network architecture supporting over one hundred local area networks linked together by a wide area network.
The 1998 Information Technology System will integrate Sybase client/server software into almost every aspect of managing the World Cup organisation – from accreditation, ticketing, transportation, accommodations, communications to “VIP” protocol for visiting dignitaries and special international and national visitors.
Additional information on the technology and information systems used to support World Cup 1998 will be available at a press announcement hosted by Sybase and the World Cup Organising Committee in early 1996.
Sybase Inc. is a worldwide leader in client/server software. Sybase and its wholly owned subsidiary Powersoft Corporation are focused on four major market segments: on-line transaction processing, data warehousing, mass deployment and electronic commerce. Sybase’s software products – database, middleware and tools – provide customers with desktop-to-enterprise solutions. The company’s mission is to provide its customers with an open, adaptable information systems architecture that enables them to develop and deliver complete information systems solutions to facilitate rapid business change. Headquarters in Emeryville, California, Sybase is the sixth largest independent software company in the world.
(Sybase, and The Enterprise Client/Server Company are trademarks of Sybase, Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated).
