Sybase IQ is an analytic server designed to deliver faster query results from large datasets. It uses a column-based approach to data storage that allows queries, reports and searches to be answered much faster than with traditional row-based storage. Sybase IQ can reduce wait times from 20 minutes to just a few seconds on databases containing petabytes of structured and unstructured data. It has over 1500 clients including large organizations like Acxiom Corporation and the US Department of Transportation.

1. Sybase
IQ

2. What is Sybase IQ?
Sybase IQ is an optimized analytic server
designed to deliver faster results.
What does it do?
It allows a business to search information in their data
warehouse faster.
How is it better?
It can answer queries, create reports and search a database
much faster than a traditional row based data storage
especially with large amounts of data.
Reduces wait time from 20 min to a few sec or a min at the
most.

3. HowSybase IQ
Started?
The program was developed by Sybase
Incorporated team on Sun Microsystems
hardware.
It took 10 years of engineering, specializing queries,
etc.
Currently,it has 100 patents, 9 unique indexes
and 6 different table joins
It already has 1500 clients

4. Business with unpredictable
queries
Business with centralized
warehouses
Sybase IQTarget
Market
Data Aggregators

5. Functionality of
Sybase IQ
How does it
work?
Columns vs. Rows
Compresses size of database
1 petabyte(1,000 Terabytes) of structured and Unstructured
data.
Importance:
Large amounts of info take forever to access. Ideal for all
business where speed is a necessity. (Finances/Stock
Market)
Criticism:
Slows down writing data
Instead of just the last data object requiring updating one
date object per data column must be updated.

6. Column Based vs. Row
Based Data
Row Based Data
Most recent Data
was input at the
end.
When running
queries, the entire
table would be
searched in order to
provide accurate
results.
Column Based Data
While the process
increases the
amount of time
required to insert
data it makes up for
it in query results.
Update information
in column rather
than at the end of
the data.

7. Entry
Examples
1,Smith,John,
Accounting,45000;
2, Jones,Ann,
Finance, 50000; 3,
Brown,Joe,
Marketing,40000
Row Based Entry Column Based
Entry
1,2,3;Smith,John,
Jones,Ann,Brown,
Joe; Accounting,
Finance, Marketing;
45000,50000,40000

8. Benefits of Sybase
IQ
It gives a competitive advantage to
the business:
By reducing up to 90% of storage cost.
Through High Performance
Easy to use, so it don’t require any outside training.
It helps businesses analyze customer
profitability, market penetration, and sales
effectiveness.

9. Sybase IQ
Recognitions
Guinness Book of World Records
largest data warehouse at one
petabyte
Infosizing Report:
Latest Top Ten Program
Leading Industry on the best
price performance.

10. Sybase IQUsers
Acxiom Corporation
US Department of
Transportation
Shopzilla (www.shopzilla.com)
LG Card
Internal Revenue System (IRS)
American Airlines

11. Sybase IQ
Competitors
Competition:
Teredata: IQ’ s primary
competitor
Vertica: IQ’ s leading column
based competitors

12. Conclusion
Useful, faster, and cheaper alternative to traditional
methodology.
It gives competitive advantage to the business
through higher performance
It’ sa practical solution to excess amounts of
information that take forever to access or interpret.