Sybase powers Indian Railways and China Railways

Sybase Inc, a leading enterprise infrastructure and integration company,

announced that its database software has been instrumental in the successful

launch by the Indian Railways of its Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS). This

came at the heels of its announcement one month ago on its leadership

position in China Railway's database market. Two of the world's largest

railways are powered by Sybase technologies. 

A pilot project was undertaken by CRIS (Centre For Railways Information

System), the IT unit of Indian Railways, using Sybase Adaptive Server  Enterprise (ASE) and Replication Server to cover 23 stations in New Delhi

under Northern Railways. This was successfully implemented at five railway

stations in August 2002, and extended to the other 18 stations in October

2002. The new system helps to increase operational efficiency and enhance

customer service by allowing passengers to purchase their tickets up to 30

days in advance from any counter.

According to the company, the management of Indian Railways will benefit

from a computerized database of its ticket sales. Advanced planning and

rational analysis of passenger demands will be made feasible and will

improve train services to cater for customers' needs. With the success of

the pilot project, the UTS is being extended to other Indian Railways zones

phase by phase. 

"Indian Railways had experimented successfully for the first time with Sybase ASE and Replication Server on its National

Train Enquiry System (NTES) and with that experience we selected the same platform for the

Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS). Both these applications require high

level of reliability and transaction handling," says A K Datta, Additional Member/IT/Railway Board, New Delhi.

"Sybase software is designed to support the demanding requirements of

transaction-intensive, mission-critical OLTP and decision support

applications, Indian Railways will be able to provide a more efficient and

user-friendly service to its customers, saving time and manpower," says Mark

Wang, Senior VP & GM, Asia Pacific, Sybase Inc. 

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