SYBASE UNVEILS ADAPTIVE SERVER ENTERPRISE 12.5, THE DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR AN INTELLIGENT TRANSITION TO E-BUSINESS

Objective/Strategy: To announce Sybase® Adaptive Server® Enterprise (ASE) 12.5 which meets the evolving needs of e-Business data management, while supporting the more traditional DBMS requirements of complex, transaction-heavy processing where performance and scalability are critical.
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BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 2001--Financial Fusion, Inc. announced today that Gartmore, one of the top five largest fund managers in the UK, has licensed the Financial Fusion Server(TM) SWIFT libraries. Financial Fusion Server is a robust platform for retail and institutional e-financial services companies who require scalable, high-availability solutions that operate on a single, fully integrated platform.
Gartmore's selection of Financial Fusion Server SWIFT libraries capitalizes on their earlier investment in the Financial Fusion Server.
Gartmore will use Financial Fusion's message broker technology and SWIFT libraries to translate internal messaging to SWIFT format messaging. Financial Fusion Server SWIFT libraries also provide validation to ensure messages will be accepted by their SWIFT Gateway.
Another advantage of the Financial Fusion Server is its ability to utilize XML technology for multiple transformations per message.
"The Financial Fusion Server and Financial Fusion Server SWIFT libraries allow Gartmore to facilitate application integration and protocol communication," said John Treadway, senior vice president, Financial Fusion, Inc. "Gartmore's choice of Financial Fusion Server and SWIFT libraries further validates our belief that Financial Fusion is uniquely able to supply flexible solutions that help our customer leverage their existing platforms to grow their business."

About Gartmore Investment Management plc
Gartmore Investment Management plc provides asset management products and services in equities and fixed income assets to professional advisers, private and institutional clients around the world. As at 31st December 2000, assets under management are over (pound)53billion. Headquartered in London, Gartmore has offices in Scotland, Jersey, Germany, Japan and the USA. The Company had 820 members of staff as of 31st December 2000.
Gartmore is 90% owned by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and 10% by staff.
Nationwide Mutual had assets under management of $194 billion and is ranked #128 on the Fortune 500 as at 31st December 2000.

About Financial Fusion

Financial Fusion, Inc. (www.financialfusion.com) provides enterprise-class e-finance solutions to the world's leading financial institutions, fusing applications and middleware on a single, integrated platform. The company builds complete financial destinations for banking and STP solutions for capital markets.
All solutions run on the Financial Fusion Server(TM), a 100% Java based, multi-tier architecture, built to open standards. The company's worldwide support network includes offices in 60 countries. Global alliance partners include IBM, Sun Microsystems, Global Crossing, PricewaterhouseCoopers, e-Profile and Intuit. Financial Fusion is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY).