Database vendor Sybase has today released a new analytics appliance, which it claims will help users rapidly glean business-enhancing intelligence from over-burdened data warehouses.

The Sybase Analytic Appliance combines the vendors IQ data warehousing tools and PowerDesinger data modelling software with business intelligence tools from MicroStrategy, all pre-installed on an IBM Power Systems server.

Many business leaders are struggling to cope with "exploding data volumes", said David Jacobson, senior director of marketing, Sybase; existing data warehouses buckle under the strain of processing such volumes, he added.

"Sybase Analytic Appliance [can] alleviate analytics workloads in a cost-effective manner that is also easy to deploy and maintain," he said in a statement.

The Sybase Analytic Appliance, available immediately comes in three models: Series 100, Series 200 and Series 300. Sybase estimates that the cost of the appliance will average £14k per terabyte.