The Update Subscription Plan is an annual plan that provides maintenance and new version software releases during the one year term of the USP. Sybase continuously improves its software so that you can develop information systems to keep your business on the competitive edge. Software Services enable access to these software improvements through new version releases and maintenance releases.

New Version Releases
To keep your system current, these fully tested new version releases are issued periodically and often include new features, improved performance, and changes to ensure your Sybase products are optimized for your operating system and hardware. These releases also include fixes for software defects identified in earlier versions.

Maintenance Releases
Sybase periodically releases fully tested, production-quality maintenance releases, which include software fixes. These releases undergo regression testing and compatibility testing with other Sybase products to ensure the release is up to our product quality standards