Re: Sybase Market

Sybase Inc. (NYSE: SY) is a pioneering software company specializing in
relational database management systems and database-related products.
"Sybase" is also commonly used to refer to Adaptive Server Enterprise,
the company's flagship relational database system. Sybase's original
architects were Dr. Robert Epstein and Tom Haggin who both had worked
at Briton-Lee and the University of California, Berkeley Department of
Computer Sciences . Developed at UC Berkeley was the pioneering
"University Ingres" relational databases system that led to Briton-Lee,
Sybase, Ingres (Computer Associates) Informix (IBM) and NonStop SQL
(Tandem), as well as the majority of other SQL systems currently in
use.

Sybase became the number 2 database system behind Oracle, after making
a deal with Microsoft to share the source code for Microsoft to
remarket on the OS/2 platform as "SQL Server". At the time, Sybase
called the database server "Sybase SQL Server". Until version 4.9,
Sybase and Microsoft SQL server were virtually identical. Due to
disagreements between the two companies over revenue sharing (or lack
of), Sybase and Microsoft decided to split the code-lines and went
their own way, although the shared heritage is very evident in the
Transact-SQL (TSQL) procedural language as well as the basic process
architecture. The big difference is that Sybase has a Unix heritage,
while Microsoft sprung from that original Unix architecture and was
adapted and optimized only for the Microsoft Windows NT operating
system. Sybase continues to offer versions for Windows, several flavors
of Unix, and for Linux.

Sybase suffered a major downturn in fortune in the latter half of the
1990s when Informix started outselling it by a wide margin. In November
of 2005, a book written by a long time Informix employee was released
that chronicled the battle between Sybase and Informix. Today Informix
is no longer an independent company (having been bought by IBM). As
judged by revenue, IBM has taken the lead in the overall database
market with Oracle a close second. The #3 position is occupied by
Sybase's own offspring, Microsoft SQL Server. Today Sybase is well
behind its major competitors in the enterprise database market, with 3%
market share(InformationWeek March 05). Sybase has recently returned to
profitability under the management of John Chen, and continues to
reinvent itself with a new 'Unwired Enterprise' strategy. The 'Unwired
Enterprise' vision is about allowing companies to deliver data to
mobile devices in the field as well as traditional desktops, and
combines technology from Sybase's existing data management products
with its new mobility products. Sybase has expanded into the mobile and
wireless space through buyouts of smaller networking and wireless
companies, such as AvantGo, and expansion into the Asian market,
specifically China. Through its mobility subsidiary, launched in 2000,
iAnywhere Solutions, Sybase has become the leader of the mobile
database market with SQL Anywhere Studio.

Sybase makes a number of other data management products including
Sybase IQ, a data warehouse system, Powerbuilder a client-server and
n-tier application development system, m-Business Server, a mobile
applications system based on the AvantGo service, and Replication
Server, a vendor-neutral data movement system. Sybase has a strong
presence in the Healthcare and Financial verticals.


hank.du@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Yes, Morgan,
It's wise to learn/work with more than 2 different database platforms.
I have worked with Oracle/SQL Server before as well, but I only deal
with Sybase in my daily life now.

DA Morgan wrote:
hank.du@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Man, it's very poor, just around 3%, and most of it is from financial
companies, I make my livings from Sybase, I'm worried about my future.

new_dba wrote:
Am New to sybase. Please somebody tell me how good is sybase market in IT
industry.

Rgds
Mike

A reasonable concern. Most people I know are learning at least two
different products just to make sure they can still pay their mortgage.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
http://www.psoug.org
damorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(replace x with u to respond)

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