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20 Feb 08: Sybase ASE gets Clustered!
Until now, Oracle has ruled the enterprise world of clustered databases. Sybase has launched its own version of clustering, through grouping several ASE server instances in the management of the same data. Coupled with automatic migration of connections in the event of an instance failure, this provides near-immediate availability.
...full news article from PC World Magazine
8 Jan 08: Who is Sandell, the "Enemy at the Gate"?
Thomas Sandell heads a powerful hedge fund that is demanding that Sybase shake itself up - and potentially sell itself off. This guy doesn't just talk the talk, judging from his history with other companies. Last year he forced InfoSpace Inc to give half its $400 million cash to shareholders as a special dividend (Sandell has criticised Sybase for high cash reserves). Never heard of InfoSpace? How about Heinz - the ketchup maker - who also complied with his demands. Sandell has run into trouble, notably being fined $8 million for improperly short-selling a New Orleans bank stock right after Hurricane Katrina. The guy fights tough - John Chen may be in for a rocky time....full blog from Computer World's Eric Lai
3 Jan 08: Will Sybase be forced to split up the company?
Sandell Asset Management Corp, a hedge fund that controls the second largest block of Sybase shares, has criticized the "apparent complacency" of the company's strategic decision-making. According to Sandell, the slow-moving ASE division of the business is holding back growth by "obscuring" the more promising mobility offerings. Sandell plans to nominate three directors to the board to increase the pressure on the company to make one of three choices: a sale, a partial sale, or an IPO and spin-off of the mobility division.
...full news article from Computer World
8 Nov 07: Sybase rated a Market Leader by Gartner
Sybase has been rated as the market leader by Gartner in its latest analysis of software vendors that embed multi-channel platform capability. The challenge for vendors is to deliver web and mobile applications to multiple platforms, operating systems, screens sizes and resolutions – to list just some of the variations. Sybase has emerged at the top through strategic acquisitions of mobile technology companies....download the Gartner PDF report
12 Oct 07: Shareholder wants a Mobility Spin-Off
Sybase's second-largest shareholder, Sandell Asset Management Corp, have written an open letter to the Sybase management on 12th October 2007 urging a partial or full sale of the company. As reported by Forbes, Sandell want an IPO and spin-off of the mobility division.
...full news article from Forbes
13 Aug 07: What's the Big Deal about ASE 15.0.2?
The answer is Ultra High Availability. Donald Feinberg of Gartners comments: "the release has a lot of new functionality of the kind we've seen from most DBMSs recently...I wouldn't say ASE is ahead of the competition, but they're certainly not behind". Most notable is the new High Availability Cluster Grid option. Sybase's Schaub says "it's similar to Oracle RAC, which is one area where Oracle has been ahead of everyone. We're now the second database vendor to offer a clustered solution".2 Aug 07: Sybase announce ASE 15.0.2
Sybase have announced details of the latest version of Adaptive Server Enterprise. New features for DBAs include single-column encryption (without having to encrypt the entire table), and selective recovery of data from backups. Developers get user-defined SQL functions and updateable views.
...full news article from Techworld
26 Jun 07: Sybase ASE voted Best Linux Database
Adaptive Server Enterprise has been voted the "best linux database" by readers of Enterprise Open Source Magazine. Roger Strukhoff, editorial director, praised the company, saying that "Sybase's ASE database offering continually impresses our readers, as evidenced by sweeping the 'Best Linux Database' category since its inception".5 May 07: Sybase Release 15.0 SQL Developer Certification Exam
Sybase have rolled out their certification for SQL Developers on 15.0. The Education division has also released a practical exam for developers keen to get their 15.0 skills recognized.
...practice certification exams
8 Mar 07: Sybase Chairman keeps a steady ASE ship
Sybase CEO John Chen says he isn't interested in battling the big three (Oracle, IBM and Microsoft) in the enterprise database market, he's content to keep current customers of ASE happy and to grow incrementally. But when asked by Dan Farber of ZDNet if he would sell of the database division to focus on Sybase's wireless mobity produces, he says that "wireless mobilty is an extension of the enterprise, where Sybase databases live, and the database business throws off an enormous amount of cash to invest in our dreams".7 Feb 07: Powersoft founder in "Top 150 i-Technology Heroes" list
SYS-CON has compiled a list of the "Top 150 i-Technology Heroes" through votes from its editors, columnists and readers. Ted Codd, "Father of Relational Databases" is no surprise on a list including Tim Berners Lee, Ada Byron and Bill Gates. Michael Stonebraker, founder of Ingres and Postgres, is also on the list. Mitchell Kertzmann, founder of Powersoft and one-time CEO of Sybase, will be a familiar name to Powerbuilder developers.
30 Jan 07: MySQL targets enterprise customers
MySQL AB has launched a new enterprise site license priced at $40K. The $40,000 figure equals the cost of a single CPU license for Oracle Enterprise, a MySQL spokesperson said. "MySQL Enterprise Unlimited is designed for companies with existing site licenses for Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase and IBM DB2"....full news article ...blog comment
25 Jan 07: ASE demand grows 30%
John Chen (CEO) states that the strong financial performance in 4th quarter 2006 was "driven largely by robust demand for our flagship ASE database and IQ analytics server, which grew 30% and 22%, respectively, over the same quarter a year ago.”
...full news article ...blog comment
5 Jan 07: Sybase releases new podcast "P&T- Tips and Tricks"
Sybase Inc have released the third podcast in the ASE Performance & Tuning serires, this one titled "Performance & Tuning - Tips and Tricks. " From Sybase Inc: ASE experts Stefan Karlsson, Jeff Tallman, Rob Verschoor and Steve Bologna share their tips and tricks for improving database performance"....full podcast
4 Dec 06: Sybase ranked 21st in Top 40 I.T. Vendors
CIO Insight's annual survey of CIOs has placed Sybase Inc at the half-way mark of the "Top 40" vendo list. Sun Microsystems was just above Sybase in the 21st position, and Microsoft was two below. Oracle Corp was down the list at 32, but IBM did well in 16th position....full news article ...blog comment
30 Nov 06: Sybase releases podcast "P&T - Monitoring Practices and Tools"
Sybase Inc have released the second podcast in the ASE Performance & Tuning series, this one titled "Performance & Tuning - Monitoring Practices and Tools. From Sybase Inc: "Stefan Karlsson and guest Jeff Tallman discuss the details of monitoring within the ASE environment."