Sybase

Sybase Inc.
legal form	Corporation
founding	1984
Seat	Dublin, California , United States
management	John S. Chen ( Chairman and CEO )
Number of employees	3,726 (Dec. 31, 2010)
Branch	software
Website	www.sybase.de

Sybase (spelling: Sybase, a SAP company ) is a provider of business and mobility software for the management, analysis and mobilization of information. These areas mainly include databases, development and design tools, synchronization and replication software and products for the mobile enterprise ( PDA , cell phone , ...), which also includes services (SMS, MMS, IMS, mobile payment, ...) ) for cell phone companies. Sybase is a subsidiary of SAP SE .

Sybase has subsidiaries and offices in over 60 countries (as of July 2011) and at the end of 2010 employed 3,726 people worldwide.

history

Sybase corporate headquarters in Dublin, California

• Sybase (initially called Systemware ) was founded in 1984 by Mark Hoffman and Bob Epstein in Berkeley, California.
• In early 1988, Sybase entered into a partnership with Microsoft and Ashton-Tate to market the SQL Server for the new OS / 2 operating system .
• In November 1994 Sybase took over Powersoft , which had previously owned Watcom .
• In May 2000, Sybase founded the subsidiary iAnywhere Solutions.
• In February 2003 Sybase took over AvantGo, thereby strengthening iAnywhere's position.
• In May 2004, Sybase integrated the acquired companies XcelleNet and Dejima into iAnywhere.
• In May 2005, Sybase expanded its information management and mobility solutions with the acquisition of ISDD and Avaki.
• In June 2006 Sybase acquired Solonde AG.
• In November 2006, Sybase took over Mobile 365 , a service provider for international SMS and MMS exchange for network providers and providers of premium services.
• At the beginning of 2009, Sybase took over Paybox Solution AG from Raunheim with their range of products for mobile payments and integrated them into Sybase 365. In 2008, Sybase 365 forwarded more than 200 billion messages (SMS and MMS).
• On May 12, 2010, it was announced that the Sybase board of directors had approved the acquisition by SAP . SAP completed the acquisition of Sybase on July 30, 2010. Since then, Sybase has been a wholly owned subsidiary of SAP America.

Products

The best-known Sybase products include:

Database management

• Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE): is a relational database management system for business-critical, data-intensive environments
• SQL Anywhere (formerly Watcom SQL): is a solution suite of technologies for data management, synchronization and exchange, which enables the development and provision of database-based applications in remote and mobile environments
• Advantage Database Server (ADS): Advantage Database Server offers a growth path for embedded database applications that can be expanded with enterprise functionality
• Sybase Replication Server: the technology for data replication enables the use of existing applications in multiple locations and regions

Analysis & Business Intelligence

• Sybase IQ: an analysis server to provide results for mission-critical business intelligence, analysis and data warehousing solutions on any standard hardware and any operating system
• Sybase RAP: "Rapid Application Processing" is an integrated platform for historical analysis and real-time analysis
• Complex Event Processing (CEP): a platform for complex event processing , which provides companies with cross-network Continuous Intelligence ™ for the rapid finding and implementation of business decisions

Mobile business solutions

• Afaria: Enterprise solution for the management, administration and security of mobile devices
• Sybase Unwired Platform (SUP): enables the development of applications for the mobile enterprise, with which mobile employees can access business data anytime and anywhere
• SQL Anywhere: is a solution suite of technologies for data management, synchronization and exchange, which enables the rapid development and deployment of database-based applications in remote and mobile environments

Further products

• PowerBuilder
• PowerDesigner
• mCommerce 365 (mBanking, mPayments, mRemittance)
• Sybase 365 (SMS, IPX, GPRS Roaming Exchange , Operator Analytics)
• M-Business Anywhere (AvantGo)

Web links

Commons : Sybase  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• sybase.de - Web presence of SAP (forwarding to www.sap.com)
• sybase.at - Web presence of the Austrian Sybase EDV-Systeme GesmbH , an independent, local partner of SAP Austria
• sybase.ch - SAP website (forwarding to www.sap.com)
• sap.com SCN - SAP Community Network, also for Sybase products

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sybase: Senior Management Team ( Memento of the original dated August 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 12, 2011. 
2. ↑ ^{a b} SAP : Combined Group Management Report 2010 Accessed July 21, 2011.
3. ↑ Sybase: Global Contacts ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 21, 2011. 
4. ↑ Sybase: Sybase takes over the German data integration provider Solonde ( Memento of the original from March 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated June 14, 2006. Retrieved July 19, 2011. 
5. ↑ Roland Lindner, Stefan Finsterbusch: SAP dares to take over billions in: FAZ.NET from May 13, 2010. Accessed on June 27, 2011.
6. ↑ SAP : Press release: SAP completes acquisition of Sybase on July 30, 2010. Accessed June 27, 2011.