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From the editor:
Sybase defies expectations |
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Featured Topic:
Availability |
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Expert Technical Advice:
New expert advice, forum posts, and tips |
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by Tim DiChiara, Senior Site Editor
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Sybase continues to defy expectations. Several years ago, Oracle's Larry Ellison made the memorable remark that "Sybase is dead -- may it rest in peace." It's increasingly apparent that they are back from grave.
As we reported on Friday, Sybase is plunking down more than $95 million to bolster its position in the mobile data management platform space by acquiring device management vendor XcelleNet.
Analysts called it an aggressive but risky move. Sybase is using a whopping 17% of its cash assets for the purchase, after all. But it's another clear sign that if it can't recover its long-lost DBMS market share, it intends to dominate mobile data management. Of course, that's practically a fait accompli since they already control 70% of that market. With a mere 3% share in the overall DBMS market, which path do you think is more prudent?
Let us hear your feedback about Sybase's move and your thoughts about their prospects for the future. Should they abandon their DBMS and focus exclusively on mobile computing? Or do they devote too many resources to iAnywhere and not enough to marketing and improving their DBMS and integration products? Use the "Sound Off" feature below the article to offer your two cents.
On a related note, if you have any technical questions about Sybase, be sure to ask our resident Sybase guru Mich Talebzadeh or browse a collection of his previous answers.
Till next week, Tim
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by Tim DiChiara, Senior Site Editor
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If you DBAs haven't yet reached the 'five nines' (99.999% uptime) for your mission-critical databases, you'll need the tips, tutorials, webcasts, and news analyses inside...
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Expert Technical Advice: |
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Featured Expert Mike Lampa, CEO, BAG, Inc.
Categories: Data warehousing and business intelligence
Mike is co-founder and CEO of BAG, a Texas-based business intelligence consultancy. He has over 21 years experience in strategic planning, program management, and designing, building and supporting data warehouse and operational data store implementations. Intricately involved in the daily activities of BAG, Mr. Lampa can often be found building data and process models to aid in improved operations efficiency and decision support automation for clients.
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Read Mark's answers to previous questions
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This Week: In the forums
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SQL Server migration help needed
Member "Annaraj" has two databases with tables that have identity primary keys generated by autonumber and these primary keys are used by the others' table as a foreign key. Now he needs to copy all data from one location to the other. How can he do this and preserve the PK? Give him your two cents in our "DBA Water Cooler." |
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DB2 ODBC connection issues
Member "dan" is trying to set up an ODBC connection on his Win2k workstation to a DB2 database running on z/OS but is feeling like a "fish out of water." Lend him a hand in our "DB2 Tech Forum." |
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| Tip of the Week: |
An introduction to SQLXML
This chapter from a new book by Ken Henderson describes how SQLXML
technologies are designed and how they fit together from an
architectural standpoint. As with the rest of the book, the author's
intent here is to get beyond the "how to" and into the "why" behind
how SQL Server's technologies work.
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