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Sloppy Data Costs Fortune 1000 Firms Billions

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:22:39 GMT

New research from Sybase concludes that a median Fortune 1000 firm would stand to gain more than $2 billion with better, more accurate and more usable data.

International Sybase User Group Meetings

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:44:00 GMT

At the upcoming Sybase Northwest User Group Meetings, join John Strano of Sybase as he presents an introduction to and an overview of PowerBuilder 12. "Included in this presentation will be a guided tour of the new PowerBuilder .NET IDE and a primer on Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). Learn how you can take your applications to .NET and extend their capability with the .NET Framework and 3rd party controls. Also get up to date information about the PowerBuilder road map."

Report on the SAP Sybase Executive Briefing on August 19th

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:00:00 GMT

I was fortunate to have attended yesterday's SAP Sybase Executive Briefing in Boston. Also attending were SAP Mentors, Jon Reed and Susan Keohan, "the workflow goddess." There was a lot covered, but in this report I am going to focus on

SAP execs outline plans for Sybase

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:02:40 GMT

Will focus on Mobile; and on certifying Sybase database for use with SAP Business Suite of ERP software Chris Kanaracus ) 20 August, 2010 06:17 SAP executives today outlined the company's strategy for the recently acquired Sybase, which includes the creation of a mobile platform that can run on-premises or in the cloud, connects to every ...

SAP Touts 'Unwired' Strategy With Sybase

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:41:24 GMT

SAP has broken its radio silence about its plans for mobile technology following the acquisition of Sybase, talking up a new product strategy and road map.

SAP, Sybase Detail Plans To Expand Mobile Computing Offerings

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:10:00 GMT

Sybase will continue to operate as an independent business unit following SAP's acquisition of Sybase last month.

A Look Back at TechWave 2010

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:35:49 GMT

Last week in Washington DC, we held our annual Sybase TechWave which was made up of 3 days, 150+ Technical Training sessions and 700 approx. attendees, that sure adds up to a great event. Precede that with a Keynote from John Chen and Raj Nathan and a Six Plenary sessions. I have attended over 10 TechWaves as a Sybase Employee and its a great event for us to speak to you, our customers, and the feedback of the event was very positive. The attendees I spoke to liked the location, facilities, sessions and format of TechWave.

SAP Mobile CRM Users Can Have Their Security and Their iPhones Too

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Sybase has only recently formally entered the SAP corporate family. However, the two companies have collaborated on software integration projects for years: hence, the introduction of Sybase Mobile Sales for SAP CRM, a native iPhone app.

SAP Mobile CRM Users Can Have Their Security and Their iPhones Too

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT

SAP Mobile CRM Users Can Have Their Security and Their iPhones Too

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Microsoft sets sights on MySQL with migration tools

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:25:20 GMT

Microsoft has released its first SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) for MySQL and refreshed its existing SSMA family of products for Oracle, Sybase and Access with the latest v4.2 release.The SSM...

Sybase Taps HP for BI Reference Architecture

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:49:24 GMT

Sybase, HP Partner on Business Intelligence.

Sybase Upgrades Mobile Platform to Include SAP Apps

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:07:00 GMT

For those that were wondering how long it would take SAP to put the screws on Sybase after the US$ 5.8 billion deal was closed in May, well the answer is immediately.

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Countdown to TechWave... TW minus 1

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 13:00:00 GMT

TechWave 2010 is now in the bag, quite literally as today the attendees register and pick up their TechWave rucksacks. Most of us Sybase Employees, are now camped in Washington DC and everything is ready. If there presenters are not here already they will be soon, as today is the Welcome Reception, where we can personally meet and greet old and new friends alike. Any rehearsals for the Keynotes and Plenaries on Day #1 have taken place by now and we are ready to answer questions in our presentations, as well as showing you some new great Sybase technologies.

Countdown to TechWave... TW minus 2

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 13:00:00 GMT

We have some outstanding Sponsors, check them out at http://www.sybase.com/techwave?htab=Sponsors TechWave Tip… Make notes, though presentations will be made available, you may get some golden nuggets of information verbally. You may also wish to ask the presenter face to face questions in the Q&A section, at the end of their presentations. If you are shy, our presenters are happy to take questions after the session if time allows, or via email.

Countdown to TechWave... TW minus 3

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:14:49 GMT

The Analytics Track Manager has worked hard to create a great line up of technical presentations on IQ, RAP & CEP. Come to the Analytics Technical track to hear about ways to improve your business performance, make faster, more informed decisions, and deliver the results you need with Sybase’s leading real-time analytics platform. Products covered include Sybase IQ, Sybase RAP, Sybase Aleri CEP and Sybase PowerDesigner. These analytical solutions give you the mission-critical business intelligence required to increase business productivity, maximize data assets for yourself and your customers, and make informed decisions quickly.

SAP AG Completes Its Acquisition of Sybase

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT

SAP AG has announced the completion of its acquisition of Sybase, a partner and a market leader in managing, analyzing, and mobilizing business information. Through this transaction, SAP intends to accelerate the reach of SAP solutions across mobile platforms and drive forward the realization of SAP's in-memory computing vision.

Countdown to TechWave... TW minus 5

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:37:39 GMT

The Enterprise Mobility Track Manager has worked hard to create a great line up of technical presentations. You have probably already heard of the Sybase Mobility Platform and maybe more specifically the Sybase UnWired Platform, but during day #2 to day #3, you will get to see and understand our mobile technology stack a lot closer up and hear from our experts, how we can aid your development in the Mobile World. Check out these small videos...

Building Bridges: PowerBuilder/InfoMaker Integration in the .NET Universe

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:47:00 GMT

There has been some talk lately about the impact of the new .NET PBL and EXE format on applications that dynamically integrate InfoMaker reports (or other external PBLs). The concern is that since PowerBuilder has gone .NET and InfoMaker remains Classic, platform differences will break the integration mechanism that ties these two products together. In this article I’ll take a look at the issue, provide some background for the uninitiated and propose a mechanism to bridge the gap. For those of you not familiar with InfoMaker, it’s a reporting tool featuring the DataWindow Object Painter and runtime engine wrapped in a power-user friendly tool. InfoMaker is a popular in Sybase shops where there is an ad hoc or admin-user reporting requirement. It is also bundled as a report writer with many commercial systems. Product synergy allows InfoMaker-generated reports to become part of the core PB application while still under the control of their admin creator. This integration is possible for two reasons: one, InfoMaker report definitions are syntactically equivalent to DataWindows; and two, InfoMaker stores its report definitions in a PBL in the same format that PowerBuilder does. Most notably, InfoMaker PBLs are fully PowerBuilder Classic compatible. I’ll begin by taking a look at the PBL structure and the runtime API for accessing it.

Countdown to TechWave... TW minus 6

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:40:14 GMT

The Data Management Track Manager has worked hard to create a great line up of technical presentations. The explosion of data is never ending and Sybase will continue to be there for you, to store and interrogate your information in ASE and IQ, as well as replicating it with Rep Server. We also have presentations on Configuration & Troubleshooting Techniques. Check out these small videos...

Countdown to TechWave... TW minus 7

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:20:24 GMT

We are now only a week away from Sybase TechWave, which will take place in Washington DC on August 9-11. The presenters are putting the final polish to their presentations and are really looking forward to getting face time with all the attendees. I hope that is going to be you! As a presenter at TechWave for over 10 years, I can not overstate how this event is a two way door… It is your chance to get information from our key Personnel, be they Management or Engineers, and our chance to listen to you at first hand.

PowerBuilder News

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Sybase announced the formation of a new v-Business Group headed by Richard Moore, newly appointed senior vice president and general manager. By creating the v-Business Group, Sybase is focusing attention on its historic strengths in key vertical markets: financial services, telecommunications, and health care. In financial services,

SAP Trails Oracle; Its On-Demand Widgetry About to Pop

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:45:00 GMT

SAP’s quarter didn’t turn out quite as well as Oracle’s, its great competitor. Oracle’s earnings in the calendar second quarter were up 25%, helped by the Sun acquisition. SAP’s profits were up 16% to $638 million (€491 million), or 52 cents a share, but not as much as the punters thought they should be and it didn’t boost its sales outlook as much as expected either. It did say that its acquisition of Sybase should increase software and software-related services by 9%–11% this year, up from 4%–8%, with an operating margin of 30%–31% and its Q2 results, especially in the U.S., where software revenue was up 64%, seem to indicate that the spending freeze has thawed.

SAP Figures Show Small Increase, Great Things Expected of Sybase

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:52:00 GMT

While there have been a number of financial results releases over the past couple of weeks, one of the more interesting is from SAP (news, site), not only because its software business is often used as a market indicator, but also because of the recent closure of the massive Sybase deal.

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Business Software Maker SAP Posts Profit

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:32:16 GMT

Business software maker SAP AG said Tuesday that growth in the United States and emerging markets helped it to a 15 percent increase in second-quarter net earnings.

SAP earned euro491 million ($636 million) in the April-June period, up from euro426 million in the same period a year earlier, according to the company's preliminary earnings statement.

Total revenue increased 12 percent to nearly euro2.9 billion from euro2.6 billion a year ago, it added. Revenue from software and software-related services was up a stronger 16 percent, to euro2.26 billion from euro1.95 billion.

SAP, based in Walldorf, Germany, also said it has completed its cash tender offer for U.S. database software maker Sybase Inc. -- a $5.8 billion takeover that won clearance from the European Commission last week.

SAP, whose programs help companies like Apple Inc.'s iTunes do back-office work such as payroll, inventory management and accounting, said it was seeing increased investment from companies of all sizes and from many sectors.

"We had outstanding growth in strategic markets like the U.S. and we saw continued double-digit growth in key emerging markets in Latin America and Asia," co-CEO Bill McDermott said in a statement. He credited "renewed customer confidence" as a factor in the second-quarter performance.

First-half net earnings were up 41 percent at euro878 million from last year's euro622 million. Total revenue was up 9 percent at euro5.4 billion, while software and software-related service revenue climbed 14 percent to euro4.2 billion.

Including Sybase, SAP said it expects full-year software and software-related revenue to increase by between 9 and 11 percent in constant-currency terms.

With the acquisition, SAP said it expects that it "will be able to extend its reach into new user categories well beyond its traditional user base."

Sybase will continue to operate as a separate company under its current CEO, John Chen, SAP said. It added that "Sybase's expertise...

SAP: Oracle rival's profit rises; $5.8B buyout of Sybase complete

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:58:34 GMT

Business software maker SAP said Tuesday that growth in the United States and emerging markets helped it to a 15 percent increase in second-quarter net earnings.

SAP Reports Q2 Sales Surge, Wraps Up Sybase Acquisition

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:33:00 GMT

Co-CEO McDermott sees increased customer confidence and pent up demand for IT in the U.S.

Going Mobile: Data Management Solutions for Mobile Devices

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:23:06 GMT

Crunched by the economy and squeezed by competition, businesses and consumers alike are turning to mobile computing. This report wraps up our overview of the top contenders in the mobile database market with a look at Sybase SQL Anywhere and SQLite.

SAP Acquisition Of Sybase Wins European Commission Approval

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:06:00 GMT

The quick permission for the deal contrasts with Oracle's lengthy effort to win EC approval for its Sun acquisition.

SAP Gets Regulatory Approval for US$ 5.8bn Sybase Deal

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:00:00 GMT

The acquisition of Sybase (news, site) by SAP (news, site) which was first announced in May, has passed the final hurdle after the European Commission gave it regulatory approval on Tuesday evening.

With the deadline for the deal fast approaching, the German software giant extended its offer deadline for its US$ 5.8 billion cash offer for Sybase shares pending approval. With EU approval now in the bag, the deal is due to finally close next Monday.

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EU clears Sybase takeover by Germany's SAP

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:40:02 GMT

European competition regulators on Tuesday approved German business software giant SAP's 5.8-billion-dollar (4.5-billion-euro) takeover of California-based Sybase.

SAP, Sybase deal set to win EU ok this week: Source

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:01:20 GMT

German software maker SAP AG is set to gain unconditional European Union regulatory approval this week for its $5.8 bn takeover of Sybase, a source close to the case said on Tuesday.

PowerBuilder: Alive and Well in the Land of Milk and Honey

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:35:43 GMT

I just finished delivering two developer days in Tel Aviv Israel in cooperation with Ness Technologies, the local Sybase distributor. Over 70 developers attended. For over 5 hours I overviewed, described and demo'd lots of PB 12 .NET features. For the last 1.5 hours of the day I led the groups through a series of hands on exercises to give them a real world flavor of new IDE and platform and their advanced capabilities. Attendee excitement was palpable as I led them through migrating and testing several Classic applications. They were enthused as I led them through trying out some of .NETs WPF and WCF features inside the latest incarnation of their favorite tool. The Israeli IT industry media stopped by to report on and film a part of the presentation.

Are We Headed in the Right Direction?

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:20:00 GMT

Sybase is currently in the middle of the most aggressive marketing program that I’ve seen for PowerBuilder in recent history. If you’ve been following my blog (and if you haven’t you should) you’ll know that Sybase recently ran a four-page ad in Visual Studio magazine promoting the release of PowerBuilder 12 (http://xrl.us/bhmxfe ). They’ve also been conducting a worldwide series of “Developer Days” promoting PowerBuilder 12 and a number of other Sybase products. One of the things they show during that road show is a rather tentative “road map” of which features are planned for future versions of PowerBuilder (http://xrl.us/bhmxfr ). The release of PowerBuilder 12 triggered some complaints about some of the features that were removed with that release (primarily support for creating COM and COM+ components). Associated with that were complaints about features currently supported in “classic” PowerBuilder targets that are not supported in the .NET targets (e.g., data pipelines). There were also some complaints that the requests in the ISUG enhancement system (http://my.isug.com/enhancements ) weren’t being adequately considered.

Empower Your Mobile Workforce

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:47:00 GMT

Service providers are facing a constantly evolving marketplace and rapid changes in mobile technology for field workers. Organizations that take advantage of mobile computing solutions to effectively extend information to the point of service can achieve significant business benefits, including enhanced productivity and ROI. Forward-thinking companies are seeking mobility solutions that allow them to offer timely, accurate and efficient service-wherever and whenever needed. To discover the solution that is right for you, join Sybase and their industry-leading mobility partners for a complimentary interactive virtual event. At this educational online conference, you will learn how to take the next step in empowering your mobile workforce in the field. The event will feature a keynote by an expert at Sybase as well as informative sessions by mobile technology leaders in field service.

Database Workbench 4.0.3 released

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:06:21 GMT

Database Workbench 4.0.3 brings you some small improvements, bugfixes and introduces the free Lite Editions for MySQL, InterBase and Firebird. Version 4 introduced full Unicode support, 4.0.3 fixes some issues found in that initial release and subsequent releases, including the "Query was empty"-error in some parts of the MySQL module. Version 4 feature highlights: - Unicode Enabled - Click header to sort data - Integrated BLOB Editor with SQL Editor - "Secure Object Drop" and "Secure Database Drop" functionality - Code editor enhancements and much more... Database Workbench supports: - MySQL - InterBase - Firebird - Oracle - NexusDB - Microsoft SQL Server - Sybase SQL Server

ISUG and eLearnIT Announce First e-Course Offering for Sybase ASE DBAs

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:08:00 GMT

The International Sybase User Group, a trade association representing more than six thousand members in more than sixty countries around the globe, has announced the immediate availability of its latest course offering in conjunction with online training specialist eLearnIT LLC. The new course is entitled “ASE Performance & Tuning with MDA Tables” and has been strategically planned to offer a pragmatic combination of both practical and theory-based skills for Sybase DBAs. With today’s data center management demands becoming increasing time critical as well as mission critical, this course compehensively provides DBAs with the invaluable skills they will need to perform effectively when troubleshooting problem queries and bottlenecks within Sybase ASE.

Java.net Weblogs: JDBC batch mode support in SQL Anywhere 11.0.1: Better late than never!

Sat, 03 Jul 2010 13:19:15 GMT

In my opinion, SQL Anyhwere is the best RDBMS I can think of. I can remember when we started distributing it in Germany back in the early 1990ies, as one of the first early adopters in this country. Since then, we provided it to hundreds of enterprises, from single-person laptop-only ones to large ones spanning replicated installations crossing country borders. So call me biased in that point, but never did I wish to move on to a differed one, even now after decades. It's like a Volkswagen. It runs and runs and runs, and needs virtually no administration. Actually I love it.

But what I do not love is its performance. There are some things I wish could work just faster. But as it is impossible to get optimum performance with a zero-administration system obviously, one has to take care to do performance-friendly coding. There is much room in the JDBC API to squander performance - or to win some. One thing that will give a performance boost in some situations is batching processing: Adding several commands together into one large packet, getting all of them processed in one single step, will not only keep the LAN latency's influence on the transaction's execution time low by reducing the amount of LAN roundtrips (and such offers others the possibility to use the LAN in the freed time slices), it also speeds up own transaction speed by more likely keeping rows in the cache which would be otherwise swapped out possibly in the mean time, and it shortens the time database locks are blocking others from accessing (what in turn speeds up their transaction speed and such is "more social behaviour").

So batch processing is key for performance improvement, and the SQL Anywhere server product comes with this features for very long time. But not the JDBC driver. While JDBC actually has methods for building and executing batches (namely Statementl.addBatch(String), Statement.executeBatch() and Statement.clearBatch()), SQL Anywhere's very own JDBC driver didn't implement that methods so far. So if one wanted to use batches, there was no other way to glue the SQL commands together as an SQL string and pass it to the driver. Not very smart, and everything but portable, as the string had to include BEGIN and END statements to get parsed correctly.

Then came the day when I just found that enough is enough and asked Sybase to implement batch support into the driver. After surprisingly short discussion they actually added it and published it "silently" as part of the latest patch (EBF - Express Bug Fix). So when downloading the latest EBF for SQL Anywhere 11.0.1, you will get it without further note (just as you got the new driver with maintenance update 11.0.1, without any note in the manual, too - it still says no single word about this fast driver). I was happy and gave it a test - and was very unsatisfied with the resulting performance.

So here come the good news first. Yes, the EBF enables support of JDBC batch mode in the SQL Anyhwere 11.0.1 driver (remember, we're not talking about the iAnywhere or the jConnect drivers - the first is outdated and such not covered by my test, the latter already had batch mode support on board, but is just completely slow). One can use the aforementioned commands and they will just work as expected. The road is free for readable and portable code: No more need to glue together strings. No more? Wait!

The bad news is still to come. If you're a performance junkie like me, and this is typically why you actually want to use the batch mode, you still will have to live with the non-portable dirty string-glueing code. Because the batch mode is just horribly slow. The following performance comparison will show it. Ignore the numbers (millesconds actually) in their actual size, but concentrate on the dimensions solely:

Compound Commands: 37ms
Batch Mode: 112ms

Yes, this is not a typo! The batch mode actually is more than three times slower than glueing SQL strings together manually. In other words, if performance is your target, using batch mode instead of dirty glueing will reduce performance by 300%. Good lord! Why so?

To understand this result, one must see what the batch mode actually does: According to the JDBC specification it not just appends SQL statements, but also will return the number of actually modified rows. And there's the rub. To be able to return a list of results, the driver must collect them. And this just costs time. The more SQL statements in the batch, the longer the list of results to keep in memory til end of the batch, the higher the RAM consumption. It's just as easy as this. I couldn't believe above numbers at first, so I checked what would happen if I collect the results on my own, using a compound command built up of my actual SQLs plus a temporary table, which in the end will be more or less exactly what the driver would do. The result is frightening:

Compound Commands: 37ms
Batch Mode: 112ms
Simulating batch using temporary table: 297ms

Simulating the batch mode's exact behaviour results in 300% worse performance. So it seems, the batch mode actually is much faster than compund commands are. The first test just was not fair, is the original compound commands were executed without getting back any result. Unfortunaltey, the JDBC API doesn't offer ignoring results with batches, so the driver always has to provide them, even if those are not used by the calling application.

What we can learn from this example is: If optimum performance is the target, then there is no general solution. Instead, the application programmer must choose different approaches for each situation. If results are not needed, batch mode should be avoided. But if the application needs results, batch mode is the method of choice. So in the end, the latest driver actually brings a tremendous performance impact in both directions - 300% gain when results are needed, 300% leakage when results are not needed.

Challenged by this insights, I tried more ways to execute lots of commands and did some performance measurements. Stay tuned for the next article telling the actual speed of prepared statements, result set update mode, and stored procedures. If you liked this article, you will love the next one.

Regards
Markus

For those interested in the actual source code of the batch simulation, here is a small code snippet that will show the overall idea

StringBuilder compoundSql = new StringBuilder("BEGIN DECLARE LOCAL TEMPORARY TABLE T (r INTEGER); "); for (String singleSql : allSqlCommands) compoundSql.append(singleSql).append("; INSERT INTO T SELECT @@rowcount; ", sql)); compoundSql.append("SELECT r FROM T; END;"); statement.executeQuery(compoundSql.toString());

SAP Extends Offer For Sybase Acquisition As It Awaits EU Approval

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:19:26 GMT

SAP today announced that it has extended the expiration of its cash tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of fellow business software company Sybase at a price of $65.00 per share or $5.8 billion in total. The tender offer was previously scheduled to expire at 9:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 1, 2010 and has now been extended until the same time on July 16, 2010.

Who's next on the tech acquisition block?

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:01:49 GMT

Oracle buys Sun. HP buys 3Com. SAP buys Sybase. Just when it seemed like consolidation among the big data-center vendors had played itself out, we're off again at full tilt.

Who's next on the acquisition block? Bloggers chime in

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:32:58 GMT

June 15, 2010, 10:10 AM - - Oracle buys Sun. HP buys 3Com. SAP buys Sybase. Just when it seemed like consolidation among the big data-center vendors had played itself out, we're off again at full tilt.

Who's next on the acquisition block? Bloggers chime in

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:39:58 GMT

Who's Next on the Acquisition Block? Bloggers Chime in (PC World)

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:10:10 GMT

PC World - Oracle buys Sun. HP buys 3Com. SAP buys Sybase. Just when it seemed like consolidation among the big data-center vendors had played itself out, we're off again at full tilt. Multiple trends are driving the latest acquisitions wave: The economy is recovering, customers are demanding systems that are easier to implement and vendors seem intent on collapsing the divide between servers, network and storage.

Info. Technology - Regional - With Sybase acquisition, SAP will steer focus towards on-device solutions

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:12:49 GMT

(NYSE: SY) as key to satiating clients' mobility demands, SAP's Latin American CEO Rodolpho Cardenuto told BNamericas. SAP divides its strategy into three components: on-premise solutions, on-d...

Best Practices for a SYBASE ASE Cluster Edition Proof of Concept

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:08:17 GMT

You've taken a quick look, and decided that Sybase ASE Cluster Edition is right for you. Managing the POC requires a great deal of forethought and planning. Jeffrey Garbus shares some best practices to get you started.

A Spring of Mobile Melodrama

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:00:00 GMT

This has been a busy couple of months for enterprise mobility. 2010 isn't half over, and there are already significant changes in the enterprise mobility landscape: HP agreed to acquire Palm; SAP agreed to buy Sybase; McAfee made a deal to acquire Trust Digital; Antenna Software acquired Vaultus; and BoxTone announced MSM, a super-EMM solution, to name but a few.

Database Workbench 4.0.2 released

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 06:27:51 GMT

Database Workbench 4.0.2 brings you some small improvements, bugfixes and introduces the free Lite Editions for MySQL, InterBase and Firebird. Version 4 introduced full Unicode support, 4.0.2 fixes some issues found in that initial release, like ODBC connectivity issues, BLOBs taking too much memory, the ability to specify file encoding when saving SQL & Scripts and several other errors. Version 4 feature highlights: - Unicode Enabled - Click header to sort data - Integrated BLOB Editor with SQL Editor - "Secure Object Drop" and "Secure Database Drop" functionality - Code editor enhancements and much more... Database Workbench supports: - MySQL - InterBase - Firebird - Oracle - NexusDB - Microsoft SQL Server - Sybase SQL Server

SAP Seeks Acquisition Targets to Raise Market Share (Update1)

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:37:12 GMT

SAP AG, which last month agreed to buy Sybase Inc. for $5.8 billion, said it is targeting more acquisitions as the world’s biggest maker of business-management software aims to win market share.

Latest news and trends in enterprise mobility. Visit the UberMobile Blog. Sponsored by Sybase

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 06:48:37 GMT

If you count 'luggables' like early 80s KayPros and Compaqs, laptop PCs preceded smartphones in big business by at least a quarter of a century.