Editing Sybase

{{Short description|Enterprise software and services company}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Sybase, Inc.
| logo = Sybase logo full.svg
| image = Sybasehq.jpg
| image_caption = Former headquarters in [[Dublin, California]]
| type = {{ubl|Corporation (1984–2010)|Subsidiary (2010–2012)}}
| defunct = {{End date|2010}}
| industry=[[Computer software|Software]]
| fate=Acquired by [[SAP AG|SAP]]
| founded={{Start date and age|1984}} in [[Berkeley, California]]
| founder = <!-- or: | founders = -->
| hq_location=[[Dublin, California]] (1994–2012)
| key_people={{ubl|[[Mitchell E. Kertzman]], President<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mitchell-e-kertzman-appointed-chairman-of-the-board-sybase-names-john-s-chen-president-and-board-member-74730462.html |title=Mitchell e. Kertzman Appointed Chairman of the Board; Sybase Names John S. Chen President and Board |access-date=January 5, 2017 |archive-date=January 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106103544/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mitchell-e-kertzman-appointed-chairman-of-the-board-sybase-names-john-s-chen-president-and-board-member-74730462.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>|John S. Chen, CEO & President}}
| num_employees = 3,576
| num_employees_year = 2012
| parent = [[SAP AG|SAP]] (2010–2012)
| website={{URL|http://www.sybase.com}}
}}
'''Sybase, Inc.''' was an [[enterprise software]] and services company. The company produced software relating to [[relational database]]s, with facilities located in California and [[Massachusetts]]. Sybase was acquired by [[SAP AG|SAP]] in 2010; SAP ceased using the Sybase name in 2014.<ref>[http://www.bloorresearch.com/blog/the-norfolk-punt/sap-finally-drops-the-sybase-name/ SAP finally drops the Sybase name]</ref>

==History==
*1984: Robert Epstein—formerly with [[Ingres (database)|Ingres]]—and Mark Hoffman leave [[Britton-Lee]].<ref name="rdbmsfinancing20070612">{{Cite interview |interviewer=Luanne Johnson |title=RDBMS Workshop: Financing |url=https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2013/05/102702564-05-01-acc.pdf |access-date=2025-05-30 |publisher=Computer History Museum |date=2007-06-12}}</ref> They, Jane Doughty, and Tom Haggin start Sybase (initially trading as ''Systemware'') in Epstein's home in [[Berkeley, California]].<ref>{{Cite journal|title=History of Sybase|last=Epstein|first=Bob|journal=IEEE Annals of the History of Computing|volume=35|issue=2|pages=31–41|doi=10.1109/MAHC.2012.52|year=2013|s2cid=17619102}}</ref><ref>[https://www.referenceforbusinesz.com/history2/49/Sybase-Inc.html Sybase, Inc. - Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on Sybase, Inc.]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20181202141531/https://www.kleinerperkins.com/case-studies/sybase/ Managing and analyzing information with relational databases]</ref> Their first commercial location is half of an office suite at 2107 Dwight Way in Berkeley. They set out to create a [[relational database management system]] (RDBMS) that will organize information and make it available to computers within a network.
*March 1986: Systemware enters into talks with [[Microsoft]] to license Data Server, a database product built to run on [[UNIX]] computers.  Those talks lead to a product called [[Ashton-Tate]]/[[Microsoft SQL Server]] 1.0, shipping in May 1989.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://news.microsoft.com/2001/06/28/building-the-billion-dollar-database-microsoft-sql-server-climbs-to-new-heights/ |title=Building the Billion Dollar Database: Microsoft SQL Server Climbs to New Heights |date=June 28, 2001 }}</ref>
*May 1991: Systemware changes its name to Sybase.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sybase Inc - Company Profile and News |website=[[Bloomberg News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923211413/https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/1709056D:US |archive-date=2020-09-23 |url-status=live |url=http://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/1709056D:US}}</ref>
*January 1998: Sybase announces that it has found inconsistencies in profits reported from its Japanese division and will be restating company financial results for the last three quarters of 1997.<ref>{{cite web |last=Magee|first=Mike |title=Sybase to restate following Japanese accounting scandal |url=http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/1992960/sybase-restate-following-japanese-accounting-scandal|work=V3.co.uk |publisher=Incisive Media |access-date=July 13, 2011}}</ref> Sybase determines that the inconsistencies are due to five executives in Sybase's Japanese subsidiary found to have used [[Side letter (collective bargaining)|side letters]] to artificially inflate the profits from their operations. Following a class-action lawsuit, the five executives involved are fired.
*November 1998: [[John S. Chen]] is appointed Chairman, CEO, and President.<ref>{{cite news |work=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/advice/2009-11-16-advice16_ST_N.htm |title=Sybase CEO John Chen shares inside look at China's influence |date=November 16, 2009}}</ref>
*2007: Sybase crosses the $1{{nbs}}billion revenue mark.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/sybase-the-next-big-target-for-acquisition/ |title=Sybase: The next big target for acquisition? |work=ZDNet |date=January 24, 2008 |last=Farber |first=Dan}}</ref>
*March 2009: Sybase and [[SAP AG|SAP]] partner to deliver the SAP Business Suite software to iPhone, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, and other devices.
*May 2009: Sybase begins packaging [[MicroStrategy]] business intelligence software with its Sybase IQ server.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1063281 |title=Sybase and MicroStrategy Team Up to Dramatically Reduce Time for Implementation of Business Analytics |publisher=Sybase |date=May 12, 2009}}</ref>
*September 2009: Sybase and [[Verizon]] partner to manage mobility services for enterprises worldwide through Verizon's Managed Mobility Solutions, which uses Sybase's enterprise device management platform.
*May 2010: SAP and Sybase, Inc. announce that SAP America, Inc. has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire Sybase, Inc. for all outstanding shares of Sybase common stock, representing an enterprise value of approximately $5.8{{nbs}}billion.<ref>[https://www.sap.com/investors/en/financial-news/ad-hoc-news/2010/05/934992.html SAP to Acquire Sybase, Inc.]</ref><ref name="SAP to Acquire Sybase, Inc">{{cite press release |url=http://www.sap.com/about/newsroom/press.epx?pressid=13202 |title=SAP to Acquire Sybase, Inc |publisher=SAP |access-date=May 13, 2010 |archive-date=July 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714223339/http://www.sap.com/about/newsroom/press.epx?PressID=13202 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*July 2010: SAP announces it has completed the acquisition of Sybase, Inc., the latter now a wholly owned subsidiary of SAP America.<ref>[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sap-completes-acquisition-of-sybase-inc-99612339.html SAP Completes Acquisition of Sybase, Inc.]</ref>
*October 2012: All of Sybase's employees are incorporated into SAP's workforce. On October{{nbs}}30, 2012, SAP announces that Sybase, Inc. President and CEO [[John S. Chen]] will be leaving Sybase effective the very next day (October{{nbs}}31, 2012) after leading Sybase for 15{{nbs}}years.<ref>[http://news.sap.com/2012/10/john-chen-to-leave-sap-after-successful-integration-of-sybase/ John Chen to Leave SAP After Successful Integration of Sybase]</ref>

==See also==
* [[Adaptive Server Enterprise]]

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