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SAP BUYING SYBASE
This is one of those items that’s of more strategic interest than something that affects day-to-day channel business. However, with SAP entering an agreement to buy Sybase, the move should eventually impact a lot of people. With SAP having one of the larger business intelligence units in Business Objects, the acquisition of Sybase establishes SAP as having a broad technology platform. The SAP press release highlighted development on mobile systems and the move towards in-memory computing.
In particular, SAP said the Sybase mobile technology could connect all applications and data, whether SAP-owned or not, and enable them on mobile devices. Sybase also has a messaging network that can reach 4 billion subscribers. (Given the earth’s population, I’m assuming this means something other than individuals). Many in this market know Sybase for its SQL Anywhere and while SAP talked about supporting leading database vendors (including, I’m assuming, Microsoft), it puts SAP in an interesting position vis-à-vis its sometimes ally in Redmond. SAP also owns the development environment, PowerBuilder. In-memory computing with data residing totally in memory has more impact at the higher levels of the market, right now. But SAP has previously said in-memory is one of the hot areas for 2010 and if it’s like anything else, it will work its way downmarket. SAP is paying $65 per share cash for a total purchase of about $5.8 billion
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