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In another sign of consolidation within the database vendor market, IBM has announced that they are acquiring the assets
of Informix Software (the database portion of Informix Corporation, which remained after the spin-off of Informix Business
Solutions into Ascential Software). IBM intends to use the a (...)
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In another sign of consolidation within the database vendor market, IBM has announced that
they are acquiring the assets of Informix Software (the...
Published:
2001-05-02
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"EMERYVILLE, Calif., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Sybase«, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYBS) today announced a comprehensive, multi-year licensing,
technology and service agreement with MicroStrategy Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR). The alliance offers customers MicroStrategy's
Intelligent E-Business software coupled with cust (...)
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"EMERYVILLE, Calif., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Sybase«, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYBS) today announced a comprehensive, multi-year
licensing, technology and ser...
Published:
1999-11-10
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IBM has announced a four-year, $200 million investment to make it more cost effective and easier for companies to manage
data on IBM S/390 enterprise servers. They will attempt to compete more effectively with Computer Associates (which acquired
Platinum Technology and Sterling Software), BMC, and Oracl (...)
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IBM has announced a four-year, $200 million investment to make it more cost effective and easier for companies to manage data
on IBM S/390 enterpr...
Published:
2000-09-22
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In a move which will challenge other database vendors to open-source their SQL databases, Inprise/Borland Corporation has
announced it is releasing the source code for its InterBase 6 cross-platform SQL database. It will provide the database on
multiple platforms, including Linux, Windows NT, and Sun Sol (...)
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... January 3, 2000 - Inprise Corporation (Nasdaq: INPR) today announced that it plans to jump to the forefront
of the Linux database market by open-sourcing ...
Published:
2000-01-17
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Informix announced its continued commitment and investment to the Linux community with the release of Foundation.2000 and
Cloudscape 3.0 on Linux. (...)
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... as Imprise/Borland were much quicker to market. User Recommendations. Customers who
have interest in the Linux operating system as a database platform should ...
Published:
2000-02-14
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We generally believe that, in the long run, market winners will be those vendors with an established large customer base
and with huge financial and human resources that would make them more responsive to any future challenges such as sudden market
trends and/or technology paradigm shifts. (...)
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We generally believe that, in the long run, market winners will be those vendors with an established large customer base and
with huge financial a...
Published:
2001-10-09
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For the time being, Oracle seems to have defied a global trend toward a slowdown in the technology market, which even its
archrival, Microsoft, could not avoid. Is it only a matter of time before economic realities knock on Oracle’s door? (...)
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For the time being, Oracle seems to have defied a global trend toward a slowdown in the technology market, which even its
archrival, Microsoft, co...
Published:
2001-01-12
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Oracle continues respond to the changing requirements of the market, by addressing the need for Wireless Internet support,
application servers, and expanded ASP support, while using new pricing models to maintain and expand its existing customer
base. (...)
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Oracle continues respond to the changing requirements of the market, by addressing the need for Wireless Internet support,
application servers, an...
Published:
2002-04-15
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Oracle indeed remains one of the largest and the most respected (or loved to be hated) software companies, with an unbroken
profitability track and a strong balance sheet. However, it is apparent that the company is running out of steam, and to attribute
it solely to the slowing economy, simply will not (...)
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Oracle indeed remains one of the largest and the most respected (or loved to be hated) software companies, with an unbroken
profitability track an...
Published:
2001-07-11
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Syncsort, a software vendor with years of experience in the sorting of data, has released a new product called Sigma™, which
is designed to produce aggregated data within data warehouses to improve response time and reduce database load. The importance
of aggregation in a data warehouse cannot be unde (...)
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... impact on this market. The largest drawback we currently see in the product is the lack
of ability to output data into IBM's DB2 Universal Database, except via ...
Published:
2000-07-25
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While IQMS resembles many of its peers from the lower-end of the enterprise applications market, IQMS can tout its comprehensive
one-source delivery and services and implementation methodology as its differentiating trait. (...)
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While IQMS resembles many of its peers from the lower-end of the enterprise applications market, IQMS can tout its comprehensive
one-source delive...
Published:
2005-04-05
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Despite its inclination to traditionally thrive on a moderate amount of controversy and to fly a number of trial balloons,
Oracle, has also been a practical company, often modifying its strategy and adopting a tack that would work better. Thus,
while Oracle's declining revenue and profit are painfully n (...)
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Despite its inclination to traditionally thrive on a moderate amount of controversy and to fly a number of trial balloons,
Oracle, has also been a...
Published:
2002-01-07
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Navision Software has established strong branding and penetration within the Small-to-Medium Enterprises (SME) segment of
the European and recently the U.S. ERP market. While Navision has done a respectable job establishing its U.S. network, it
will face a fierce challenge from domestic competitors like (...)
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Navision Software has established strong branding and penetration within the Small-to-Medium Enterprises (SME) segment of
the European and recentl...
Published:
2000-05-11
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For a longer time than most of its competitors, Oracle seemed to have defied a global economic slowdown. The 64,000 dollar
question is whether Oracle’s tamed results are completely attributable to the slowing economy, or do the problems run deeper. (...)
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database market:
For a longer time than most of its competitors, Oracle seemed to have defied a global economic slowdown. The 64000 dollar
question is whether Ora...
Published:
2001-04-16
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Computer Associates DecisionBase is an Extract/Transform/Load tool designed to help in the population and maintenance of
data warehouses. First released in March of 1998, the product is geared towards large implementations with the need for metadata
management. The current release is 1.9, which is the fo (...)
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... database interfaces necessary. This was the major contributor in the size of the installed
base, which at last count was approximately 40 customers. The market ...
Published:
1999-09-01
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SAP may benefit the most during Oracle's merger transition. Unlike most migration programs, SAP is offering to be responsible
for maintaining the competitions implementation, as users transition to SAP alternatives, offering the stability that some
will likely crave. (...)
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SAP may benefit the most during Oracle's merger transition. Unlike most migration programs, SAP is offering to be responsible
for maintaining the...
Published:
2005-06-01
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Enterprise performance management (EPM) and business intelligence (BI) supplier, Vanguard Solutions Group's business strategy
focuses on selling with and through enterprise resource planning (ERP) and other enterprise application vendors. Over the
last few years, the strategy has proven to be successful (...)
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Enterprise performance management (EPM) and business intelligence (BI) supplier, Vanguard Solutions Group's business strategy
focuses on selling w...
Published:
2005-07-19
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There has been an intensifying hullabaloo in the mid-market, with all Tier 1 players delivering solutions tailored for small-to-medium
enterprises (SMEs) and incumbent Tier 2/Tier 3 vendors defending their turf. PeopleSoft expands its forays outside the US
with its recent announcements. (...)
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There has been an intensifying hullabaloo in the mid-market, with all Tier 1 players delivering solutions tailored for small-to-medium
enterprises...
Published:
2002-09-26
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While the ERP mid-market has seen more vibrant intra-market merger & acquisition activity during 2001, it appears that 2002
will, for some more tenacious Tier 2/Tier 3 vendors, be the year of delivering products under their own steam as to counteract
the onslaught by Tier 1 vendors and mid-market juggern (...)
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While the ERP mid-market has seen more vibrant intra-market merger & acquisition activity during 2001, it appears that
2002 will, for some more te...
Published:
2002-04-19
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Oracle has been trying hard for some time to find a magic formula to revive its declining applications revenue. Abandoning
its isolationist stance and opening the door to integration of third-party products while still targeting the lower end of
the market with the simplicity tune might be the hit. (...)
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Oracle has been trying hard for some time to find a magic formula to revive its declining applications revenue. Abandoning
its isolationist stance...
Published:
2001-09-24