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News Flashes
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The first calendar year following SAP's acquisition of Sybase is coming to a close. David Jonker, director, product marketing - Data Management & Analytics, Sybase, discusses key product integrations, IT trends that loom large in Sybase's data management strategies, and the emergence of what Sybase describes as DW 2.0. 2011 has been "a foundational year," with effort focused on making Sybase technologies work with SAP and setting the stage for 2012, says Jonker. "We believe 2012 is going to be a big year for us on the database side."
Posted 21 Dec 2011
/ December 2011 Issue
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Joyce Wells
SAP AG has announced that since introducing SAP HANA a year ago customer and partner demand for the technology has surged. According to Dr. Vishal Sikka, member of the SAP executive board, Technology & Innovation, leading independent software vendors are adopting the open SAP HANA platform for their existing products and also building completely new applications as well. The company also announced at the recent SAP Influencer Summit 2011 in Boston that SAP HANA is at the core of its platform roadmap, powering both renewed applications without disruption as well as new ones.
Posted 21 Dec 2011
/ December 2011 Issue
Sybase has launched the "Mobility Manifesto" site to support and encourage enterprise workers to have access to the devices and applications they want to use. The Mobility Manifesto allows enterprise workers to take a quiz to find out where their company ranks on mobility, share the results with their boss through an auto-fill letter that sets the tone for change in the workplace, and download an ibook including guidance and advice for both end user and IT.
Posted 21 Dec 2011
/ December 2011 Issue
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Think About It
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Until recently, companies were only warming up to the possibilities of cloud computing. Lately, however, for many enterprise-IT decision makers, cloud is hot, hot, hot. The sea change now underway means many companies are quickly moving from "dipping their toes into cloud computing" to a full-fledged immersion, says Thom VanHorn, vice president of marketing for Application Security, Inc. In 2012, expect to see those same companies dive right in. "The move will only accelerate," he tells DBTA.
With this issue, 5 Minute Briefing: Sybase closes out the year 2011. Look for the next issue, filled with news about ISUG and Sybase, on Wednesday, January 25, 2012.
Posted 21 Dec 2011
/ December 2011 Issue
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ISUG News and Information
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ISUG is pleased to announce its new Board of Directors for 2012-2013. Heading the organization as President for the first time will be current VP of Membership, Anne Walker. Anne is based in Sydney, Australia, and will be the first non-U.S. President since Luc Van der Veurst in 1999.
Posted 21 Dec 2011
/ December 2011 Issue
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