Tag: sap

  • SAP to Acquire Sybase, question is WHY?

    SAP is acquiring fellow business software company Sybase for $5.8 billion in an all-cash offer. Why? Most likely to compete against their rival Oracle. I find this all very funny considering for years SAP sales and technical staff have always recommended Oracle and the primary DB platform. Oracle was always the first platform that SAP…

  • Bid for Novell Could Jump-Start Tech M&A

    Barron’s: WHERE THE HECK ARE ALL THE TECH DEALS? A widespread prediction heading into 2010 was that tech was set for major consolidation. Many of the pieces seemed to be in place. Corporate tech spending appeared ready to rebound from a nasty 2009. Thanks in part to widespread cost-cutting, info earnings were prepared for healthy…