Anatomy Of The SAP-Sybase Deal

Forbes.com (May 17 2010) Cloud Computing

1. Ever since SAP announced its plan to buy Sybase for $5.8 billion there's been a lot of speculation about just what it means for Oracle. SAP and Oracle are rivals in the enterprise application space, and if this deal goes through they'll be rivals in the database market, as well. But the real effects of this deal may be more diffuse and much harder to pinpoint than a simple arms race between two rivals. While it's true that SAP ( SAP - news - people ) and Oracle aren't particularly fond of each other, there are several factors that are changing the value of databases inside corporations. (Read Full Article)

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