My hat is off to CEO John S. Chen
I love a great turnaround, and this story is even more exciting for those of us who love the products of the company that invented stored procedures!
Like Sun, Sybase has not set any records the last few years. But there is a lot of light in the tunnel (or is that, sales funnel?) for both companies. I have always loved rolling out apps that just run. And run. Then run some more.
I recall learning at Lexis-Nexis that if you wanted the hottest setup, get both Oracle and Sybase to bid on your project. Then, take the equipment spec'd by Oracle (it was bigger and faster by a large percentage) and run Sybase on that platform. Why? Sybase always spec'd the least amount of hardware required to get the job done. Probably hoping to the win the contract based on lowest overall costs. But it caused a lot of folks to complain how poorly Sybase performed. But I digress...
Need a robust, secure, scalable RDBMS for your next web app? Consider Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE). They have tons of white papers to help better understand their approach.
Jeff 'SKI' Kinsey, Jonah
www.ThroughputPress.com
P.S. Tell John, "SKI sent me."
tag: Sybase
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Sybase Turnaround
My hat is off to CEO John S. Chen
I love a great turnaround, and this story is even more exciting for those of us who love the products of the company that invented stored procedures!
Like Sun, Sybase has not set any records the last few years. But there is a lot of light in the tunnel (or is that, sales funnel?) for both companies. I have always loved rolling out apps that just run. And run. Then run some more.
I recall learning at Lexis-Nexis that if you wanted the hottest setup, get both Oracle and Sybase to bid on your project. Then, take the equipment spec'd by Oracle (it was bigger and faster by a large percentage) and run Sybase on that platform. Why? Sybase always spec'd the least amount of hardware required to get the job done. Probably hoping to the win the contract based on lowest overall costs. But it caused a lot of folks to complain how poorly Sybase performed. But I digress...
Need a robust, secure, scalable RDBMS for your next web app? Consider Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE). They have tons of white papers to help better understand their approach.
Jeff 'SKI' Kinsey, Jonah
www.ThroughputPress.com
P.S. Tell John, "SKI sent me."
tag: Sybase
Vista No Show
Yahoo!Finance Survey suggests Buyers are a No Show
These numbers from Yahoo!Finance indicate to me that someone is going to have trouble making their numbers this fiscal year... keep your eyes open for more illegal activities.
This might be a good time to remind everyone of my "best practices" choices for small business technology departments (I have been on this soapbox for over 10 years):
- Move all users to Apple Mac (except CFO and their immediate staff)
- Replace all servers with RedHat Linux based servers
- Replace mission critical RDBMS apps with Sybase on Sun
If you really like the folks in finance, buy them each a Mac mini.
Not a very realistic solution for your organization? The hand has been writing on the wall for some time. When will you be ready? Unless you plan for it: never.
Jeff 'SKI' Kinsey, Jonah
www.ThroughputPress.com
P.S. Yes, I am serious.
tag: Apple Mac
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Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Chrysler Nassau
Concept Car
Awesome! Yet not exciting enough to displace my love for the Pacifica, but a great looking vehicle just the same. Now if they want to sell it, they ought to steal a page from the BMW play book.
In fact, compare these two youTube commercials, then tell me which moves you to visit the nearest dealership:
Jeff 'SKI' Kinsey, Jonah
www.ThroughputPress.com
P.S. Yes, as an American, I prefer to buy domestic goods... but sometimes the penalty is just too high. Should I buy a fuel efficient car from a U.S. manufacturer, when they had the thing built by a foreign enterprise? All good questions. For another day.
tag: Chrysler Nassau
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