Ok just the facts.
via NASDAQ
Kertzman added that the company continues to maintain a core customer stronghold in several markets. In particular, Sybase counts as its customers 68 of the top 100 banks worldwide, all 20 leading life insurance companies, 300 worldwide healthcare organizations, and the top 125 telecommunications companies worldwide.
In addition to these customers, many significant new customer wins and new business from existing customers in took place in the fourth quarter of 1997, including customers such as Argentaria Bank, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, Chrysler Corporation, Enso Group, G.P.A.Vie, UK Banking Services-Division of Barclays Bank, H&R Block, LA Cellular, Lockheed Martin, Panama Republic, Sun Microsystems and United Health Care.
Howard Anderson, managing director of The Yankee Group, has this to say about Sybase -
"Has been through the wringer, but has a great, focused management team and a strong relational-database product lineup. Adaptive Server is its attempt to regain momentum in the database wars, which won't be easy but can be done, particularly with Oracle CEO Larry Ellison chasing NC pipe dreams. Our pick for the turnaround company of 1998--you heard it here first."
In response to no R&D spending
Several new product launches, including Adaptive Server, Jaguar CTS, PowerJ, PowerStudio and PowerBuilder 6.0.
Sample Large Scale Implementation
Sybase, Inc. is the official software supplier for this global soccer tournament, which is the most-watched sporting event in the world. Our technology will be used to integrate and distribute information, everywhere, to World Cup officials, players, fans and journalists. The World Cup website expects over 20 million hits a day, making it the most active website on the planet! Laptops and palmtops will be used during the games to collect soccer scores, which will be replicated and distributed to over 9,000 journalists all over the world -- within minutes. And over 2 million ticket requests will be processed over the internet. Sybase's open development environment and open deployment platform will be behind it all, including PowerBuilder, PowerDesigner, Adaptive Server Anywhere, Adaptive Server Enterprise, PowerDynamo, and Replication Server.
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