Jacqueline Emigh

Vendors first started to hone in on these three emerging database markets with partnership programs a couple of years ago. Sybase, which launched its business intelligence (BI) and “mobile and embedded” database divisions as part of a major company restructuring in January 1999, is now working with 30 systems integrators in the BI space, according […]

Hospitals, government agencies, retail chains and other industry sectors are being buried by data. As the piles of digital files, X-rays and scanned-in paper records grow higher and higher, data-management applications are coming to the rescue, creating new opportunities for solutions providers. Applications showing the most promise include business intelligence, PDA-based mobile databases and content […]

IBM has placed Oracle on its radar with its planned $1 billion acquisition of Informix. “We are Larry Ellisons worst nightmare, and it just got worse,” says Steve Mills, group executive of IBM Software Group. IBMs existing DB2 Universal database will continue to be its lead database product, as it rolls some Informix technologies into […]

Fourth place isnt good enough for Sybase. The vendor—which trails IBM, Oracle and Informix in the database market—is poised to swoop into new areas through its pending $373 million acquisition of New Era Of Networks (NEON). Sybase CEO and president John Chen says his company will use NEONs integration technology for new tools that will […]

Eden Prairie, Minn.-based Digital River was founded way back in 1994. Not surprisingly, in light of the current implementation with Crystal Decisions, the companys initial focus was on product fulfillment for software vendors, both through downloads and software disks. After starting to expand its activities two years ago, Digital River is now addressing the “entire […]

Crystal Decisions web site is a rare gem. The companys online revenue has doubled since last year, and nearly 50 percent of its online sales come from software downloads. The tidal wave of activity can be traced back to Digital River, a solutions provider that specializes in site development, Internet hosting and various e-commerce activities. […]

Microsofts bold move to create a professional-services organization has been greeted with mixed reactions from solutions providers. While some are offering optimism, others fear that the software maker could easily eat their lunch. The new organization consolidates Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) and Product Support Services (PSS) into a single entity with a staff of 13,000, […]

Supporting Linux and AIX alike, IBMs new AIX 5L operating system and p660 and p620 servers are part of the companys ongoing push to take over the Unix market lead through a combination of direct sales and partnerships. IBM VP Mike Kerr thinks that IBMs just released midrange SMP servers, bundled with AIX 5L, will […]

Content management isnt just for high-end publishing enterprises anymore. As manufacturing, travel and pharmaceutical companies continue to store digital data, doors in this space are opening wider for integrators, solutions providers and ASPs. Sometimes called digital asset management, content management provides “archiving” or storage for digital data such as text, images, audio and video. Many […]

SAPs planned $400 million buyout of TopTier Software is the latest in a flurry of acquisitions to kick off consolidation within the enterprise portal software market. “Its a shopping center out there,” says Mark Wesker, president and COO of Sequoia Software. Wesker speaks from first-hand knowledge, because Sequoia is positioned to be acquired by Citrix […]