Full Description

Sybase, Inc. (Sybase), incorporated on November 15, 1984, is an enterprise software and services company exclusively focused on managing and mobilizing information from the data-center to the point of action. The Company provides open, cross-platform solutions that deliver information anytime, anywhere, providing decision-ready information to the right people at the right time. Sybase delivers a range of solutions to ensure that customer information is securely managed and mobilized to the point of action, including enterprise and mobile databases, middleware, synchronization, encryption and device management software, and mobile messaging services. During the year ended December 31, 2008, Sybase’s business was organized into three business segments: Infrastructure Platform Group (IPG), which principally focuses on enterprise class database servers, integration and development products; iAnywhere Solutions (iAS), which provides mobile database and mobile enterprise solutions; and Sybase 365 ((Sybase 365), which provides global services for mobile messaging interoperability and the management and distribution of mobile content. In January 2009, the Company acquired paybox solutions AG.

Infrastructure Platform Group

IPG focuses on software infrastructure for managing and analyzing information. IPG offers two lines of enterprise class data servers: Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) a relational database management system for mission-critical transactions and Sybase IQ, a specialized column-based analytics server for business intelligence applications such as accelerated reporting, advanced analytics and analytics services. IPG also produces solutions for data movement including the Sybase Replication Server and the Sybase Mirror Activator for disaster recovery. IPG products also include PowerDesigner, a modeling tool, and PowerBuilder, a Rapid Application Development (RAD) tool. IPG also offers vertical information management solutions for financial services. Sybase RAP, the Trading Edition is a unified market analytics platform that lets capital markets firms make better trading and portfolio decisions across the trade lifecycle. IPG also offers a line of products that enable banks to provide account access and payment initiation on behalf of their consumer, small business and corporate clients over the Internet. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the products of IPG accounted for approximately 72 % of its license revenue.

iAnywhere Solutions

iAS enables success at the front lines of business. iAS holds worldwide market leadership positions in mobile device management, wireless e-mail, mobile middleware platforms, database and synchronization, and Bluetooth and infrared protocol technologies. Tens of millions of mobile devices, millions of subscribers, and 20,000 customers and partners rely on iAS’s Always Available technologies, including Sybase Unwired Platform, SQL Anywhere, Afaria and iAnywhere Mobile Office. The products of iAS accounted for approximately 28 % of its license revenue in 2008.

Sybase 365

Sybase 365 provides mobile messaging services. Sybase 365 services range from short messaging service (SMS), multimedia messaging service (MMS), GPRS Roaming Exchange (GRX) mobile messaging interoperability to mobile content delivery and mobile commerce services, for operators, brands and content providers, enterprises and financial institutions. Sybase 365 delivers advanced mobile services to its customers by addressing the inherent complexities of the wireless ecosystem: incompatible networks, messaging protocols, handsets, and billing systems. Sybase 365 holds worldwide market leadership positions in inter-operator messaging, mobile commerce and enterprise messaging. In order to deliver services, Sybase 365 utilizes an operator-grade, secure messaging platform connected via a global private network of IP and SS7 connections to more than 700 mobile operators worldwide. Sybase 365 offers customers unparalleled subscriber reach (more than three billion mobile subscribers) supported by high quality of service and worldwide message delivery, billing, and settlement capabilities.

The Company competes with Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, Teradata, Netezza, Vertica, Informatica, GoldenGate Software, and Composite Software, Fiserv: Checkfree, Metavante, Intuit: Digital Insight, S1, Fidelity Information Services, Online Resources, and ACI, Pervasive Software, Progress Software, Intersystems, Sun, Microsoft, Symantec, Check Point, Credant, Mformation Technologies and Trust Digital, VeriSign, Syniverse, Aicent, Iris, Belgacom, mBlox, NetSize, VeriSign, Qube, 3United acquisitions Amdocs, Clairmail, mFoundary, mShift, Firethorn, Monetize and Yodlee AvantGo.