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Bloomberg reported that SAP is close to buy Sybase for about $6 billion. Sybase shares literally jumped today on stock market while a report said the company is in merger talks with German software SAP.

Real news ? or propaganda for traders profits ? You read more information about the possible Sybase SAP $6 billion deal on Reuters web site here.

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UPDATE May 12, 2010 5:20 PM ET: The Sybase board of directors has unanimously approved the transaction and SAP AG confirms it will acquire Sybase. See it here

This is an External End of Life Notice for Sybase IQ Version 12.7, the end of life date is 04/23/10, and the end of engineering support is effective on 04/30/11 and 03/31/12.
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Sybase is back with 3 new technical webcasts about Replication Server 15.5. Sybase webcasts series are very valuable to acquire additional knowledge from Sybase experts. The Replication Server’s webcasts are scheduled from May through June 2010 as follow:

Part 1: Replication Server 15.5 Overview

Tuesday, May 4, 2010
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET
(10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. PT)

Part 2: Real-Time Loading for Sybase IQ

Thursday, May 20, 2010
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET
(10:00 am – 11:00 am PT)

Part 3: Replication Server and Performance

Tuesday, June 8, 2010
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET
(10:00 am – 11:00 am PT)

You can join Sybase experts webcasts for FREE: Register Here

This year Sybase User Training & Solutions Conference, formerly known as TechWave, will be held August 9-11 at the Hilton Washington, in Washington, DC. Sybase TechWave is a useful and informative event where you can share or improve your products knowledge. The event is scheduled as follow: a free day for prospects and business guests, and a fee to attend the multi-day technical training. They even plan to expand the event by including an additional day of technical training.

Visit http://www.sybase.com/techwave for more details.

Sybase is announcing the end of engineering support for ASE Database Expert Option and ASE SQL Expert Option for all platform as of 02/01/2011. These products will be discontinued, means Sybase will not provide these products anymore.

But Sybase customers are eligible to upgrade to “Quest SQL Optimizer Suite for Sybase ASE” at no additional charge.

Details of the upgrade program can be found here:
http://www.quest.com/sql-optimizer-suite-for-sybase/upgrade

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