Sybase

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Sybase, Inc.
Company type
  • Corporation (1984–2010)
  • Subsidiary (2010–2012)
Industry Software
Founded1984;40 years ago (1984) in Berkeley, California
Defunct2010 (2010)
FateAcquired by SAP
Headquarters Dublin, California (1994–2012)
Key people
Number of employees
3,576 (2012)
Parent SAP (2010–2012)
Website www.sybase.com

Sybase, Inc. was an enterprise software and services company. The company produced software relating to relational databases, with facilities located in California and Massachusetts. Sybase was acquired by SAP in 2010; SAP ceased using the Sybase name in 2014. [2]

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