Few companies get a chance at a second life. When John Chen signed on as CEO of Sybase in 1998, the database software vendor was, in Chen’s own words, “a very, very dead company.” Once a strong competitor to Oracle, Sybase had lost its way, in part because it missed the opportunity to enter the enterprise application market Oracle now leads.Over the next decade, through the efforts of Chen and his team, Sybase turned around and reinvented itself as an enabler of the “unwired enterprise.” Then, in mid-May, enterprise software giant SAP signed a merger agreement with Sybase, citing Sybase’s leadership in both mobile and in real-time analytics. 2010’s biggest tech M&A dealsSince the merger announcement, Sybase has not granted interviews to the press. But in March, before rumors about the merger began circulating, John Gallant, chief content officer for IDG, and Eric Knorr, editor in chief of InfoWorld, sat down with Chen for an hour-long chat as part of the IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series. The interview explored how Chen was able to rescue Sybase from the brink and establish the company as a key mobile enterprise player. This abbreviated version of the interview focuses on the company’s mobile business… Read full this story
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