Proposed SAP and
Sybase Merger
By Dhiraj Gopinath
Information of SAP
• Founded in 1972
• Headquarters: Walldorf, Germany
• Main product focus is on ERP
(Enterprise Resource Planning)
• SAP Business Suit is the company’s
main product
• Employees: 48,471
ERP (Enterprise
Resource Planning)
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ERP is a software architecture whose purpose is to facilitate the flow of information
between all business functions inside the boundaries of the organization and
manage the connections to outside stakeholders
An ERP system can be implemented in two ways:
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Centralized Server
Distributed across modular hardware and software units
Businesses can save on costs by using the distributed ERP method by assembling
modules from different vendors, allowing them to not buy expensive computer
systems in areas which will not use full capacity
List of Companies
that use ERP
Applications
Advanced Energy
Advanced Micro
Devices (AMD)
Aera Energy
ALCOA
Antioch Publishing
Applied Biosystems
Arctic Cat
Ariba
ASML (Veldhoven,
Netherlands)
Baker Hughes
Barloworld Equipment
BHEL
BP/Amoco
Bristol Myers Squibb
ClientLogic
(handles
customer service
for
PlayStation.com)
Coca-Cola
Bottling
Company
Consolidated
(CCBCC)
Compaq
Compass Group
Compass Group
USA
Conoco
CONSOL Energy
ContinentalTeves
Cooper Cameron
DHL
DirecTV
Eagle Insurance
Enron
Exxon/Mobil
Inficon
Intel
International Papers
Kodak
Lockheed
Lohmann + Stolterfoht
Gmbh
Marathon Oil
Micro Inks
Monsanto
Morrison Homes
Mott’s North America
Inc.
NASA
National Grid Transco
(NGT)
Nokia Dallas
Nuclear Management
Company (NMC)
OCPL
Schlumberger
Shell
Shurtape
Technologies
Sidenor, S.A.
Siemens
Sigma Aldrich
Solutia, Inc
Southern Pump
Stabilus
Statoil
Sulzer Process
Pumps
Swire Coca-Cola
Information about
Sybase
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Founded in 1984
Headquarters: Dublin, California
Product Focus:
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Before 2006, Data management products
After 2006, slowly shifted focus towards
mobile applications
Employees: 3,819
Reasoning Behind
the Acquisition
• Since SAP is the world leading provider
of enterprise software, and Sybase is
an industry leader in developing
business and mobile software, SAP
found it in their interest to acquire
Sybase, and develop a mobile SAP
business suite
• Both companies are expected to benefit
from the merger
Good move by SAP?
• Companies are constantly partnering
with other companies in the same
industry
• Due to the spike in mobility, more and
more corporations are devoting
resources towards mobile applications
• Stock Price of Sybase (NYSE: SY) after
the announcement:
+55.1%
$64.47 +22.88
Sources
• http://www.sap.com/press.epx?pressid=
11051
• http://zenobank.com/index.php?symbol
=SY&page=quotesearch
• http://zenobank.com/index.php?symbol
=SAP&page=quotesearch
• http://www.matthewlefevre.com/wiki/arti
cle.php/Companies_that_use_SAP_ER
P_Software