Computer World: Sybase is regaining ground in the database market. Propelled by last summer's launch of Version 15 of Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE), Sybase's database license revenue for the second quarter grew 22 percent over the prior year -- the fastest rate in the past 12 years, according to CEO John Chen. But there's more: At a time when many enterprise software vendors are looking to reinvent themselves as Salesforce.com clones, Chen wants to turn Sybase into an old-school channels powerhouse, a la Microsoft. In an interview at Sybase's annual TechWave conference this week in Las Vegas, Chen expounded on that plan, as well as why the vendor's push into data integration doesn't threaten Informatica or IBM's Ascential lineup -- at least for now.
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