In a move clearly intended to lock up a relational database management system for its 68020-based Macintosh II, Apple Computer Inc is participating in the second round of venture financing for Sybase Inc, of Berkeley, California, putting up a sum reportedly in excess of $1m for a 5% stake in the company. The investment is […]
In a move clearly intended to lock up a relational database management system for its 68020-based Macintosh II, Apple Computer Inc is participating in the second round of venture financing for Sybase Inc, of Berkeley, California, putting up a sum reportedly in excess of $1m for a 5% stake in the company. The investment is being made through Apple’s Strategic Investment Group. Sybase markets a distributed SQL-based relational database management system and says that it intends to integrate Macintosh into the Sybase distributed product line. Apple is co-investing in the current $3.3m round alongside Sybase’s previous backers, which include Hambrecht & Quist Venture Partners; TRW Corp; Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; Charles River Ventures; and Oak Investment Partners. Sybase was founded only in November 1984; its database is built on a requester-server architecture designed for high volume performance, enforced integrity, high availability, distributed data man agement and windowing tools. It consists of a DataServer for all data management, and a DataToolset of visual tools for building and running applications on character or bit-mapped terminals. Sybase is currently available for DEC VAX es and Sun Microsystems stations.
