"How Chen saved a dying Sybase"

Interesting article from SmartBusiness about John Chen leading Sybase from loss to profit: "how John S. Chen saved a dying Sybase and turned it into one of the largest mobile technology companies in the world".

Sybase watchers of old will be familiar with the gist of the story, but there's a few gems, such as how Chen/Sybase decides when to buy up new companies. "We let engineering have one crack at it" - "it" being whatever technology solution they're missing - more than nine acquisitions since 2000.