Microsoft and Sybase Partnership

Name: Microsoft and Sybase Partnership
Start: 1987-03-01
Location: Redmond, Washington & Emeryville, California

Microsoft and Sybase announce a strategic alliance to port Sybase's SQL Server to OS/2, marking Microsoft's entry into the relational database market.

Significance

This partnership laid the foundation for Microsoft's future in enterprise databases, giving them a ready-made, powerful RDBMS to integrate with their OS/2 and later Windows NT platforms.

Key facts

Date: 1987-03-01
Type: collaboration
Location: Redmond, Washington & Emeryville, California