Computing has revolutionized manufacturing since the nineties when solid modelling came of age and Unigraphics and Catia, began developing manufacturing software that worked from these solid models.

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Obviously, Sybase is not enough to make SAP entirely relevant in scope and scale (and it goes without saying that in this land of giants, Sybase was not large enough to survive on its own.) But it picks up a solid asset, with businesses in financial modelling and mobile databases that are essential for SAP to stay in the game.

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