Amid the noisy competition among Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft for dominance in the database software market, it's easy to overlook the fact that Sybase Inc. is still a competitor. Sybase aims to remind everyone this week when it ships its updated Adaptive Server Enterprise database. Sybase has seen its share of the $7.06 billion relational database market shrink steadily since the mid-1990s; it fell to 4% in 2000 from 4.3% in 1999, according to Dataquest. But Sybase has a loyal customer base, particularly among financial-service companies, and Giga Information Group analyst Teri Pa-lanca says defections have decreased as the company's finances have stabilized. Sybase "still has a solid group staying with them for the time being," she says.
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机译：在Oracle，IBM和Microsoft之间争夺数据库软件市场主导地位的激烈竞争中，很容易忽略Sybase Inc.仍然是竞争对手的事实。 Sybase计划在本周向大家发布更新的Adaptive Server Enterprise数据库。自1990年代中期以来，Sybase在70.6亿美元的关系数据库市场中所占的份额一直在稳步缩小。根据Dataquest的数据，它从1999年的4.3％下降到2000年的4％。但是Sybase拥有忠实的客户群，尤其是在金融服务公司中。吉加信息集团（Giga Information Group）分析师Teri Pa-lanca表示，随着公司财务的稳定，叛逃人数有所减少。她说，Sybase“暂时仍然有一个坚实的团队。”
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