End of the Road for Sybase ASE? SAP ASE is the same ROAD or A break journey in SAP HANA is a better PATH?

Most of us (IT Professionals especially DBAs) are Diehard but appear like Dinosaurs as Changing a carrier is not that difficult but changing path is very much difficult just because we have done a lot of hard work to reach at certain level but under pressure and impression that once we change our path we are back to square one and need to start everything from scratch.

BTW, If you are intimidated by change, you are not alone. Some people thrive on change. They look at it as a new challenge or adventure. Other people, probably most people, fear change. They fear that it will disrupt their routine and the normalcy of life. Like it or not, change is inevitable in both your personal and professional life. There is no doubt about it, some changes aren’t fun. But there are many changes that are beneficial to you and those changes will help you grow.  

Now to the point, Is Sybase ASE journey is at the END of the ROAD? 

Here is some bitter NEWS and more good NEWS.. Officially Sybase Road is at the end by Dec 2020, but not the ASE as you can continue your journey with SAP ASE which is just a new brand but on the same Road. You also can try a journey on the express-highway using SAP HANA PATH with little more efforts, yet you keep the zeal as many features of HANA are from ASE and IQ.

BTW, I always insist/suggest you to accelerate your journey vide learning other leading DBMSs like PostgreSQL or MySQL at ease as your strong Sybase expertise and experience helps a lot besides continuously update/upgrade yourself wuth SAP ASE new versions. Another interesting fact is that PostgreSQL (not ingress) is almost started same time as Sybase ASE in early 90s and many similarities in the Database Architecture, SQL Coding, functionalities, Query optimization and Partitioning but now in top acceleration especially due to CLOUD vendors support and endorsement as this product is an open source product. Dont forget that these RDBMSs also needs similar kind of driving skills of ASE (Might be with AMT so really needed considerably little efforts).

Finally, Here is the latest Road Map of Sybase ASE/ SAP ASE and upgrade yourself with additional learning i.e. Latest model of the same car or a new car with kinda AMT :)

 

 Glimpses:

• SAP ASE 15.7.x End of maintenance and support is Dec 2020.
• SAP ASE 16.0 SP02.Patch Level 9 has been released. This is the last planned patch and end of maintenance and support will be in Dec 2020. 
• SAP ASE 16.0 SP03 Patch levels will be released quarterly starting now.
• SAP ASE 16.0 SP04 new feature release will be available in Q4 2020 for general applications.

Change Will Help You Succeed. Just look at any business that has been around for more than a decade and you will see all of the changes that business had to go through. From implementing Internet services to going paperless, companies need change to become better for customers and clients. Technology is forever changing, so businesses (and individuals, too!) need to embrace developments and move forward. When you are open to change, it is appreciated by the people outside of you or your company and success is not far away. 

All the very Best!! Happy learning for a wealthy earning  J

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