
Or is it "like a fine glass of wine?" Either way the result should be well worth the wait(ahhh, the aging process.) As Joe Kozak fine tunes the debut of ANTs' "Big Brother" version of ACS, I find myself mesmerized as if watching a polished musician tuning his Stradivari. Each string is precisely tightened to perfection and then the next and the next.........Finally, when everything pleases the Maestro's ear the concert begins.
I have listened for years as the strings were adjusted. Sometimes the sound was anything but sweet as sharps and flats were blended into perfect harmony. But, as the concert approaches, restlessness is in the air. Will this be a solo performance?? Or will the tune be so sweet that a larger orchestra is compelled to add it to their venue?? I guess only time will be the discloser of that information.
In the mean time the tech merger market is heating up. This couldn't be evidenced any clearer than the announcement yesterday of SAP purchasing Sybase....for cash. With large cash positions on their books and huge egos in their personalities, CEOs of the major players are beginning to aim their sites on the future of data usage. Seldom do they exhibit a sense of "how can I keep up?", but a teeth clinching "how do I kill the competition?" That is the major motivation these powerful executives live and die by.
This excitement in the tech industry plays right into the above mentioned "debut" of ANTs' newest ACS product. Listen to the replay of the shareholders webcast of March 17th to understand Joe Kozak's excitement over what the coming months have to offer. The list of participants in this presentation is impressive as they explain the need for and availability of the next ACS product. Never have I felt better about the timing of database consolidation and the tools to implement the ability for one database to communicate with another.
It has been a long wait, but you know.....
I think I'll "stay tuned"!
~~David~~





