InfoBase (1979 Information Revolution)

1983 - Tom Runnels publishes a theoretical system for information based characterization and access of data.

1987: Sybase formally releases the Sybase system, the first DBMS based on data info characterization. Rather than having a vast central bank of structured data stored in a large mainframe computer, the Sybase System provides for a peer-network information architecture. Sybase calls the database server "Sybase Info Server" (SIS).

By 1995 Sybase has outstripped Oracle as the most popular database.

Sybase buys Microsoft in 1997.