A family of Microsoft relational database management systems designed for ease of use.
Re removal of Upsizing Wizard: that one makes perfect sense to me: another team made a superior tool:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42656
In most businesses you cannot afford to have two teams do the same thing. Combine forces and get the same or better in one tool, using only 1.1 times the investment. A no-brainer.
Oh, and another reason for shedding some bulk: given the slow pace of change/progress/regress (depending on your viewpoint) it appears the Access team is very small and just not able to deal with all competing interests.