The Invisible Database

Several people have asked me to explain the name of this blog. Why “Invisible Database”? Good question. I chose this name for several different reasons that I will try to explain here. 1. When our OEM partners embed our SQL Anywhere product inside their own software product, the end-user does not usually realize there is [...]

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Last fall, we had quite a bit of media and internet attention for our “IvanAnywhere” tele-presence robot. It all started with this article in the local Kitchener-Waterloo Record newspaper. From there, the story went viral, and at its peak, was mentioned on at least 56,000 web pages. Today, there is both a page on the [...]

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Welcome to the “Invisible Database” blog. The intent of these postings is to offer you, the reader, an insight into the thought processes of the SQL Anywhere database server engineering team, observations on the software industry, on databases, and especially on topics related to embedding a database server inside an application.    

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