The Invisible Database

UPDATE (Recording now available): On Tuesday, November 24, I delivered a webcast on Multi-Tenant Architectures based on the multi-tenant ideas I’ve discussed in this blog. If you are interested, you can access a recording of the webcast here. Here is the official description for the webcast: Cloud and Multi-Tenant Architectures with SQL Anywhere Webcast SQL [...]

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Previous posts (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4) in this series outlined the factors to consider and 4 architectures to consider when implementing a multi-tenant database system. Each of the previously described architectures kept one tenant’s data isolated from other tenants, either by storing it in completely separate databases, or in separate [...]

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In the previous posts (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3), I outlined the factors to consider, and 3 possible architectures for implementing a multi-tenant database system. The 3 models used independent database files for each tenant. In this fourth post, I will outline a model where the isolation provided by separate database files is [...]

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In a very informative post today, my colleague Eric Farrar introduced a cool new component in the SQL Anywhere family: UltraLiteWeb UltraLiteWeb is a browser plug-in that allows the development of robust, secure, data rich browser-based applications, and provides the ability to synchronize the data to a wide variety of enterprise systems. UPDATE: March 3, [...]

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My colleague Tom Slee has a very good description here that outlines many of the benefits we bring to the iPhone, along with some FAQ info. Check it out.

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