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Entries from February 2011

SQL Anywhere Web Forum Now in Beta!

February 25th, 2011 · No Comments

Over the years, the SQL Anywhere focused NNTP newsgroups have been among the most used of all Sybase newsgroups. To date, there have been over 60,000 posts to these newsgroups. A very active user community has built up around our newsgroups to help answer questions for users and developers, aided and assisted by active Team [...]

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Tags: Engineering Culture · SQL Anywhere

High Availability for Data in an ISV Cloud

February 22nd, 2011 · 1 Comment

In my post on January 24, I described my belief that the first step for an ISV who is considering how to offer a cloud version of their application is to choose the most appropriate database infrastructure. One key concern I didn’t mention in that post was that ISVs need to consider what options their [...]

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Tags: Cloud computing · SQL Anywhere

SQL Anywhere 12.0.1 Now Available

February 18th, 2011 · No Comments

I am pleased to note that our 12.0.1 maintenance release is now available on the Sybase web site. Versions for Windows and Linux are available for download. Versions for our other supported platforms will become available over the next month, as our QA team completes their efforts. SQL Anywhere Version 12.0.1 offers a roll up [...]

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Tags: SQL Anywhere

SQL Anywhere Database Architecture Ideal for Multi-Tenant and ISV Cloud Environments

February 14th, 2011 · No Comments

When considering the database server capabilities that make the concept of an On-Ramp to the Cloud and an Off-Ramp from the Cloud possible, SQL Anywhere exhibits many of necessary qualities, especially for ISVs. As I mentioned in my previous post, one of the key capabilities required is the ability to easily move the database files [...]

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Tags: Cloud computing · Database Architecture · SQL Anywhere