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It isn't easy to find high-powered client/server features in a PC database. Desktop packages such as Microsoft Corps Access, Lotus Development Corp.'s Approach, and Borland International Inc.'s Paradox focus on complete, easy-to-use file server packages that just don't offer the industrial strength features needed for serious client/server applications. Enter Sybase Inc. with its latest addition to the Sybase System 11 line, Sybase
SQL Anywhere (the new name for Watcom SQL, acquired in Sybase's merger with Powersoft Corp.) SQL Anywhere, Version 5.0, is a transaction-oriented server-side database product that offers particularly good graphical administrative tools when run under Windows 95 or Windows NT. It also runs comfortably with client applications on the same PC, making it a good choice for stand-alone, workgroup, and mobile scenarios, or on advanced network servers for distributed environments. Remote-access features support message-based replication, and SQL Anywhere interoperates with Sybase SQL Server with help from Transact SQL and Interactive SQ compatibility.
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