Sybase has announced the availability of its SQL Anywhere 12 database and synchronization solution. A core component of the Sybase Mobility Platform, SQL Anywhere is optimized for mission-critical ...

Microsoft's soon-to-be-released SQL Server 2008 offers new support for spatial data types that some analysts say should deliver a real boost to geospatial applications and data sharing. Expected to ...

Several major database systems provide extensions to support the management and analysis of spatial data in a relational database ... The functionality is also standardized in ISO/IEC 13249 SQL/MM.

Companies are already building interesting products on Microsoft SQL Server 2008’s spatial data types, currently in beta. Spatial data types means businesses and products can now handle complex ...

This is just the kind of data that can be stored with the new Spatial data types in Microsoft SQL Server 2008. When we think of the new data types “Geometry” and “Geography”, it is easy to ...