A CTP for Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.NET aka Sync Services for Devices has been released to the Download Center on MSDN. This allows Sql CE 3.5 to sync to other databases than Sql Server like Oracle.
The gist is that you build some client side code to initiate the synchronization. On the server side you have a web services that synchronizes the client with a database. Scale is achieved by scaling out and since it is HTTP you can use load balancers.
Is Sync for Devices has a couple of benefits
- Use a free database Sql CE 3.5
- Use a free synchronization service that is being baked into the .NET framework
- Use your knowledge of .NET to build a custom sync service and for conflict resolution.
Now there is a viable alternative to just iAnywhere and MobiLink for non Microsoft Sql Server shops wanting to build database enabled mobile applications.
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