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The Department of Information Industry of Guangdong Province

Overview The Department of Information Industry of Guangdong Province in China needed a highly reliable online credit information system. Using Sybase technology, the department created a solution that delivers uninterrupted services, data security and easy maintenance and management. Sybase Replication Server moves and synchronizes data across multiple databases to handle challenges such as data replication, data management and heterogeneous replication while offering the highest level of data management. All the platform systems of the project operate on the Red Flag Linux operating system, which is the main platform used by governments in China.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Sybase	File Format	PDF
Date Published	May 2007
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Linux - Open Source, Data Recovery - Security, Linux Server OS

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Law & Policy

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Publisher:
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Publisher:
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