Sybase IQ can access data located on separate servers,
both Sybase and non-Sybase, as if the data were stored on the local
server.
Sybase IQ and Remote Data
SQL Anywhere remote data access gives you access to data in other data sources. You can use this feature to migrate data into a SQL Anywhere database. You can also use the feature to query data across databases.
Transaction Management and Remote Data
Transactions provide a way to group SQL statements so that they are treated as a unit—either all work performed by the statements is committed to the database, or none of it is.
Internal Operations
This section describes the underlying steps that SQL Anywhere performs on remote servers on behalf of client applications.