SQL Anywhere development was not let go 5 years ago. SQL Anywhere development remains in Waterloo- I am still working in Waterloo. SQLA is used in a number of SAP products - including legacy Sybase products as well as SAP products.

SQLA plays a key part in SAP IQ and SAP IQ development has had resources in Waterloo for a long time. There was an office closed about 5 years ago that impacted IQ development. That development was transferred to Waterloo.  There is also an ASE footprint in Waterloo. 

Hi Heiko,

we use SQL Anywhere in our ERP Software, we are SAP "Oempartner".
A few days ago we received an email from SAP (OEMPARTNER@sap.com) announcing the end of SQL Anwyhere.
See also https://sqlanywhere-forum.sap.com/questions/39190/migration-tool-sql-anywhere-to-postgres

Gruß
André

We are in the same situation. Using Sql Anywhere in our ERP software and now we are a little worried about this news

It's a shame, one of the best lightweight db's ever IMO.  I've already converted most of my older SQLAnywhere apps to Postgres.  The ones I converted were small business apps though.

We bundle SQLAnywhere with our software and are an OEM partner with SAP.  We haven't received any notification from them, but haven't been able to get any clear answers either from SAP on their plans for SQLAnywhere.

cheers,

Steve

I can't give you exact metrics because SQL Anywhere is not Appeon's product, but we have many PB customers that are using SQL Anywhere as their database.  I would say after SQL Server and Oracle, SQL Anywhere is 3rd most common database among Appeon customers.  Perhaps this is why SAP has not made an discontinuation announcement... way too many people using it currently to pull the rug out from underneath them?

Hello André,

thanks for your answer and the interesting link to the SAP forum.

We are in the same situation as you: we are also OEM-Partner (of SQL Anywhere) located in Germany. In recent months, we have increasingly tried to contact SAP. We have not yet received any news from SAP.

We hope that SAP will take a path that makes sense for all of us.

Best regards

Heiko

Today we were notified that as of Dec 2028 there will no longer be a OEM program and all support will expire. (see below)

Whatever transition to the cloud means (we are already in the Cloud running from our own servers)???

I have emailed them for more clarity - but there have been suggestions that something like this was going to happen for some time (reassignment of personnel, etc)   Maybe they will only offer it as a Service from some cloud platform.   Given that we have been running with Windows Remote Apps from Windows Server, and the licensing got more and more expensive and constrained - it was clear that we should have been working to move off SQL anywhere for some time.

Recently we have been converting apps and code to Postgresql - sometimes with surprising improvements in performance.  While we love SA's implementation of the Scalar List Statement and the ability to use computed fields in the where clause, we are finding acceptable getarounds and found some tools that do a really good job of converting the database.

I had hoped perhaps that Appeon could take over support for it,  like they had with PowerBuilder - but just don't think that is happening.

We'd  been interested in other's experiences and successes in transitioning away from SQL Anywhere.

Glenn Barber

"Dear Valued Partner,
With the fast transition of SAP customers and partners to the cloud and the market requesting cloud-based solutions, SAP has decided to scale down its on-premise offering under the OEM program. We will offer to extend your current OEM agreement to allow you sufficient time transitioning your business to the cloud.  
To minimize disruption, we are offering to extend your current OEM agreement to December 31st, 2028. Commercial and other terms will remain unchanged during the extended term. After December 31st, 2028 your OEM agreement with SAP will terminate. Support services will not be renewed after the end of the respective support terms.
Please find attached your OEM Term Extension Offer. Should you decide not to extend, your OEM agreement will expire as per its current term. If you choose to accept the offer to extend your OEM agreement, please sign the extension addendum via DocuSign within 60 days. Once signed by both parties, DocuSign will automatically send you the fully executed version for your records.
Your company has the choice to accept the term extension offer or let your current OEM agreement run until its expiration date (by not signing the extension addendum). However, no further renewal options will be offered in the future.
If you have questions, please read the OEM Term Extension FAQ https://partneredge.sap.com/en/library/assets/partnership/dgl/44/40/SAP934440.html (S-user required).