I have a situation which appears to be similar to the some MobiLink configurations, but with only a few large clients.In my case, there would be 5 to 10 remote clients (each with SQL Anywhere) and a central database. Administration and configuration would be done mostly from the central database, but each client also includes a near real time data collection application. The customer would like to have that data available in the consolidated database. In the worst case, there could be about 50MB of data received from each client in a burst each 15 minutes. Fortunately the consolidated site doesn't have a tight time constraint, its data could be up to 15-30 minutes behind. The clients don't need (or want) to see each other's collected data.
I would like to know if MobiLink would be a good choice for this situation. The only other viable alternative I've found so for is the keep the collected data at the remote clients and access it only on demand. And naturally, there's no money in the project for an enterprise level solution.
FYI: My company has on OEM license for SQL Anywhere. We usually just have an application with SQL Anywhere at each site to collect data from the local equipment. This project is for a Fortune 500 company that want's to be able to monitor everything from the corporate office.
John