Sybase Product Life-Cycle Policies have been defined to provide customers advance notice of product end-of-life (EOL) information. Based on product categories, different policies have been adopted to address customer support requirements.
Sybase IQ
Products in this category will meet both of the following product life-cycle guidelines:
- Total in-market time for a release family will be no less than 4 years
- A minimum of 3 years overlap between General Availability (GA) of a release family and the EOL of the previous release family, i.e. when Version N of these products is released, Version N-1 is EOL'ed after 3 years.
For instance, the next release family of Sybase IQ version 15 may be version 16. Since Sybase IQ 15 was released in March, 2009, under guideline 1, it would be supported for at least 4 years after that date, i.e. until March, 2013. Now, assuming that Sybase IQ 16 is released in September, 2012, since a minimum of 3 years overlap is guaranteed under guideline 2, the Sybase IQ 15 EOL date would be September, 2015 or later. Note that to ensure customers receive the best levels of support, Sybase will try to ensure both guidelines are met when deciding on the final EOL date. Hence, in general, it will be the greater of the two dates.
Product Life-Cycle Information
The above policy is a general guideline for product life cycles. For specific end-of-life dates on different products, please refer to the table below. Meanwhile, the guideline is applicable to the listed products only. More products will be added to the list in the near future. Products such as PowerBuilder, PowerDesigner, etc., however, will still follow their existing EOL policy. If you need any further information, please contact your local support office.
| Product |
Version |
Platform |
Release Date |
End of Sale |
End of Life |
Sybase IQ |
12.6.x |
All |
December, 2004 |
August, 2008 |
August, 2009 |
Sybase IQ |
12.7.x* |
All |
August, 2006 |
April, 2010 |
March, 2012 |
*End of Life date for Sybase IQ Software Developer’s Kit is April, 2011
- Note: Please note that the End of Sale and End of Life dates for a certain versions of products will be adjusted based on later version’s release dates. The policy is subject to change at any time. However, you can consider that the dates listed above will not be retracted.
- The following existing platforms for Sybase IQ 12.6.x and 12.7.x are not available after version 12.7.x: HP-UX PA-RISC 64-bit, Linux x86 32-bit. HP-UX Itanium 64-bit and Linux x86 64-bit will continue to be supported.
- While Sybase IQ 15.x will be in market for at least 3 years after the next release family is available, Sybase will only release bug fixes on the latest version of 15.x today. Customers who intend to purchase Sybase IQ 15.x will obtain the latest version available. Please note that bug fixes will get rolled up to later versions of 15.x. Customers will need to upgrade to the latest intermediate release within a release family to continue to obtain the benefits of bug fixes. In general, Sybase will not patch previous intermediate releases after the next intermediate release is available.
