SUG-TX August 2004 Newsletter

The Sybase Users' Group of Texas - August 2004 Newsletter (www.sugtx.org)

Table of Contents:

1) SUG-TX July 27th Meeting Highlights

2) Next SUG-TX Meeting – August 24th

3) Sybase Ships PowerBuilder 10.0

4) Sybase Launches RFID Early Adopter Program at Annual TechWave User Conference

5) Houston User Group for Sun (HUGS) Meeting

6) Sybase Learning Center Schedule for Dallas (Sep - Nov)

1) SUG-TX July 27th Meeting Highlights

The Sybase Users’ Group of Texas held their July meeting on Tuesday, July 27th with a special presentation on PowerBuilder 9 and 10 by John Strano, Technology Evangelist with Sybase, Inc.

Don Clayton, President of SUG-TX, welcomed everyone to the meeting. The group held a short Q&A session so we could give our speaker the extra time. Don introduced John Strano, a Sybase Technology Evangelist and a charter member of TeamSybase. John has been using PowerBuilder since 1991 and has authored articles for multiple industry periodicals. John has presented Sybase tools on an international basis since 1997. Over the last 13 years John has developed a variety of PowerBuilder applications from single-user systems scaling up to enterprise-class, web-based projects.

John presented an overview of the features introduced in PowerBuilder 9.0 such as RAD JSP Authoring, PowerBuilder XML WEB DataWindow, PowerBuilder Document Object Model, PowerBuilder Native Interface, and Web Service Support. Next was a presentation and demo of the features just released in PowerBuilder 10.0. Those features included Unicode PowerBuilder, PowerDesigner Plug-in, UDDI Support in the Web Services Wizard, XML Web DataWindow, VB.Net or C# Application using DataWindows built from scratch, ShareData Graph DataWindows Example, and Order Entry Application. Java demos included PowerBuilder EJB Client Support, Deployment of PowerBuilder business logic to a J2EE server, PowerDesigner Object Modeling capabilities for Java languages, and the future of PowerBuilder as a Java Virtual Machine language.

2) Next SUG-TX Meeting – August 24^th

The Sybase Users' Group of Texas will hold their next meeting on Tuesday, August 24^th. SUG-TX board members Don Clayton, Kathy Ridley, Cindy Bean, and Cynthia Gill will review the information presented at TechWave 2004, held recently in Orlando, Florida. Come hear about the exciting news that Sybase shared with attendees.

The meetings are held at HAL-PC, 4543 Post Oak Place, Suite 200, Houston, TX 77027 (map), from 4:00pm to 6:30pm.

3) Sybase Ships PowerBuilder 10.0

SYBASE TECHWAVE USER CONFERENCE, ORLANDO, Fla. —August 16, 2004 —Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure and wireless software, today announced the general availability of Sybase PowerBuilder 10.0, an advanced rapid application development (RAD) tool that enables customers to simplify and accelerate the creation of enterprise class, data-driven applications. Sybase PowerBuilder 10.0 offers both rich-client functionality and capabilities for J2EE and Microsoft .NET environments, patented Sybase DataWindow® technology, 4GL ease-of-use and integration with Sybase PowerDesigner®, a market leading enterprise modeling tool.

See the full story at http://www.sybase.com/detail/1,6904,1031468,00.html.

4) Sybase Launches RFID Early Adopter Program at Annual TechWave User Conference

SYBASE TECHWAVE USER CONFERENCE, ORLANDO, Fla. —August 16, 2004—Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY) today launched an RFID Early Adopter Program, designed to jump start development of radio frequency identification (RFID) enterprise solutions. The company plans to work closely with a select group of customers and partners (SIs, VARs, OEMs), leveraging new Sybase® RFID middleware currently in development. The middleware includes new technologies as well as existing Sybase Unwired Enterprise portfolio products that have been extended to address RFID environments. Benefits for participants include early access to Sybase RFID middleware, strategy and design sessions, and dedicated resources. In a related press release, Sybase and AeroScout today announced availability of a mobile real-time RFID tracking solution [see “Sybase and AeroScout Partner to Deliver Integrated Wi-Fi Location and Active RFID Tracking Solution”.

See the full story at http://www.sybase.com/detail/1,6904,1031470,00.html.

5) Houston User Group for Sun (HUGS) Meeting

The Houston User Group for Sun meets on the second Tuesday of every month at the Houston Sun office. The next meeting is September 14th. To be added to their mailing list, contact Art Blummer.

6) Sybase Learning Center Schedule for Dallas (Sep - Nov)

Sybase Dallas Learning Center

14800 Quorum Drive, Suite 505

Dallas, Texas 75240

Contact: 972-687-6400

07 Sep 2004 4 days Advanced T-SQL: Tips and Techniques

13 Sep 2004 5 days Fast Track to Adaptive Server Enterprise

20 Sep 2004 5 days System and Database Administration: ASE

04 Oct 2004 5 days Advanced Administration and Troubleshooting for ASE

18 Oct 2004 5 days Performance and Tuning: Configuring ASE

25 Oct 2004 5 days Fast Track to Replication Server Administration

01 Nov 2004 5 days Fast Track to Adaptive Server Enterprise

08 Nov 2004 5 days Fast Track: Developing Robust Apps Using PowerBuilder 9.0

15 Nov 2004 5 days Performance and Tuning: ASE Query Optimizer

15 Nov 2004 1 day Introduction to SQL 12.5

16 Nov 2004 4 days Advanced T-SQL: Tips and Techniques

Please verify class availability with Sybase registration or http://sed.sybase.com/Osiris/osiris_location_NAA1.htm#DL

Hilton Computer Strategies

6001 Savoy, Suite 207

Houston, Texas 77036

Contact: 713-782-6665

18 Oct 2004 5 days PB101: Basic Programming Using PowerBuilder

Pre-register 5 days PB301: Advanced Programming Using PowerBuilder

Send news & events to: secretary@sugtx.org

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