The Sybase Users' Group of Texas – August 2009 Newsletter

(www.sugtx.org)

 

Table of Contents:

 

1)   SUG-TX Sept 22nd Meeting – TechWave Wrap Up

2)   Highlights: SUG-TX July 28th Meeting

3)   Future SUG-TX Meetings

4)   Sybase Unveils All New PowerBuilder to Make Developing For Microsoft.Net Applications Even Easier

5)   Sybase iAnywhere Named a Mobile Middleware Market Leader for Seventh Consecutive Year

6)   International Sybase User Group Events

7)   Sybase Events

8)   OpenSolaris / Houston User Group for Sun (HUGS) Meeting

9)   Important Membership Information!!

10)  Sybase Training Schedule (Sep - Feb)

 

 

1) SUG-TX Sept 22nd Meeting – TechWave Wrap Up

 

Note:  There’s no meeting on Tuesday, August 25th due to TechWave this week.

 

The Sybase Users’ Group of Texas will hold their next meeting on Tuesday, September 22, 2009.  The presentation will be a Wrap Up of the TechWave 2009 Symposium being held August 26-27, 2009 in Washington DC.  Join Don Clayton, SUG-TX President, and Cindy Bean, SUG-TX Secretary, as they bring back information on the development and database topics.

 

Agenda:

 

  4:00pm - 4:30pm    Introduction, Welcome, Q&A

 

  4:30pm - 5:10pm    TechWave Wrap Up - Database

 

  5:10pm - 5:50pm    TechWave Wrap Up – Development

 

  5:50pm – 6:00pm   Wrap Up

 

  6:30pm -                Post meeting discussions at Champps Americana (at the Uptown location)

 

The meetings are held at HAL-PC, 4543 Post Oak Place, Suite 200, Houston, TX 77027 (map).  Members frequently continue discussions at Champps Sports Bar after the meeting while waiting for traffic to subside.

 

 

2) Highlights: SUG-TX July 28th Meeting

 

The Sybase Users’ Group of Texas met to do a follow up “Deep Dive” into the features of the new PowerBuilder 12 .NET.  After joining the beta program, the audience downloaded and installed Beta 1 and took it on a test drive on their laptops.  Although not feature complete, the Beta migrated the PowerBuilder Samples application and the PFC sample, and seemed stable for the set of features available for testing.

 

A spirited discussion ensued regarding the software’s feature set and strategic ways to utilize the .NET framework and other .NET languages.  A general consensus was that the new IDE was preferable to the “classic” IDE and that all targets should be migrated to the new IDE as soon as feasible.  These discussions will certainly continue after TechWave, when more information about the near-term technical roadmap for PowerBuilder will become available.

 

 

3) Future SUG-TX Meetings

 

Mark your calendar for future topics for SUG-TX Meetings:

 

·         October 27:             TBD

·         November 24:         No meeting – Thanksgiving Holiday

·         December:              Holiday Party

 

Meetings will not be held in May and November due to proximity to holidays (Memorial Day and Thanksgiving).  The August meeting will be skipped due to the SUG-TX officers attending the TechWave 2009 Symposium in Washington, DC.  December is the annual holiday party.  SUG-TX usually meets on the 4th Tuesday so add a recurring appointment on your calendar and watch for future meeting announcements and newsletters for details.

 

 

4) Sybase Unveils All New PowerBuilder to Make Developing For Microsoft.Net Applications Even Easier

 

PowerBuilder 12 Offers the First Migration Path from Win32 to .NET Framework; Comprehensive New IDE Introduces Extensive .NET Framework Application Development Functionality Including Windows Presentation Foundation

 

DUBLIN, CALIF. — AUGUST 18, 2009 — Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), an industry leader in delivering enterprise and mobile software, today announced the beta availability for PowerBuilder 12, a new generation of Sybase’s proven development tool. This latest release of the award-winning PowerBuilder empowers developers with the easiest, fastest and most cost-effective path to the Microsoft® .NET Framework, the Microsoft Windows® component that that supports building and running the next generation of applications. 

 

“PowerBuilder 12 is one of the most significant releases in the product’s history,” said David Tong, vice president of Engineering, Sybase. “We have recognized the need in the PowerBuilder community for a versatile and open ..NET development tool and have responded with a solution that empowers developers to quickly and easily deliver .NET Framework-based applications without limitations via end-to-end managed code.”

 

Sybase will ship PowerBuilder with two self-contained modules, one designed for Windows 32-based development and a new comprehensive module for developing Windows Presentation Foundation-based applications on top of the Microsoft Visual Studio shell. 

 

“By leveraging the Visual Studio Shell, Sybase is providing its community of developers with even more flexibility in building and deploying data driven applications that target the Windows platform,” said Matt Carter, Group Product Manager, Visual Studio, Microsoft.  “Microsoft is pleased to be working with Sybase to enable custom tools such as PowerBuilder.”

 

For the full story, go to http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1065278.

 

 

5) Sybase iAnywhere Named a Mobile Middleware Market Leader for Seventh Consecutive Year

 

New Report from Leading Industry Analyst Firm Highlights 14.8% Market Share for Sybase in the Mobile Middleware Space

 

DUBLIN, CALIF. — JULY 29, 2009 — Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), an industry leader in delivering enterprise and mobile software, today announced that in a recent Worldwide Mobile Middleware 2009 – 2013 Forecast and 2008 Vendor Shares reporti, leading IT market research advisory firm IDC recognized Sybase iAnywhere as a leader in mobile middleware software for the seventh consecutive year.

The report found that the worldwide mobile middleware market grew by 10.1% from 2007 to 2008, reaching $853.8 million in revenue. IDC predicts that the worldwide market will grow by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.6% over the next five years to reach $1.6 billion by 2013.

 

“The mobile middleware market is showing strong resiliency in challenging times, as savvy enterprises recognize that the deployment of a mobile enterprise solution provides strong ROI and cost-reduction benefits,” said Stephen Drake, Program Vice President for Mobility & Telecom research, IDC. “The lines are now blurred between mobile middleware platform and key enterprise applications as platform providers push forward with intricate partnerships.. This partnership strategy will not only prove to be a significant competitive differentiator for the top mobile middleware platform vendors but also play a critical role in the expansion of mobility.”

 

“The ongoing analyst leadership recognitions, including this latest report on the mobile middleware market by IDC, further substantiate our unwired enterprise strategy based on Sybase Unwired Platform,” said Terry Stepien, president, Sybase iAnywhere. “Over the last six months we have made strategic partnerships with formidable brands and significant technology advancements that strengthen our play toward heterogeneous device environments. In the second half of 2009, we’ll continue our strong momentum by executing our strategy and demonstrating proven enterprise mobility leadership for our customers.”

 

The full report can be obtained at www.idc.com. For more information about Sybase’s mobility solutions please call 800-8SYBASE or 519-883-6898 or visit www.sybase.com/mobileenterprise.

 

 

6) International Sybase User Group Events

 

The International Sybase User Group (ISUG) sponsors events for Special Interests Groups (SIGs), Virtual User Groups, and members.  Sign up for ISUG Membership for as little as $25 for a basic membership and get access to events and online material.  For more details, visit:

 

http://www.isug.com/common/JoinISUG.html

 

 

7) Sybase Events

 

Seminars, Conferences, Webcasts, Tradeshows, Sports events — whichever way you want to get information from Sybase, they deliver!   Check out future events at:

 

http://www.sybase.com/about_sybase/events

 

If you'd like to give feedback on what types of events you think Sybase should offer please email them at events@sybase.com

 

 

8) OpenSolaris / Houston User Group for Sun (HUGS) Meeting

 

The OpenSolaris / Houston User Group for Sun meets on the second Tuesday of every month at the Houston Sun office.  The next meeting will be on Sept 8th.

 

Web Site: http://opensolaris.org/os/project/hugs
Subscribe to the mailing list: http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ug-hugs

 

 

9) Important Membership Information!!

 

Please read the following information to remain on the SUG-TX mailing list!

 

SUG-TX has a new community on the International Sybase User Group (ISUG) members’ web site as part of its continuing participation as a local user group under ISUG.  As a community, SUG-TX has a calendar, a news sections, a forum, a file library, and an announcement list.  For those SUG-TX members that are already ISUG members, you can go to the “Community” tab and sign up for the SUG-TX community’s announcement list.  Look under “North American Regional Communities” and click on “UG – NA – Sybase Users’ Group of Texas” (or user this link: http://my.isug.com/p/co/in/gid=326).  You can add the community to your favorites list and make it your default community.

 

For those SUG-TX members that are not ISUG members, you will need to sign up for a SUG-TX/ISUG membership to get access to the SUG-TX community.  The choices are:

 

                                             SUG-TX     ISUG – NA Region

 

  Associate Member      $  0        $  0

  Base Benefits         $ 25        $ 30

  Green Benefits        $ 89        $ 99

  Gold Benefits         $ 99        $119

 

 

Joining ISUG through SUG-TX will save you money.  To decide which level of benefits is the right choice for you, visit: http://www.isug.com/common/MembershipBenefits.html.  Green level benefits include over $7000 worth of free software, all for $89.  To sign up for a SUG-TX/ISUG membership, click on the membership level listed above..

 

When you sign up, you will be part of the SUG-TX community.  Go to the SUG-TX community and make sure you’re on the announcement list so you’ll receive meeting announcements and newsletters.   If you have any questions or are receiving duplicate emails, contact secretary@sugtx.org.

 

 

10) Sybase Training Schedule (Sep - Feb)

 

     Sybase Dallas Learning Center

     14800 Quorum Drive, Suite 505

     Dallas, Texas 75240

     Contact:  972-687-6400

     Register: 1 800-8-SYBASE

            

Sep 14, 2009  5 days  Fast Track to Replication Server Administration

Sep 21, 2009  5 days  Fast Track to PowerBuilder: Part I

Sep 28, 2009  3 days  MobiLink Synchronization with SQL Anywhere 10.0

Oct 05, 2009  5 days  Performance and Tuning: Configuring ASE 15

Oct 12, 2009  5 days  Performance and Tuning: ASE 15.0 Query Optimizer

Oct 19, 2009  5 days  ASE 15 Migration for DBA’s

Nov 02, 2009  5 days  Fast Track to Adaptive Server Enterprise

Nov 09, 2009  4 days  Mastering Transact-SQL Programming: Advanced Tips &

                       Techniques

Nov 16, 2009  5 days  Fast Track to PowerBuilder: Part II

Nov 30, 2009  5 days  System and Database Administration: ASE

Dec 07, 2009  5 days  Fast Track to Replication Server Administration

Dec 14, 2009  5 days  Fast Track to PowerBuilder: Part I

Jan 11, 2010  5 days  Performance and Tuning: Configuring ASE 15

Jan 18, 2010  5 days  Performance and Tuning: ASE 15.0 Query Optimizer

Jan 25, 2010  5 days  ASE 15 Migration for DBA’s

Feb 01, 2010  5 days  Fast Track to Adaptive Server Enterprise

Feb 08, 2010  5 days  Fast Track to PowerBuilder: Part II

 

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

 

 

Send news to: secretary@sugtx.org

 

Do you have suggestions for our group?  Would you like to present your Sybase solutions to the Sybase Users’ Group of Texas?  The group is always looking for compelling presentations for our monthly meetings.  Let us hear them!

 

Please forward this newsletter to anyone interested in learning more about Sybase products.  To be added to or removed from the SUG-TX mailing list, send an email to secretary@sugtx.org or change your subscriptions on the My.ISUG.com website.

 

 



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