The Sybase Users' Group of Texas February 2004 Newsletter
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Table of Contents:
 
 1) SUG-TX February 24th Meeting Highlights
 2) Next SUG-TX Meeting - March 23rd
 3) TechWave 2004 -- Call for Papers
 4) Sybase Releases New Versions of EAServer, Pocket PowerBuilder, PowerDesigner
 5) Houston User Group for Sun (HUGS) Meeting
 6) Sybase Events
 7) Sybase Learning Center Schedule for Houston and Dallas (Mar - May)
 

1) SUG-TX February 24th Meeting Highlights
 
The Sybase Users' Group of Texas held their meeting on Tuesday, February 24th.
SUG-TX President, Don Clayton, welcomed everyone to the meeting.  The group
started with an open question and answer period before the scheduled topic.

For the schedule topic, Joe Weinman of Bradmark Technologies presented NORAD
Surveillance for Sybase ASE and Replication Server.  Joe showed the group how
NORAD works to monitor your ASE and Replication Servers and allows you to send
alerts when it detects problems.  Joe showed how you can customize NORAD and
how the historical repository works.  For more information, visit
www.bradmark.com.
 

2) Next SUG-TX Meeting - March 23rd
 
The Sybase Users' Group of Texas will hold their next meeting on Tuesday,
March 23rd.  The meetings have changed to 4:00-6:30pm at HAL-PC; 4543
Post Oak Place, Suite 200. 

Agenda:

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

 4:30pm - 6:15pm   Presentation - IQ

 6:15pm - 6:30pm   Wrap Up/Giveaway


3) TechWave 2004 -- Call for Papers

Sybase is looking for presentations for the next annual Sybase TechWave User
Training and Solutions Conference, in Orlando, Florida, August 15-19, 2004
If you've solved a unique business challenge utilizing Sybase products,
Sybase would like you tell the thousands of TechWave 2004 attendees about it.
Please visit www.sybase.com/techwave2004/cfp to apply.
 
If you are selected as a conference speaker, you'll receive a complimentary
conference pass valued at $1,745. 
 
As Sybase celebrates 20 years of innovation in the information technology
industry TechWave 2004 is preparing a comprehensive program from our ground-
breaking history through the advances of today. The tracks include sessions
on all our areas of expertise: Unwired Enterprise, Linux, ASE, Analytics,
EAServer, Integration, PowerBuilder, PowerDesigner, Replication, EP, Web
Services, Mobile and Wireless, Financial, Healthcare, and Government.  Topics
may range from novice to the most experienced level. 
 
Applications must be submitted no later than Monday, March 1, 2004. You will
be notified in April if you have been selected for a technical session.


4) Sybase Releases New Versions of EAServer, Pocket PowerBuilder, PowerDesigner

Sybase announces the latest release of Sybase EAServer, an enterprise
application server based on open standards that powers business critical
applications providing the lowest total cost of ownership.

See the full story at http://www.sybase.com/detail/1,6904,1028502,00.html.

Sybase, Inc. announces general availability of Sybase® Pocket PowerBuilder 1.5,
a mobile and wireless application tool that saves time and money by improving
developer productivity.

See the full story at http://www.sybase.com/detail/1,6904,1028503,00.html.

Sybase announces availability of PowerDesigner10.0, an enterprise modeling
tool that combines business- and technology-centric modeling techniques to
foster greater collaboration between business and IT users.

See the full story at http://www.sybase.com/detail/1,6904,1028504,00.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 March 9th.  To be added to
their mailing list, contact Art Blummer at Blummer@computer.org.
 

6) Sybase Events
 
a) Webcast - ISUG Techcast Series

   Topic: MDA Tables — New Monitoring Capabilities in ASE by Rob Verschoor
   Date: March 9th and 11th, 2004
   Time: 12:00pm CST
 
The monthly ISUG techcast series, featuring popular topics and issues for
Developers and DBAs, continues in March.  These techcasts provide a live
forum for peer-to-peer, user-to-user information exchange and discussion.
Details for each techcast and registration information is available at
www.sybase.com/isugtechcast.  Past presentations are available at
www.sybase.com/isugpresentations.
 
b) Webcast - SQL Anywhere Technical Webcast Series
 
These webcasts will show developers how to use SQL Anywhere Studio to build
solutions that meet the demanding requirements of SMB environments.  SQL
Anywhere Studio is the data management and enterprise data synchronization
solution embedded in hundreds of SMB applications developed by companies like
Intuit, Siebel and Veritas.

Developers will learn how SQL Anywhere Studio's strengths, such as ease-of-use,
small footprint and robust reliability, along with its high performance out-
of-the-box meet the unique needs of SMB environments: power and application
flexibility with a minimum maintenance and cost.

Session 1 - Embedding A Database within Your Desktop or Client-Server
            Application

   Date: Thursday, February 26th, 2004
   Time: 2:00pm -- 3:00pm ET

Session 2 - From 5 to 50 to 500 Users: Ensuring Your Client-Server
            Application Scales for SMB Environments 

   Date: Thursday, March 11th, 2004
   Time: 2:00pm -- 3:00pm ET

Session 3 - Creating and Extending Applications for Remote Office Environments

   Date: Thursday, March 25th, 2004
   Time: 2:00pm -- 3:00pm ET

Register at http://crm.sybase.com/sybase/www/iAS/sql_series.jsp
 
c) Webcast - Mobile Web Development Fundamentals

   Topic: Securely Managing Your Mobile Web Application Deployment
   Date: March 2nd, 2004
   Time: 1:00pm CST

Register at http://www.ianywhere.com/mobilewebseries or call 800-801-2069.

d) TechWave 2004 - Mark Your Calendars
 
   Date:  August 15th - 19th, 2004
   Where: Gaylord Palms Resort Hotels and Convention Center
          Orlando, FL
 
For more information and to sign up for the TechWave newsletter, visit
http://www.sybase.com/techwave2004.

Event information is available at www.sybase.com/about_sybase/events.
 

7) Sybase Learning Center Schedule for Dallas (Mar - May)
 
     Sybase Dallas Learning Center
     14800 Quorum, Suite 505
     Addison, TX 75001
     Contact:  972-687-6400
     Register: 1 800-8-SYBASE
            
08 Mar 2004 5 days  Fast Track to Adaptive Server Enterprise
15 Mar 2004 5 days  System and Database Administration: ASE
22 Mar 2004 5 days  PowerBuilder Masters Boot Camp
05 Apr 2004 5 days  Performance and Tuning: Configuring ASE
26 Apr 2004 2 days  Logical Database Design
28 Apr 2004 3 days  Physical Database Design
03 May 2004 5 days  Intermediate Java 2 Programming
10 May 2004 5 days  .NET Framework and ASP.NET using VB.NET
10 May 2004 5 days  XML Certification Boot Camp
17 May 2004 5 days  Fast Track to Replication Server Administration
27 May 2004 2 days  EAServer Administration

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

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