The Sybase Users' Group of Texas - February 2005 Newsletter (www.sugtx.org)
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Table of Contents:
1)
SUG-TX January 25th SUG-TX Meeting Highlights
2)
February 25th SUG-TX Meeting
3)
Sybase Announces General
Availability for ASE on Linux for IBM eServer™
OpenPower™-Based Systems
4)
Sybase Database Software Attains
Coveted Security Certification
5)
Houston User Group for
Sun (HUGS) Meeting
6)
Sybase Events
7)
Sybase Training Schedule (Mar - May)
1) SUG-TX January 25th SUG-TX
Meeting Highlights
The Sybase Users’ Group of Texas held their first meeting of 2005 on Tuesday, January 25th. The first meeting of the year involves planning for the year ahead and electing officers. The officers elected for 2005 are:
President
Donald Clayton, Intertech Consulting
Vice President Bernie Dy,
MI Drilling
Treasurer Kathy
Ridley, Adea Solutions
Secretary Cindy
Bean, BMC Software
Don reviewed the topics and meetings held in 2004 and asked for suggestions for topics for 2005. Many good ideas were mentioned and there will be some great topics this year. Don's presentation is available at: http://sugtx.org/MeetingResources/20050125/SugTXJanuary2005Meeting.pps.
The major topic suggestions for 2005 are as follows:
PowerBuilder .Net DataWindow Unleashed
Sybase's
Using EAServer 5.2 with Java and J2EE
PowerBuilder 11 - The latest .Net Language
Sybase Enterprise Portal
Moving from ERWin or Rational Rose to PowerDesigner 11
Advanced Features of Sybase ASE 15
The New Java DataWindow
Sybase on Linux
Strategies
The officers for 2005 will endeavor
to put on the highest quality presentations available this year, with more of a
solutions-based focus and hands on examples. This will be an exciting year
for Sybase, especially for the release of ASE 15.0 this year. In the
tools area, PowerBuilder becomes a full .Net language this year with support for
the .Net System namespace, DataWindows in web forms, ASPX support for
PowerBuilder applications, including the ability to inherit from C# and VB.Net
objects and vice versa. If you have any other suggestions for topics
for 2005, the agenda is still being finalized and it is not too late to make
some suggestions.
2) February 25th SUG-TX
Meeting
The Sybase Users' Group of Texas
will not hold a meeting in February, and the next meeting will be held on
Tuesday, March 22nd. To start the
year off right, Bryan Roberts and Dave Fink will reprise and expand on a
presentation delivered to the
Meetings are held on the 4th
Tuesday of the month, from 4:00pm - 6:30pm at HAL-PC; 4543 Post Oak Place, Suite
200. Additional meeting details
will be sent in the March newsletter.
3) Sybase Announces General Availability for ASE
on Linux for IBM eServer™ OpenPower™-Based
Systems
BOSTON,
LINUX WORLD and DUBLIN, Calif. — February 15, 2005
— Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure and
mobile software, today announced at Linux World the general availability of its
relational database management system (RDBMS), Sybase® Adaptive Server®
Enterprise (ASE) for Linux on IBM’s eServer™ OpenPower™ systems with complete
support and consulting services from Sybase and IBM to support mission-critical
applications. Sybase ASE for IBM’s eServer™ OpenPower™ systems, offers the
lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) of any enterprise database on Linux. Sybase
and
IBM
will coordinate worldwide sales, marketing and services responsibilities for the
Linux platform, with a strong focus on offering solutions that meet the
demanding requirements of the financial services sector.
Recognized
as a Linux database total cost of ownership (TCO) leader by The Standish Group,
Sybase ASE was the first RDBMS ported to the Linux OS, and has garnered several
prestigious awards, including the LinuxWorld magazine Reader’s Choice Award for
“Best Linux Database.”
"Logicalis
is very excited about the relationship that Sybase and IBM have developed for
potential Linux customers," said Brandon Harris, director, IBM solutions,
Logicalis. "The Linux marketplace, while open, is looking for commitment from
the traditional vendors. The announcement of Sybase ASE on OpenPower provides
Linux customer's with a stable, robust, and proven solution from two long
standing IT providers in the marketplace. This further enhances and supports the
openness of Linux and provides credibility from two well known providers."
See
the full story at http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1034555.
4) Sybase Database Software Attains Coveted
Security Certification
Dublin,
CA – February 15, 2005 --
Sybase today announced that its enterprise class relational database Sybase ASE
12.5.2 has attained a security certification of level 4 (EAL4) from the
International Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation,
making it the most recent database offering in the industry to achieve this
level of certification. This certification level, the highest achieved by
general-purpose software, is evidence of Sybase ASE’s impressive security
features such as SSL-protected communications and row-based access
controls.
The
Common Criteria Certification is required by the United States Government before
any IT products can be considered for purchase by government offices,
departments and other federally funded organizations. In addition, Common
Criteria is an internationally recognized security evaluation required by
numerous central governments worldwide for any of their departments interested
in procuring commercially available products. Common Criteria certification also
assures businesses of a standard measure of the security design of their
computing products.
The
National Information Assurance Partnership Common Criteria Evaluation verifies
compliance with the Common Criteria certification standard and Validation Scheme
(CCEVS) Validation Body -- which is a joint activity managed by both the
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Security
Agency (NSA). The EAL4 certificate, together with its associated validation
report, confirms that the security functions of Sybase ASE 12.5.2 have been
evaluated at an accredited laboratory for conformance to the Common
Criteria.
The full story is available at http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1034550.
5) Houston User Group for Sun
(HUGS) Meeting
The Houston User Group for Sun
meets on the second Tuesday of every month at the
6) Sybase
Events
a) Webcast
Series - ISUG Monthly Techcast Series
Topic: The ASE MDA Tables: Finding
Out What Goes On Inside the ASE
Date: Tuesday, March 8th and Thursday,
March 10th, 2005
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm CDT
The monthly ISUG techcast series, featuring popular topics from TechWave, continues in March. Registration information is available at http://www.sybase.com/isugtechcasts.
If you missed previous techcasts, you can view the recording of past sessions or download the presentations at http://www.sybase.com/isugpresentations.