From: Sybase Users' Group of Texas [secretary@sugtx.org]
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 8:25 PM
To: sugtx secretary
Subject: SUG-TX January 2009 Newsletter
The Sybase Users' Group of
Table of Contents:
1) SUG-TX January Meeting – PowerBuilder 11.5
Road Show Event!!
2) Future SUG-TX Meetings
3) Gartner Names Sybase in Leaders Quadrant
4) Forbes Names Sybase a Favorite for Capital
Gains in 2009
5) International Sybase User Group Events
6) Sybase Events
7) OpenSolaris / Houston User Group for Sun
(HUGS) Meeting
8) Important Membership Information!!
9) Sybase Training Schedule (Jan - Jun)
1)
SUG-TX January Meeting – PowerBuilder 11.5 Road Show Event!!
The
SUG-TX January 27th Meeting is cancelled, please plan to attend the
January 29th PowerBuilder 11.5 Road Show instead.
Please
note that you must be an ISUG member to attend the afternoon hands-on lab,
click on the link in section # below to join ISUG. Make sure to join as a
SUG-TX member to save on membership fees.
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PowerBuilder
Accelerated Development Tour PowerBuilder 11.5 just came out and we want to share how the new features
and capabilities will help accelerate your development, bring aesthetic
enhancements to your PowerBuilder applications, and simplify .NET
development. We are also working fast and furiously on delivering PowerBuilder
12, which blend the Visual Studio Isolated Shell with the prowess of
DataWindow and PowerBuilder technology. Fresh from the labs, we will give you
a sneak peek of
arguably the biggest news for PowerBuilder since its inception:
PowerBuilder 12. PowerBuilder
evangelists and team members are excited to share the latest in PowerBuilder
innovations and are looking forward to meeting you at an Accelerated
Development event. Detailed
Overview of Topics PowerBuilder
11.5 Sneak
Peek at PowerBuilder 12
Register today for the PowerBuilder Accelerated
Development Tour. |
Agenda 9:30
AM 11:00
AM 12:30
PM 1:30
PM - 4:30 PM 2009
Dates and Locations
Register today for an Accelerated
Development Tour Event near you! |
2)
Future SUG-TX Meetings
Mark
your calendar for future topics for SUG-TX Meetings:
·
January
27: Cancelled, please plan to attend the
PowerBuilder 11.5 Road Show instead.
·
February
24: PowerBuilder 11.5 Deep Dive follow on to the PowerBuilder
11.5 Road Show
·
March
24: ASE Topic
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April
28: DataWindow 2.5
and 3.0
·
May
26: No meeting –
Memorial Day Holiday
·
June
23: TBD
·
July
28: TBD
·
August
25: TechWave Wrap Up (TechWave is Aug
16th – 20th)
·
September
22: TBD
·
October
27: TBD
·
November
24: No meeting – Thanksgiving Holiday
·
December:
Meetings
will not be held in May and November due to proximity to holidays (Memorial Day
and Thanksgiving). 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.
3)
Gartner Names Sybase in Leaders Quadrant
Sybase
Positioned in Leaders Quadrant in Mobile
“We
believe our position in the Leaders quadrant in Gartner’s Mobile Enterprise
Applications Platform Magic Quadrant reinforces our ability to provide value to
enterprises that want to mobilize key business applications and processes,”
said Raj Nathan, Chief Marketing Officer, Sybase. “From our perspective,
Gartner’s evaluation is also a testament to our unwavering commitment to our
Unwired Enterprise vision and our unique position within the marketplace to
deliver upon it. As one of the first mobile enterprise software providers,
Sybase has witnessed increasing demand in the number of enterprises that want
to take advantage of the power of information anywhere, on any device.”
Gartner
provides the “Rule of Three,” which states that “multichannel gateway
approaches offer significant advantages in three situations: (1) when there are
three or more applications, (2) when there are three or more targeted OSs or
platforms, and (3) when they involve the integration of three or more back-end
systems.”
“As
a developer of mobile workforce applications centered on workflow and business
processes, we needed a versatile and reliable synchronization component,” said
Stefan Christen, Global Project Manager, Swiss1mobile. “While evaluating vendor
partnerships, Sybase was the clear choice because of their mobile enterprise
expertise, strong product line, and market leadership.”
“Our
primary focus at MobileDataforce is to provide mobile applications that bridge
the gap between the office and the field, so we require a partner capable of
serving as the synchronization foundation of our platform PointSync,” said Mike
Freeman, CEO, MobileDataforce. “After evaluating all the leading database and
mobile middleware solutions, Sybase clearly stood out in terms of
synchronization capabilities, interoperability, and security.”
To
view the 2008 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Mobile Enterprise Application
Platforms please visit www.gartner.com.
4)
Forbes Names Sybase a Favorite for Capital Gains in 2009
Forbes
recently ranked Sybase among its five favorite companies for capital gains in
2009, citing Sybase’s climb in profit estimates for both 2008 and 2009, as well
as its placement in the forefront of wireless data, as reason.
From
the Forbes Article:
Five
Favorites For Capital Gains In 2009
Richard Moroney, Upside, 01.08.09, 03:30 PM EST
Some of this young year's best stock bets
require you to ignore a lot of noise and focus on fundamentals.
While
this seems an especially dicey year-end for investment predictions, we're
certain of a few things. One is that nobody knows exactly how things will go in
the stock market in 2009--today's widespread pessimism does not ensure further
losses or guarantee a recovery.
Another
certainty is that much of the advice being dispensed today is ill-advised or
just plain wrong, so the following paragraphs provide our take on some of
today's more popular investment maxims:
It's
too late to sell, but too early to buy.
This
advice, whether directed at the market or a particular stock, is sheer
nonsense. Except for trading costs and taxes, holding and buying are equivalent
actions. In other words, unless a stock is a good buy today, you should not
hold it.
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Unlike
most
For
the full story, go to http://www.forbes.com/finance/2009/01/08/comtech-emcor-sybase-pf-ii-in_rm_0108advisersoapbox_inl.html.
5)
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
6)
Sybase Events
Seminars, Conferences, Webcasts, Tradeshows, Sports events —
whichever way you want to get information from
http://www.sybase.com/about_sybase/events
If you'd like to give feedback on what types of events you think
7)
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
Web Site: http://opensolaris.org/os/project/hugs
Subscribe to the mailing list: http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ug-hugs
8)
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, contact secretary@sugtx.org.
9) Sybase Training Schedule (Jan - Jun)
Jan
26, 2009 5 days Fast Track to Replication Server Administration
Feb
02, 2009 5 days Fast Track to Adaptive Server Enterprise
Feb
09, 2009 5 days Performance and Tuning: Configuring ASE 15
Feb
09, 2009 5 days Fast Track to PowerBuilder: Part II
Feb
23, 2009 5 days System and Database Administration: ASE
Mar
02, 2009 5 days Advanced Administration and Troubleshooting for ASE
15
Mar
30, 2009 5 days Fast Track to PowerBuilder: Part I
Apr
13, 2009 5 days Performance and Tuning: Configuring ASE 15
Apr
20, 2009 5 days Performance and Tuning: ASE 15.0 Query Optimizer
Apr
27, 2009 5 days Fast Track to Adaptive Server Enterprise
May
04, 2009 5 days System and Database Administration: ASE
May
11, 2009 4 days Mastering Transact-SQL Programming: Advanced Tips
&
Techniques
Jun
01, 2009 5 days Fast Track to PowerBuilder: Part II
Jun
08, 2009 5 days Fast Track to Replication Server Administration
Jun
15, 2009 5 days Performance and Tuning: Configuring ASE 15
Jun
22, 2009 5 days Fast Track to PowerBuilder: Part I
Please
verify class availability with Sybase registration or http://sed.sybase.com/Osiris/osiris_location_NAA1.htm#DL
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