The Sybase Users' Group of Texas - March 2005 Newsletter (www.sugtx.org)
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Table of Contents:
1)
SUG-TX March 22nd Meeting
2)
Sybase CEO John Chen Delivers
Keynote at CTIA
3)
The Agriculture Bank Of
4)
TechWave 2005 Call for Papers Opens
5)
Houston User Group for
Sun (HUGS) Meeting
6)
Sybase Events
7)
Sybase Training Schedule (Apr - Jun)
1) SUG-TX March 22nd
Meeting
The
next SUG-TX meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 22nd. Dave Fink and Bryan
Roberts will review and demonstrate the latest release of the DataWindow .Net
product from Sybase, version 1.5 beta. With the release of 1.5, Sybase will
expand the DataWindow .Net feature set to provide developers with DataWindows
& DataStores to use with .NET Web Forms, in addition to Windows
Forms.
Imagine
the possibilities of using the DataWindow (technology so powerful it is
patented) in one of the greatest development environments on the best
development platform from the biggest software company. Consider the savings
when porting your PowerBuilder projects to .Net and being able to use your
existing DataWindow objects. If you want to expand your development skills to
include .Net, then the Sybase DataWindow .Net can make you more productive, more
confident and more capable in less time.
In
November 2004, Dave and Bryan presented the version 1 DataWindow .Net to the
Note:
Intertech Consulting has been tapped to be the first company in the
Poignant
information: IDC Whitepaper: Sybase DataWindow .NET
Empowers Developers to Create Data-Intensive Applications for Microsoft
.NET
Agenda:
4:00pm - 4:30pm Introduction, Welcome,
Q&A
4:30pm - 6:15pm
DataWindow .Net
Discussion & Demo
6:15pm - 6:30pm Wrap Up
6:30pm - Post
meeting discussions at Champps Americana (at the Uptown
location)
Meetings are held on the 4th
Tuesday of the month, from 4:00pm - 6:30pm at HAL-PC;
2) Sybase CEO John Chen Delivers
Keynote at CTIA
DUBLIN,
Calif. — March 9, 2005 —
Sybase, Inc. (NYSE:SY) announced that Sybase Chairman, CEO and President John
Chen will deliver a keynote address at the CTIA WIRELESS CONFERENCE 2005, on the
subject of the Unwired Enterprise. He will discuss:
- How
the connection between mobile devices and the back-office will transform the
enterprise.
- How
companies can mobilize meaningful and actionable information and deliver it to
the point of action in real-time.
- How
carriers, hardware and software vendors can work together to meet the needs of
the enterprise market, and in the process expand and develop revenue streams.
The
keynote will be on Tuesday, March 15th at 8:00 CST at CTIA Wireless 2005 in
See
the full story at http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1034762.
3) The Agriculture Bank Of
DUBLIN,
CA – February 28, 2005 — Sybase,
Inc. (NYSE: SY) a leading enterprise infrastructure and mobile software company,
today announced that it was selected by The Agriculture Bank of China to deploy
a new generation of banking to all of its branches in China. As the second
largest state-owned commercial bank in
The
new integrated banking system is part of the bank’s latest generation of
services developed using a centralized data design and cross-platform single
integrated banking system. This new solution enables new business development
and offers general coverage of the bank’s services in a three-tier architecture.
Sybase is used to run the many systems throughout the bank, including its credit
management, international banking, and integrated banking systems.
The full story is available at http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1034725.
4) TechWave 2005 Call for Papers
Opens
The TechWave 2005 Call for Papers
is now open. Presenters are given a
complimentary conference pass for TechWave 2005, being held this year in
Session Track Descriptions - http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1034813
Tips and Guidelines – http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1034812
Application Form - https://www.conferonreg.com/Sybase/TechWave2005/login.html
The deadline is April
10th so start working on those abstracts.
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: PocketBuilder Applications: Power in
Your Pocket
Date: Tuesday, April 12th and Thursday,
April 14th, 2005
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm CDT
The monthly ISUG techcast series, featuring popular topics from TechWave, continues in April. Registration will open March 22nd, 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.
b)
Webcasts –
iAnywhere Always Available Series: Education
As
educational institutions move to wireless environments they face a complicated
set of challenges. The diverse range of devices, networks and software
infrastructure on campuses can be difficult to navigate when building mobile
extensions to e-learning and administration applications.
iAnywhere
is pleased to present this one hour Webcast featuring a panel of experts from
industry-leading mobility companies who will help you navigate the challenges of
taking your campus mobile. Join representatives from Intel, Sprint, PalmOne,
Arcstream and iAnywhere who will share tips and best practices learned from
enabling other educational institutions such as
Date: Thursday, March 24,
2005
Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm CST
For
more information, visit http://crm.sybase.com/sybase/www/iAS/mobility_education_webcast.jsp?tpl=syb.
c)
Webcast – iAnywhere Always Available Series: Healthcare
80%
of pharmaceutical field representatives say they could be more effective, build
better physician relationships, and convey more accurate forecasts if they could
reduce their administrative paperwork load and make better use of their “down
time” spent waiting in physician and pharmacy offices and while traveling
between customer visits.
Join
experts from iAnywhere, Sprint and BusinessEdge Solutions to learn how mobile
SFA solutions can help you:
- Give
pharmaceutical reps fast, convenient access to key physician and product data,
right at the point of physician interaction
- Maximize
every physician interaction and drive market share
- Rapidly
extend the pharmaceutical SFA environment to handheld devices without
overtaxing IT or support resources
- Leverage
Pharma CRM best practices to model workflow and drive adoption
Date: Wednesday, March 30,
2005
Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm CST
For
more information, visit http://crm.sybase.com/sybase/www/iAS/mobile_pharma_webcast.jsp?tpl=syb.
d)
Conference – EMC Technology Summit 2005
Date: Monday, May 16th
through Thursday, May 19th, 2005
Where: Ernest N. Morial Convention Center,
Sybase is a Platinum
Sponsor for this year’s EMC Technology Summit. Join Sybase to learn more about
Sybase Mirror Activator and Sybase IQ.
For more information,
visit http://events.emc.com/clientFiles/ets_2005/ets_public_Portal/index.html.
7) Sybase
Training Schedule (Apr - Jun)
04 Apr 2005 5 days Fast Track to Replication Server
Administration
11 Apr 2005 4 days Mastering Transact-SQL
Programming
18 Apr 2005 5 days EAServer
Administration
25 Apr 2005 5 days Fast Track to PowerBuilder
10
25 Apr 2005 3 days Data Modeling with PowerDesigner
10
02 May 2005 5 days Fast Track to Adaptive Server
Enterprise
02 May 2005 5 days Fast Track to Replication Server
Administration
09 May 2005 5 days Performance and Tuning: ASE Query
Optimizer
16 May 2005 5 days System and Database Administration:
ASE
23 May 2005 5 days Performance and Tuning: Configuring
ASE
01 Jun 2005 3 days Reporting with InfoMaker
9.0
06 Jun 2005 5 days Fast Track to PowerBuilder
10
06 Jun 2005 4 days Advanced Administration and
Troubleshooting for ASE
13 Jun 2005 5 days Fast Track to Adaptive Server
Enterprise
13 Jun 2005 5 days Fast Track to Replication Server Administration
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
Contact: 713-782-6665
Register: www.hiltoncomputer.com
11 Apr 2005 5
days PB101: Basic Programming Using
PowerBuilder
06
Jun 2005 5
days PB101: Basic Programming Using
PowerBuilder
Pre-register 5 days PB301: Advanced Programming Using
PowerBuilder
04 Apr 2005 5 days 2732: Planning, Deploying, & Managing an
Project Management Solution
13
Jun 2005 3 days PMPI: Project Management Professional
Preparation I
16 Jun 2005 2 days PMPII: Project Management Professional Preparation II
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