Table of Contents:

1)  SUG-TX March 25^th Meeting – Handling Large Volumes of Data

2)  Future Meetings

3)  Sybase iAnywhere Releases Breakthrough Handheld Security Functionality

4)  Sybase Highlights Open Source for Enterprise & Mobile Development at EclipseCon 2008

5)  International Sybase User Group Events

6)  Sybase Events

7)  Houston User Group for Sun (HUGS) Meeting

8)  Sybase Training Schedule (Mar - Aug)

1) SUG-TX March 25^th Meeting – Handling Large Volumes of Data

The Sybase Users’ Group of Texas will hold their next meeting on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 from 4:00pm – 6:00pm.  The first presentation will be “How to Deal with Volumes of Data with Sybase IQ” by Mark Mumy, Sybase, Inc.  The second presentation will be Monitoring IQ with Surveillance by Ed Stangler, Bradmark Technologies, Inc.

Agenda:

  4:00pm - 4:05pm         Introduction, Welcome, Q&A

  4:05pm - 5:15pm         How to Deal with Volumes of Data with Sybase IQ

                                    Mark Mumy, Sybase, Inc.

  5:20pm - 6:00pm         Monitoring IQ with Surveillance

                                    Edward Stangler, Bradmark, Inc.

  6:30pm -                     Post meeting discussions at Champps Americana

                                    (at the Uptown location)

How to Deal with Volumes of Data with Sybase IQ

Abstract: Most organizations are struggling with rapidly growing volumes of data. As their data explodes, so does the cost of managing and storing the data, and it becomes challenging to give users the access they need to analyze and extract value from it.  This presentation will focus on Sybase IQ and its role in solving these issues. Sybase IQ is a highly optimized analytics server, designed to deliver dramatically faster results for mission-critical business intelligence, data warehouse, and reporting solutions. Sybase IQ delivers unsurpassed search performance and storage efficiency for structured and unstructured data, making it ideal for specialty operational data stores. Sybase IQ combines extraordinary speed and agility with a low total cost of ownership, enabling enterprises to perform analysis and reporting that was previously impossible, impractical, or cost-prohibitive.

Monitoring IQ with Surveillance

Abstract: Whether you are running a data warehouse application or high availability online transaction system, you need tools to ensure that your systems are up and running and performing to agreed service levels.  Bradmark’s Surveillance is the first comprehensive and cross-functional set of monitoring tools that satisfy all of your data management needs across your entire Sybase installation and beyond.  This presentation will introduce Surveillance monitoring and reporting tools for Sybase IQ.  The Surveillance product ensures availability and performance with proactive monitoring and quick problem identification and resolution.  With the power of Surveillance for Sybase IQ, you can give today’s demanding users the anytime, anywhere availability and performance they expect, without the headaches you don’t need.

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) Future Meetings

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

• April 26:               PowerBuilder 11.2 and .Net
• June 23:               Sybase Application Development Tools
• July 22:                Adaptive Server Enterprise 15
• August 26:            TechWave 2008 Recap
• September 23:      Sybase Application Development Tools
• October 28:          Sybase Modeling & Metadata Tools
• December ?:        SUG-TX Holiday Party (TBD)

Regular 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 meets on the 4^th Tuesday so add a recurring appointment on your calendar and watch for future meeting announcements and newsletters for details.

3) Sybase iAnywhere Releases Breakthrough Handheld Security Functionality

New Mobile Encryption Technology Eliminates Tradeoff of Protection Versus Usability

DUBLIN, CALIF.  — MARCH 3, 2008 — Sybase iAnywhere today announced the next generation of its handheld security technology, introducing a new architecture that offers major advancements in user performance and battery life consumption. Designed specifically to take advantage of the latest capabilities in Windows Mobile, the Information Anywhere® Suite updated Afaria® security component enables virtually instantaneous encryption and decryption of data. This provides a solution to a major dilemma IT organizations face when choosing to encrypt only selected data in order to maintain device usability, while leaving other data, often email, unencrypted and vulnerable.

“Using Information Anywhere Suite’s Afaria technology, organizations can encrypt all mobile data with little decrease in performance and minimal impact on battery life,” said Joe Owen, vice president of engineering, Sybase iAnywhere, “In fact, several of our beta testers have told us that the user experience is so good that they see virtually no difference when accessing encrypted data versus unencrypted data.“

"Security of mobile data is more important than ever, as the number of mobile applications containing highly sensitive data continues to increase,” said Stacy Sudan, research analyst with IDC's Mobile Enterprise Software program. “Mobile security presents a classic battle within an organization: IT needs to ensure compliance, but users don't want security to interfere with their mobile experience. Sybase iAnywhere's new security architecture seeks to mitigate this conflict by ensuring that data is protected and that users remain productive."

“This new release from Sybase iAnywhere is a huge step forward in mobile device security. We no longer feel like we need to trade off between security and usability,"   said Peter Mohr, CIO at HandStep. ”For the first time ever, we are able to encrypt everything we need on a mobile device, without negatively impacting the end user experience.”

See the full story at http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1056341.

4) Sybase Highlights Open Source for Enterprise & Mobile Development at EclipseCon 2008

SANTA CLARA, CALIF.  — ECLIPSECON 2008 — MARCH 13, 2008 — Sybase today announced that it will showcase its continued commitment to Eclipse Open Source development for enterprise and mobile applications at EclipseCon 2008, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA, March 17-20.  At the event, Sybase representatives will lead seven presentations focusing on topics ranging from the Eclipse Data Tools Platform to Creating Windows Mobile Database Applications. A Strategic Developer member of the Eclipse Organization, Sybase is dedicated to broadening the value of Eclipse to the software development community.

Sybase will exhibit its enterprise and mobile data management solutions as well as development tools that leverage Eclipse.

See the full story at http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1056429.

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 $20 for a basic membership and get access to events and online material.  For more details, visit:

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

If you’re on the Sybase-l forum, you’re already a guest of the ISUG Members website.  Login and upgrade your membership to get more benefits.  Higher levels of membership offer more benefits such as free NFR software.  Check it out today.  If you have any questions, contact Cindy Bean (cindy@isug.com), your local SUG-TX secretary and ISUG’s VP of Membership.

6) 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

7) 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 will be on April 8^th.  To be added to their mailing list, contact Art Blummer at Blummer@computer.org.

8) Sybase Training Schedule (Mar - Aug)

     Sybase Dallas Learning Center

     14800 Quorum Drive, Suite 505

     Dallas, Texas 75240

     Contact:  972-687-6400

     Register: 1 800-8-SYBASE

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

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