The Sybase Users' Group of Texas May 2004 Newsletter
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Table of Contents:
 
 1)  SUG-TX April 27th Meeting
 2)  Next SUG-TX Meeting - June 22nd
 3)  TechWave 2004  Registration Open
 4)  Sybase CEO: Unwired Enterprise Requires Aggressive Apps
 5)  Houston User Group for Sun (HUGS) Meeting
 6)  Sybase Events
 7)  Sybase Learning Center Schedule for Houston and Dallas (Jun - Aug)
 

1) SUG-TX April 27th Meeting
 
The Sybase Users' Group of Texas held their April meeting on Tuesday, April 27th.  Don Clayton of Intertech Consulting, Inc. presented various perspectives on application development using Sybase's tools and technologies.  Don presented a decision matrix for PowerBuilder along with a detailed discussion of the options available to companies, including when and how to migrate to newer versions of PowerBuilder and the PowerBuilder features can be best leveraged with different versions.

To view the slides from this presentation, visit our web site:
http://www.sugtx.org/MeetingResources/20040427/SUGTXApril2004.pps

PowerBuilder 10 is Coming!

For the upcoming July 27, 2004 meeting, John Strano, Sybase Technical Evangelist, will present an overview of the new features in PowerBuilder 9.0 and the upcoming release of PowerBuilder 10. John will outline Sybase's position and strategy for delivering technology that meets the needs of its customers today and in the future.  For organizations that have begun using .Net this session will demonstrate how PowerBuilder and other Sybase technologies can be integrated into that environment.  Mark your calendars now!


2) Next SUG-TX Meeting - June 22nd

The Sybase Users' Group of Texas will not hold a meeting in May so the next meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 22nd.  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.  Meeting details will be sent later.


3) TechWave 2004  Registration Open

TechWave Conference Registration is now open.  There are 3 ways to register:

   1.   Use the online link at https://www1.travelhq.com/registration/techwave2004/login.mtc
   2.   Download the .pdf registration form from http://www.sybase.com/content/1013372/reg_application_v6.pdf and fax to:
         (925) 287-5396
   3.   Download the .pdf registration form from http://www.sybase.com/content/1013372/reg_application_v6.pdf and mail to:
              Sybase TechWave 2004
              c/o Maritz Travel
              1777 Botelho Drive, Suite 100
              Walnut Creek, CA 94596

SAVE UP TO $500 WITH EARLY REGISTRATION DISCOUNTS!
Early Registration (Deadline: July 9, 2004)

To speak with a Sybase TechWave 2004 Registration Representative, please call toll free (800) 354-5687. Customers outside North America please call (925) 287-5118. Hours are 8:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. EST Monday through Friday.  If you have questions or comments please contact us at Sybase.techwave@sybase.com.


4) Sybase CEO: Unwired Enterprise Requires Aggressive Apps

May 20, 2004: Sybase chief John Chen says the edge computing strategy calls for a new type of enterprise-based application'something that you deal with behind the firewall, within the firewall and outside of the firewall.'

Sybase CEO John Chen has been transforming the venerable Silicon Valley database developer for the past four years into a 21st-century maker of middleware and database management software.

The company is using events such as its sponsorship of the Sybase Classic golf tournament this week to promote its "unwired enterprise" concept, which focuses on enabling customers to connect their back-office data to their end users regardless of whether those users have wireless PDAs, browser-enabled PCs or any other computing device operating on the edge.

See the full story at http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1596577,00.asp.


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 June 8th.  To be added to their mailing list, contact Art Blummer at Blummer@computer.org.
 

6) Sybase Events

a) Webcast - What's New in ASE 12.5.2 - with Real-Time Data Services
        
    Date:  Tuesday, May 25 and Thursday, May 272, 2004
    Time:  12:00pm  1:00pm CDT

This techcast will discuss:
   ·    Real-time alerts and notification - proactively send events to a JMS bus from within SQL or application code
   ·    Eliminate custom polling applications - simplify application deployment and improve performance for message-based events
          without the need to write and maintain expensive polling applications
   ·    Authentication and security - support for corporate and 3rd party security services, plus improved security for DBA operations
   ·    Operational scalability enhancements - improved application performance for common query operations and backups
   ·    Linux support and scalability enhancements - 64-bit Linux, large memory support on 32-bit Linux and improved high availability
          options

Registration information available at http://crm.sybase.com/sybase/www/IPG/ASERTDSRegsy.jsp.

b) Webcast Series - Design Essentials for Mobile and Wireless Developers

Join Martyn Mallick, iAnywhere Solutions Product Manager, and author of Mobile and Wireless Design Essentials, for a developer-focused Webcast series that will make sense of the complex set of choices inherent to mobile and wireless application design.

    Time:  1:00pm  2:00pm CDT
    Date:  Thursday, June 3, 2004  ABCs of Mobile Computing for Developers
    Date:  Wednesday, June 16, 2004  Security Primer for Mobile Computing
    Date:  Wednesday, July 14, 2004  The Case for Local Database and Synchronization
    Date:  Wednesday, July 28, 2004  Key Criteria for Selecting Mobile Devices and Wireless Networks

Registration information available at http://crm.sybase.com/sybase/www/iAS/developer_view.jsp?tpl=syb.

c) Webcast - ISUG Techcast Series for Developers and DBAs

   Topic: Easy XML Documents with PowerBuilder Document Object Model
   Date:  Tuesday, June 8th and Thursday, June 10th, 2004
   Time: 12:00pm  1:00pm CDT
 
The monthly ISUG techcast series, featuring popular topics and issues for Developers and DBAs, continues in June.  Registration information at http://www.sybase.com/isugtechcast.

d) Webcast  Mobilizing Pepsi’s Workforce

    Date:  Wednesday, June 9, 2004
    Time:  1:00pm  2:00pm CDT

iAnywhere is proud to present a "for developers, by developers" webcast led by ELEVEN Technology, provider of mobile workforce effectiveness solutions.  The session will provide details and lessons learned from ELEVEN's development of an innovative mobile workforce application for Pepsi.  Larry Trainer, ELEVEN's vice president of engineering, will offer valuable advice from years of hands-on experience building and deploying mobile applications, covering key areas:

   ·    Why shrunk down desktop applications don’t work in the handheld world
   ·    How data reliability can make or break your mobile application
   ·    How to ensure reliable and fast enterprise synchronization despite unreliable connectivity
   ·    How to future proof your mobile application

Registration information available at http://crm.sybase.com/sybase/www/iAS/developer_view.jsp?tpl=syb.

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


7) Sybase Learning Center Schedule for Dallas (Jun - Aug)
 
     Sybase Dallas Learning Center
     14800 Quorum Drive, Suite 505
     Dallas, Texas 75240
     Contact:  972-687-6400
     Register: 1 800-8-SYBASE
            
02 Jun 2004  3 days  Mastering the DataWindow Object in PowerBuilder 9.0
28 Jun 2004  4 days  Advanced Administration and Troubleshooting for ASE
28 Jun 2004  5 days  System and Database Administration: ASE
12 Jul 2004  5 days  System and Database Administration: ASE
13 Jul 2004  3 days  Migrating Impact to eBiz Impact 5.3
19 Jul 2004  5 days  Fast Track to Adaptive Server Enterprise
26 Jul 2004  5 days  Fast Track: Developing Robust Apps Using PowerBuilder 9.0
02 Aug 2004  5 days  Performance and Tuning: Configuring ASE
09 Aug 2004  5 days  Fast Track to Replication Server Administration
23 Aug 2004  5 days  Performance and Tuning: ASE Query Optimizer
23 Aug 2004  2 days  Logical Database Design

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


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