The Sybase Users' Group of Texas
– May 2009 Newsletter
Table of
Contents:
1)
Reminder: No May SUG-TX Meeting
2)
SUG-TX June 23rd Meeting - PowerBuilder 12 Community Technology Preview
3)
Future SUG-TX Meetings
4)
Sybase iAnywhere Broadens Support of Leading Mobile Device Management Solution
for Over a Billion Mobile Phones Worldwide
8)
OpenSolaris / Houston User Group for Sun (HUGS) Meeting
9)
Important Membership Information!!
10)
Sybase Training Schedule (Jun - Nov)
1) Reminder: No May SUG-TX
Meeting
As a reminder, the Sybase
Users’ Group of Texas will not hold a May meeting due to the proximity of the
Memorial Day holiday on May 25, 2009. Enjoy your holiday and join us next
month for the PowerBuilder 12 CTP.
2) SUG-TX June 23rd
Meeting - PowerBuilder 12 Community Technology Preview
The Sybase Users’ Group of
Texas will hold their next meeting on Tuesday, June 23, 2009. The
presentation will be part of the “ISUG on the Road with the PowerBuilder 12
Community Technology Preview” road show.
Each meeting will include a
review of new technology scheduled for release in PowerBuilder 12, followed by
a hands-on session where attendees will get to navigate their own way through
various aspects of the CTP, all under the watchful eye of a Sybase PowerBuilder
expert.
"A Community Technology Preview is designed to solicit informative
feedback from the members of the community at which the product is aimed,"
said Mike Harrold, ISUG Executive Director. "It therefore makes perfect
sense to introduce PowerBuilder users to the CTP through their local Sybase
user groups."
Complete information on each
of these meetings, along with registration information, will be posted online
at www.isug.com/common/UpcomingEvents.html. Seating is limited at each meeting, so
interested users should register as soon as they know they will be attending.
There is no cost to attend, but preference will be given to members of ISUG and
the user group hosting the event. The meeting will be held at an earlier
time than the regular SUG-TX meeting so mark your calendars to be available on
the afternoon of June 23rd.
3) Future SUG-TX Meetings
Mark your calendar for future
topics for SUG-TX Meetings:
· May
26:
No meeting – Memorial Day Holiday
· June
23:
PowerBuilder 12 Community Technology Preview
· July
28:
TBD
· August
25: TechWave
Wrap Up
· September
22: TBD
· October
27: TBD
· November
24: No meeting – Thanksgiving Holiday
· December:
Holiday Party
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.
4) Sybase iAnywhere
Broadens Support of Leading Mobile Device Management Solution for Over a
Billion Mobile Phones Worldwide
Brings OMA DM Capabilities
to Enterprise-Class Device Management and Security
DUBLIN, CALIF. – MAY 13, 2009
— Sybase iAnywhere today announced that Afaria®, its industry-leading mobile device management and
security solution, now supports Open Mobile Alliance Device Management (OMA DM)
standards for device management. The latest release of Afaria expands upon its
proven, enterprise-class device management and security capabilities by
offering OMA DM-based device management functionality for over a billion
feature phones shipped worldwide using the native OMA client pre-installed on
the device. Afaria provides businesses with a proven, enterprise-class solution
that manages and secures a wide array of mobile device types, including
laptops, smartphones and now, open standards-based feature phones and PDAs
across the entire enterprise, all from a single console.
Afaria now also uses the
native OMA DM client to manage Nokia S60 3rd Edition devices, including the
popular Nokia N70, Nokia E65, Nokia E71 and the recently announced Nokia E75,
as well as all other Nokia devices.
“The relationship with Sybase
reinforces Nokia’s business mobility strategy, which is to partner with leading
enterprise vendors and create solutions that support the world’s leading device
portfolio,” said Waldemar Sakalus, Vice President at Nokia. “As Symbian is the
world’s largest smartphone platform, customers are looking for leading device
management and security solutions.”
“OMA DM has emerged as a
worldwide industry standard for basic device management,” said Marit Ursin,
CEO, SmartPhones Telecom AS. “By providing OMA DM services in Sybase’s leading
enterprise-class mobile device management solution, our customers are now able
to effectively manage and secure all device types across the entire enterprise.
Sybase’s platform-agnostic approach and wide spectrum of management
capabilities is unique within the mobile middleware space.”
For the full story, go to
http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1063597.
5) Sybase and
MicroStrategy Team Up to Dramatically Reduce Time for Implementation of
Business Analytics
Sybase IQ and
MicroStrategy Provide Rapid Reporting, High-Performance Advanced Analytics
& Dynamic Enterprise Dashboards
DUBLIN, CALIF. — MAY 12, 2009
— Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), an industry leader in delivering enterprise
and mobile software, today announced that it has entered into a new agreement
with MicroStrategy® Incorporated, a leading worldwide provider of business
intelligence software (NASDAQ: MSTR). Sybase will offer integrated packaging
and pricing in an exclusive promotion on MicroStrategy products when sold with
its Sybase®
IQ analytics server.
Through the agreement,
customers benefit from integrated packaging, joint product certification, and
vendor-to-vendor technical support. In addition, Sybase can now offer MicroStrategy
consulting services and education, thereby providing streamlined access to a
broad range of combined business intelligence-related services. The two
companies have committed to building demonstration solutions showcasing the
capabilities of the combined technologies.
"Business intelligence
and data warehousing solutions are expected to take on an increasing value in
the present economic environment," said Dan Vesset, IDC Program Vice
President of Business Analytics. "IDC believes the extension of the
alliance between Sybase and MicroStrategy will simplify the acquisition,
deployment, and use of the combined solution thus helping customers maximize
the value of their BI investments."
The Sybase IQ analytics
server is designed specifically to deliver dramatically faster results for
mission-critical business intelligence (BI), data warehousing (DW) and
reporting solutions. MicroStrategy has built-in optimizations that work
seamlessly with Sybase IQ to deliver answers to critical business questions ten
to hundreds of times faster at a significantly lower total cost of ownership
than traditional row-based databases.
“MicroStrategy’s alliance
with Sybase has produced solutions that help data management customers maximize
the performance and value of their data and business intelligence
environments,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy COO. “This agreement provides
another example of both MicroStrategy and Sybase’s commitment to enhancing the
user experience and how the collaboration between our companies continues to
benefit our shared customers."
Sybase and MicroStrategy have
collaborated for over 10 years to deliver great value for enterprise customers
by combining their core expertise in BI, Data Integration and DW technologies.
In June of 2008, Sybase unveiled the Sybase Analytic Appliance, which employs MicroStrategy 8™, along with its own Sybase IQ and Sybase
PowerDesigner® products, to
supply enhanced analytics and ease the ever-increasing burden placed on
enterprise data warehouses, data marts and reporting systems. By delivering
cost efficient, high-performance solutions, the new agreement addresses the
needs of a growing user population demanding advanced analytics on large data
volumes.
For the full story, go to
http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1063281.
6) 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
7) 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
8) 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 Houston
Sun office. The next meeting will be on June
9th.
Web Site: http://opensolaris.org/os/project/hugs
Subscribe to the mailing list: http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ug-hugs
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.
10) Sybase Training Schedule (Jun -
Nov)
Jun
15, 2009 5 days Performance and Tuning: Configuring ASE 15
Jun
15, 2009 5 days Performance and Tuning: ASE 15.0 Query Optimizer
Jun
22, 2009 5 days Fast Track to PowerBuilder: Part I
Jul
13, 2009 5 days Performance and Tuning: ASE 15.0 Query Optimizer
Aug
03, 2009 5 days Fast Track to Adaptive Server Enterprise
Aug
10, 2009 5 days ASE 15 Migration for DBA’s
Aug
17, 2009 4 days Mastering Transact-SQL Programming: Advanced Tips
&
Techniques
Aug
24, 2009 5 days Fast Track to PowerBuilder: Part II
Aug
31, 2009 5 days System and Database Administration: ASE
Sep
14, 2009 5 days Fast Track to Replication Server Administration
Sep
21, 2009 5 days Fast Track to PowerBuilder: Part I
Oct
05, 2009 5 days Performance and Tuning: Configuring ASE 15
Oct
12, 2009 5 days Performance and Tuning: ASE 15.0 Query Optimizer
Oct
19, 2009 5 days ASE 15 Migration for DBA’s
Nov
02, 2009 5 days Fast Track to Adaptive Server Enterprise
Nov
09, 2009 4 days Mastering Transact-SQL Programming: Advanced Tips
&
Techniques
Nov
16, 2009 5 days Fast Track to PowerBuilder: Part II
Please verify class availability with Sybase registration or http://sed.sybase.com/Osiris/osiris_location_NAA1.htm#DL
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