The Sybase Users' Group of Texas - November 2006 Newsletter (www.sugtx.org)
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Table of
Contents:
1) Next SUG-TX Meeting – November 28,
2006
2)
SUG-TX December
3) SUG-TX
Meeting Survey – 2nd Chance
4) Sybase Completes Acquisition of
5) Sybase Acquires
Professional Software Services and Embedded Software
Licensing
Assets of
iFoundry Systems
6) Houston User Group for
Sun (HUGS) Meeting
7) Sybase Events
8) Sybase Training Schedule (Dec -
Feb)
1) Next SUG-TX Meeting – November
28, 2006
The Sybase Users’ Group of Texas
will hold their next meeting on Tuesday, November 28, 2006. The
presentation will be a preview of PowerBuilder 11, a techcast by Dave Fish.
Agenda:
4:00pm - 4:15pm Introduction, Welcome,
Q&A
4:15pm - 5:30pm PowerBuilder 11 Preview
5:30pm – 6:00pm Wrap Up
6:00pm -
Post meeting discussions at Champps Americana (at the Uptown location)
The meetings are held at
HAL-PC,
2) SUG-TX December Holiday Party
SUG-TX will be holding its annual holiday party instead of a meeting in December. Stayed tuned for details!
3)
SUG-TX Meeting Survey
– 2nd Chance
The Sybase Users’ Group of Texas
usually holds their meetings on the fourth Tuesday of each month. There’s still time to answer the
questions to help determine the meetings for 2007. Please hit reply to this email and add
your answers before sending. Thanks
for the responses already received.
a) What is the best day of the week
to hold SUG-TX meetings?
b) What is the best time to hold a meeting? Choose top 2 (delete others)
9:00 – 11:00
(Breakfast)
11:00 – 1:00
(Lunch)
1:00 – 3:00
2:00 – 4:00
3:00 – 5:00
4:00 – 6:00
c) How often should meetings be held (i.e.
monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly)?
d) If you haven’t attended a
meeting in awhile, what would get you to attend a meeting?
e) What topics are you interested
in seeing presented/demonstrated?
f) Any other comments or
suggestions?
If you have any questions, please
contact secretary@sugtx.org.
4) Sybase Completes Acquisition of
DUBLIN,
Calif. — November 8, 2006 — Sybase, Inc.
(NYSE: SY), a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software,
today announced that it completed the acquisition of Mobile 365, Inc. in an
all-cash transaction valued at $417 million. Net of acquired cash, the
transaction is valued at $397 million. Mobile 365 will now operate as Sybase
365, a wholly-owned subsidiary. Marty Beard, senior vice president of corporate
development and marketing for Sybase, Inc., will lead the new subsidiary as
president. The Sybase mFolio business will be integrated into Sybase 365
immediately, and certain assets of Sybase AvantGo will be integrated into Sybase
365 early in 2007.
“Our acquisition of
For the full story, go to http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1047934.
5) Sybase Acquires Professional
Software Services and Embedded Software Licensing
Assets of
iFoundry Systems
DUBLIN,
Calif. — November 20, 2006 — Sybase, Inc.
(NYSE: SY), a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software,
today announced that it has acquired certain assets from Singapore-based
iFoundry Systems, a privately held engineering services company focused on
designing, developing and building wireless mobility solutions, in an all-cash
transaction. The transaction is not expected to have a material impact on 2006
consolidated results.
The assets acquired
include the business of licensing short-range wireless interconnect protocol
stacks and providing software consulting, training and professional engineering
services to mobile device OEMs, ODMs and chipset manufacturers to enable these
technologies on their respective platforms. These assets enable Sybase to offer
a more complete embedded software solution to these customers. Sybase’s software
development kits (SDKs) allow manufacturers to quickly implement and embed
wireless technology, such as Bluetooth and infrared (IrDA), into devices
including cellular handsets, mobile devices and automotive
applications.
With its acquisition
of Extended Systems, Inc. (ESI) in 2005, Sybase emerged as one of the leading
providers of Bluetooth and IrDA technology. Its mobile device solutions have
already been incorporated into more than 400 distinct mobile device designs by
major global device manufacturers—representing millions of Sybase-enabled
devices in the market.
For the full story, go to http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1048693.
6) Houston User Group for Sun
(HUGS) Meeting
The Houston User Group for Sun
meets on the second Tuesday of every month at the
7) Sybase
Events
a) Webcast – Unwired Accelerator
Unwired Accelerator is a secure and
scalable mobile platform for quickly, easily and cost effectively extending
enterprise applications and data to a wide variety of access devices, giving
mobile workers an always-available, connected experience.
Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm
CDT
Register at http://response.sybase.com/4CF346?elqpurlpage=64&salesperson=CEC.
b) Webcast – Mobilizing
Enterprise Applications - Don’t hit the road without them.
During this one-hour
session you will learn about:
- The challenges, considerations
and benefits of turning back-end applications into front-line
information.
- Quickly and easily mobilizing
your existing infrastructure without programming or changes to current
applications.
- Delivering real-time business information anywhere, anytime, to any device.
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm CDT
Register at http://response.sybase.com/forms/NAONA06DECWBCSTMobileEnterApps-RegForm?mc=SEC.
c) ISUG Techcast - PowerBuilder 11
Preview
Join Dave Fish, Software Architect,
Sybase, Inc., for this special preview and see a demonstration of the new
features planned for this release.
Learn more about the ways in which
Sybase PowerBuilder can help you solve your data driven application development
needs on the desktop, Web, and in distributed
environments.
Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm
CDT
Register at http://response.sybase.com/forms/ISUGNOVREG?mc=SYBW.
d) Webcast - Afaria
Afaria is scalable,
enterprise-class software that proactively manages all the devices,
applications, data and communications critical to frontline-worker success,
while providing headquarters with visibility and control. Its security
management capabilities use a Microsoft .NET-based console to provide
enterprise-ready security solutions that protect mobile data and devices.
Date: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm CDT
Register at http://response.sybase.com/5147CC?elqpurlpage=64&salesperson=CEC.
e) Webcast - Information Anywhere Suite
The Information
Anywhere Suite is a secure, scalable mobile software platform that combines
email/messaging, mobile device management, enterprise-to-edge security and
back-office application extension capabilities to give frontline workers secure,
reliable, available access to the information they need.
Date: Thursday, December 14, 2006
Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm CDT
Register at http://response.sybase.com/456C32?elqpurlpage=64&salesperson=CEC.
f) Webcast – Sybase
IQ
Sybase IQ is a highly
scalable relational database optimized for unsurpassed query performance in
business intelligence and large data warehouses. It combines extraordinary speed
and agility with low total cost of ownership to harness the value of operational
data and deliver dramatically faster results for mission-critical business
intelligence, analysis and reporting.
Date: Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm CDT
Register at http://response.sybase.com/64A167?elqpurlpage=64&salesperson=CEC.
8) Sybase
Training Schedule (Dec - Feb)
04
Dec 2006 2 days Advanced PowerBuilder 8.0
Controls
04
Dec 2006 5 days Advanced Client/Server Development
techniques using
PowerBuilder
04
Dec 2006 5 days System and Database Administration:
ASE
06
Dec 2006 3 days Mastering the DataWindow Object in
PowerBuilder 9.0
11
Dec 2006 5 days Fast Track to Replication Server
Administration
11 Dec 2006 5 days Performance and Tuning: ASE Query
Optimizer
18 Dec 2006 5 days Performance and Tuning: ASE 15.0 Query
Optimizer
08
Jan 2007 5 days Fast Track to
PowerBuilder
15 Jan 2007 3 days Data Modeling with PowerDesigner
12
22 Jan 2007 1 day Introduction to
SQL
22
Jan 2007 5 days Fast Track to ASE
29 Jan 2007 5 days Performance & Tuning for
PowerBuilder 10: Advanced
Tips
and Techniques
05
Feb 2007 5 days System and Database Administration:
ASE
12 Feb 2007 4 days Mastering T-SQL Programming: Advanced
Tips & Techniques
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