The Sybase Users' Group of Texas - October 2006 Newsletter (www.sugtx.org)
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Table of
Contents:
1) SUG-TX September Meeting
Highlights
2) SUG-TX
Meeting Survey
3) Sybase Reports Strong 2006 Third Quarter
Operating Results
4) Houston User Group for
Sun (HUGS) Meeting
5) Sybase Events
6) Sybase Training Schedule (Nov -
Jan)
1) SUG-TX September Meeting
Highlights
The Sybase Users’ Group of Texas held their September meeting on Tuesday, September 26th with a presentation on “Managing PowerBuilder and Transact-SQL applications with Visual Expert 5.7” and “Create and manage user profiles and permissions for PowerBuilder applications with Visual Guard 10.0” by Christophe Dufourmantelle of Novalys. Christophe explained how the products worked and provided an excellent demonstration.
For those of you who couldn't make
it, Novalys has a special offer for SUG-TX members! Read more about Visual Expert at:
www.visual-expert.com (cross references, source code documentation, code
exploration...). Just send an email
to anne.bataille@novalys.net.
2)
SUG-TX Meeting
Survey
The Sybase Users’ Group of Texas
usually holds their meetings on the fourth Tuesday of each month. Attendance has been low lately so we
like to ask you a few questions about meetings.
Please send your reponses to secretary@sugtx.org.
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) If you haven’t attended a
meeting in awhile, what would get you to attend a meeting?
d) What topics are you interested
in seeing presented/demonstrated?
e) Any other comments or
suggestions?
If you have any questions, please
contact secretary@sugtx.org.
3) Sybase Reports Strong 2006 Third Quarter Operating
Results
DUBLIN, Calif. —
October 19, 2006 — Sybase, Inc. (NYSE:
SY), a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software, today
reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30,
2006.
For the 2006 third
quarter, total license revenue increased 9% to $76.3 million from $69.7 million
in the third quarter of 2005. Total revenue for the 2006 third quarter increased
5% to $209.1 million from $199.3 million in the third quarter of
2005.
Pro forma operating
income for the 2006 third quarter increased 13% to $40.9 million, compared with
pro forma operating income of $36.2 million in the 2005 third quarter. Pro forma
net income for the 2006 third quarter increased 20% to $36.3 million, or
earnings per diluted share of $0.40. Included in the third quarter pro forma EPS
is a tax benefit of approximately $0.04. This compares with pro forma net income
of $30.1 million, or earnings per diluted share (EPS) of $0.33 for the third
quarter of 2005.
Operating income
calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
for the third quarter of 2006 increased 7% to $32.2 million, compared with GAAP
operating income of $30.2 million for the year-ago quarter. The GAAP results for
the 2006 third quarter include the impact of $3.1 million associated with
implementation of FAS 123R.
The company reported
GAAP net income of $25.1 million, or GAAP EPS of $0.27, for the 2006 third
quarter. This compares with GAAP net income of $28.0 million, or GAAP EPS of
$0.30, for the 2005 third quarter. Included in third quarter 2006 GAAP EPS is an
increase in the company’s tax provision of $9.0 million compared with the third
quarter of 2005 and the previously stated impact associated with the
implementation of FAS 123R.
Pro forma amounts
exclude the amortization of certain purchased intangibles, stock-based
compensation, and restructuring costs. Accompanying this release is a
reconciliation of pro forma and GAAP amounts for the 2006 third
quarter.
For the full story, go to http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1044059.
4) Houston User Group for Sun
(HUGS) Meeting
The Houston User Group for Sun
meets on the second Tuesday of every month at the
5) Sybase
Events
a) Webcast – Workspace
Sybase WorkSpace, the
design and development environment for Sybase servers, is a Java toolkit that
enables developers to seamlessly combine data development, Web applications,
services-oriented development and mobile development with enterprise modeling
through an integrated, easy-to-use, open-source framework.
Date: Thursday, November 9, 2006
Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm
CDT
Register at http://response.sybase.com/ED0245?elqpurlpage=64&salesperson=CEC.
b) Webcast – Mirror
Activator
Mirror Activator
minimizes database downtime for business-critical applications by providing a
continuously-available standby system, increasing availability and lowering
total cost of ownership. It enhances traditional database replication and
improves the economics of high-end storage replication systems by reducing
network costs, accelerating recovery time and extending the usefulness of
standby systems by utilizing them for reporting and decision
support.
Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm
CDT
Register at http://response.sybase.com/5E2ED7?elqpurlpage=64&salesperson=CEC.
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 - Ending the Data Integration Nightmare: 3 Keys to
Success
In the hunt for a
streamlined approach to delivering diverse data throughout the enterprise,
you’re faced with some tough choices: integration via point products, the hub
and spoke approach, a turnkey solution, technology suites…how do you choose the
best approach to ensure you are connected to your enterprise data to meet your
business needs?
Join Harvard Research Group and Sybase to discover the
answer from the experts, and learn how the three keys to successful data
integration can start producing results for your enterprise more quickly and
easily than you might have imagined.
All attendees will receive a FREE
copy of Harvard Research Group’s white paper on Data
Integration.
Date: Thursday, November 16, 2006
Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
CDT
6) Sybase
Training Schedule (Nov - Jan)
06
Nov 2006 1 day Introduction to
SQL
06
Nov 2006 5 days Fast Track to ASE
13 Nov 2006 5 days Fast Track to
PowerBuilder
13 Nov 2006 5 days System and Database Administration:
ASE
27
Nov 2006 2 days Advanced PowerBuilder 8.0
Controls
27
Nov 2006 5 days Advanced Client/Server Development
techniques using
PowerBuilder
27
Nov 2006 5 days Performance and Tuning: Configuring ASE
15
29
Nov 2006 3 days Mastering the DataWindow Object in
PowerBuilder 9.0
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
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with
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