The Sybase Users' Group of Texas
– October 2008 Newsletter
Table of
Contents:
1)
Important Membership
Information!!
2)
SUG-TX October Meeting Highlights
3)
Next SUG-TX Meeting – December Holiday Party
4)
Future SUG-TX Meetings
5)
Sybase Reports Record Third Quarter Results, Driven By 11% Revenue Growth
6)
Greater Oversight and Innovation to Shape Post-Crisis Trading Community
9)
Houston User Group for Sun (HUGS) Meeting
10)
Sybase Training Schedule (Nov - Apr)
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.
Gold level benefits include over $7000 worth of free software, all for
$99. 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.
2) SUG-TX October Meeting
Highlights
The Sybase Users’ Group of
Texas (SUG-TX) held their meeting on Tuesday, October 28th with a
presentation on the new version of PowerDesigner 15 and Enterprise Architecture
by Matt Creason, a Sybase Principal Systems Consultant.
Matt discussed the Enterprise
Architecture being presented to audiences at the “Why
Enterprise Architecture and Why Now” seminars that Sybase is currently holding. Matt also
showed what new features are in the latest release of PowerDesigner 15, the
market-leading enterprise modeling tool. Many thanks to Matt for coming
to Houston and sharing his PowerDesigner knowledge.
3) Next SUG-TX Meeting – December Holiday Party
The Sybase Users’ Group of
Texas will not meet in November due to the Thanksgiving Holidays so the next
meeting will be the annual Holiday Party. Watch for details on the date
and location.
4) Future SUG-TX Meetings
Mark your calendar for future
topics for SUG-TX Meetings:
· November:
No meeting due to Thanksgiving Holiday
· December
?: SUG-TX Holiday Party (TBD)
· January
27: First Meeting of 2009
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.
5) Sybase Reports Record
Third Quarter Results, Driven By 11% Revenue Growth
Database License Revenue
Up 15% Year over Year
Messaging Revenue Up 30% Year over Year
Management Raises Full-Year Revenue, Earnings, and Cash Flow Guidance
DUBLIN, CALIF. — OCTOBER 21,
2008 — Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), the largest enterprise software and
services company exclusively focused on managing and mobilizing information,
today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30,
2008.
Highlights:
· Total
revenue of $284.0 million, up 11% year over year
· Database
license revenue increased 15% year over year
· Messaging
revenue increased 30% year over year
· GAAP
operating margin of 19%, versus 17% a year ago; non-GAAP operating margin of
24%, versus 22% a year ago
· GAAP
net income of $34.7 million, up 2% year over year; GAAP EPS up 8% year over
year
· Non-GAAP
net income of $47.2 million, up 10% year over year; non-GAAP EPS up 17% year
over year
· Cash
flow from operations of $53.7 million, up 14% year over year
· Management
raises full-year guidance for revenue, earnings, and cash flow from operations
2008 Third Quarter Results
Total revenue for the third quarter of 2008 increased 11% to $284.0 million
from $255.3 million in the third quarter of 2007. License revenue grew 9% to
$92.9 million from $85.1 million in the third quarter of 2007. Services revenue
increased 8% to $146.3 million from $135.8 million a year ago. Messaging
revenue grew 30% to $44.7 million from $34.3 million a year ago.
For the third quarter,
operating income calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles (GAAP) increased 19% year over year to $52.9 million, representing
an operating margin of 19%. This compares with GAAP operating income of $44.6
million and an operating margin of 17% a year ago.
GAAP net income increased 2%
year over year to $34.7 million from $34.1 million a year ago. GAAP earnings
per diluted share (EPS) increased 8% to $0.40 for the 2008 third quarter from
$0.37 for the third quarter of 2007.
Non-GAAP
operating income for the third quarter increased 18% year over year to $67.7
million, representing a 24% operating margin. This compares with non-GAAP
operating income of $57.3 million, representing a 22% operating margin, in the
2007 third quarter.
Non-GAAP net income for the
2008 third quarter increased 10% to $47.2 million from $42.8 million for the
third quarter of 2007. Non-GAAP EPS for the 2008 third quarter increased 17% to
$0.55 from $0.47 for the third quarter of 2007.
Non-GAAP amounts exclude the
amortization of certain purchased intangibles, stock-based compensation,
restructuring costs, charges related to the impairment of auction rate
securities, and the tax effect of these and related items. Accompanying this
release is a reconciliation from GAAP to non-GAAP amounts for the third quarter
of 2008.
For the full story, go to
http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1060099.
6) Greater Oversight and
Innovation to Shape Post-Crisis Trading Community
Hard Choices Ahead for
Trading Platforms to Remain Competitive, According to Attendees of FT Electric
Money Conference
DUBLIN, Calif. – October 23
2008 – Sybase®, Inc. (NYSE: SY), the largest enterprise software and
services company exclusively focused on managing and mobilizing information,
today announced the results of a Sybase®/Financial Times informal poll
taken at the FT Electric Money Conference: Liquidity in Crisis, held
this week at Manhattan’s Cipriani Wall Street. Excesses in the securitization
industry coupled with a failure of valuation practices and risk management were
among the leading causes of the global financial crisis, according to the
majority (54%) of respondents.
The crisis, while
far-reaching in scope, can be fixed through the kinds of government
intervention and bailout programs that are being implemented, according to
fully half (50%) of senior financial executives polled at the event. Some
38% of those surveyed believe that the financial industry, while structurally
sound, will also require adjustments to regulatory and accounting practices to
return to an even keel. Notably, 53% of the survey’s respondents see a
long-term challenge in trying to formulate regulations that can keep up with
the dynamic, innovative nature of the financial industry—and Wall Street in
particular.
For the full story, go to http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1060208.
7) 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
8) 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
9) 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 November 11th
with the topic, “Hands-on experience working with Hitachi’s latest
enterprise storage offering, the USP-VM” by Marcel Guerin. To be added to their mailing list, contact Art
Blummer at Blummer@computer.org.
10) Sybase
Training Schedule (Nov - Apr)
Nov
03, 2008 5 days Fast Track to PowerBuilder: Part II
Nov
10, 2008 5 days Fast Track to PowerBuilder: Part I
Nov
17, 2008 5 days System and Database Administration: ASE
Nov
17, 2008 3 days Data Modeling with PowerDesigner 12
Nov
20, 2008 2 days Business Process Modeling with PowerDesigner 12
Dec
01, 2008 5 days Advanced Administration and Troubleshooting for ASE
15
Dec
08, 2008 5 days Performance and Tuning: Configuring ASE 15
Dec
15, 2008 4 days Mastering Transact-SQL Programming: Advanced Tips
&
Techniques
Jan
12, 2009 5 days Performance and Tuning: ASE 15.0 Query Optimizer
Jan
19, 2009 4 days Mastering Transact-SQL Programming: Advanced Tips
&
Techniques
Jan
26, 2009 5 days Fast Track to Replication Server Administration
Feb
09, 2009 5 days Performance and Tuning: Configuring ASE 15
Feb
23, 2009 5 days System and Database Administration: ASE
Mar
02, 2009 5 days Advanced Administration and Troubleshooting for ASE
15
Apr
13, 2009 5 days Performance and Tuning: Configuring ASE 15
Apr
20, 2009 5 days Performance and Tuning: ASE 15.0 Query Optimizer
Apr
27, 2009 5 days Fast Track to Adaptive Server Enterprise
Please verify class availability with Sybase registration or http://sed.sybase.com/Osiris/osiris_location_NAA1.htm#DL
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