The Sybase Users' Group of Texas – February 2011 Newsletter
(www.sugtx.org)

1)   SUG-TX March 22nd Meeting – Sybase Interoperability in a Virtualized World
2)   SUG-TX February Meeting Highlights
3)   Future SUG-TX Meetings
4)   Join the SUG-TX LinkedIn Group
5)   Sybase IQ Delivers Best Performance Results for Enterprise-Scale Data Warehousing and Analytics
6)   International Sybase User Group Events
7)   Sybase Events
8)   OpenSolaris / Houston User Group for Sun (HUGS) Meeting
9)  Sybase Training Schedule (Mar - Jun)

1) SUG-TX March 22nd Meeting – Sybase Interoperability in a Virtualized World

The Sybase Users’ Group of Texas will hold their next meeting on Tuesday, March 22, 2011. The presentation will be “Sybase Interoperability in a Virtualized World” by Jeffrey Wong.

This presentation concerns itself with the techniques necessary to ensure that Sybase products interoperate with Windows 7 and NAT networked VMware Linux and Windows XP guest virtual machines (hosted by the Windows 7 O/S). Sybase products covered will be Replication Server 15.6, ASE 15.5, Oracle 10.2g XE and Sybase IQ 15.2. Additionally, Stunnel 4.x configuration to enable guest VM connectivity out of the NAT to the Windows 7 host O/S will be covered.

Jeffrey Wong is a consultant specializing in the application of Sybase technologies to the successful resolution of real-world business issues. He has over 24 years experience in Sybase technologies, starting as an applications developer for SQL Server 2.1 on a Pyramid Technology OSx 4.0 RISC machine. He has worked in Australia, Hong Kong, Canada and the United States, in industries as diverse as classified ads publishing, automotive, retail services, medical insurance, energy, financial services and software development (both systems and applications). He was also a contributor to the development of Sybperl 1.0.

Agenda:

4:00pm - 4:30pm     Introduction, Welcome, Q&A

4:30pm - 5:45pm     Sybase Interoperability in a Virtualized World

5:45pm – 6:00pm    Wrap Up

6:30pm -                 Post meeting discussions at Champps Americana (at the Uptown location)

The meetings are held at HAL-PC, 4543 Post Oak Place, Suite 200, Houston, TX 77027 (map at www.hal-pc.org/map.html). Members frequently continue discussions at Champps Sports Bar after the meeting while waiting for traffic to subside.

2) SUG-TX February Meeting Highlights

SUG-TX and ISUG offered a 1-day PowerBuilder .NET training class taught by Yakov Werde, President of eLearnIT LLC. Yakov is a PowerBuilder MVP, a long-time Certified PowerBuilder Developer, Sybase Certified Trainer, and developer of the .NET Stock Trader reference application which clearly demonstrates the ease of use of PB 12.NET for building WPF and WCF applications with PowerBuilder.

The class was a fast-paced .NET class aimed at PB developers needing to know more about .NET and how it fits in to their development process, comparing and contrasting the .NET development features of PB12 Classic and PB12 .NET, since both can be used for .NET development. Most students brought their laptops to follow along. Watch for future drill down topics from the training at future meetings.

April 26:                   TOAD for Sybase
May 24:                   TBD
June 28:                  TBD
July 26:                    TBD
August 23:               TBD
September 27:          TechWave Wrap-Up
October 25:              TBD
November 22:            No Meeting – Thanksgiving week
December:                Holiday Party

Suggested topics for 2011 include: PowerBuilder 12.5, Appeon 6.5, Sybase Unwired Platform (SUP), ASE 15.7/16, Replication Server, RAP, IQ, Afaria. Send other suggestions to secretary@sugtx.org.

Topics for future meetings are subject to change based on speaker availability and scheduling. Watch the newsletter for details for each meeting. A meeting will not be held in November due to proximity to the Thanksgiving holiday. 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) Join the SUG-TX LinkedIn Group

The Sybase Users’ Group of Texas has a group in LinkedIn. If you wish to join, submit a request. You can find the group by searching for “Sybase Texas” in the groups directory. Contact secretary@sugtx.org if you have any questions.

5) Sybase IQ Delivers Best Performance Results for Enterprise-Scale Data Warehousing and Analytics

Industry-Leading TPC-H Benchmark Result Achieved For Performance at 1 TB Scale Factor on IBM System

DUBLIN, CALIF. – FEBRUARY 11, 2011 — Sybase, Inc., an SAP® company (NYSE: SAP) and industry leader in enterprise and mobile software, today announced that Sybase® IQ v.15.2, the industry's leading column-oriented analytics server, working with the IBM® POWER® 780 Model 9179-MHB server and running the Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 6 Operating System (OS), achieved the best overall performance results among non-clustered systems for the TPC-H benchmark at 1 TB scale factor(1) .

This benchmark simulates decision support systems that analyze enterprise-scale data volumes, execute queries with a high degree of complexity, and give answers to critical business questions. The test results provide another example of how the Sybase IQ 15.2 innovative architecture and query parallelism delivers maximum performance while requiring less overall IT resources by fully utilizing available assets, which significantly reduces ownership costs.

"Today's forward-looking enterprises are searching for the fastest and most affordable ways to deliver results for mission-critical analytics, business intelligence and reporting solutions," said Dan Lahl, Director of Analytics for Sybase. "This benchmark demonstrates that Sybase IQ, combined with IBM Power systems, delivers on Sybase IQ's promise of unsurpassed analytics speeds for complex queries on terabytes of data, delivered to thousands of users at exactly the right time."

(1) TPC-H, QphH, $/QphH TM of Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) More info http://www.tpc.org. IBM Power 780 Model 9179-MHB using Sybase IQ 15.2 ESD #2 - 164,747.2 QphH@1000GB, $6.85/QphH@1000GB available 3/31/11.

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 HAL-PC. The next meeting will be on March 8th.

Web Site: http://opensolaris.org/os/project/hugs
Subscribe to the mailing list: http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ug-hugs

9) Sybase Training Schedule (Mar - Jun)

     Sybase Dallas Learning Center
     14800 Quorum Drive, Suite 505
     Dallas, Texas 75240
     Contact: 972-687-6400
     Register: 1 800-8-SYBASE

Mar 14, 2011 5 days Sybase IQ Administration
Apr 04, 2011 4 days Data Modeling with PowerDesigner 15
Apr 18, 2011 3 days Business Process Modeling with PowerDesigner 15
May 16, 2011 5 days Fast Track to Adaptive Server Enterprise
May 23, 2011 5 days Fast Track to Adaptive Server Enterprise
May 31, 2011 4 days Sybase IQ for Developers
Jun 06, 2011 5 days System and Database Administration: ASE
Jun 13, 2011 5 days Performance and Tuning: Configuring ASE 15
Jun 27, 2011 5 days Sybase IQ Administration

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

Send news to: secretary@sugtx.org

Do you have suggestions for our group? Would you like to present your Sybase solutions to the Sybase Users’ Group of Texas? The group is always looking for compelling presentations for our monthly meetings. Let us hear them!

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