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A Rules Engine Built in PowerBuilder

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:00:00 EDT

BPEL is a mystery to me. EbXML? Sorry, not a clue. These things, of course, are about defining and executing business rules and processes in enterprise application servers. On my travels through the world of PowerBuilder applications I’ve frequently come across the need for business rules to be implemented in the applications I’ve been working on.

Migrating Legacy Client/Server PowerBuilder Apps

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:00:00 EDT

In today’s competitive IT environment, organizations are reducing development and maintenance costs, and improving the accessibility of their legacy applications. With the growth in technology and demand for n-tier architecture-based applications, corporations now have an opportunity to transform their “legacy” client/server PowerBuilder applications to Web-enabled PowerBuilder applications by migrating to PowerBuilder 11.0.

New Features in PowerBuilder 11.5

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:00:00 EDT

In the previous articles in this series, we looked at FDCC changes (part 1) and GUI enhancements (part 2) in PowerBuilder 11.5. In this article, we’ll be looking at the enhancements that were added to PowerBuilder 11.5 that are specifically related to .NET targets. The one thing we won’t be covering in this regard is the .NET security enhancements that were covered in a previous PBDJ article: “Applying Code Access Security in PowerBuilder .NET Applications” by Maggie Lv.

PowerBuilder 11.5 Top Feature Picks

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:00:00 EDT

PowerBuilder 11.5 was released in the third quarter of 2008 and by early 2009 had made its way into many IT development shops. The draw is a significant set of enhancements that move the development experience closer to the nirvana anticipated in the PowerBuilder 12.0 release. PB 12.0 will complete Sybase’s initial four-phase long range plan for PowerBuilder that was laid out in late 2003.

If It’s Worth Doing, It’s Worth Doing...Twice?

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:45:00 EDT

There’s been a lot of discussion among the .NET folks recently about the magnitude of the changes that are being introduced in the Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) in .NET 4.0. See, for example, “Windows Workflow Changes Direction” by Kathleen Dollard. It’s just another anecdote that backs up the old saying about Microsoft technologies, best stated by Karl E. Peterson.

New Features in PowerBuilder 11.5 – Part 2

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:15:00 EDT

This is the second part of an ongoing series about the new features that were added in PowerBuilder 11.5. In the first part, we looked at the Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) and the impact it had on developers. In this part, we’re going to look at a number of the improvements in GUI functionality. We’ll start that by comparing a couple of screenshots of images in DataWindows (Figure 1 and Figure 2), which demonstrate a number of these new functions.

OSUG Meeting Summary

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:29:00 EDT

The Ottawa Sybase User Group’s last meeting was held on May 6, 2009. This was an all day event that spanned two sessions - one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The morning session included a technical presentation on features of the newly released PowerBuilder 11.5.1 and a complete detailed in-depth tour of the new PowerBuilder 12 classic and PB 12.NET versions.

QweryBuilder: A PowerBuilder Application

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:45:00 EDT

QweryBuilder is a database development tool designed and developed in PowerBuilder. Its purpose is to use innovative ideas and techniques to make database development and data retrieval easy and intuitive. It currently works against Sybase ASE, iAnywhere SQL Anywhere, Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle. An evaluation version of the application can be downloaded from www.Werysoft.com.

TechWave Goes Global

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:30:00 EDT

First, I should explain what I’m referring to. Sybase recently announced that the format of TechWave will be significantly different in 2009 than it has been for the last 10 years.

Getting Enterprise Data onto Multiple Platforms

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:00:00 EDT

No one would argue that the world is mobile. Let’s discuss how mobility is impacting business on a global level. Currently we have explosive data growth leading to information everywhere. What is critical is access to useful information anywhere, anytime. End users want convenience, enterprises want ROI. Wireless now is everywhere and coverage is strong and constantly improving.

New Features in PowerBuilder 11.5

Thu, 28 May 2009 12:45:00 EDT

I plan to make this the first of a series of articles that discuss the new features in PowerBuilder 11.5, which was released late last year. Of course, they won’t be the first articles we’ve run on the topic, as we ran an article on the new Code Access Security features back even before 11.5 was released and a more recent article on New DataWindow Features. This series of articles is intended to discuss the major hitters of the remaining features.

Sybase Unwired Platform Evangelism Update

Tue, 19 May 2009 09:00:00 EDT

Just to let you know over the last few weeks I have presented the Sybase Unwired Platform, which is a MEAP - Mobile Enterprise Application Platform, to over 100 developers in Munich, Germany & London, UK combined.

A Review of Key PDF and Font Concepts

Thu, 14 May 2009 17:00:00 EDT

This article is the first of two that will look at some of the challenges faced by developers and non-developers who work with PDF technologies and who are curious about what causes fonts in a PDF to render incorrectly or even go missing. Specifically, these documents provide an overview of some of the problems associated with missing font information in PDFs.

Sybase iAnywhere Broadens Support of Mobile Device Management Solution

Thu, 14 May 2009 11:45:00 EDT

Sybase iAnywhere has announced that Afaria® 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.

A New IDE - WPF Workshop

Wed, 13 May 2009 15:00:00 EDT

Actually, the new IDE doesn’t arrive until next year. But I thought we could start talking about it now. In case you didn’t make TechWave, any of the PB 11.5 road shows or webcasts, you may not know what’s planned for PowerBuilder 12.0. There’s a lot that they’re talking about already (and that in itself is new), but what I want to focus on is the new IDE called WPF Workshop.

Sybase Knows Enterprise Mobility

Wed, 13 May 2009 14:00:00 EDT

Today Sybase announced that Afaria, which is our mobile device management and security solution, now supports the Open Mobile Alliance Device Management (OMA DM) standards for device management.

10 Reasons Why You Should Be a PowerBuilder Developer

Mon, 11 May 2009 14:37:00 EDT

Simply put, PowerBuilder is a smart business decision. Many companies have a significant amount of existing PowerBuilder code (in fact, it’s estimated that most Fortune 500 companies have huge amounts of PowerBuilder code), and it just does not make sense to toss it out and rewrite it for the sake of rewriting. Why choose another IDE/vendor to transform applications when you can transform these applications right from the source?

Supporting Events from .NET Visual Components in PowerBuilder

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:30:00 EDT

This article seems like it should be the fourth in a series of articles. The first two were on non-visual components in August 2006 and July of 2007. The last one was in August of 2007. In that one, we looked at using the Interop Forms Toolkit to provide a COM wrapper for Visual .NET components – essentially making them ActiveX controls – so that PowerBuilder could use them.

Consuming a SQL Anywhere Native Web Service Using a .NET Client

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:45:00 EDT

Enabling interoperability is one of the greatest benefits of using web services. In the business world, applications work on different platforms with different operating systems running applications whose programming languages vary wildly. For applications to interact with each other there should be a common method to transparently talk to all the different systems.

Sybase Success Story: Kowloon Motor Bus Company

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:45:00 EDT

The largest bus operator in Hong Kong, the Kowloon Motor Bus Company (KMB), is responsible for carrying around 2.7 million passengers a day and coordinates the movement of 4,040 buses. By utilizing Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE), PowerBuilder, and PocketBuilder, KMB built two mission-critical systems: the Traffic Operations Management System (TOM) and the Terminus Management System (TER).

PowerBuilder Editorial: Hi, I’m Mort from Ort...

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:00:00 EDT

Back in March of 2004, Eric Lippert of Microsoft explained in his “Fabulous Adventures In Coding” blog how Microsoft divides the developer community into three groups, each which is designated by a personality. Apparently, this is a practice recommended by Geoffrey Moore in “Crossing the Chasm.”

Supporting Oracle Failover in PowerBuilder Applications

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:15:00 EDT

Oracle has provided support for failing over database connections and, through Transparent Application Failover (TAF), doing so in a way that allows connected applications to continue functioning relatively uninterrupted during and after the failover. The connected application has to work with the Oracle client layer to participate in the failover, rather than just erroring out when the original connection is lost.

Using EAServer 6.2 Export Configurations

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:30:00 EDT

Version 5.x of EAServer allowed easy synchronization of components or packages among different servers, or a cluster of servers. Just right-click on the package or component, choose “Synchronize,” add any necessary addressing information for target servers, and click “OK.” The user interface that you use for EAServer management has changed dramatically between version 5 and version 6.x, switching to a browser-based console.

PowerBuilder 12 CTP Launch and Code Camp

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:03:00 EDT

** PowerBuilder 12 CTP Launch and Code Camp **

Dear Sybase User;

Please join us on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 for the next Ottawa Sybase User Group (OSUG) special event! OSUG's mission is to create a Sybase community in the National Capital area where users can share knowledge, experiences, and best practices. Users of all Sybase products, including data management, tools and mobility are welcome to attend. This meeting will feature networking opportunities, product updates and a discussion.

With the release of PowerBuilder 12 scheduled for 2010 production, Sybase will be entering the complete world of the Microsoft world with their premier development tool. This release is completely housed within the .Net Isolated Development Shell which is Microsofts answer to the Eclipse Java IDE shell from IBM. In the last meeting late last Fall, OSUG was priviledged to see some preliminary features of PB 12 direct from the engineering labs - presented by John Strano . At this special event, attendees will get to see the first full version of PB 12 ready for a complete test drive. In this meeting, Presenting PB 12 will be Mr Dave Fish from Sybase engineering - a returning presenter. OSUG members will be the first world-wide to see PB 12, get a detailed overview, demonstrations and a 1/2 day training session. To complete this historic event, attendees will be able to take a copy of PB 12 home with them at the end of the day!

The new PB 12.Net is based on the WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) features of the .Net framework that utilizes the new XAML language. For those who are planning to attend this event and are interested in a briefing technology behind the scenes of PB 12, I would like to recommend the following reading:

Part 1 (XAML): Learn about XAML and how it is used in WPF applications.
Part 2 (Layout): Learn about layout panels and how they are used to construct user interfaces.
Part 3 (Data binding): Learn how WPF data binding works and how it can be used.
Part 4 (Data templates and triggers): Learn how data templates and triggers work and how they can be used.
Part 5 (Styles): Learn about how UIs can be styled in WPF.

The OSUG May 6, 2009 meeting will be held in Ottawa at Constitution Square in the double Board Room (down the hallway from the Queen's University MBA lecture theatre). Constitution Square is located at 350 Albert Street (at Lyon) just across the street from the Crowne Plaza hotel. Bus access is right to the door and parking is available at the hotel, in Constitution Square and across the street. The Double Board room is located on the second floor (centre) and can be accessed from either the west or east elevators.

Here is the agenda, topics and the planned activities for the day:

Agenda

Time: Topic:

8:15am Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:45am Introduction & welcome - Chris Pollach

9:00am PB 11 - Dave Fish

PB 12 "Classic" vs Isolated Shell
PB 12 .Net Feature Overview
New IDE
Migration Considerations
Classic Converter
Script enhancements

10:15am Coffee Break

WPF
WCF
Debugging
Deployment
Futures

12:00noon Lunch

Lunch and Networking

1:00pm PB 12 Code Camp - Dave Fish

Hands-On Computer Labs

2:30pm Coffee Break

Hands-On Computer Labs (Continued)

4:30pm Q & A

Tips and Techniques!

5:00pm Wrap-up

Note: In order to participate in the "Lab" exercises, the attendee should have:

Portable PC with at least 5G of free disk space and 2G RAM
Windows XP Professional SP 3 / Windows Vista SP1
Latest PB 12 CTP installed
Internet Information Server (IIS) 6.0 or higher
.NET 2.0/3.x GA (framework version 2.0.50727)
.NET 2.0/3.x SDK (framework version 2.0.50727)
AJAX 1.0
Visual Studio 2008 for the .NET Assembly & .NET Web Service labs.

Please contact Chris Pollach for clarification or help configuring your environment. You do not need a PC to attend!

** How to Register **

To register, please send an email to: canregister@sybase.com. Please provide the following contact information (including name, company, title, telephone number, email address) and the session name “OSUG May 6 Meeting” in the subject heading. Please specify your attendance preference: Morning, Afternoon or both. Note: Registrants will be eligible for software draws and give-aways that will occur throughout the meeting!

Get ready to learn PowerBuilder like you have never seen before, .Net 4.0 and database RAD development on "steroids " from Sybase! There is no cost to attend and we hope to see you there!

** Out of town Guests **

Just to let you know that the PB 12 event coincides with the largest Tulip Festival in the world. You can read all about how this got started at: Wikipedia and visit the official web site for the festival at: Tulip Festival. Come to Ottawa on May the 6th and enjoy both events!

** BIO's **

Dave Fish

Dave Fish is a Senior PowerBuilder Evangelist and a member of TeamSybase. He has been using PowerBuilder since 1993. Dave was a co-author on a PowerBuilder 4 and a PowerBuilder 5 book. Dave has written articles for several industry publications and has developed numerous client server, distributed, and web based applications using PowerBuilder and EAServer.

John Strano

John Strano is a Sybase Technology Evangelist and a charter member of TeamSybase. He has been using PowerBuilder since 1991 and has authored articles for multiple industry periodicals. John has presented Sybase tools on an international basis since 1997. Over the last 15 years John has developed a variety of PowerBuilder applications from single-user scaling up to enterprise-class, web-based projects.

Regards ... Chris Pollach

OSUG CoOrdinator - cpollach@travel-net.com

PowerBuilder Developer's Journal: Legacy Isn't a Dirty Word

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:30:00 EDT

People always like the shiny and new, regardless of whether it’s gadgets, clothes, cars, or technology. It’s exciting to get something new; we feel good about ourselves, like we’re a part of an elite group, ahead of the curve, “in the know.” Yet “buyer’s remorse” is also a well-known phenomenon because many purchases end up being not quite what we expected.

Make Your Design Ideas Speak: Using UML in PowerBuilder Projects

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:30:00 EDT

A picture is worth a thousand words. We all have heard this saying a countless number of times. But what if you don’t understand what is drawn in the picture? I was approached once with a request to review requirements specifications for some module. The document contained a scheme that represented the place of the module within the system. The picture was mainly made of rectangles and arrows.

First Time with AJAX.NET

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:00:00 EDT

In a former life, I was a web developer. Back in the late '90s, I vividly remember being told by more than one of my computer science professors that in 10 years, everything would run in a web browser. Even the operating system (it was claimed at the time) would be browser based. On startup, the machine would load the thinnest of all possible operating systems, and everything else – applications, data, you name it – would be stored on the network and accessed via a hyper-dynamic web browser.

PowerBuilder Laureate

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:14:00 EDT

The Ottawa Sybase User Group would like to congratulate the Ottawa Heart Institute in its nomination for a prestigious ComputerWorld Laureate award! This is an amazing recognition of the innovative design of this PowerBuilder application and the dedication of the development and management teams continued support to make this system a reality. For anyone in the world who has used the Heart Institute, this system is helping to save lives - a most worthwhile endevour in itself.

Sybase 365 Deploys Mediadvance and Message Optimizer

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:00:00 EDT

Vantrix has announced that Sybase 365 has extended its contract with Vantrix and will integrate the newest version of Vantrix Message Optimizer and Mediadvance software platform. The agreement broadens a longstanding partnership between the two companies and provides Sybase 365 with access to upgraded functionality for MMS content optimization and interoperability.

BBrowse 2.14 by the PowerBuilder Developer's Resource

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

PowerBuilder provides an object browser - the utility accessed via the "Cubes with a pair of eyeglasses" icon on the PowerBar menu. If you haven't tried the PB browser, you should. Among other things, it eliminates the problem of identifying which PBL contains the object of interest. Click a tab to select an object type and you're immediately presented with a list of the current application's objects of that type. Right-click an object, select Edit from the popup menu and PB opens the object in the relevant painter. It's a fast way to navigate your PB application.

Know A Lot About Sybase Technology?

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:05:00 EDT

Have you ever felt that either you want to get a point across to other Sybase Users, or you have a great piece of technical advice that you would like to share with the wider community?

Sybase Will Enter Cloud Computing with Enterprise Wireless - CEO John Chen

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:00:00 EDT

Sybase Chairman and CEO John Chen who appeared on CNBC Closing Bell on Wednesday said Sybase is providing mobile solutions to SAP. "Sybase and SAP are both leaders in their respective spaces. We will bring what consumers are enjoying for years to the enterprise users. Immediate business opportunity is bring mobility to enterprise which is in line with Cloud Computing," said John Chen. John Chen who appeard on CNBC with the SAP CEO, emphasized the importance of their partnership in the enterprise mobile space.

PowerBuilder with FusionCharts

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST

Back in August of 2007, I wrote an article entitled "Dynamically Generating Next-Generation Charts from PowerBuilder DataWindows" that demonstrated one method of dynamically generating Flash charts from within a PowerBuilder application. I was primarily writing that from the perspective of writing standard client/server applications. PowerBuilder 11 was just freshly released, and so while the option of creating WebForm applications that incorporated the technology was a factor that was being considered, it wasn’t part of the sample at that time.

PowerBuilder Developer's View of SQL Anywhere DBMS – Part 2

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:13:00 EST

For this article I'll focus on SQL Anywhere version 10 and PowerBuilder 11.0. Some of the features reviewed may not be supported in previous versions of these software releases. In Part 1 I discussed the installation of SQL Anywhere, developing a schema, and the Database Painter. In Part 2 I will continue the discussion on the Database Painter as well as tracking database changes.

Sybase Wins Momentum for PowerDesigner Enterprise Architecture Tool

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:00:00 EST

Sybase announced continued momentum for the latest version of its PowerDesigner Enterprise Architecture modeling tool with the addition of new customers from many industries across the globe. Educational Testing Services (ETS), La Poste mail service of Belgium and Osthus consulting in Germany have selected the PowerDesigner enterprise modeling tool to implement an enterprise architecture that supplies their organizations powerful analysis, design and metadata management techniques.

PowerBuilder Initial Baseline Load Process

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:30:00 EST

Presently, I am the administrator of AllFusion Harvest for the State of New Hampshire. I manage 100 applications housed in AllFusion Harvest and support 180 developers using the product. The development tools we currently use are PowerBuilder v8 and v11, Visual Studio 2003 and 2005, Java, and Visual Basic. As the software configuration manager, I provide the administration of the source code management tools.

Building a Scoreboard in PowerBuilder

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:15:00 EST

My favorite sport is artistic roller skating, where I act as the tabulator. It’s a wonderful sport, a bit like ice skating, except that most events are skated on quad skates (four wheels in a rectangular layout). We do freestyle (with jumps and spins), figure skating (on the circles), and dance. A few of us do inline skating, too. We had a tabulating program: a Visual Basic 3 application.

Implementation of an Object-Relational Mapping Service

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:15:00 EST

TecnoTRENDS has been using PowerBuilder as its main development platform for years. The ultimate reason for choosing PowerBuilder was the versatility of the Sybase DataWindow control available under this platform. In short, the DataWindow control provides a significant productivity boost in the development cycle by making both the manipulation and visualization of relational data a simple task.

The Future of . . .

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:12:00 EST

I've been reading "The Future of Management" by Gary Hamel lately. I have a staff of nine developers and, while I believe I'm a pretty good manager, I also believe there is always room for improvement. So I try to keep my eyes and ears open for ways to improve, and reading this book among others is one attempt to do so. One particular concept I found intriguing did involve evolution.

Sybase Reports All-Time Best Ever Quarter and Year

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:15:00 EST

Sybase’s Q4 2008 earnings results, just announced, showed a revenue increase of 3% to $305.1 million from $295.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2007 and a total revenue for 2008 increase of 10% year over year to $1.13 billion. This makes it its best quarter and year in company history.

Building .NET Web Applications the Easy Way

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:15:00 EST

In the last few years many customers I consult for have asked how to modernize their PowerBuilder applications and their development skill set. They want to go to the Web, they want to embrace .NET, and, in general, they don't want to fall behind. I can sense their anxiety, but there are some good approaches that make this transition relatively quick and easy. This article is intended to help all those in this predicament.

A PowerBuilder Developer’s View of the SQL Anywhere DBMS

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:40:00 EST

When you start to develop mission-critical business applications using your favorite development tool, you should seriously consider iAnywhere's SQL Anywhere database management system to support the data management requirements. The iAnywhere company is a subsidiary of Sybase. In the middle 1990s, Sybase acquired along with Powersoft's PowerBuilder product a company from Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, known as Watcom.

PowerBuilder Developer's Journal Survey Ends January 31, 2009

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:00:00 EST

PBDJ has been published since 1994 to provide independent news for the PowerBuilder community. We are writing to hear how we could better support you and the rest of the PowerBuilder community. We’d very much appreciate it if you could answer the following questions before January 31st, 2009. As a thank you for filling out this survey, 10 random winners will get a $10 iTunes Gift Card and one lucky winner will win an iPOD Touch. Please click here to take the survey now and give us your feedback on PBDJ.

Sybase WorkSpace Database Development for ASE and SQL Anywhere

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:00:00 EST

Sybase WorkSpace simplifies and unifies database development for the ASE and SQL Anywhere platforms with capabilities that support the complete development life cycle for database applications—from development, debugging, testing, to deployment. View both Peter Thawley, ASE Evangelist and Mike Crocker, WorkSpace Engineering Director, as they discuss how Sybase WorkSpace can make development for ASE and SQL Anywhere faster and more flexible.

PowerBuilder Developer's Journal Publishes Opinion Survey

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:38:00 EST

Many people use the New Year as an opportunity to reassess what they're doing and where they are going. The PBDJ editorial team would like to take that opportunity this New Years with regard to the magazine. In particular, we'd like to hear from you, our customers, regarding PBDJ, its content and its format among other things. We want to use that information to see how we might serve you better. Your input is critical, so please follow this link to the PDBJ 2009 survey, fill it out, and be entered to win an iPod Touch or an iTunes Gift Card.

SYS-CON Launches "PBDJ 2009" Website for PowerBuilder Developer's Journal

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:25:00 EST

SYS-CON Media proudly announces that the Website showcasing one of its most distinguished titles, PowerBuilder Developer's Journal (PBDJ), founded in 1994 and now now in its sixteenth consecutive year of publication, has been stunningly re-designed and re-launched at PBDJ 2009 - where under the technical-savvy leadership of longtime Editor Bruce Armstrong, PBDJ continues to publish in-depth perspectives, technical features, industry columns, book reviews and excerpts, all written by thought leaders in the worldwide PowerBuilder community.

How to Circumvent the Seven Deadly Biases

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:55:00 EST

More is better, right? Wrong. In "The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less," Barry Schwartz explains how too many options actually cause more psychological distress. And nowhere is the overabundance of choice more prevalent than the Internet, where any given website can present us with an overwhelming number of alternatives at once.

Sybase to Present at Virtualization Conference & Expo

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:32:00 EST

Peter Thawley, Senior Director & Architect at Sybase, will be presenting at SYS-CON's 5th International Virtualization Conference & Expo in New York City this coming March 30-April 1. Thawley, a member of Sybase’s CTO Group where he brings over 22 years of experience in software architecture & engineering, will be covering technical details behind the virtualization techniques utilized in large Enterprise database systems which go beyond what is available through today's virtual machine technologies.

PowerBuilder's .NET Strategy

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:30:00 EST

.NET has become a mainstream programming platform. To be in line with PowerBuilder's .NET strategy (.NET deployment and .NET development), PB11 introduced many .NET-related features: its .NET compiler enables users to develop .NET Windows Forms (including SmartClient) applications and ASP.NET Web Forms (including AJAX-enabled) applications with functionality similar to PB’s native pcode compiler.

How to Address IT Needs in Today's Economy Through Virtualization

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:15:00 EST

The current economic crisis is affecting how organizations look at their IT. Existing systems are being stretched to increase their value, while investment in new systems is under greater scrutiny than ever before. For the channel, customers are demanding more from their spending. While this is putting some "nice-to-have" projects in jeopardy, money is still available in IT budgets for initiatives that can deliver real results both now and in the future.