Industry News

Sybase CTO to Speak at 4th International Cloud Computing Expo

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:30:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Irfan Khan, CTO of Sybase, will be presenting at SYS-CON’s 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo in Santa Clara, CA, this coming November 2 – 4, 2009. His session is entitled “Developing Successful Cloud Strategies by Evaluating Data Infrastructure Demands.” The cloud value proposition has drawn us here, but you've been around the block enough to know compromises will be required to leverage this platform.

Sybase and HCL Technologies Address BI and Analytics Challenges

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:30:00 EDT

Sybase and HCL Technologies Ltd. have announced a strategic alliance that empowers customers with real time operational business intelligence. Under this new partnership, HCL will provide business-aligned IT value services around Sybase’s high performance and proven data warehouse and analytics platform for dramatically improved efficiencies and decision-making across all facets of an enterprise.

Sybase Works with Symantec and VMware on Grid and Cloud Computing

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:45:00 EDT

Sybase has announced the newest release of Adaptive Server® Enterprise (ASE) Cluster Edition, its enterprise data management solution that reduces the complexity of deploying a database application across a shared disk server cluster environment. Sybase has worked with its early customers and partners to help enterprises realize the benefits of grid and virtualized deployment in its latest version of ASE Cluster Edition.

Sybase Unveils Beta Availability for PowerBuilder 12

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:45:00 EDT

"Microsoft is pleased to be working with Sybase to enable custom tools such as PowerBuilder," said Matt Carter, Microsoft's Group Product Manager for Visual Studio, as Sybase yesterday announced the beta availability for PowerBuilder 12, a new generation of Sybase’s proven development tool. "By leveraging the Visual Studio Shell," Carter continued, "Sybase is providing its community of developers with even more flexibility in building and deploying data driven applications that target the Windows platform."

White Paper: Back to the Future with Application Development Productivity

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:00:00 EDT

Sybase PowerBuilder has remained throughout the years a bastion of application development productivity for a wide class of enterprise applications that combine heavy database orientation with a highly productive graphical user interface (GUI). Revolutionary at its inception for creating and popularizing this specific genre of distributed application development, the PowerBuilder development environment today combines functional maturity with aggressive modernizations that keep it a viable and compelling integrated development environment (IDE) application runtime.

Google Latitude Hits the iPhone

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:45:00 EDT

Love the thought or loathe the thought, Google Latitude is now available for the iPhone in US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and I'm sure that those folks worried about privacy will be in the latter group. Google latitude runs in the iPhone's Safari Browser and can be saved as a Bookmark onto the iPhone's desktop. So updates to your location, via the iPhone, will only happen when that webpage is opened on the device (as there are no user background tasks in the iPhoneOS). Updating schemes are different for other supported devices such as Blackberry, Windows Mobile, Android etc.

Sybase Reports Double-Digit Growth in Q2

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:30:00 EDT

Sybase reported historical Q2 records achieved in operating, income, operating margin, net income, EPS, and cash flow. Revenue and EPS exceeded first call consensus. Management raised full-year guidance for revenue, EPS, and cash flow.

Novalys Launches the 2009 Annual PowerBuilder Worldwide Survey

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:30:00 EDT

Novalys is carrying out its annual worldwide survey on the use of PowerBuilder. Since 2001, the thousands of responses we receive have allowed us to follow the evolution of your PowerBuilder projects. Now you can help us to monitor the new trends in the PowerBuilder community by completing the 2009 edition of the survey.

Sybase iAnywhere Recognized as a Leader in Mobile Device Management Enterprise Software

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:00:00 EDT

Whenever I speak or write (check out other recent articles) about Enterprise Mobility, I always express the necessity of Mobile Device Management, to cover all of the mobile devices that an Enterprise may have, in the very important areas of...

SYS-CON's iPhone Developer Summit Day One ROCKS

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:00:00 EDT

Today was the first day of SYS-CON's iPhone Developer Summit, in the Roosevelt Hote in NYC.

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.

Sybase Snags Two Industry Awards for Enterprise Mobility Leadership

Thu, 07 May 2009 08:00:00 EDT

This week, Frost & Sullivan awarded Sybase with its 2009 North American Mobility Award for Mobile Enterprise Platforms. Along with that Info Security Products Guide named Sybase the winner of the 2009 Global Product Excellence in Wireless/Mobile Security Solution Customer Trust Award.

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

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.

SAP & Sybase: Transforming Today's Mobile Workforce

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:55:00 EDT

In the last 6 months at least, I have been blogging on many topics but with one central theme, I believe mobility is key to enterprise companies, not only now but for their future. This is especially true in the current economic climate, where cost effectiveness, rapid decisions, streamlining processes and return on investment is crucial. Let me expand on that further...

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 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.

Where Are RIA Technologies Headed in 2008?

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:45:00 EST

I am always being told off by i-technologists for quoting Picasso as having said that computers are useless. But I still love his reasoning: 'Because they can only give you answers.' Picasso, like AJAXWorld Magazine, liked questions. So we thought we would share with you what some of the world's leading rich Internet application pioneers are thinking may be the next questions that we need to see answered. From that, readers can themselves infer: where is AJAX headed next?

Consuming Amazon Web Services Using PowerBuilder and SQL Anywhere 10.0.1

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:00:00 EST

Since I'm in the middle of moving to a new city and need to get organized, I thought I'd roll a little application using SQL Anywhere, PowerBuilder, and Amazon Web Services to help organize my media collection. In doing so, I'm going to check out some cool features in SQL Anywhere, in particular, consuming Web Services.

The Top 250 Players in the Cloud Computing Ecosystem

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:45:00 EST

A robust ecosystem of solutions providers is emerging around cloud computing. Here, SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Journal expands its list of most active players in the fast-emerging Cloud Ecosystem, from the 'mere' 100 we identified back in January of this year, to 250 - testimony, if any further were needed, to the fierce and continuing growth of the "Elastic IT" paradigm throughout the world of enterprise computing.

PBDJ Blogger Chris Pollach Reaches 150,000 Reader Mark

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:15:00 EST

I just wanted to acknowledge the tremendous increase in the amount of Blog activity that I have received over the past year. I think (and hope) that this is because many Sybase professionals out there have come to visit my site for latest information on the Sybase scene. Since I started my Blog in August of 2005 I have seen a steady increase in unique visits to my site. This whole Blog experience of course is Reed Shilt's fault. Reed is the development manager for PocketBuilder and started the whole thing off by opening his own Blog within PBDJ, then sending me an invitation to join him in this new venue. At that point in time, Blogging was a whole new experience for me and in fact, I had not even heard the term until I received Reed's email.

TechWave 2007

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:00:00 EST

This year TechWave 2007 took place at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. For those of you who didn't make it, the following is a recap of the events, with a couple of thoughts and suggestions thrown in. Officially the only thing going on Sunday was conference registration. However, there is a private TeamSybase/Sybase reception on Sunday evening where, among other things, new TeamSybase members are inducted. This year we added one new member: Roland Smith.

EAServer 6.1 .NET Client Support

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:00:00 EST

The EAServer .NET client is one of the most important features in EAServer 6.1. This new feature enables .NET to communicate with EAServer components using IIOP. It provides underlying marshaling support for PowerBuilder's WinForm applications with EAServer and it's also a way to interoperate between .NET and J2EE distributed objects.

Using FOP to Handle Formatting of Large Text Blocks in DataWindow Output

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 11:00:00 EDT

It's been the bane of PowerBuilder development since day one. You have a DataWindow that contains one or more text blocks that, when previewed for printing or printed, span a page boundary. The result: the DataWindow incorrectly handles portions of the text. You may find some text on the first page that is repeated on the next page, or some text may be missing entirely, or the text may end up overwriting subsequent report objects. The bottom line is that the results are unusable, and it often takes a great deal of tweaking to get adequate results. The good news is that I found at least one method of addressing the issue. The bad news is that the path to get there was rather convoluted. This article describes both.

Sybase PowerBuilder 11 Momentum Continues with Further Microsoft .NET Enhancements

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:00:00 EDT

Sybase has announced new Microsoft .NET Framework-based enhancements to PowerBuilder 11 and DataWindow.NET 2.5. New features for PowerBuilder include Windows Vista support, .NET Framework incremental compile capabilities, and database driver enhancements. DataWindow .NET 2.5 has been extended with the ability for developers to use Web services as a data source.

Sybase Unwired Enterprise Solutions Win 10 Mobile Star Awards

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:00:00 EDT

Sybase, Inc., has announced that it has won seven Gold and three Silver Mobile Star Awards from MobileVillage, a provider of market development and news services about mobile technology. The annual Mobile Star Awards aim to honor and promote the best companies, products, deployments, and leaders in mobile and wireless technology.

Sybase IQ Powers Largest Green Data Warehouse Including Unstructured Data

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:00:00 EDT

Sybase, Inc., has announced, in conjunction with Sun Microsystems and BMMSoft, that Sybase IQ powers the world's largest data warehouse implemented in history, as noted in the independently audited report. The benchmarks were achieved in large part due to the compression capability of Sybase IQ, a highly optimized analytics server not only for compression but also for query performance and lightning speed load performance.

Sybase Techwave 2007: Sybase Showcases Leadership and Innovation at Annual TechWave Conference

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:15:00 EDT

Developers, database administrators, IT managers, sales professionals and executives from 40 countries around the world are meeting in Las Vegas this week for the annual Sybase, Inc., TechWave User Training and Solutions Conference.

Sybase Techwave 2007: Sybase iAnywhere Recognized as One of Top Three Mobile Middleware Market Leaders

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:15:00 EDT

Sybase iAnywhere was recently recognized by IDC as a worldwide leading provider of mobile middleware. The report, Worldwide Mobile Middleware 2007-2011 Forecast and 2006 Vendor Shares, measured Sybase iAnywhere?s higher revenues and market share-results that placed the company ahead of most competitors.

Sybase TechWave 2007: Sybase Previews Next Generation Architecture for Unwiring the Enterprise

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:00:00 EDT

'The Unwired Enterprise is already a reality - now we are taking it to the next level, enabling companies to easily develop and deploy mobile applications that extend the reach of business-critical information to users on the front lines,' said John Chen, chairman, CEO and president of Sybase.

Sybase TechWave 2007: Sybase and HTC Unite to Deliver More Secure, Better Managed Mobile Solutions

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:00:00 EDT

Sybase, Inc., a provider of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software, and HTC Corp., a provider of Microsoft Windows Mobile-based smart devices, have formed a global alliance. The companies are teaming on strategic business, engineering and marketing initiatives designed to deliver optimized Sybase iAnywhere mobility software on HTC devices.

AJAXWorld Conference $250 Savings Deadline Expires Friday, August 17

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 17:00:00 EDT

AJAXWorld 2007 West will take place on September 23-26, 2007, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, in Santa Clara, California, and will offer a new dedicated 'iPhone Track.' Another dedicated track will offer a comparative education opportunity for conference delegates on emerging RIA tools, including a Diamond track on OpenLaszlo and sessions on Microsoft's Silverlight, Adobe's AIR and Sun's JavaFX.

All Things of Interest to the PB Community

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:00:00 EDT

05/26/2007 - TopWizProgramming announced that PBSearch was updated to support PB11 and to add several new features. www.topwizprogramming.com/pbsearch.html

Get a Boost of Flex this Monday in New York City

Sun, 08 Jul 2007 09:00:00 EDT

Can afford to take just one day off, get out of your cubicle and see what other people up to these days? Is J2EE still in favor? What's this ESB is about? Have you even heard of using Flex as a Web front end of your Java applications? Do not miss an event in NYC this Monday, that is created for people who think that they are way too busy to take several days off and spend them in the class. Just take one day off and attend the Real-World Java event. The discounted rate for this event is $395. To get this discount, enter the coupon code ?JUGgold' while registering

Official PowerBuilder 11 Launch Tour and Code Camp

Wed, 16 May 2007 17:45:00 EDT

With the release of PowerBuilder 11 scheduled for 2007, Sybase will be entering the Microsoft .Net 2.0 world with their premier development tool. Some of our attendees at the October 11th OSUG meeting witnessed Mr. John Strano's overview presentation on PB 11 Beta. Again on January 24th, Chris Pollach presented 'Getting Ready for PB11.Net' with an overview of installing, configuring and building .Net applications with PB 11. Chris also disseminated some more code examples and his STD Framework for Winform and WebForm development.

Event-Driven Programming in Flex with Custom Events

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:00:00 EST

Event-driven programming model offers an excellent architecture based on loosely-coupled components consuming and throwing events. In this tutorial I'll show how to design component that communicate with each other via events.

Starz Entertainment Selects Appeon to Web-Enable Mission-Critical Applications

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:00:00 EST

Starz Entertainment, a provider of premium movies along with flagship Starz and Encore brands, servicing approximately 42 million subscribers, selects Appeon to Web-enable mission-critical applications.

Appeon Enables Discus Dental Software to Leapfrog to Web and J2EE

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:00:00 EST

Discus Dental Software has announced that Appeon Corporation, a strategic partner of Sybase Inc., has successfully completed the first phase of migrating DentalVision dental practice management solution, built with Sybase PowerBuilder, to the Web and J2EE.

Appeon Migrates Healthcare Labor Resource Management Software to the Web

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:00:00 EST

Appeon Corporation has successfully helped RES-Q Healthcare Systems to migrate key modules from its Labor Resource Management System, built with Sybase PowerBuilder, to the Web and J2EE. Ninety percent of the application objects and code were converted automatically, and the project was completed within 60 days.

Integrate Real-Time GPS Data Into Your PowerBuilder Applications

Sun, 19 Feb 2006 12:30:00 EST

We begin this article by asking the question: Why would you want to integrate real-time GPS data into your PowerBuilder applications anyway? After all, it's not likely you are going to connect a GPS receiver to your desktop computer and ask yourself where you are currently located. (At least I hope not!)