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The Data-Driven Enterprise

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:30:00 EST

Learn how your company can become a data-driven enterprise and beat the competition. Find out about the people, processes, and technology you need to make sure you’re harnessing the power of your data assets to operate faster, better, and smarter.

How PowerBuilder Got Its Groove Back

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:15:00 EST

One of the main issues that PowerBuilder and PowerBuilder developers have been facing for the last few years is the lack of mind share for the product. All that seems to have changed with Sybase’s announcement of the beta of PowerBuilder 12.0. Articles on the release appeared in a large number of IT-related news outlets, including Darryl K Taft in eWeek (http://xrl.us/eweek), Sam M Fulton III in BetaNews (http://xrl.us/betanews), David Worthington in Software Development Times (http://xrl.us/sdtimes), Eric J Bruno in Doctor Dobbs (http://xrl.us/dobbs), John K Waters in both Visual Studio Magazine (http://xrl.us/visualstudio) and Application Development Trends (http://xrl.us/apdevtrends) and Paul Krill in ComputerWorld (http://xrl.us/compworld),

Hot Event in Santa Clara Becomes Cool with the iPhone

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:00:00 EST

This week just saw the SYS-CON iPhone Developer Summit come to the West Coast on November 3rd. Along with the unseasonal warm weather... it was a HOT event! The sessions were well attended by a good number of professional developers etc who were eager to learn, discuss and take the iPhone to the next level...the Enterprise. I would like to take this moment, to thank the presenters. During the event Sybase made 3 announcements that will advance iPhone adoption in the enterprise... New Device Management, Relational Database with Synchronization, and mBanking Solutions, all for the iPhone. Let me investigate them further...

Canadian Technology Summit

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:28:00 EDT

** Canadian Technology Summit **

OSUG Supporters

Dear Sybase User;

Please join us on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 1 & 2, 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 of Canada 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.

For the first time in our history, this will be a two day event hosting many Sybase professionals, 3rd party vendors, user presentations, senior management participation, etc culminating in an event I would like to call the "Canadian Technical Summit". This event will have two streams - one Data Management and the other Development. You will be able to register for either one or better yet, make sure that you bring a colleague with you so that you can cover both agendas. There is even a planned "cocktail reception" on the Tuesday night (Dec 1st). The event will cover subject areas such as: SMS messaging from PB 12.NET, Taking your PowerBuilder applications to the Web; Data Warehousing, Replication, Sybase and SAS, Data Modeling, Database Monitoring and Performance, ASE and PB tools, Product Futures, Mobility, etc just to highlight some key areas. On the Development side we will see evangelist John Strano showing us the latest PB 12.NET from engineering, best practices and another training session. For Data Management we will have senior VP Brian Vink addressing key product futures, Mobility and presentations on comparing various Data Modeling approaches. You will have access to key Sybase technical staff from Canada and the USA to ask questions about Sybase products, interact with users utilizing the same technologies and gain key information into 2010 based products and features.

In many cases, you will be the first people outside of Sybase to see various leading edge products in action, get an in-depth review of its features, see live demonstrations, hear how others have used Sybase products, etc and then get “hands-on” training sessions to boot! But wait, that’s not all – you will get to take home with you free software, door prizes, and special unlimited versions of select Sybase and 3rd party products. This event will be of interest to developers, DBA's, project leaders, analysts, IT managers, consultants, etc who want to see how and why Sybase is now the largest software vendor specializing and focused on mobile information management. We will be showcasing presentations from companies such as: Novalys, Appeon and Bradmark as well just to name a few.

The OSUG Dec 1/2, 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 (center) and can be accessed from either the west or east elevators.

Here are the preliminary agenda, topics and the planned activities for each day:

Day #1 - Preliminary Agenda - Development Stream

Time: Topic:

7:45am       Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30am       Introduction & welcome - Chris Pollach
9:00am       Taking your PB Applications to the Web - Armeen Mazda
10:00am     Coffee Break
10:15am     Taking your PB Applications to the Web - Armeen Mazda - Continued
11:45am      Lunch
12:45pm     Solving your Top Business problems today with PowerBuilder - John Strano
2:15Pm      Coffee Break
2:30pm      Solving your Top Business problems today with PowerBuilder - John Strano - Continued
2:15Pm      Coffee Break
2:30pm      Solving your Top Business problems today with PowerBuilder - John Strano - Continued
4:20Pm      Q & A Session
4:20Pm      Wrap-up

Download the detailed agenda ... click here !

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Day #1 - Preliminary Agenda - Data Management Stream

Time: Topic:

7:30am       Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00am       SUP - Mobilizing SAP, PeopleSoft and Remedy - Anthony Antonello
9:30am       Coffee Break
9:45am       Enterprise Architecture Overview - Chris Baker
11:00am      Bradmark Monitoring Solutions - Cindy Bean
12:00noon    Lunch
1:00pm      ASE Cluster Edition - Anthony Robinson
2:00Pm      Coffee Break
2:15pm      Sybase Analytics - Chris Baker - IQ
3:15pm      Replication Server - Tony Antonello
4:15pm      Q & A Session
4:30pm      Wrap-up

Download the detailed agenda ... click here !

5:00pm Cocktail Reception - Details to come

Day #2 - Preliminary Agenda - Development Stream

Time: Topic:

7:45am       Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30am       Introduction & welcome - Chris Pollach
8:45am       Application Mining - Christophe Dufourmantelle
9:30am       Coffee Break
9:45am       Visual Guard - Christophe Dufourmantelle
10:30am     Customization Studio - Christophe Dufourmantelle
11:15am      PB Protect - Christophe Dufourmantelle
11:45am      Lunch
12:45pm      Introduction to WPF - John Strano
1:45pm      WPF Controls - John Strano
2:15pm      Coffee Break
2:30pm      PowerScript .NET - John Strano
3:00pm      Migrating to WPF - John Strano
3:30pm      Vector Based Graphics - John Strano
4:00pm      XML and "Skins" - John Strano
4:20pm      Unified API - John Strano
4:40pm      Q & A Session
4:50pm      Wrap-up

Download the detailed agenda ... click here !

** How to Register **

To register ... Details coming soon!

Get ready to learn PowerBuilder like you have never seen before, .NET 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 **

TBA

** BIO's **

Anthony Antonello

Mr. Anthony (Tony) Antonello is an eighteen year veteran of Sybase Canada. Through his years at Sybase, Tony has held many roles including Principal Consultant; District Manager Western Canada, Sybase Professional Services; General Manager, Sybase Canada Sales; and Canadian Technical Manager.

Anthony Robinson

Mr .Anthony Robinson is a Principal Systems Consultant for Sybase based in Ottawa, Canada. Anthony has been with Sybase since 2000. He worked for Sybase's American Federal team out of Bethesda Maryland until 2004, when he then transferred to Sybase Canada. Before joining Sybase, Anthony was a sales consulant with New Era Of Networks and a functional SAP consultant for SLI Consulting Inc.

Christophe Dufourmantelle

Mr. Christophe Dufourmantelle founded Novalys in 1998 and has run the company from that time onward. Before this, he was an Oracle Consultant and also developed for a software department at a French IT company.

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

Ulitzer Named "New Media" Partner of Greatly Anticipated iStrategy Event in Berlin

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:15:00 EDT

A new ‘internet’ has been born which can flatten the market place if not managed correctly. New opportunities create greater challenges for any company to stay ahead. Thanks to sites like Ulitzer the corporate world has finally embraced online social media as a real competitive advantage, and the tier ones are now incorporating such initiatives in their 2010 business plans – but who will be left behind?

Wolf auf Katzenjagd

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:04:00 EDT

Are Mobile Luddites Resisting Mobility?

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EDT

This week I had my attention drawn by a few interesting articles that seem to suggest that the increase into Enterprise Mobility has not occured yet. I am stating... 'Come into the Light of the Mobile Age or be DOOMED!', that is my call to the Mobile Luddites.

Sybase Named “Silver Sponsor” of iPhone Developer Summit

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:15:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Sybase, the largest enterprise software and services company, was named "Silver Sponsor" of SYS-CON's iPhone Developer Summit. The Summit is co-located with the 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, which will take place on November 2 - 4, 2009, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, in Santa Clara, California.

New Unified Communications Solution from Sybase & Siemens

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:45:00 EDT

Today Sybase and Siemens Enterprise Communications (SEN) Group (a leader in Unified Communications Solutions for the enterprise) announced a partnership that will provide customers with a fully integrated mobile and fixed line voice and data solution that supports and includes the management of a range of device types through a completely heterogeneous environment.

Implement a Calendar Component in PowerBuilder Applications

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:15:00 EDT

Those who answer to users probably agree that the style of the PowerBuilder applications have remained unchanged for far too long. While major improvements are anticipated with the release of the PowerBuilder 12 beta, developers who would like a quick face-lift for their applications are invited to continue reading here.

900K Thanks!

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:45:00 EDT

I just wanted to acknowledge the tremendous increase in the amount of Blog activity that I have received already this 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 year alone an exponential increase at that!

ISUG Award

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:00:00 EDT

Thank You

I would just like to take a moment and thank everyone who took the time to vote for the ISUG Jouranl Awards in August. I am pleased that I was nominated in the Development category. I am also very pleased to win the coveted award this year. It was a pleasure writing the articles for the journal and I am glad that many people found them informative.

Regards ... Chris

Enterprise iPhone Seminar in San Francisco

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:45:00 EDT

I want to let you know about an upcoming "iPhone in the Enterprise" seminar that is being held in San Francisco on September 24, 2009. If you're in the Bay area, plan to come hear experts from AT&T, SAP and Sybase, about key strategies and best practices for deploying the iPhone in the enterprise. You will also have an opportunity to network with others that are tackling the same challenges of maintaining mobile solutions within the enterprise.

PowerBuilder 12 .NET Review

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:30:00 EDT

Yakov Werde has just written an article on DevX, which looks at the new version of Sybase's long running and successfull RAD development tool... PowerBuilder. 'A dormant giant gets a new lease on life as a .NET-compatible development environment.' I dont know if I totally agree with him on the use of dormant, as there are still many customers continuing to use PB, but the rest of his statement...how right he is, as PowerBuilder 12 .NET includes new features such as...

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.

First Annual TechWave Regional Symposium Opens Today

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EDT

This week marks the beginning of Sybase's first ever TechWave Regional Symposium. This two-day event, which will run Aug. 26-27, has over 700 registered attendees. Conference attendees represent 24 countries and 10 percent are traveling internationally to get to Washington, D.C. A high percentage of the audience is staying to attend the 2-day technical training, while some are coming exclusively for the first day's keynotes and business content.

Sybase to Enable Deployment on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:30:00 EDT

Sybase, Inc. announced the availability of its leading data management and analytics servers including Sybase SQL Anywhere, Sybase IQ, and Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise for the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) environment. With these products, customers will have the ability to quickly develop and deploy on-demand data systems for mobile, analytics and transactional applications.

Eclipse Europa 3.3.2 Integration with SCM Tools

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:30:00 EDT

Presently, I am the administrator of SCM AllFusion Harvest. SCM AllFusion Harvest is a process-based Software Configuration Management (SCM) tool for managing application source code. I manage 121 applications housed in SCM AllFusion Harvest and support 185 users using the product. The development tools we currently use are PowerBuilder PBV8, PBV11; Visual Studio 2003, 2005, 2008; and Java.

Hey Buddy, Can You Spare Some Code...?

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:45:00 EDT

PowerBuilder fans have been sharing code with one another since...well at least since the beginning days of CompuServe in the early 1990s. When PowerBuilder users gathered in just a single section in a general interest programming forum, we had an associated file library section, and when we moved to our own PowerSoft forum we had a series of file libraries.

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."

PowerBuilder Top Feature Picks

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:45:00 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.

Come Get Your Beta While It’s Hot

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:45:00 EDT

The PowerBuilder 12.0 beta has officially started (http://response.sybase.com/forms/WW09JULPB12beta1). It’s pretty hard to overstate the magnitude of the changes that are taking place within PowerBuilder for this version. As a result, it’s more important than ever for as many people as possible to participate in order to get the most amount of feedback as possible back to Sybase.

Migrating Legacy Client/Server PowerBuilder Apps

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:00:00 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.

PB UI Designer - Sneak Peak

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:30:00 EDT

Here is a sneak peak at the new UI designer that will be available from PowerToTheBuilder.com sometime in the near future. Let me know what you're first impressions are.

PowerDesigner 15: Expanding Data Modeling into Your Enterprise

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:00:00 EDT

In today’s business world change is a constant and companies need to ensure that they keep up with that change. Whether the change is an opportunistic response to new conditions – requirements, regulations, market conditions, a merger/acquisition – or a major transformation, companies need the power to succeed and that power is knowledge.

Sybase Unveils All New PowerBuilder

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:45:00 EDT

Sybase, Inc. (NYSE:SY), an industry leader in delivering enterprise and mobile software, today announced the beta availability for PowerBuilder 12, a new generation of Sybase’s proven development tool. This latest release of the award-winning PowerBuilder empowers developers with the easiest, fastest and most cost-effective path to the Microsoft® .NET Framework, the Microsoft Windows® component that supports building and running the next generation of applications.

PowerBuilder 12 and .NET

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EDT

Back in 2002, Sybase announced their four-phase approach toward adding .NET support to PowerBuilder. Phase 1 was the implementation of web services in PB9 and Phase 2 was the release of DataWindow.NET, which was packaged with PB 10. Phases 3 and 4 were the more significant phases. In Phase 3, Sybase added a number of .NET target types to PowerBuilder 11 and added support for calling non-visual .NET assemblies from PowerScript.

Sybase CEO on the Future of Mobile Tech

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:15:00 EDT

Sybase Chairman, President and CEO John Chen on the potential for growth in the mobile technology industry. Following on from the earlier interview, here is the FOX Business interview, headlined 'Sybase on a Winning Streak!'

How to Communicate with a DBMS

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:45:00 EDT

Yes size really does matter when you are talking about a client/server application, web server, or application server communicating with a database management system. Size is often overlooked when designing very large application systems that can potentially generate an excessive amount of concurrent users, heavy database transaction load, complex queries, large data stream content or some type of mixture of the above.

Methods for Faster and Efficient Data Entry in DataWindows

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:45:00 EDT

Software that is not used is useless. Facing the challenge that doctors prefer to spend time with their patients rather than facing the monitor, we have fine-tuned methods in our DataWindow-based forms so that user entry is quick, painless, and a pleasure. These include the use of dropdown lists and DataWindows for efficient, correct and faster entries, in addition to accurately filling in text columns with limited keyboard entry. Visual guides and markers for data in relation to patient images are also provided.

Multi-Layers of Security Encryption Is A Mobile Enterprise Necessity

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Today more than ever Multi-layers of security encryption is a Mobile Enterprise necessity. Lets face it, in work or our personal lives, when we leave a location we do not just shut and lock-up one lock, but we rely on maybe a secondary lock or security alarm system. We still even rely on the old faithful human security guard. Now that we are carrying around more and more personal & corporate data with us, we need to do the same and to be as vigilant.

Novalys 2009 PowerBuilder Worldwide Survey

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:45:00 EDT

As every year, Novalys is carrying out a worldwide survey on the use of PowerBuilder. The thousands of responses received each year allow us to follow the evolution of PowerBuilder projects since 2001. Now help us to monitor the new trends in the PowerBuilder community by completing the 2009 edition of the survey below. Afterwards, you’ll be able to see the 2008 results and discover, in particular: - How large PowerBuilder projects differ from small ones in terms of architecture - How the test of strength is going between Java and DotNET - How many PB projects used .NET in 2008

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.

Worldwide Mobile Middleware Market Continues to Grow: IDC

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Today leading IT market research advisory firm IDC released its report on the Worldwide Mobile Middleware Market. In that report IDC recognized Sybase iAnywhere as a leader in mobile middleware software for the seventh consecutive year.

App Store Will Have to Evolve

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:00:00 EDT

This week I have been monitoring a few stories which all link together really nicely, with respect to the continued growth in Mobile Applications and developer education. It is my belief that the level of Mobile Applications will increase... as Apple state, "there's an app for just about anything'" and it is the 'just about' that in itself is driving iPhone users to demand more! I also think that this increase, in the level of Mobile applications, will also drive an increase in the usefulness of each application. I'm going to sound like a Grumpy Old Man and say that I will happily wave goodbye to a reduction in the numbers of the novelty applications. As the iPhone picks up speed in the Enterpise especially through 3rd Party companies such as Sybase, I think we will see applications developed that put an even sharper edge on this most sought after device, turning it into the ultimate business weapon.

Sybase TechWave Symposium Registration Opens

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:30:00 EDT

Join us at the Sybase TechWave Regional Symposium in Washington, DC to hear about the Sybase vision and strategy, learn about the latest product features and connect with your peers. Registration is now available. Day One (Wednesday, August 26) is FREE and includes keynotes, business sessions and some introductory technical content, but you must pre-register. The registration fee for the full two days (Wednesday, August 26 and Thursday, August 27), which includes full access to the technical training classes, is $200.

Executive View on Enterprise Mobility

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:30:00 EDT

Philippe Winthrop of Enterprise Mobility Matters has a great interview with Willie Jow of Sybase, called Executive View on Enterprise Mobility. From the interview: "Companies cannot afford to lose downtime caused by a delayed response if they are out of the office on travel, hence the need for companies to un-wire their enterprise and have the same capabilities available to employees on the go as in the office."

Visual Studio 2008 Integration with SCM Tools

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:00:00 EDT

This article describes the integration between the SCM AllFusion Harvest Version Control Interface (VCI) and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 for version control. It will show how to make the necessary connections using the interface, demonstrate check-outs and check-ins, how to delete files in proper order using SCM tools, demonstrate file comparison and how to exclude files, add new files, load the initial baseline via the Visual Studio IDE and promote the Change Request (CR) Package in SCM AllFusion Harvest through the entire lifecycle leaving the initial baseline footprint across all SCM AllFusion Harvest states.

Enterprise Mobility: Sybase to Present at Wireless World 2009

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:15:00 EDT

I'm really proud to announce that I have been asked to present at the Wireless World 2009 event, at the Sydney Convention Centre, 9-10 September 2009. During this two day event, which will be my first trip down under, I will be addressing the attendees twice on two different but, connected subjects

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.

Modeling Service-Oriented Enterprise Architecture

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:15:00 EDT

How do you establish agile enterprise architecture? How can you rapidly develop and deploy applications to satisfy or even lead the market demand? Many enterprises are constructing and reorganizing the architecture using the concept of service-oriented architecture (SOA). However, we may all encounter some problems when applying SOA using some existing development processes and notations, such as object-oriented analysis and design (OOAD), enterprise architecture (EA) frameworks, and business process modeling (BPM).

Sybase Recognized as an Enterprise Database Leader

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:00:00 EDT

As an employee of Sybase, I'm always surprised that folks I meet in my daya to day technical job & travels, still only think of Sybase as a Database company. Oh, how wrong you are!

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...

ISUG Spreads PowerBuilder Training with Online Classroom Initiative

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:00:00 EDT

The International Sybase User Group, a trade association representing more than six thousand members in more than sixty countries around the globe, has reached an agreement with web-based skills training company eLearnIT, LLC. Under the agreement, ISUG will become the exclusive marketing and sales agent for eLearnIT's new online PowerBuilder training courses.

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.

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.

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.