PowerBuilder Journal

Welcome to M2M News Weekly, an online newsletter that consists of the most interesting news and articles related to M2M (machine to machine) and embedded mobile devices.  I aggregate the information, include the original links and add a synopsis of each article.  I also search fo... (more)

The Mobile Health News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to mobile health that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends. Also read Enterprise Mobility Asia News Wee... (more)

WALLDORF, Germany, Feb. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced that its supervisory board has voted to extend the tenure of Dr. Vishal Sikka as Executive Board member of SAP AG through December 31, 2017. Sikka agreed to the extension of his tenure. (Logo: ht... (more)

Paul Harvey, the great American radio personality, would always conclude his colorful broadcasts with the quip "And now you know the rest of the story." For those of you not acquainted with Paul's broadcasts, here's a sample. If you get to about 3:40 in, you'll hear the classic r... (more)

WALLDORF, Germany and SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) and SuccessFactors, Inc. (NYSE: SFSF) today announced the successful completion of SAP AG's cash tender offer, commenced through its indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary Saturn Expansion Corp... (more)

DANVERS, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/15/12 -- Relevant Data Corp www.relevantdata.com has named George Schussel to the position of Senior Advisor, Strategic Planning. He is a renowned expert in database computing architecture, the Internet, and information management. According to ... (more)

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and MENLO PARK, Calif., Feb. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Highland Capital Partners, a leading venture capital firm with a more than twenty year history of helping great people build great companies, today announced that Jeremiah Daly has joined the firm as a Princip... (more)

Over the last year I have been quite a convert in the area of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) as part of the Consumerization of IT in Enterprise Mobility. It allows the Prosumer in the company to bring their own device into the workplace, increasing their productivity. Less training... (more)

This week I have come across some particularly good articles that I wanted to share with you, plus I have included a list of my most recent video interviews with the mobility experts at SAP and Sybase in this article. The Age of Big Data from the New York Times  Six Steps to Creati... (more)

Composite Software today introduced version 6.1 of its Composite Data Virtualization Platform™ which extends the company’s performance leadership position and significantly enhances the data virtualization platform’s data services development environment. Composite 6.1, available... (more)

DUBLIN, Calif., Feb. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/--  Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. the global leader in mobile messaging and mobile commerce services, today unveiled the 2012 edition of the Sybase® Mobile Commerce Guide. This year's guide combines firsthand analysis of key... (more)

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- At the HP Global Partner Conference in Las Vegas, BMMsoft Corporation announced the availability of high-speed EDMT® 9 for large enterprise that can be deployed instantly and without intensive programming needed by other Big Data syst... (more)

Today Confio Software announced that Kansas-based Fort Hays State University (FHSU) has chosen Ignite for DB2 as its performance management software solution. Ignite for DB2 enables FHSU to analyze database performance in real time so the database staff could be freed up for addi... (more)

DUBLIN, Calif. and MADRID, Feb. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc., the global leader in mobile messaging and mobile commerce services, today announced a global, strategic partnership with Telefonica Digital to provide mobile wallet services. Sybase... (more)

Stephen Chilton Last week I wrote that I believe enterprise mobility will transform Healthcare more than just about any industry outside of media.  Healthcare requires access to a lot of data, the collection of a lot of data and collaboration with many others in mobile environmen... (more)

Confio Software, the makers of the award-winning Ignite database performance management software solution, will host four sessions at the upcoming Rocky Mountain Oracle User Group (RMOUG) Training Days event, taking place Feb. 14 – 16, 2012 at the Colorado Convention Center in De... (more)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/13/12 -- GENWI (www.genwi.com), the leader in cloud-based mobile publishing, today announced the appointment of seasoned marketing executive Amanda Van Nuys as the Vice President of Marketing. Van Nuys will lead GENWI's brand awareness, com... (more)

Kaminario, a leading provider of high performance, all solid-state Flash and DRAM SAN storage solutions, today announced a new video, How to Achieve Maximum Database Performance with SSD SAN Storage, featuring solutions consultant Kevin Colton. In the video, Colton discusses the ... (more)

Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), a leading software provider that enables enterprises to be operationally responsive, made available today its platinum ODBC drivers, Progress® DataDirect Connect® for ODBC 7.0. The standards-based, fully interoperable DataDirect Conne... (more)

Branding and Corporate Identity is another part of the Mobile Application UX that will be important from 2012 onwards. Compliance to a standard corporate visual design helps to build a consistent look and feel for your brand, that you have already have spent time and money on. N... (more)