Showing its strong commitment to the Sybase community, the International Sybase User Group has announced that it will be taking to the road with a series of PowerBuilder-focused events under the banner "Leveraging PowerBuilder in the .NET World." These hands-on technical seminars will introduce and educate attendees on methods for using PowerBuilder both as a .NET tool and alongside other .NET tools.

"We firmly believe that PowerBuilder is the premier 4GL RAD development tool on the market today," said Mike Harrold, Executive Director of ISUG. "Add to this the .NET enhancements delivered in PowerBuilder 11 and you have a winning formula for .NET development that all PowerBuilder and .NET developers will benefit from."

Attendees will have the opportunity to learn from some of the foremost experts in the PowerBuilder world as well as interact with their PowerBuilder peers as they spend the day experiencing the new features of PowerBuilder 11 firsthand for themselves.

"This is a great opportunity for developers to learn as much as they can about the new .NET features in PowerBuilder 11," said Chris Pollach, ISUG North American Regional User Group Director, and a user of PowerBuilder since the earliest releases. "Serious PowerBuilder developers will gain tremendous insight from the technical material being presented and have the opportunity to learn more about the strategic positioning of PowerBuilder going forward. At the same time, novice developers who have been trying to embrace .NET development with other tools will be able to appreciate PowerBuilder's productivity features."

About the Tour
Beginning October 23, the tour will take in 10 cities in the United States and three in Canada, crisscrossing both countries from Orlando to Seattle and from San Diego to Montreal. Each city will be comprised of one full day of training from 8 am to 5:30 pm, with breakfast and lunch included included in the registration fee. All attendees are encouraged to bring their laptops with them to maximize the benefit of each of the technical subjects being presented.

For more information, including the dates and locations for each stop on the tour, and to register for these events, please visit www.isug.com/pb11tour.

About ISUG
ISUG's mission is to serve the Sybase user community by acting as an information channel, an advocate for user issues, and as a force that helps to determine the product directions of Sybase. Bringing a fresh and much needed approach to the way a 21st Century user group operates, ISUG has been successful in pursuing these goals – thanks to its enthusiastic and knowledgeable members and unparalleled support from Sybase itself.

For more information please visit: www.isug.com