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Summer 2011
Happy 20th Birthday, PowerBuilder!
Last month, my oldest son turned 20. This month, PowerBuilder turned 20. Both are pretty significant milestones and generate feelings of pride, happiness, nostalgia, and an inability to believe time has flown by so quickly! Like my son, there are many things that have remained the same about PowerBuilder over the past two decades, and there are many things that are quite different. But, both have remained true to themselves, and both are best-in-class, if I do say so myself! keep reading.
A Sneak Peek at Two New PowerBuilder 12.5 Features. In Dave’s Corner, Dave Fish outlines 'Child DataWindow Control Support' and 'DataWindow Buffers in the Debugger'. Click here to read it all.
No Volcanic Ash? Be careful about which you joke. While the ash cloud from the icelandic volcano's more recent (May) eruption was not as far-reaching as the one last year, those of us enjoying the success of Sybase TechDays EMEA tour (thank you organizers, and thank YOU customers for attending), I overhead some of us quipping (is that a word?) "what, no ash cloud?" User Groups are a great way to keep in touch with the PowerBuilder Community, join a local User Group or better yet, start one. Learn more from John Strano and his adventure with the EMEA tour.
TechWave 2011 Offers 250% more PowerBuilder Sessions - Make Plans to Join the Party!
TechWave 2011 will be co-located with SAP TechEd, September 12-16 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. This co-location brings some significant additional benefits for the PowerBuilder user community. The 2011 TechWave program has been expanded to include loads of additional content. Read on for more information on PowerBuilder at TechWave.
State of Maine Department of Health and Human Services, has been named a Laureate in the 2011 Computerworld Honors Program. The program, founded in 1988, recognizes organizations and individuals who have used information technology to promote and advance public welfare, benefit society and change the world for the better. Click here to learn how the Maine Child Welfare Information System (MACWIS) presents real time data to allow supervisors and caseworkers to provide timely and effective interventions and permanency plans.
Ali Mehmet, Technical Director of MARACIS Ltd, one of the UK's leading developers of solutions built around Sybase’s PowerBuilder technologies, shares his perspective on why PowerBuilder continues to be the best development platform investment for his company and clients. Click here to see the replay of "Re-investing in PowerBuilder: A Top Down Perspective”.
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eLearnIT LLC
Is a PowerBuilder Training and Consulting company with deep and broad experience in both the Classic and .NET platforms. eLearnIT designs, develops and delivers both eLearning and instructor led courses for IT professionals and end user of their systems. Yakov Werde delivers workshops or web based eLearning tutorials that guide professional developers towards PowerBuilder Classic and .NET mastery. Visit www.elearnitonline.com for more information.
Novalys
Novalys Customization Studio has revolutionized how modifications can be made to PowerBuilder applications. Let end-users and other non-developers modify and customize your applications. Check it out here. Be sure to take the annual Novalys PowerBuilder Survey to provide your feedback about the product, and input for future releases.
Appeon
Do you need to move your application to the Web?
See how Appeon can get you there quickly and easily. Use the solution that DHL, Assetpoint, the State of Michigan, and others have used to bring the ubiquity of the Web to their PowerBuilder applications.
Enable
Do you need to deploy your application in more than one language? Check out Enable’s solution to create multilingual versions of your applications, and let your end users work in their preferred language.
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PowerBuilder Whitepapers
IDC Whitepaper: Sybase PowerBuilder Meets Microsoft .NET: Setting the Pace for Application Development Productivity
Upcoming Events
PowerBuilder TV: How To Let End Users Customize Their Applications
Thursday, June 16th, 11:00 ET / 8:00 a.m. PT
PowerBuilder TV: Using PowerBuilder Custom Visual User Objects in Visual Studio
Tuesday, June 21, 12:00 p.m. ET / 9:00 a.m. PT
PowerBuilder Strategy and Roadmap Webinar: Attendees will get a sneak preview of technology being developed for future versions of PowerBuilder and have a change to ask questions and provide feedback. Tuesday, July 12, 1:00 p.m. ET
Follow this link for additional PowerBuilderTV Webinars
PowerBuilder Roadshow
HOUSTON Tuesday, June 28, 2:00pm - 6:00pm with John Strano, HAL-PC, REGISTER
CLEVELAND Tuesday, July 19, 8:30am - 12:00pm with John Strano, Hilton Garden Inn, REGISTER
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MINNEAPOLIS Thursday, July 21, 8:30am - 12:00pm with John Strano, Hilton Garden Inn, REGISTER
PowerBuilder On-Demand Webinars
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PowerBuilder ROI Calculator
The Sybase PowerBuilder ROI calculator was developed independently by leading ROI tool developer Alinean, Inc. as an objective analysis tool help PowerBuilder customers to understand the potential costs of moving development activities to another platform and the benefits of staying with PowerBuilder. This tool can help you justify the cost savings and productivity of PowerBuilder in your organization. To start, sign up for a password and login.
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PowerBuilder 12.5 Beta
PowerBuilder 12.5 beta will be available until August 31st. Although the official beta period is over, you can still get a sneak peak of PowerBuilder 12.5. The newsgroup is providing support for issues. For more information on the beta, please go to http://www.sybase.com/powerbuilder125beta.
TechWave 2011
This year, our TechWave conference will be co-located with the SAP TechEd conference September 12-16 in Las Vegas. Please REGISTER NOW.
Are you a PowerBuilder Rock Star?
Become a fan of PowerBuilder on Facebook and be entered to win a PowerBuilder Rock Star t-shirt. Already a fan, look for new contest on Facebook.
Rock with savings when you upgrade or update to PowerBuilder v12!
If you own PowerBuilder Desktop or PowerBuilder Professional and need to upgrade to PowerBuilder Enterprise follow this link for a great deal with 20% savings! Own an older version of PowerBuilder Enterprise and need to get the current release? Get a free USP when you click here.
PowerBuilder 12 eTutorials and Samples Applications
These self guided tutorials are designed to enable you to drill down and better understand how to master the new features and capabilities found in PowerBuilder 12. To get full benefit from the tutorial experience, please turn on your system speakers to benefit from the audio narration in these tutorials.
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