ISUG Benefit Update

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Appeon Benefit Updated to 6.5.1

   The International Sybase User Group (ISUG) is pleased to inform their members that the Appeon for PowerBuilder benefit that is available to our Green & Gold members has been updated to the latest version 6.5.1!

   Due the size of the download, there are now four files for each version (32 or 64 bit).  These will need to be downloaded and unzipped together for a successful installation. ISUG users though should find that the download speed is much better from this mirrored location.

   If you've downloaded Appeon previously, be sure to update to this new version.  And if you tried earlier versions of Appeon but had problems, be sure to try it out again as the current product is orders of magnitude more stable and efficient than previous versions!

  If you are not an ISUG member - why not join now ... click here!

Regards ... Chris

ISUG - 2012 BOD

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 International Sybase User Group

 New Board of Directors

 2012-2014

President:  Anne Walker  -  Sydney, Australia

Immediate Past President:  Bryan Enochs  - Orlando, USA
Executive Director:  Mike Harrold, USA
Secretary:  Martin Clark

VP Finance:  Eric Van Patten  - Iowa, USA
VP Membership: Chris Pollach  - Ottawa, Canada
VP Business Relations: Cynthia Gill  -  Texas, USA

Director (RUG: Asia-Pacific): Gavin Dabron  - Sydney, Australia
Director (RUG: EMEA): Marcelle von Wendland  - London, England
Director (RUG: South/Latin America):  Jean-Pierre Dareys  -  Mexico City, Mexico
Director (RUG: North America):  TBD
Director (Communications): Ralf Anoia  - Washington D.C., USA
Director (Enhancements): Millard Brown - USA
Director (Partners): Peter Dobler - Florida, USA


For more information on ISUG, please visit their website!

Regards ... Chris

ISUG - Virual PB User Group, Aug 4, 2011

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ISUG - Virtual Meeting Announcement - PowerBuilder

    ISUG is pleased to announce that their next meeting of the North American PowerBuilder Virtual User Group will be on August  4, 2011. This meeting will feature Mr. Don Clayton from Intertech Consulting who'll be discussing Building Thoroughly Modern Systems in PowerBuilder.


    You can read all about the meeting details, time and how to register by clicking here!

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Regards .... Chris

PB12.NET Training Day

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    The International Sybase User Group in conjunction with eLearnIt Systems is now offering a new one day PowerBuilder 12.NET training course. In this a full day of training where you will gain the knowledge and skills to prepare you to plan, perform a .NET migration and tips on re-factoring your enterprise level based PowerBuilder Classic applications.  You will able to follow-along with instructor led demonstrations using provided code examples if you bring your own notebook with verified functioning installations of PowerBuilder 12.1 Classic and .NET and SQL AnyWhere 11.

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Topics include:

•  .NET Revealed:

          * What is it?
          * What are the important features and how do they affect your PowerBuilder application?
          * Why might .NET be (or not be) important to you?

• Migrating from Classic to .NET WPF

          See how to:
          * To plan for your own application migration by getting an overview of the .NET migration process
          * To plan for re-factoring your code to lessen the impact of not supported features
          * Performance differences between the platforms might impact your existing code
          * GUI differences between the platforms might impact your code

• Future proofing your code, planning for today, tomorrow and beyond.

      The .NET and Classic platforms are intrinsically different. A large application that took seconds to modify and test in the IDE will takes many minutes to modify and test in the .NET IDE. In order to continue at a high productivity level you must partition your code into a series of related .NET assemblies. In this segment you will gain learn the basics of application logic partitioning and how to use the IDE to carve your application into smaller manageable pieces

• Visual Studio IDE tips & tricks

      The new .NET IDE is similar to but different than the Classic IDE in fundamental ways. The goal of this presentation. Increase your initial and ongoing productivity by learning how to leverage many of the new features that the Visual Studio IDE offers. Included is a demonstration of configuring and working with source code control.

• WCF and web services: Creating .NET web service client applications with examples and demonstrations

      Windows Communication Foundation is a new feature of .NET 3.5. WCF will be an imperative when SilverLight support is implemented. It is required when you migrate Classic Applications that are Web Service Clients to .NET or need to code new web service client applications in PB 12.NET. Learn the basics of WCF. Observe the process of building a Web Service Client app.

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       To have this course brought to your area, please contact your local Sybase User Group to arrange a class in your locale.


Regards ... Chris

ISUG - PB 12 Extended to Memebers Benefits

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ISUG Uses TechWave 2010 To Extend Member Services Benefits With Fully Functional Trial Version of Sybase PowerBuilder 12

Washington, D.C., August 9, 2010 – The International Sybase User Group, a trade association representing more than six thousand members in more than sixty countries around the globe, announced today at the Sybase TechWave user conference that ISUG Green and Gold Members are now eligible to receive a one-year, fully functional trial version of PowerBuilder 12 as part of their member benefits.

Central to ISUG's membership services remit is the responsibility to use the organization's proximity to and close relationship with Sybase itself to provide tangible user benefits that far outweigh the cost of the group's membership subscription charge.

In return, ISUG stands open to receive member feedback on the products and services that users themselves feel they need additional support with. Be in terms of training, guidance from Sybase evangelists, user group meetings or access to actual products, ISUG constantly strives to exceed its members expectations.

"Our members have been waiting patiently for this new benefit and we're extremely pleased to be able to offer it to them with immediate effect," commented ISUG President, Bryan Enochs. "This new benefit allows our members to experiment with PowerBuilder 12 at their own pace, something that is extremely important as it enables full exploration of all of the features and functionality that this eagerly awaited release contains."

"We are seeing more and more PowerBuilder developers attending our user group meetings," said Mike Harrold, Executive Director for ISUG. "This confirms to us that PowerBuilder is not only still widely accepted within the IT world, but that it is also a growing developer marketplace. We hope that this shows continued commitment to the Sybase user community from both ISUG and Sybase."

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