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SYS-CON Events announced today that the 8th International Cloud Expo will
take place June 6-9, 2011, in New York City.
The International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo series is the world's
leading Cloud-focused event and is held three times a year, in New York,
Silicon Valley and in Europe. Over 600 corporate sponsors and 10,000 industry
professionals have participated in Cloud Computing Expo since its inception,
more than all other Cloud-related events put together.
Cloud Computing Expo 2011 East
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TODAY!
The four-day event will offer a rich array of sessions led by exceptional
speakers about the business and technical value of cloud computing with more
than 150 sponsors and exhibitors and over 5,000 estimated delegates from well
over 48 different countries.
Explore Cloud Expo Sponsorship &... (more)
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Cloud Expo, Inc. announced on Thursday that Cloud Expo 2011 New York, the 8th
International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, will take place June 6-9,
2011, at the Javits Center in New York City.
Cloud Expo - International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo series is the
world’s leading Cloud-focused event and is held in New York, Silicon
Valley, Prague, Tokyo, and Hong-Kong.
Over 900 corporate sponsors and more than 65,000 industry professionals have
participated in Cloud Expo since its inception, tenfold more than all other
Cloud-related events put together.
Click Here to Save $800 at Cloud Expo New York !
"Cloud Expo was announced on February 24, 2007, the day the term ‘cloud
computing' was coined," said Fuat Kircaali, Chairman and Founder of Cloud
Expo, Inc. "Cloud has become synonymous with ‘computing' and ‘soft... (more)
The PowerBuilder Native Interface (PBNI) is a standard C++ programming
interface that allows developers to extend the PowerScript language with C++
classes and to call PowerScript functions from C++ applications.
In Part 2, we'll create your first PBNI class and work with PBNI objects.
In the following example, we'll build a very simple PBX that returns a string
containing the text "Hello World".
Tip
Don't be discouraged by the simplicity of this example - we'll use it to
ensure that all core PBNI components are in place. Subsequent examples will
rapidly increase in complexity and satisfy your appetite for "real-world"
code.
Create the PBNI DLL
The following steps will generate the file PBNIHello.DLL:
1. Copy and save Listings 1-4 as individual files using the filenames
provided at the top of each listing ( Listings 3-6 can be downloaded from
www.sys-con.com/pbdj/sou... (more)
In the past decade, the software industry has evolved significantly,
especially in the enterprise application development area. And the biggest
evolution has been the transition from client/server applications to Web
based applications.
Ten years ago, PCs were just starting to connect with networks, operating
systems were starting to provide better graphical user interfaces, and the
business database was beginning to dominate the enterprise application
market. Back then, the business application developer created client/server
applications. That type of application usually stored data in a central
database server, with graphical user interface applications running on the
client PC. The client application collected inputs from the end user and
accessed the data from a central server. Since it made use of the rich user
interface of the operating system and ran on the... (more)
We make customized electronic medical record formats for physicians. We've
been using multi-select list boxes to enter various choices together as part
of a single column in many DataWindows in our applications. They help enter
some interrelated data faster without creating an independent table and/or
nested report.
A review of the need, outcome, and sample code are provided with a plea that
a DataWindow edit control for multi-select list boxes should be available in
PowerBuilder itself. It would further enhance the wide variety of entry
choices for developers.
A multi-select list offers the luxury of multiple options in one object.
However, the same is not available in DataWindows. Storing a multitude of
options as a single column's data has always been a challenge. The previous
method we used was creating a number that used exponential values for each
option. T... (more)
The Eclipse Data Tools Platform (DTP) is a new top-level project at
eclipse.org. Originally proposed by Sybase in February 2005, DTP has
attracted strong community support and is currently managed by a committee
comprised of Sybase, IBM and Actuate. It is an open source initiative
designed to provide solutions in the data framework and tooling domains.
Examples of what the DTP plug-in lets you do from inside Eclipse include:
• Connect to a database (or multiple databases)
• View database object trees (tables, views, stored procedures,
etc.)
• Generate data definition language (DDL) from database objects
• Execute DDL commands against a database
• Execute standard query language (SQL) queries against a
database
• View query results in table format
To learn more about DTP, resources can be found at
http://wiki.eclipse.or... (more)
I'm considering changing my emphasis in my column. Since speaking with some
people at Sybase I am convinced that PowerBuilder is poised for a mighty
comeback. The fact is that still today PowerBuilder is by far the most
productive development tool available. It eclipses all the rest. An
experienced PowerBuilder programmer is demonstrably more productive and can
finish tasks faster than C# or even VB.NET.
So why is .NET used by more companies?
Mine would just be a guess and in fact, the answer is irrelevant. I'm here to
tell you that Sybase is making an obvious push to regain some of the ground
that it lost. The programmer who positions himself as a PowerBuilder expert
today will benefit tomorrow.
I am going to split my writing. This month I'll do another article on the
classic DataWindow. That architecture is not going away. I've discovered that
many companies are ... (more)
“Enterprise customers are starting to understand the value of using the
computing power of converged devices to support business on the front
lines,” says Joe Owen, vice president, engineering, iAnywhere.
“At the same time, they’re waking up to the fact that this
technology demands the same level of management and security that’s
been dedicated to the corporate desktops and laptops. The enhancements found
in Afaria 5.3 assure the successful and secure deployment of these devices
for any mobile business.”
In this spirit, iAnywhere has announced the general availability of Afaria
5.3., an update to its frontline management and security solution. The new
version includes enhanced support for wireless device platforms, adds
significant security features for handhelds and converged devices, and
improves the usability of the product&rsq...; (more)
Pbintelli is an application that helps PowerBuilder developers write code
faster and more accurately.
The principal features implemented are:
Shows variables, functions, and events of PowerBuilder's objects Pastes
selected variables, functions, or events directly into the PowerBuilder
editor Shows DataWindow fields Shows enumerated values Acts as a code
repository Copies application files Creates PBR files Acts as an object
finder Can be used as an system/API function finder All these features can be
called directly from the PowerBuilder IDE. In some cases PBintelli acts like
an IntelliSense system and presents a list of insertable objects/functions.
In others the developer can invoke the functionality by selecting an item
from the context menu that appears once the F6 key is pressed. In this
article the focus is on the implementation of the IntelliSense feature. I ... (more)
Recently, I needed to have FTP support embedded in a PowerBuilder application
that I was writing for my day job. Since PowerBuilder lacks the ability to
natively manipulate sockets (a big negative, Sybase), a third-party solution
had to be found or I was going to be tempting the wrath of the Windows API,
something I wasn't looking forward to doing.
After searching, testing, and coming up less-than-satisfied, along came
WeOnlyDo! Software's FtpDLX component (www.weonlydo.com). A free trial with a
30-day timeout sounded promising, so I gave it a shot. At first, I had some
problems understanding the process by which it worked under PowerBuilder, but
with some perseverance and e-mails to WeOnlyDo! (WOD) support, I was able to
make a functional and extensible FTP-enabled application.
The WOD FtpDLX component is a combination COM and ActiveX component that can
be installe... (more)
This article will talk first about what constitutes a .NET Smart Client, its
attributes, its behaviors, and then we'll talk about how the Intelligent
Updater feature fits into PowerBuilder 11's .NET Smart Client support
initiative. Finally, we'll walk through a detailed tutorial on how you can
use the Intelligent Updater to install, publish, and update your .NET Windows
Form-deployed PowerBuilder applications easily.
The .NET Smart Client
Arguably, the biggest headache for application development has
been...deployment. The initial and ongoing appeal of browser-based
applications has always been about automatically updating the application
logic and interface for every single user. But this ease of deployment of the
so-called thin client application has come at a cost, hasn't it? The lack of
richness and functionality of browser-based user interfaces. PowerBuilder
1... (more)
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Best Recent Articles on Cloud Computing & Big Data Topics  By Esmeralda Swartz As we enter a new year, it is time to look back over the past year and resolve to improve upon it. In 2014, we will see more service providers resolve to add more personalization in enterprise technology. Below are seven predictions about what will drive this trend toward personalization. Reads: 11,107  By Andi Mann IT organizations face a growing demand for faster innovation and new applications to support emerging opportunities in social, mobile, growth markets, Big Data analytics, mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and more. This is great news because it shows that IT continues to be a key stakeholder in delivering business service innovation. However, it also means that IT must deliver new innovation despite flat budgets, while maintaining existing services that grow more complex every day. Reads: 16,558  By Elizabeth White Cloud computing is transforming the way businesses think about and leverage technology. As a result, the general understanding of cloud computing has come a long way in a short time. However, there are still many misconceptions about what cloud computing is and what it can do for businesses that adopt this game-changing computing model. In this exclusive Q&A; with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan, Rex Wang, Vice President of Product Marketing at Oracle, discusses and dispels some of the common myths about cloud computing that still exist today.
Reads: 22,836  By Elizabeth White Despite the economy, cloud computing is doing well. Gartner estimates the cloud market will double by 2016 to $206 billion. The time for dabbling in the cloud is over!
The 14th International Cloud Expo, co-located with 5th International Big Data Expo and 3rd International SDN Expo, to be held June 10-12, 2014, at the Javits Center in New York City, N.Y. announces that its Call for Papers is now open. Topics include all aspects of providing or using massively scalable IT-related capabilities as a service using Internet technologies (see suggested topics below).
Cloud computing helps IT cut infrastructure costs while adding new features and services to grow core businesses. Clouds can help grow margins as costs are cut back but service offerings are expanded.
Help plant your flag in the fast-expanding business opportunity that is The Cloud, Big Data and Software-Defined Networking: submit your speaking proposal today! Reads: 12,123  By Jim Kaskade What do you get when you combine Big Data technologies….like Pig and Hive? A flying pig?
No, you get a “Logical Data Warehouse.”
In 2012, Infochimps (now CSC) leveraged its early use of stream processing, NoSQLs, and Hadoop to create a design pattern which combined real-time, ad-hoc, and batch analytics. This concept of combining the best-in-breed Big Data technologies will continue to advance across the industry until the entire legacy (and proprietary) data infrastructure stack will be replaced with a new (and open) one. Reads: 23,957  By Gene Dragotta and Sachin Agarwal While unprecedented technological advances have been made in healthcare in areas such as genomics, digital imaging and Health Information Systems, access to this information has been not been easy for both the healthcare provider and the patient themselves. Regulatory compliance and controls, information lock-in in proprietary Electronic Health Record systems and security concerns have made it difficult to share data across health care providers. Reads: 17,740  By Liz McMillan Cloud Expo, Inc. has announced today that Vanessa Alvarez has been named conference chair of Cloud Expo® 2014.
14th International Cloud Expo will take place on June 10-12, 2014, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York, and 15th International Cloud Expo® will take place on November 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.  By Elizabeth White 12th International Cloud Expo, held on June 10–13, 2013 at the Javits Center in New York City, featured four content-packed days with a rich array of sessions about the business and technical value of cloud computing led by exceptional speakers from every sector of the cloud computing ecosystem.
The Cloud Expo series is the fastest-growing Enterprise IT event in the past 10 years, devoted to every aspect of delivering massively scalable enterprise IT as a service. Reads: 18,741  By Liz McMillan Ulitzer.com announced "the World's 30 most influential Cloud bloggers," who collectively generated more than 24 million Ulitzer page views. Ulitzer's annual "most influential Cloud bloggers" list was announced at Cloud Expo, which drew more delegates than all other Cloud-related events put together worldwide. "The world's 50 most influential Cloud bloggers 2010" list will be announced at the Cloud Expo 2010 East, which will take place April 19-21, 2010, at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center, in New York City, with more than 5,000 expected to attend. Reads: 19,607  By Howard Brown It's a simple fact that the better sales reps understand their prospects' intentions, preferences and pain points during calls, the more business they'll close. Each day, as your prospects interact with websites and social media platforms, their behavioral data profile is expanding. It's now possible to gain unprecedented insight into prospects' content preferences, product needs and budget. We hear a lot about how valuable Big Data is to sales and marketing teams. But data itself is only valuable when it's part of a bigger story, made visible in the right context. Reads: 11,023  By Elizabeth White Cloud Expo, Inc. has announced today that Larry Carvalho has been named Tech Chair of Cloud Expo® 2014.
14th International Cloud Expo will take place on June 10-12, 2014, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York, and 15th International Cloud Expo® will take place on November 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Reads: 19,617  By Sal Visca Everyone talks about a cloud-first or mobile-first strategy. It's the trend du jour, and for good reason as these innovative technologies have revolutionized an industry and made savvy companies a lot of money. But consider for a minute what's emerging with the Age of Context and the Internet of Things. Devices, interfaces, everyday objects are becoming endowed with computing smarts. This is creating an unprecedented focus on the Application Programming Interface (API) as developers seek to connect these devices and interfaces to create new supporting services and hybrids. I call this trend the move toward an API-first business model and strategy. Reads: 10,108  By Karl Van den Bergh We live in a world that requires us to compete on our differential use of time and information, yet only a fraction of information workers today have access to the analytical capabilities they need to make better decisions. Now, with the advent of a new generation of embedded business intelligence (BI) platforms, cloud developers are disrupting the world of analytics. They are using these new BI platforms to inject more intelligence into the applications business people use every day. As a result, data-driven decision-making is finally on track to become the rule, not the exception. Reads: 8,216 |
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