Thursday, March 27, 2014

Replay of Dave Fish's Webcast: Preview of ISUG-TECH Conference 2014

In this webcast, Dave Fish previews the general developer sessions that he will be presenting and discussing the PowerBuilder specific sessions and post-conference workshop offered as well.




PowerBuilder 15 Beta Test Initiative

There are a few open seats for the PowerBuilder 15 Beta Test Initiative in Walldorf. Please read the details below. If interested please send an email to BIT_Partner_Test_25@sap.com
(Please note that all travel expenses are the responsibility of the participant)
SAP BIT Partner Beta Test Initiative
PowerBuilder 15 (Walldorf) Scope:
SAP PowerBuilder is the leading 4GL client/server development tool in the market today. The next release introduces several new features including:
  • Updated support for the .NET Framework v4.5
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2012
  • Oracle 12
  • Windows 8
  • OData Support
  • Dockable Windows
  • 32 and 64 bit deployment

This partner test focuses on testing and evaluating these new features. Partners will work hands-on with the latest preview version of SAP PowerBuilder 15
Test Timeframe: May 7th , 2014 – May 8th, 2014 (2 days)
Location: SAP Campus, Walldorf, Germany
Tester Profile
Mandatory: 
  • PowerBuilder Development Experience 
  • Knowledge of PowerBuilder Classic

Preferred: 
  • Experience with .NET application development, including PowerBuilder .NET 
  • Experience using OData. 
  • Experience creating and consuming web services


Tuesday, March 25, 2014

IDC weighs in on the status of HTML5

The original report is here.  In case you don't have $4000 to buy the report ( I don't! ), you can get a synopsis of what it says at one of the following:

And more on the report: