Recap of PowerBuilder Future Webcast 4

The recording of the 4th webcast (and the previous 3) can be found at: www.tinyurl.com/newroadmap

This webcast was the high level roadmap.  Normal legal disclaimers apply.

Future of PowerBuilder webcast - Part 3 - App Architecture

Part 3 of the Future of #PowerBuilder webcast (App Architecture) starts at 9:00 AM PST tomorrow (January 19th). If you have not already signed up, you can still do so at http://www.appeon.com/form/form.php?mid=20

ISUG-TECH 2016 Board of Directors

The latest board members are:

President	Joe Woodhouse
Vice President of Membership	Eric Van Patten
Vice President of Finance	Cynthia Gill
Vice President of Business Relations	Jeff Gibson
Vice President of Technology	Bryan Enochs
North America RUG Director	Bruce Armstrong
EMEA RUG Director	Lutwin Feiten
South/Latin America RUG Director	Jean-Pierre Dareys
Asia/Pacific RUG Director	Open
Content Director	Jeremy Chubb
Communications Director	John Avery
Partners Director	Peter Dobler
Social Media Director	Marcelle von Wendland
Benefits Director	Open
Member-At-Large	Dave Fish

If you are interested in filling an open position, please contact president@isug.com.

Future of PowerBuilder webcast

Part 2 of the Future of #PowerBuilder webcast starts in less than one hour: http://www.appeon.com/form/form.php?mid=20

ISUG-TECH board member nominations now open

Then nominations are open for the following 2016-2017 board positions:

• President
• VP Technologies
• VP Business Relations
• SLA Regional Director
• AP Regional Director
• Content Director
• Benefits Director (2015-2016 term)

If you are interested in running for these positions or nominating someone else, please submit the nomination form at:

http://my.isug.com/p/su/rd/survey=65ce2a3c-8f26-11e5-8034-bc764e110f98

The time line for the elections is:

• Open Nominations - now until November 30th
• Nominations Comm submits slate to board - December 1st (at board meeting)
• Elections - December 21st - 28th (if needed)
• Announcement by December 30th

PowerBuilder Vision Webcast recording is now available

A recording of the PB Vision Webcast along with FAQs based on the Q&A session is now available on Appeon.com.  In order to gain access to the video and FAQs you need to fill out the form at http://www.appeon.com/PBfuture.  

Appeon is asking for that so they can notify you of future Webcasts.  Their goal is to get as many people participating and giving them feedback as possible.  Anybody who already filled out the form in the past will receive an email by Friday this week with instructions how to access the video and FAQs.

Sign Up for the Future of PowerBuilder Webcast

If you would like to understand Appeon’s vision and future direction for PowerBuilder you should sign up for a 5-part Appeon Webcast series. There are only limited slots and they are available on a first-come basis. The first Webcast will kick-off on October 29.

For those of you who are not aware what has been transpiring over the past several months, it all kicked off in the middle of May with SAP announcing it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Appeon . After signing the MOU, Appeon went hard to work to understand what customers want out of PowerBuilder and what is technically feasible.

Appeon has put together a vision, technical architecture, and roadmap for PowerBuilder, which was the result of months of hard work. They conducted market surveys to thousands of users. They held conference calls with hundreds of customers. They had extensive discussions with the most active partners and members of the community. They analyzed real-life customer code, some having more than gigabytes of PBLs. And they created numerous proof-of-concepts in Appeon’s labs.

They will be communicating the vision, technology, and roadmap in a 5-part Webcast series. There is just too much content to communicate and digest in just a single Webcast. But more importantly, at the end of each Webcast they want to give customers the opportunity to give them feedback, which they will use to fine-tune the technical architecture and roadmap.

Setting the future of PowerBuilder is a big decision that can affect tens of thousands of companies and specifically your company. This is why they are trying to give as many customers as possible a chance to be heard. It is imperative you participate actively in this Webcast series.
Again, there are only limited slots and they are available on a first-come basis only so register for the Webcasts today!