>>>>>>>> Keynote and Technical Session Abstracts provided !!!=20
******** Please attend. This Sybase User Group event is for you !
******** We need 100 participants to make the vendor fair a success! =20
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******** Breakfast, Lunch (first 100) and Reception (Drinks) provided!
******** System 11 Performance and Tuning class (Peter Thawley)
******** 12 Technical Sessions to choose from.
******** Over 15 Vendors represented.
******** It Free, if you register by 2/12/97!
******** Bring a friend or colleague.
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Mail Form to: Cindy Bean
BMC Software, Inc.
2101 City West Blvd.
Houston, Texas 77042=20
Fax to: Cindy Bean (713) 918-1610
Email to: cynthi...@bmc.com =20
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When: February 19, 1997
Time: 8:00am - 4:30pm
Where: Crowne Plaza, 2222 West Loop South
Houston, Texas (713) 961-7272
Contact: Cindy Bean (713) 918-1841
** Technical Presentations
** Booths with hardware and software Vendors=20
** Learn about new products
** Free Lunch to attendees registered by 2/12/97=20
** Users Group Officer Elections
** Door Prizes=20
** Reception at 4:30pm=20
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Keynote Speaker - Peter Thawley, renowned Sybase speaker on
Performance and Tuning
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Vendor Fair is limited to 100 attendees. Priority determined by
order of registration forms received. A waiting list will be
maintained for possible cancellations. Please fill out the
registeration form below with your lunch choice. Free lunch for
attendees registered by 2/12/97. If not registered by 2/12/97,
lunch may be purchased for $20.=20
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Lunch Choice: ( ) Chicken Parmigiana =20
( ) Vegetarian =20
( ) No Meal
Please check which Technical seminar you would like to attend, one
per session.
Agenda:
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8:00a - 8:30a Registration / Breakfast
8:30a - 11:30a Welcome / Keynote Speaker - Peter Thawley
"Performance and Tuning on System 11"
11:30a - Fair Opens
12:00p - 1:00p Lunch / Business Meeting
1:00p - 2:00p First Technical Session
( ) DataTools - Backup & Recovery for Sybase
( ) Network General - Experience Handling of Sybase =
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( ) DRT Systems - Configuring Warm Standby =
Replication
( ) Platinum Technology - Utilizing the Sybase =
Transaction=20
Log
2:00p - 2:15p Break
2:15p - 3:15p Second Technical Session
( ) SET, Inc. - tis Gauntlet Firewall
( ) Magic Software - Radically Rapid Appl. =
Development
( ) Sybase - SQL Server, the Next Releasen =
(non-disclosure)
( ) Mercury Interactive - Automated Software =
Quality
3:15p - 3:30p Break
3:30p - 4:30p Third Technical Session
( ) Sql Power Tools - Sql Real-time Performance =
Open Server
( ) Cognos - Beyond the Buzzwords
( ) BMC Software - Sybase Management Tools
( ) Powersoft - S-Designor, The Model for =
Client/Server=20
Solutions
4:30p - 6:30p Reception (2 free drink tickets)
NOTE: Agenda subject to change as more vendors register.
NOTE: As an attendee. Your name and address will be provided to the =
vendors.
Attendee Name:=20
Title:=20
Company Name:=20
Address:=20
City, State, & Zip Code:=20
Phone:=20
Fax:=20
Email:=20
End of Vendor Fair Registration form
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Sybase Users Group of Texas 1997 Vendor Fair - Abstracts
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Keynote Speaker - Peter Thawley
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Peter Thawley is an Architect Director in Sybase's Product Engineering=20
Group. This new role will allow Peter to leverage his expertise in=20
client/server application design, development, and performance tuning to =
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help Sybase create and deliver high quality products that meet the needs =
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of developers and DBAs in solving the business and technology challenges =
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facing them. Peter also consults for internal staff, customers, and=20
partners covering areas such as Sybase product internals, application=20
architecture ans design, benchmarking, and technical articles and is one =
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of Sybase's most popular speakers giving technical presentations and=20
seminars around the world. You can reach Peter by e-mail at either his=20
internet address of peter....@sybase.com or Compuserver mail at=20
74220.3677. =20
TOPIC: Performance and Tuning on System 11
Vendor Fair Technical Session Abstracts
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DataTools, Inc.
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"Backup and Recovery for Sybase" - SQL-BackTrack provides a robust=20
backup and recovery strategy. Backup performance can be enhanced with=20
DataTools' compression algorithm, true incrementals as well as=20
transaction dumps.
Network General
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"Network General's Experience Technology Handling of Sybase" - We will=20
demonstrate how Network General's 'Experience Technology' based Sniffer=20
automatically identifies faults and measures client/server performance=20
over the network in multi vendor environments that are running the=20
Sybase Database System.
DRT Systems
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"Configuring Warm Standby Replication" - This session will explain how=20
Replication Server is used to maintain a pair of databases, one is the=20
active database while the other functions as a standby copy. =20
Replication Server keeps the standby database consistent with the active =
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database. In the event that the active database fails, you can switch=20
to the standby database.
Magic Software Enterprises, Inc.
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"Radically Rapid Application Development with Magic" - At Magic, we=20
realize that companies wrestle with incredibly complex business and=20
technical problems on a daily basis. Application development software=20
that allows you to quickly solve these problems is the single most=20
effective tool to grow your business and stay competitive.
Sybase , Inc.
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"SQL Server, the Next Release" - A high level overview of the next=20
release of Sybase System 11. (Requires signing non-disclosure form)
SQL Power Tools
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"Sql Real-time Performance Open Server" - Sql Power Tools can improve=20
the performance of problematic real-time SQL transactions by 40% or=20
more. AND allow SQL Server XI to be implemented in production=20
configured for predictable and optimal performance! With the Sql=20
Real-time Performance Open Server, capture all SQL activity and provide=20
a real-time trace of troublesome transactions. Then route the long=20
running SQL transactions to a Performance Analysis Workstation (PAW) for =
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comprehensive performance analysis.
Cognos Corp.
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"Beyond the Buzzwords" - As the industry leader in business=20
intelligence, Cognos goes "beyond the buzzwords" to discuss the reasons=20
people move to warehouses or will as the ??? factors for successfully=20
meeting the warehouse objective. We'll then look at the technology and=20
experience that Cognos brings to help make your companies warehousing=20
project successful.
BMC Software, Inc.
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"Sybase Management Tools" - Overview of monitoring, schema change,=20
management, and backup and recovery tools for Sybase.
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| ******* Sybase Users Group of Texas (SUGTX) Officers ******* |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
Kathy Ridley, President kathy_a...@amoco.com
Cindy Bean, Vice President Cynthi...@BMC.com
Steve Drane, Secretary/Treasurer steven....@USA.NET
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| Steven E. Drane, CDP | Email: steven....@USA.NET |
| Deloitte & Touche Consulting | |
| DRT Systems International | Voice: (281) 366-5968 |
| Server Technology Practice | Fax: (281) 366-7722 |
| Houston, Texas USA | Page: (713) 415-7052 |
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