Qld Ingres User Group May 2012 Meeting Invitation
Paul White
Qld Ingres User Group
May Meeting
All Welcome
Date : Wednesday 30th of May 2012
Time : 4:15PM for a 4:30PM start
Venue : GreatBarrier ReefConference Room,
Level 3, 400 George Street, Brisbane City
Agenda : 4:30pm Welcome from QIUG President, John Howell
Lucky Door Prizes
4:40pm Ingres 10S (geospatial) and Actian roadmap - Joe Marsden, Director, Professional Services, Actian Australia.
You may be aware that Actian have recently released Ingres 10S (aka Ingres 10.1) with geospatial support (see below.) Joe will discuss this new release and the Ingres Roadmap, OpenRoad 6.0, Actian Director (see below), Vectorwise and Actian Apps. This is also a valuable opportunity to ask any questions you have about Actian.
5:25 pm Questions
5:30pm Networking, Nibbles and Refreshments complements of Actian.
RSVP by Monday 28th of May to qi...@internode.on.net
Please forward this invitation to your colleagues. If you would like to be added to or removed from the mailing list, reply to qi...@internode.on.net.
Actian (formerly known as IngresCorporation) have recently released Ingres 10S. This release has geospatial capability that supports Esri's ArcGIS for Desktop, Safe Software's FME and more: http://www.actian.com/products/ingres/geospatial
There will be an Ingres 10S (Ingres 10.1 with spatial capability) webinar on this Thursday 24 May at 10 AM:
During this webinar you will:
- Hear about Ingres 10S from leading product and technical experts at Actian
- Learn how you can store, convert, and access geospatial data in Ingres 10S without needing to understand how the underlying technology works
- Discover how the geospatial functions that are supported in Ingres 10S will benefit you and your applications
This webinar will be hosted by Emma McGrattan and the Actian Ingres geospatial expert Tyler Mitchell.
Call for Presenters and Topics
Member presentations underpin the success of any user group. The QIUG would love to hear about your experiences with Ingres or any related product/topic. We also welcome 10 minute "What do I do" and "Tips and Tricks" presentations where you tell us about your environment or any hints or techniques or what you have done in the past or if you have experimented with any of Actian's new tools and products. If you would like to present, or even suggest a topic, contact us on the QIUG email.
Useful Links
INGRES Actian press release - http://www.actian.com/ingres-becomes-actian
Action Apps - http://www.actian.com/products/action-apps
Actian Director - Actian Director is a modern style database management graphical user interface that runs on Windows and Linux desktops. Director enables users to easily manage their local or remote Ingres and Vectorwise installations and perform routine administration functions. The tool has improved workflows and security, and includes such features as starting and stopping an instance, database administration, user management, connection management, and a built-in query tool. The beta version can be downloaded at http://esd.actian.com.
Actian first quarter newsletter 2012 -http://www.actian.com/newsroom/newsletter/q1-2012
Qld Ingres User Group - http://www.qiug.org.au
The Actian Community Wiki is a great source of information and links about Actian and the Ingres RDBMS :
Actian Community Wiki – http://community.actian.com/wiki/Welcome_to_the_Ingres_Community
Upcoming Ingres Webinars - http://www.actian.com/about/events
UK Ingres User Association - http://www.iua.org.uk/
Ingres User Forum - http://community.actian.com/forum
Ingres News Group - http://groups.google.com/group/comp.databases.ingres/topics
Williams Ingres Database Reference - http://ariel.its.unimelb.edu.au/~yuan/Ingres/ingres.html
