Third-Party Utilities
SAPI Demo
07/10/2005 - uNokSoftGroup made a sample of implementing the Win32 Speech API available.
www.mycgiserver.com/~unoksoftgroup /powerbuilder_win32api/powerbuilder_win32api.html

ScWho 2.0
Aart Onkenhout released a new version of ScWho. ScWho allows you to see what objects you and other project members have checked out at a certain moment when using PB Native source control and is written using PB8.
www.onkenhout.speedlinq.nl/pbtool001.html

PowerBatch 3.0
Anatoly Moskovsky announced a new version of PowerBatch that support PB10 as well as PocketBuilder 1.5/2.0.
http://sqlbatch.com/pbc/

SmartJump 1.2
romu software released SmartJump 1.2. As of this version, the product is now postcardware rather than freeware. SmartJump is a tool to open PowerBuilder objects either directly from the script painter or through the SmartJump main window. There are two versions of SmartJump: one for PowerBuilder 8 and 9, and one for PowerBuilder 10.
www.romu.com/smartjump.html

Sybase Corporate
CIO Forum Financial Services Advisory Board
07/25/2005 - Sybase has officially joined Richmond Events' CIO Forum Financial Services Advisory Board and has appointed Eric Johnson, vice-president of financial services sales for Sybase, official chairman to the Supplier Advisory board. As part of the Advisory Board, Sybase will be able to network with global CIOs from leading financial institutions to address the growing needs and challenges in the industry and discuss cutting-edge technology solutions for financial services. The CIO Forum for Financial Services has a network of more than 700 global executives and IT decision-makers from financial institutions, software companies, and solution providers. The advisory board members and supplier advisory board meet annually to discuss critical issues, present strategic plans, and lead the focus for global industry trends.

Earnings
07/21/2005 - Sybase reported that total revenues for the second quarter increased 9% to $204.4 million up from total revenues of $188 million year-over-year. License revenues increased 12% to $67.9 million. Pro forma operating income increased to $34.3 million, representing a 17% operating margin, compared with pro forma operating income of $23.1 million, or 12% operating margin, for the second quarter of 2004. Operating income calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) increased to $28.1 million, representing 14% operating margin, compared with operating income of $16 million, or an 8% operating margin for the second quarter of 2004.

InfraGard Financial Services Advisory Board
07/6/2005 - Sybase hosted the inaugural InfraGard Financial Services Advisory Board meeting with eight of the top financial specialists in the New York City area. The meeting was on July 7 at Sybase's midtown office. Sybase is an InfraGard sponsor and is helping to promote the alliance's goal of information sharing and analysis, encouraging best practices among the city's financial services institutions to help protect New York's critical financial data infrastructure. Many Fortune 500 executives are members of InfraGard. The NYC Metro IMA, Financial Services Advisory Board analyzes the needs and identifies gaps recognized by regulators, councils, and other banking and financial services groups in the industry. This analysis will enable financial institutions to be more effective and benefit future InfraGard seminars and conferences. The president of the NYC Alliance Joseph Concannon welcomed the Advisory Board and began the coordinating its first formal presentation in December.
www.nym-infragard.us

Rainmaker Expands Service Offering to Sybase
07/28/05 - Rainmaker Systems, Inc., an outsource provider of integrated sales and marketing services, has expanded its relationship with Sybase to include strategic lead generation services. Sybase is the largest global enterprise software company focused on managing and mobilizing information from the data center to the point of action. Sybase provides open, cross-platform solutions that securely deliver information anytime, anywhere, enabling customers to create an information edge.

This program is an extension of the successful programs that have been in place with Sybase since 1999, including Sybase license marketing and telesales programs and Sybase software Update Subscription Plan (USP) programs. Working primarily within the small and medium-size businesses segment, Rainmaker supports new-release launches and USP sales for Sybase application development tools PowerBuilder, DataWindow.NET, PocketBuilder, and EAServer. Rainmaker also markets PowerDesigner, an enterprise modeling tool.

This program will represent Rainmaker's first lead generation engagement with Sybase and will encompass leveraging Rainmaker's Prospect Intelligence database of more than two million technology specifiers and executive decision makers, with an emphasis on senior-level IT professionals.

iANYWHERE
iANYWHERE Launches Answers Anywhere 4.0
08/01/05 - iAnywhere Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc., unveiled the latest version of Answers Anywhere, a robust, scalable middleware platform for building easy-to-use application interfaces that feature powerful context understanding and natural language capabilities. Answers Anywhere 4.0 enables end users - whether they are on a wireless phone, using a handheld PDA, interacting with a customized console, or at a desktop computer - to easily and quickly access desired functionality and obtain relevant answers to their queries. Answers Anywhere licensees will be able to augment existing user interfaces to rapidly and intimately integrate legacy content and applications, enabling usable and productive access from a wide variety of access modalities.
www.ianywhere.com