Not quite a keynote. Instead, there was: Sybase Innovator Awards A panel of the Sybase engineering VPs A customer panel headed by a Forrester analyst A talk by a futuristOriginal Entry
After the education sessions ended, we all headed over to the Exhibit Hall for the Sponsor Reception. This is the first time the Exhibit Hall is open. There were a number of sealed off booths available with chairs and tables, apparently for people
There were 5 (count them 5!) simultaneous plenary sessions this year. I went to the PowerBuilder one of course. There was some discussion and demonstration of features in PowerBuilder 11.5, the release date for which was just announced today. Ther
John Chen spoke first and gave some discussion of the overall position of Sybase. One item of particular interest (at least to me) is that TechWave is moving back to the east coast next year. Yeah! Raj Nathan spoke next and discussed the Sybase Un
This year the reception buffet featured food from “around the world”. Nothing that quite fit on my diet, but to each their own. No live entertainment this year, but pool tables and pinball games were made available. A good time was had
Pretty much same as prior years. The registration area is located to the left of the entrance to the exhibit hall and the email kiosk/wifi area/ask-the-expert section to the right of the entrance. Once again they give you a card when you register t
The PowerBuilder 11.0 launch party last year was pretty good. A lot better (IMHO) than the special event. Well, they’ve having a PowerBuilder 11.5 launch party this year, so mark your calendar. Wednesday, August 6th - 7:00 – 9:00 pm House of