PowerBuilder Third Party
PB Delta 5.1.1
12/17/2005 - The PowerBuilder Developer's Resource (PBDR) released PBDelta v5.1.1. This update fixes a number of bugs and makes improvements to the installation procedure of site license customers. A new page has been created giving full details of the changes to each PBDelta version.
www.pbdr.com/software/pbdelta.htm

Real's How To
Real's How To has a number of new tips including setting the wallpaper, using the clipboard, getting CPU or other hardware/software info (using WMI), and getting the time and date from a server). There are also updates to the Common XP environmental variables and use of the undocumented INDIRECT keyword samples.
www.rgagnon.com/pbdetails/pb-new.html

iAnywhere
M-Business Anywhere 6.0
12/06/2005 - iAnywhere, a subsidiary of Sybase, announced the availability of the latest release of its award-winning M-Business Anywhere. The solution provides developers with a platform for delivering Web-based content and applications to mobile devices rapidly and cost-effectively for online and disconnected use. The new features of M-Business Anywhere 6.0 include Web services integration support, Asian localization, as well as improvements in management, performance, and security.

IrSimple Protocol
12/13/2005 - iAnywhere, a subsidiary of Sybase, today announced that it will support the Infrared Data Association's (IrDA) IrSimple Protocol and Profile specifications. IrSimple enables mobile devices to instantly connect and wirelessly transmit data. Devices that may benefit from the support of IrSimple include digital cameras, mobile phones, PDAs, televisions, and more. iAnywhere's complete line of infrared software development kits, including IrDA SDK and Multi-Transport OBEX SDK, will be updated to be compatible with the specification in the first calendar year quarter of 2006. During this same timeframe, the company plans to unveil IrSimple SDK, an additional offering that will enable developers to achieve instant compliance with the IrSimple standard for new product designs moving forward. The IrSimple SDK and related product updates will enable device manufacturers to update their designs to the latest IrDA standards with minimum effort while retaining backward-compatibility with the IrDA's point-and-shoot profile for object exchange. The company's proven SDK model provides licensees with reliable, interoperable, standards-compliant functionality in a small-footprint, highly portable source code package. Application authors benefit by using the same widely deployed OBEX interface used by existing IrDA, Bluetooth, and Data Synchronization licensees.

XTNDConnect 5.4
12/19/2005 - iAnywhere, a subsidiary of Sybase, released version 5.4 of its XTNDConnect PC mobile device-to-desktop synchronization software. Version 5.4 adds support for Windows Mobile 5.0 devices as well as the latest Sony Ericsson models, including the W800i Walkman phone and K750i device. TNDConnect PC is a software application that allows users to synchronize contacts, calendars, tasks, e-mail, and notes between mobile devices and popular PC applications such as ACT!, Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes, and Novell Groupwise. XTNDConnect PC was recently acquired by Sybase through its purchase of Extended Systems in October 2005 and is being integrated into Sybase's iAnywhere subsidiary.

Sybase Corporate
President's Export Council
12/06/2005 - Sybase announced two milestones in the expansion of its U.S. Government sector leadership. Chairman, CEO, and president John S. Chen today was sworn in to the President's Export Council, the U.S. government's principal advisory body on international trade. The company also announced that Federal industry veteran Bob Laurence has been appointed to run Sybase's expanding Public Sector business.

Events
Sybase TechWave 2006
Caesars Palace
Las Vegas, NV
August 6-10, 2006
www.sybase.com/techwave2006