International Spectrum 2008 Conference and Exhibition
March 31st - April 4th

Don't miss out on a Value packed MultiValue Educational Conference.  You have less than 3 weeks left to register for more than 50 MultiValue specific topics.

Events:
Sponsored Breakfast by Entrinisk
Sponsored Breakfast by Precision Solutions
Sponsored Roundtable Lunch by Raining Data
Sponsored Internet Cafe by IBM
Sponsored Ice Cream on Exhibit Floor by Intersystems
Closing Conference Party is a Casino Night

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Full Conference Package:
$995.00 (after Feb 20th)

1 Day Conference Package:
$695.00 (after Feb 20th)

Exhibition Only:
FREE

Sierra Bravo has announced a new release of Bravo Dashboard (1.0.2) which adds support for D3, Universe and Unidata running on a Windows platform.

The release is available as a free download to registered users of the MultiValue Central site.

Bravo Dashboard 1.0.2
http://sierra-bravo.com/multivalue/codelibrary/code/1

If you're a Unix or AIX-based D3 user, we've got a free add-on that you'll be interested in.  The D3 Print Queue Widget allows D3 users to view a list of the print jobs in the queue, preview the first several lines of the print entry, and download the print job as a text file. Additionally users may spool and delete print entries.

The Widget is available as a free download to registered users of the MultiValue Central site.

D3 Print Queue Widget for Bravo Dashboard
http://sierra-bravo.com/multivalue/codelibrary/code/2

MultiValue Central has more than just Bravo Dashboard!  We're working to build out a library of content and tools to help Pick\MultiValue Programmers to work smarter.  We've already re-launched our online D3 Reference library with user comments and other new features (http://sierra-bravo.com/multivalue/d3reference ) and more updates are coming soon.

Execu-Sys

Experienced CUBS programmer needed for growing Financial Services Services company in Western NY state;75-90K salary in a very low Cost of Living area; relocation expenses provided.

For additional information contact mh@eslny.com

IBM U2 is pleased to announce that SB/XA is transitioning from Early Adopter to Beta testing as of March 31 2008. Current Early Adopter Program (EAP) participants will automatically have access to the Beta versions of SB/XA . The Beta timeframe is projected to begin on March 31 2008 and end on April 30 2008.

SB/XA has been re-architected to leverage the .NET 3.0 framework along with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) to enable a whole new look and feel for your SB+ applications through included themes to XAML-based customization. SB/XA includes exciting new deployment options such as a rich client and browser client that leverage click-once technology. SB/XA also includes single-sign on capabilities. This is an exciting, not to be missed opportunity to get access to the latest and greatest in development tools for U2 .

InterSystems Corporation announced that it is ranked as a leader in customer affinity - the most accurate measure of predicting customers' technology purchasing intentions and decisions, according to a marketing effectiveness study recently released by the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council.

InterSystems develops and markets innovative database and integration software. Its product line includes the InterSystems CACHÉ ®  high-performance object database, InterSystems Ensemble® rapid integration platform, and InterSystems HealthShare- platform for regional and national electronic health records. The CMO Council is a global peer networking and thought leadership organization of more than 3,000 top marketing executives.

InterSystems was one of three technology vendors topping the Customer Affinity Index, winning out over vendors such as Nortel, Sybase, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft and IBM. The index rankings are based on study results from surveys and interviews with more than 1,000 leading B2B technology buyers. Respondents included IT buyers in end-user organizations, technology vendors, marketing executives and customer service and customer care executives. The Customer Affinity Index was developed by the CMO Council in conjunction with Dr. V. Kumar, professor and executive director of the ING Center for Financial Services at the University of Connecticut, and Dr. Girish Ramani, assistant professor of marketing at Drexel University's LeBow College of Business.

The study, "Profitability from Customer Affinity", indicates that brand awareness and existing relationships have a relatively small impact on why customers decide to work with a particular technology vendor. Other factors including competence, quality of service and support, and a sense of true vendor commitment have a greater influence on customers' buying decisions, according to the study respondents.

"For three decades, InterSystems has had a consistent commitment to forming true working partnerships with our customers for the long term," said Paul Grabscheid, InterSystems Vice President of Strategic Planning. "It's very gratifying to receive objective input that validates our corporate philosophy and our approach to customer relationships."

"To be successful in today's shifting market landscape, marketers must adopt new performance measurements that are actually tied into the customer and turn away from those traditional brand metrics that can reinforce counter-customer-centric behavior," said Donovan Neal-May, Executive Director of the CMO Council. "Companies have to reorganize around the customer and embrace activities that are customer centric in the eyes of the customer. The companies that rank highly in this inaugural Customer Affinity Index demonstrate that it is possible to build your company and product around the customer. We applaud those companies who are actively engaged in activities, programs and measures that place the customer front and center, embraced in co-innovation and tied into the overall customer experience."

U2 Developer Works Articles: Use External Database Access with U2

External Database Access (EDA) has been created to allow U2 users the flexibility of storing some or all of their data in external relational database management systems (RDBMS). While EDA documentation describes all the EDA features and their usages, the purpose of this article is to explain how you can use EDA features to satisfy various requirements and to discuss some common issues that arise when converting and using EDA files.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/library/techarticle/dm-0802fei/?S_TACT=105AGX11&S_CMP=LP