TigerLogic is pleased to announce the general availability of FlashCONNECT 3.8. FlashCONNECT middleware connectivity tool allows you to take your existing Pick D³ and mvBase applications to the Web.

FlashCONNECT 3.8 Key New Features and Enhancements

• Runs as a 32-bit application on 64-bit versions of Windows XP, Windows 2003 and Vista operating systems.
• FCApplet interface provides a conduit between the database and JavaScript running in the browser. A Web page can now be displayed in its entirety once, and then fields on that page can be updated in response to user input without the Web server having to send the entire page again. Three examples to illustrate this function are included in the w3library directory: applet1.html, applet2.html, and sqldemo.html.
• Starting and stopping the FlashCONNECT Service, and performance monitoring have been improved.
• Enhanced product reliability to remove potential process and installation failures.
• Foreign character set support has been enhanced.

Overall, FlashCONNECT 3.8 brings enhancements to the performance and functionality of the product and combines a collection of patches and product fixes reported to our technical support department. Further details can be found on the Documentation pages of our Web site.

Availability
FlashCONNECT 3.8 supports applications running on AIX, Linux and Windows-based Web servers and is compatible with the following D³ and mvBase releases (be sure to verify compatibility with your O/S prior to installing FlashCONNECT 3.8):

• D³ NT version 7.4 with Service Pack 3 or later
• D³ UNIX version 7.3 with ABS Patch 7.3.A106 or later
• D³ UNIX version 7.4 with ABS Patch 7.4.A137 or later
• mvBase 2.0 with Patch Set 3 or later on Windows 

SAPUG - Seattle Area Pick User Group

http://www.sapug.org
Date: Thursday, Oct 16
Time: 03:00pm - 07:00pm
Location: TBD
Speaker: Nathan REctor - International Spectrum

TEXMUG - Texas MultiValue User Group

http://www.texmug.org/
Date: Thursday, Dec 4
Location: The Black Eyed Pea
Speaker: DesignBais

CMUG - Colorado Pick Users Group

Http://cmug.plaxogroups.com/
Date: Tuesday, Dec 9
Time: 05:30pm - 07:00pm
Location: IBM offices

SoCalRUG - Southern Calif Revelation UserGroup

http://www.srpcs.com/rev_socalrug.aspx
Date: Wednesday, Sep 17
Time: 09:00am - 12:00pm
Location: SRP Computer Solutions Office
Speaker: Mike Ruane - Revelation Software

Atlanta Area Pick Users Group - AAPUG

http://www.aapug.org
Date: Tuesday, Nov 18
Time: 06:30pm - 09:00pm
Location: Aldo's Italian Restaurant

Revelation Software has released the Universal Driver Heavy 4.5. The UDH 4.5 is a replacement to the UDH 3.1 and is available for Windows platforms only.

New to the Universal Driver Heavy 4.5 are the following features:

• Improved performance - The UDH 4.5 replays journalled data much faster than the previous version, and performance (in both journal and mirror modes) is improved through the use of the updated ACE communication libraries.
• Improved reliability - Ported to the latest Visual Studio and ACE libraries, UDH 4.5 is more robust and should encounter fewer errors.
• Improved User Interface - The UDH Manager now presents more information, more choices, and more flexibility. Users can also invoke the functionality of the UDH Manager from a command-line interface, and can manage/monitor the system from other workstations with the Email Monitor.

Revelation Software is pleased to announce their next opportunity for Revelation Developers, Users and all other MultiValue developers and users to get together in the United Kingdom.  This will be a great opportunity to catch up with friends and colleagues, to share ideas and resolve some troubles or just find out more about Revelation, it's users and what the technology is all about.

With OpenInsight version 9.0 going into beta imminently, we are pleased to announce that the EMEA office will be holding their next Revelation User Group seminar at the Novotel, London West, in Hammersmith, London on Tuesday 11th November 2008 and also a special OI4U2 Developer Briefing to be held at the same venue the following day, Wednesday 12th November 2008.

Find out more at:

http://www.revsoft.co.uk/rug08.htm

Entrinsik , Inc., provider of leading-edge database reporting solutions for the IBM UniData ® and UniVerse ® (U2) family of database products, and F.W. Davison & Company, developer of high performance software solutions for the PEO and HRO industry, recently announced general availability of Informer Web Reporting for their popular hosted version of HR Pyramid. Informer is already a popular reporting solution for F.W. Davison's non-hosted HR Pyramid customers. Entrinsik partners with a number of multivalue solution providers like F.W. Davison, to integrate Informer as a real-time, interactive, web-based reporting tool for their package offering.

The hosted HRPyramid Web Edition integrates Informer Reporting software to deliver all the robust functionality of a non-hosted solution without the cost and hassle of building and maintaining a computing infrastructure. Informer is embedded within the HRPyramid Web Edition application and utilizes the security settings within Web Edition to manage reporting access.

"The integration of these two packages provides HRPyramid users the real-time reporting functionality of Informer without any fear of accessing unauthorized data," said Scott Hastings, CEO of F.W. Davison.  "Embedding Informer enables our HRPyramid customers to deliver a feature-rich, secure, intuitive web reporting solution to their clients. We are very excited to bring Informer reporting capabilities to our hosted customers."

By offering Informer as an ASP solution, F.W. Davison customers realize several key benefits:

• Shorter Application Cycles - all users are updated with the latest and greatest versions of the software all at once
• Premium Application Availability - with the reduction of IT overhead, best-of-class applications are suddenly within grasp for PEO's with limited resources.
• Improved Performance - leverage best IT practices for superior levels of availability, security, backup, disaster recovery, and help desk (shadowing).
• Financial Predictability - with a flat subscription fee, the overall expenditures for hardware, applications and management can be reduced 30 to 60 percent.
• Reduced Risk - with no capital expenditure on software, hardware, and IT personnel, PEOs can easily test software in their own environment

"Our partnership with F.W. Davison demonstrates Informer 's ability to be used as a privately-labeled OEM reporting tool to deliver significant added value, says Doug Leupen, President of Entrinsik . "HRPyramid users now have a scalable, cost-effective reporting solution to securely access critical information anytime, anywhere via the Web".

Use External Database Access with U2

External Database Access (EDA) has been created to allow U2 users the flexibility of storing and access some or all of their data in external relational database management systems (RDBMS).  Read more about how to implement this on DeveloperWorks:

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