DUBLIN, Calif., January 1, 2008: The International Sybase User Group is pleased to announce the organization's Board of Directors for 2008 following the recently held election.

Assuming the role of President is Bryan Enochs who will be entering his eighth year as a board member. Returning Vice Presidents from 2007 include Eric Van Patten (Finance) and Cynthia Gill (Business Relations). Joining them as a V.P. will be Cindy Bean (Membership) who is returning to the board after a one year hiatus.

Alex Pratt takes over the reigns as the European Regional User Group Director, joining returning User Group Directors Chris Pollach (North America) and Aryeh Silverberg. Anne Walker returns for her second full year on the board as a Committee Director, alongside new board members Jason Froebe and Martin Clark.

The first meeting of the Board of Directors will be on February 4th and 5th.

The full board is as follows:

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Several great topics are covered in this issue: Business Continuity, Scalar SQL UDFs and PowerBuilder 11's .NET Interoperability, to name just three.

As always, previews are available on this site under the current issue of the journal.

New ISUG Member Benefit Gives Members the Ability to Deploy PowerBuilder Applications Directly to the Web

The International Sybase User Group (ISUG) is pleased to announce the immediate availability of its latest benefit for its members: Appeon for PowerBuilder, Developer Edition.

The new benefit is a full copy of Appeon for PowerBuilder, Developer Edition, rather than an evaluation copy that expires after a certain period of time.

"ISUG members are the key to helping us bring useful products to the market like Appeon for PowerBuilder, which has been enhanced over eight years based on actual feedback from the Sybase community,@quot; said Armeen Mazda, President & CEO, Appeon Corporation. "We are very excited to be working closely with ISUG to offer more privileges for the members and make the community even more vibrant."

Mike Harrold, ISUG Executive Director, expressed his appreciation for the new benefit: "We are extremely grateful to Appeon for making this available to us. Our members really appreciate software that can help them become more efficient, and with its straight-to-the-web capabilities, Appeon for PowerBuilder enables precisely that. It is a fantastic addition to our growing list of member benefits."

The software is immediately available to ISUG members on the member website, My.ISUG.com, under Benefits.