Dave Wolf is a Vice President of Cynergy Systems, Inc. Prior to joining Cynergy, he held senior management positions at several major software firms including Sybase and Microsoft, where he was responsible for the development, marketing and sales of several enterprise class software products. A sought-after public speaker, he has presented at major technology conferences such as JavaOne, AJAXWorld and Microsoft TechEd. At Cynergy, he oversees consulting operations worldwide and spends most of his time interacting directly with the field and working in every time zone but his own.
PowerBuilder is dead. I first heard that statement when I joined Sybase back
in 1996, nearly a decade ago.
I had been hired to specialize in two of their hottest new Web development
products, namely GainMomentum and web.SQL.... You remember those, right?
Hmmmmm.
Here we are nearly a decade later and I sit in awe watching just one of our
PowerBuilder/EAF development teams demonstrate a rich data-aware Web
application they built in less time then most "modern" development projects
spend putting together automated build environments and arguing the
advantages of design patterns. I take a pause and think to myself,
"PowerBuilder is dead?"
I have to admit I am a bit of an odd duck. I think I might hold the
distinction of being just about the only person to have spoken at both
JavaOne and Microsoft TechEd. I've seen the birth, and watched the death, of
a dizzying array... (more)
To quote Bob Dylan, “the times they are a changin’.”
Less than 10 years ago, still in its infancy, the Internet was a land of
promise for businesses. Companies saw bright new ways to increase their
agility, reach more customers and to deliver new, never before seen services.
Unquestionably since then it has transformed the way consumers and businesses
exchange information and has become a vital part of nearly every
organization’s communication and operational architecture. Through the
proliferation of Web-based applications, many companies have been able ... (more)
Dave Wolf is a Vice President of Cynergy Systems, Inc. Prior to joining Cynergy, he held senior management positions at several major software firms including Sybase and Microsoft, where he was responsible for the development, marketing and sales of several enterprise class software products. A sought-after public speaker, he has presented at major technology conferences such as JavaOne, AJAXWorld and Microsoft TechEd. At Cynergy, he oversees consulting operations worldwide and spends most of his time interacting directly with the field and working in every time zone but his own.
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