Servoy Newsletter October 2008
In this issue:
- ServoyWorld 2008 Recap and Feedback - SD Best Practices - Free Expo Passes - SaaS University - Half Price Tickets - Jan Aleman in Argentina - October 2 - David Strom Video Review of Servoy - SouthWest Fox Gold Sponsor - FREE: New Third-party Servoy Training Tools - Servoy Essentials 4-Day Training ServoyWorld 2008 Recap and Feedback The fourth annual ServoyWorld Developer's Conference -- with an even larger attendance and many more sessions than last year -- finished on September 5. Overall, favorite sessions included: Pre and Post Conference classes; as well as the Technical Track sessions presented during the 4-day Conference. According to the Post Conference "survey monkey" poll, the most popular events of the Conference were the Preview of Servoy 4.1, followed by networking with other attendees between Conference sessions; the exhibitor tables in the Vendor's Room; the comraderie at the bar after hours; and, of course, the ServoyWorld Awards. To view the complete list of ServoyWorld 2008 Award winners, click here. The Conference Outing this year was an enjoyable tour on luxury coaches down the world famous Las Vegas Strip -- but the "icing on the cake" was the evening dinner at one of the area's top restaurants. Especially for those of you who were not able to attend, you can see the ServoyWorld Outing Pictures posted on the Servoy Forum. We would like to thank all of the Conference Sponsors, Vendors and attendees who helped to make ServoyWorld 2008 such a great success. If you have not done so already, please DO click here to fill out a short survey on this year's ServoyWorld Conference. Your feedback is largely responsible for what made ServoyWorld 2008 so successful, and is VERY important for making next year's Conference even better. We look forward to seeing all of you at ServoyWorld 2009! SD Best Practices - Free Expo Passes Servoy is proud to be an exhibitor and to offer a technical session at the prestigious SD Best Practices Conference and Expo in Boston, Massachusetts (USA) on October 27-30. Jan Aleman, Servoy CEO, will be a guest speaker at this event, attended by more than 2,500 software developers from around the world. Mr. Aleman will be speaking on the topic -- "Selecting Your SaaS Platform: A look at .NET, Java, Servoy as well as Flash, Flex, Silverlight and More." -- at 1:30pm on Wednesday, October 29 in room 301. If you would like discount tickets to attend the presentation, OR free passes to the Expo (Servoy will have a booth at this event), please email cbenassi@servoy.com for more information. SaaS University - Half Price Tickets Jan Aleman, Servoy CEO, will be a featured keynote speaker at this year's SaaS (Software as a Service) Conference. Mr. Aleman will speak on PaaS (Platform as a Service) using Servoy 4.1 to build your own stack, becoming your own platform for others, and enabling you to be a mini "salesforce.com" for YOUR customers. If you are an ISV (Independent Software Vendor) utilizing or considering SaaS, this conference focuses on marketing and strategic considerations regarding SaaS -- such as licensing models, hosting issues and more. For more details and to register for this event, click here. Because Servoy is a Silver Sponsor, you can get HALF PRICE tickets for the conference by typing "SPONOSRSAVE" in the promotional code box on the registration page. Jan Aleman in Argentina - October 2 Jan Aleman, Servoy CEO, gave a presentation on Servoy in Buenos Aires, Argentina on October 2 -- titled "5 to 10 Times Faster than .Net or Java". This international event was well attended, as Servoy continues to expand all over the world. If you would like more details about this event, please email Carlos Achiary at info@infocomsa.com. David Strom Video Review of Servoy The "Strominator" of Ziff Davis' BaseLine Magazine fame has a review of Servoy. David Strom, an authority on network and internet technologies, who has written for PC Week, Infoworld, Baseline and eWEEK; appeared on television programs such as ABC-TV World News Tonight and CBS-TV News; and spoken on National Public Radio, has done a video review of Servoy. You can watch the Servoy review here to see David's reaction and hear his comments about the latest Servoy release -- Servoy 4.0. To read the bio for David Strom, click here. SouthWest Fox Gold Sponsor For the second year in a row, Servoy will be a Gold Sponsor and Exhibitor at Southwest Fox -- the annual conference hosted for FoxPro users. Developers who have used FoxPro in the past are finding that they love Servoy. Microsoft has announced that they will no longer be revving this popular 4GL tool and will stop support for the product entirely in 2015. As a result, many FoxPro users are looking for the "next step" -- and Servoy is a great alternative. For more information about the SouthWest Fox conference, please visit: www.swfox.net/. FREE: New Third-party Servoy Training Tools Click here to check out ServoyCasts, short, advanced Servoy training videos by Greg Pierce, of Agile Tortoise; as well as a number of modules -- such as the mod_console JavaScript interpreter -- that can be added to your Servoy solutions. And to download the new FREE audio recording/playback Servoy plug-in from Mindfire Solutions, click here. Servoy Essentials 4-Day Training The Support Group is organizing an in-person 4-day training in major cities around the US. The Servoy Essentials Training Class will jump-start your Servoy development. The hardest part of any new technology is understanding how the technology "thinks." The training course teaches not just the core Servoy functions, but also covers the architecture of the Servoy development and deployment environment. This comprehensive approach will enable students to develop highly attractive and functional systems. With instruction from an experienced database developer and lots of hands-on student exercises, you'll gain practical knowledge and experience with Servoy that you can put to use immediately. For the Servoy Essentials Training dates, pricing information and registration, please visit the Servoy Events web page. |
