Product Directions Keith Jaeger

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Product DirectionsKeith Jaeger
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Synon/2 Sales Have
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/2E, /1E, /TC, /CM, /RW, /PE, /MI
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Synon/Model Investigator
Synon/MI
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Where are my 6 digit date fields? Where is
currency referenced? What functions use Order
Value as a parameter?
Synon/2 Model
MI Search Engine
List
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Synon/2 Generated Green Screens
Obsydian Generated Client/Server
Financials Asset Mgt Database
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Inquiries
Transaction Entry
1999
Ledger Drill Down
The Rest?
1998
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Beyond
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Slowing up Releases
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Other Tools
Obsydian Repository
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1998 Platform Upgrades
ODBC
MTS
Java client
Oracle
NT
DBCS
Windows 16 bit client
JDBC
DBCS
Java
Windows 32 bit client
Oracle
HP/UX
DBCS
DB2/400
5250
AS/400
DBCS
Domino
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Java Client Generation
Client
Server
Java applet
Java applet
Java applet
Browser
Java applet
Java applet
Java applet
Java
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COM
Non-Obsydian Components
San Francisco
Obsydian Repository
Components
Import
Generate
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So What Is Pyramid?
Windows 95
UNIX
Windows NT
AS/400
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Patterns Rules for creating designs
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Patterns
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Patterns
Synon/2 Extendable Templates
Obsydian User Defined Templates
Academic Patterns
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Release 3.5
Domino
Importance of Partners
Outlook Style UI
Grid Processing
Buy/Sell
My Order Entry
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Universal Business Patterns
Business Support
Party
Address
Organization
Account
Transaction
Unit of measurement
Trade
Archive
Workflow
Foundation
Database relations
Interface
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Learnability
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Patterns are Leading Edge!
Academia
Techie Press
Popularizers
Methods
Tools
1998
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Cost Per Line of Code
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Our Goal
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Line of Code
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Imagine the Future

• Outline your application
• Mix and match patterns to create application
  design
• Your own patterns
• Patterns from vendors
• Incorporate COM or Bean components
• Tailor design with unique business rules
• Generate high performing applications to any
  platform
• Deploy automatically to any set of platforms
• Maintain the application with full change control
• Integrate with new patterns as needs dictate

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Your Part
Share Your Experience!
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User Group of the Americas Striking the Right
Balance

• Piyush Singh
• Chairman
• SYNON User Group of the Americas

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The Story this year

• The most active Board year since inception.
• Pro-active in reviewing the role and
  responsibilities of the Advisory Board.
• A preview of the new Synon culture.

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Moores law or Murphys

• Balance is a state of equilibrium
• enhancing the quality and content of the Synons
  International User Conference
• working with Synon towards finding new and
  improved ways to enhance the customer support and
  service levels

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Scorecard Conference

• A conference with you in mind
• balance between Synon/2E and OBSYDIAN community
• balance between user and consultant community
  presentations
• balance between educational sessions and leading
  edge technologies
• inclusion of vendor track
• availability of one-on-one sessions with Synon
  and Business Partner executives
• balance between work and fun.

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Scorecard Synon Customer Support

• Established mechansim to provide Synon with
  formal feedback
• Synon is re-engineering its sales and service
  operations for the new business environment.
• Availability of a new corporate repository of
  information

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Rules regarding intellectual capital

• Solicitation for recruitment anytime during the
  conference is a violation of the conference
  by-laws
• Non-sanctioned marketing (hospitality suites,
  outings, dinners etc.) are not condoned.
• If you are subjected to a violation please report
  to the Advisory Board members.

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Top 2 reasons why you would want to be on the
Advisory Board

• No. 2 You get to sit on the Advisory Board
  booth and help the attendees find the feedback
  booths
• No. 1 You get to attend the meetings with the
  Synon folks in the true Synon spirit

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The Advisory Board

• Ed Gafron
• Virgil Green, Secretary and Treasurer
• Joe Kaczmarek
• Wesley McPeters
• Brad Merkel
• Tom Murphy
• Gerry Soke, Vice Chairman
• Beverly Yext