Jan/Feb 2007
See you at CeBIT 2007...

Raining Data Germany will be attending CeBIT 2007, in Hannover, 15 to 21 March. As in previous years, we will be on Stand C66 in Hall 3 which hosts many of the world's leading software and IT services providers, and as before, we will be joined by several of our Omnis developers and partners (featured below). This is a great opportunity for you to visit the world's largest and most comprehensive IT and computer trade fair, to catch up on all the latest developments in Omnis Studio, and to meet some old friends or business colleagues and hopefully make some new contacts.

We will be showing the latest release version of Omnis Studio, version 4.2 for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X (on Intel machines of course), as well as the new Web Services component. Plus we will have a pre-release version of Studio 4.3 for you to look at, and during the whole 7 days of the fair, we will be presenting our 20-minute Omnis web application development demos, in German and English. We would love to see you at CeBIT, so please drop by our stand.

 
See you at CeBIT 2007

About CeBIT: The CeBIT trade fair in Hannover is the largest IT trade fair in the world with over 6000 exhibitors and 600,000 visitors from more than 50 countries. For more information about the show, please go to: www.cebit.de, or to take part in CeBIT yourself please contact Birgit Jaeger: ge.sales@rainingdata.com


As CeBIT is fast approaching...
we would like to feature the partners that are appearing with us on our booth (C66 in hall 3).

Node BV

Node BV and Fred Brinkman Consultancy: Many of you will know Fred Brinkman from when he used to co-organise (with Nick Harris) the European Omnis developers conference EurOmnis. He has now set up his own business, Fred Brinkman Consultancy based in Brussels, providing tailor-made applications and Omnis programming consultancy. He is joined at the show by Dirk Verstraten who was once Omnis sales representative for The Netherlands and now represents Node BV, a Dutch software development and consultancy company. Together they have many years experience in software programming, ranging from administrative to web based solutions for companies of all sizes. This is an excellent opportunity for every Omnis developer to meet them at CeBIT to exchange experiences and to build up new business contacts. For more info: www.node.nl

Master Object

Master Object Consultancy: based in Maarsen in The Netherlands provides consulting services and state-of-the-art software frameworks to the Omnis developer community. Their MasterStudio framework is used by several Omnis developers and offers a rich collection of reusable components for building Omnis Studio applications. They also provide PlanBoard which is a graphical scheduling and planning component for Omnis (and itself written entirely in Omnis). For more info: www.masterobject.com

 
VDA

VDA Informatiebeheersing: based in Hilversum in The Netherlands, VDA will present their Omnis 7 to Studio converter which was originally developed for their internal use but is now being used successfully by many other Omnis developers. So if you are thinking about converting from 'Classic' to Omnis Studio, or have got only part of the way through your conversion project, you should definitely come to CeBIT to meet VDA and see their powerful converter for yourself. More info: www.vda.nl

Mainskill Technologies

MainSkill Technologies: based in Hamburg, MainSkill Technologies specialises in products and services for IT security, ranging from enterprise-wide security issues, to on-site inspections for security assessment, and on-line training. For additional information please go to: www.mainskill-technologies.com

If you wish to arrange a meeting with us at the show, we strongly recommend that you make an appointment. We also have a small number of tickets which will allow you to get into CeBIT free of charge, or alternatively you can register for a ticket on the CeBIT web site. To set up a meeting or get a free ticket, please email: birgit_jaeger@omnis.net or mike_boller@omnis.net

CeBIT tickets

 
New Studiotips library to download
Studiotips.net

Studiotips.net is a fantastic resource providing searchable, on-line Studio tips, code snips, tutorials, demos, and utilities. Many resources are free, including a Studio 101 tutorial, but you can sign up to receive even more goodies, including the StudioTips library containing many Omnis code snippets and useful programming tips.

Included in the new Tips library is a free Omnis Ultra-thin client tutorial which takes you step-by-step through extending an existing Omnis Studio app to the web using the ultra-thin client, JavaScript, and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). The new StudioTips library also includes code snippets for setting up the Apache web server on WinXP and testing Omnis Studio Web Apps usinf a 'pingWebServer' library. Note you must be a member to download the StudioTips library. So maybe you should think about signing up..!

 

Studiotips library

The StudioTips.net website is provided by Doug Kuyvenhoven of Vencor Software, and contains some great software and other resources for Omnis developers.

 
Omnis Webinars - Signup today

Omnis Webinars

 


New dates for 2007
During the last quarter of 2006, RD Germany hosted a series of web-based seminars or "webinars" - so successful have these been at attracting new users that they have put together another series for 2007.

The webinars are designed to help you learn more about Omnis Studio, whatever your level of Omnis knowledge - topics include Omnis web services, Omnis web applications, application and database migration, and so on. The webinars are presented in English and German and they are FREE!

For more information and to register, please go here: www.omnis.net/developer