SEF/UniForum Open Systems SIG, Tues. Sept. 13 -- Multimedia and Databases

                  SEF/UniForum Open Systems SIG
                    (Formerly SEF Unix SIG) 
  
               MULTIMEDIA AND DATABASE CONVERGENCE
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  Database vendors are rushing to store pictures, video, and sound, as   well as traditional textual data, and to position for roles in the   upcoming video serving industry.   

  For Sybase, its Gain division now delivers Gain Momentum 3.0, a   multimedia authoring system that interoperates with existing   applications and SQL databases. It is developing an overall Gain   Intermedia architecture that will house Momentum; Gain Interplay,   aimed at PCs and TV set-top boxes; and an Intermedia Server for video   and multimedia.   

  Scott Kitayama, Sybase/Gain Group Product Manager, will describe the   history of Gain Technology, a Palo Alto company that was acquired by   Sybase in 1992, and will describe the Intermedia architecture and its   component products. Expect to learn lots about the interplay of   multimedia and databases.   

  Place:        Digital Equipment Corporation
                130 Lytton Street, Palo Alto CA
                (Corner of Alma, 1 block N. of University)
  

  Date & Time: Tuesday, September 13, 1994, 7:00-9:00 p.m.   

  Cost:         Free for SEF and full UniForum members and DEC employees;
                $5 for trial UniForum members; $10 for others.
                No reservation required; limit of 107 attendees.
  

  Information: George Bosworth, 415/851-3304, georgeb_at_netcom.com   

  Scott Kitayama runs the Product Management Group at Gain and is   responsible for product direction and product releases of Gain   Momentum and Gain Interplay. Scott has been a product manager for   over 7 years and has previously managed Verity, Inc's TOPIC Document   Retrieval System and Relational Technology's INGRES RDBMS. He   received a BA in Computer Science from U.C. Berkeley and an MBA from   the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.   

  SEF, the Software Entrepreneurs' Forum, started in 1983, is a leading   Silicon Valley-based non-profit organization dedicated to software   professionals, with over 900 members. SEF informs and educates its   members on all facets of the software industry. SEF also sponsors 10   other special interest groups, which meet once a month: Business   Operations, Intelligent Systems, International, Macintosh, Marketing,   Multimedia, Networking, Pen Software, Visual Basic, and Windows. Call   415/854-7219 for more SEF information.   

  UniForum, The International Association of Open Systems Professionals,   is a vendor-independent, not-for-profit professional association that   helps individuals and their organizations increase their Information   Systems effectiveness through the use of open systems, based on shared   industry standards. Central to UniForum's mission is the delivery of   high quality educations programs, trade shows and conferences,   publications, on-line services, and peer group interactions. Call   800/255-5620 for more UniForum information. Received on Mon Sep 05 1994 - 04:47:21 CEST