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This month we are celebrating our 25th year in business and *you* are receiving the gifts! Everything in our online catalog—software, books, DVD, even our fabulous Infiniti pens (as featured in Battlestar Galactica)—is 25% off retail prices. For our silver anniversary, we thought about giving you something made of silver but then we realized that you would probably enjoy upgrading to our 2011 versions and saving some money instead. If you haven’t checked out all the fabulous, new features and tools that our 2011 versions have, you are definitely missing the boat! This would be the perfect time to upgrade.…   More »

Under normal circumstances, this would be considered a shameless plug but, since we know that you love our tools and support, just consider this an affirmation of our commitment to each other!  WindowsIT Pro is conducting a technology survey and we are up for *awesome* in several categories.  They are: Best Scripting Tool (question # 21) SAPIEN Technologies PrimalForms 2011 SAPIEN Technologies PrimalScript 2011 Best Training & Certification Product or Service (question # 27) SAPIEN Technologies Windows PowerShell Class-On-Disc Best Free or Open Source Tool (question # 29) SAPIEN Technologies iPowerShell SAPIEN Technologies PrimalForms Community Edition SAPIEN Technologies PrimalPad Community…   More »

This is your last week to sign up for our New York PowerShell class July 11-14.  Registration is closing July 6, 2011. This is a four day course covering beginning PowerShell through advanced practices. These are some of the topics that will be covered: Running Commands and Using the Pipeline Commands in Detail and Using the Online Help Core Cmdlets: Sorting, Grouping, Comparing, and More Administering Active Directory (in 2003, 2008, and 2008R2+) Working with Background Jobs Windows PowerShell security Basic and Parameterized Scripts Advanced Operations, Dot-Sourcing, and More Utilizing the Underlying .NET Framework Types Debugging Techniques Creating Custom Formatting…   More »

Drop by the SAPIEN booth 1908 at Teched today. Show us your script monkey and say "I scream for PrimalForms" and you could win 1 of 5 TFM books!…   More »

SAPIEN Technologies will be attending TechEd 2011 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA., May 16-19. Come by booth 1908 and talk to our developers, score some great gifts and see what is happening with PrimalScript 2011 and PrimalForms 2011. Who knows? You may win some FREE software! So come on by!…   More »

Time is running out for our Early Bird sign up!  May 15th is the last day to  sign up for SAPIEN's PowerShell Training for the low price of $2000. After May 15th the cost returns to $2500 per student.  Even at this price this is the deal of the year.  Live PowerShell training, in a small classroom setting, is perfect for anyone who needs to learn PowerShell. Held in White Plains, NY July 11-14, 2011, this class is perfect for anyone who has never used PowerShell, or those who just need to cover what is new and changed in version 2.…   More »

The next class for Windows PowerShell training has been scheduled!   More »

There was a lot of interest about PrimalForms during this year’s TechEd. Rumor has it the Microsoft PowerShell Team even demonstrated PrimalForms in one of their presentations. We were very happy to talk to with our users during the show. One of the questions we were asked was: Why should I use PowerShell to create Windows Forms Applications? There are a few reasons you might want to use PowerShell to create Windows Forms Applications: 1. Levy the power of PowerShell with the ease of a GUI interface. 2. It doesn’t require a developer to create a cool customized GUI application.…   More »

Our next SAPIEN Tour event will be held at SQLSaturday in South Florida on July 31. I (David Corrales) will be presenting an exclusive sneak peek of PrimalForms 2011. Be sure not to miss it! Do you have a user group you would like us to visit? Let us know and we will get you on the schedule. Please email Margaret@sapien.com for more information.…   More »

Really? Oh come on! Yes we had an iPad at our booth which we were using to show iPowerShell and our training videos. But, NO, it was not a prize. We know you all want one. But it WAS a Microsoft show. They probably would not have been thrilled if we were handing out competitive prizes. On the other hand... that does not rule out us giving away an iPad for some other occasion. Stay tuned to this blog and see what happens...…   More »