IBM i Chief Architect Steve Will will explain the strategy behind key enhancements in IBM i 7.2 and reveal his own vision for the future of IBM i development on Tuesday, September 30, in his Keynote address at the upcoming RPG & DB2 Summit. Will's vision shapes the capabilities of the IBM i platform and sets the table for development teams to deliver IBM i applications that help their businesses gain competitive advantage.
The Summit, which will take place September 30 – October 2, 2014 at the DoubleTree Park Place hotel in Minneapolis, will also feature breakout sessions on Row Column Access Control and other 7.2 database enhancements.
According to System i Developer partner Paul Tuohy, the latest IBM i announcements highlight the need to stay up-to-date with IBM i technology. "There's so much really cool, really efficient technology at our fingertips," Tuohy says. "As a community, we need to start taking advantage of it faster if we want to keep our applications relevant to current business needs. It was exciting to see all of the interest in the new free-form specs at the last Summit. And we've seen a lot of interest in RDi and SQL over the last year or so, too."
At the March 2014 Summit, Barbara Morris' session More Freedom for RPG earned the distinction of being the Summit's best-attended breakout in its 7-year history. The top-attended pre-conference seminar was Susan Gantner's day-long RSE/RDi Hands-On Workshop, which sold out for the second conference in a row.
This fall, pre-conference workshops on RSE/RDi, PHP and SQL will take place Monday, September 29.
To find out more about the upcoming RPG & DB2 Summit and the Headstart Workshops and Seminars, visit www.systemideveloper.com, email
IT managers hoping to find new IBM i talent are discovering that the pool of experienced RPG programmers and operators or administrators with intimate knowledge of the operating system and the applications that run on it is small. This begs the question: How will you manage the platform that supports such a big part of your business? This guide offers strategies and software suggestions to help you plan IT staffing and resources and smooth the transition after your AS/400 talent retires. Read on to learn:
Business users want new applications now. Market and regulatory pressures require faster application updates and delivery into production. Your IBM i developers may be approaching retirement, and you see no sure way to fill their positions with experienced developers. In addition, you may be caught between maintaining your existing applications and the uncertainty of moving to something new.
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