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Our inboxes are inundated with
invitations to briefings, seminars and conferences. These are often
sponsored by business partners or suppliers. But here is the difference,
Common Europe is an organisation that is not about selling products but
about bringing great value education to you. No matter what your
function is in your System i environment, a developer, a system
architect or designer, the IT manager, a security officer or a system
operator (to name a few) there are a great deal of interesting sessions
on the agenda to whet your appetite. These sessions will be presented by
a mix of speakers from IBM UK, IBM US and local specialists with
extensive knowledge of the System i architecture and environment.
We are also pleased to welcome back for
one of our keynote sessions, the ever popular, Frank Soltis, generally
considered to be the 'Father of the System i". A session guaranteed to
provide much thought on the future of the System i.
For the IT Manager (or aspiring
developer), there is a stream presenting a mix of topics such as Moving
from Development to Management and Architecting Modernisation. With
focused technical education streams covering Security and Linux,
Extending the System i and System Management, there is no reason why
anyone from your IT shop should be overlooked.
In the modern system delivery
environment, SOA is playing an ever increasing role and development
teams are embracing SOA enabling technologies. There are many people
though, who need a leg-up to the understanding required to succeed in
the SOA environment. Common Europe has just the ingredients to provide
that leg-up. What good is this SOA environment if the system is not
guaranteed to be available when needed? HA is a discipline that is
growing in popularity. There are many ways to ensure a Highly Available
System i and the Common Europe Conference is the place to be to
understand the best tools to use in your environment.
Getting back to development, our ever
popular RPG University will be included with all of the latest
techniques, tips and tricks. Whether you are a seasoned RPG developer, a
junior looking to further your understanding or a developer from another
discipline looking to gain an understanding of this language, the RPG
University is a must. This stream will cover the fundamentals of RPG
today, looking at everything from ILE basics to user spaces, and how to
make the most of the many features of IBM’s Websphere Development
Studio.
Full details are available
here
Matthew Ashton
Director Common UK
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