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Chats, Webinars, Seminars, Shows, and Other Happenings
April 22, 23 -- The Webcast "WebSphere Development Studio: How to integrate and streamline your RPG and Web development" will be presented by IBM's Phil Coulthard and SoftLanding Systems' Ray Bernardi. This Webcast includes a sneak preview of the new WDSc 5.0, and will focus on the transition of RPG applications to the Web and the development of traditional applications. Also included will be how to manage the entire development process while coordinating RPG, Java, WebFacing, and other Web components; how to create test environments and automate deployment of multi-platform Web applications. Both sessions begin at noon EST. Click here to register for the Tuesday session. Click here to register for the Wednesday session.
April 22-23 -- The Toronto User Group presents its "iSeries. . .Your iSeries: Getting IT together" conference at the Sheraton Parkway Hotel Toronto North in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. Many of the same topics and speakers from this year's COMMON conference--including Allison Butterill, Charlie Massoglia, Patrick Botz, Carole Miner, and Jon Paris--will be presenting. Go to www.tug.on.ca/grid.htm for more information.
April 24 -- IBM presents a "quarterly executive discussion" conference call featuring Al Zollar, iSeries general manager, and Cecelia Marrese, vice president of iSeries marketing. Zollar will cover iSeries strategy and how that strategy will unfold during the remainder of 2003. Marrese will discuss IBM marketing activity that will support iSeries strategy. Both executives will take 15 minutes of questions at the end of the presentation. Go to the iSeries Nation Web site to register.
April 24 -- IBM is sponsoring a Webcast entitled "IBM WebSphere Portal Collaboration Center--Under the Hood," intended to spotlight its technological advances in an Internet portal environment. IBM will highlight the technical details about how the corporate directory, instant messaging, team workplaces, and virtual meeting features work together to let the Collaboration Center help businesses. Go to the IBM Lotus Web site to register.
April 30-May 2 -- RPG World, an educational event for iSeries programmers presented by some of the top authorities on RPG and iSeries application development, will be held in Orlando, Florida. Topics include RPG, Web development, and general iSeries application development. Go to www.rpgworld.com for more information.
April-July -- Aldon Computer Group will present its user group tour at various user group meetings throughout the United States. On April 24, Aldon will visit the ACCP User Group in San Francisco, California. Go to www.aldon.com/events/user_tour.html for a list of meetings that Aldon will attend.
April-May -- iSeries professionals in the greater Washington, D.C., area can take advantage of a continuing series of technical seminars organized through the cooperative efforts of two local user groups: Washington Area Midrange and Mid Atlantic Midrange. Go to www.wash-midrange.org/seminars.html for details and a list of upcoming seminars and locations.
April-May -– The Information Availability Institute will host a number of free workshops focused on the management and interrelationship of networks, applications, security, databases, servers, and storage. Venues include Salt Lake City (April 22), Detroit (May 6), New York City (May 6), Oklahoma City (May 7), Houston (May 20), and Winnipeg, Manitoba (June 2). Go to www.availabilityinstitute.org for more details.
April-June -- Bytware is conducting several workshops to help customers take advantage of the most valuable features of Bytware's monitoring, security, and paging products. Workshop topics include MessengerPlus, StandGuard, and MessengerConsole. Go to www.bytware.com/edu.htm for more information.
May 19-23 -- IBM presents the IBM Software Symposium 2003 in Munich, Germany. Covering the entire spectrum of IBM solutions, this symposium offers more than 200 technology demonstration points, track education, breakout sessions, networking opportunities, and Dr. Henry Kissinger, Nobel Laureate and international statesman, as an external keynote speaker. Go to www-3.ibm.com/events/symposium2003/showcase.shtml for more information.
May-November -- ASNA has added a number of one-day seminars on ASNA Visual RPG and Caviar and running AVR for .NET. Seminars will be held in Raleigh, North Carolina; Hartford, Connecticut; San Francisco; Denver; St. Louis; Houston; and Guildford, England. For a complete list of seminar topics, locations, and dates, go to www.asna.com/0303_ASNA_Visions_seminars.asp.
May 21 – The Toronto User Group's meeting features "High Availability for the Real World," presented by Mike Warkentin of DataMirror and "EDI and the Internet" presented by Jeff Meltzer of EXTOL. Go to www.tug.on.ca/t_agenda.html#TEC2003 for more information.
May 25-27 -- The COMMON European Congress will hold its 2003 conference in Warsaw, Poland. Like its U.S. counterpart, the European show will present iSeries education, presentations, and a vendor exposition. Go to http://comeur.org/cec2003/ for more information.
June 9-12 -- J.D. Edwards presents the Quest Global Conference (formally known as JDE Focus). Staged in Denver, this conference centers on user-driven education, training, and speakers, with a J.D. Edwards focus. Go to the J.D. Edwards Web site for more information.
June 15-18 -- The 2003 iSeries & AS/400 Connection Conference offers four days of iSeries education at the Registry Resort in Naples, Florida. The iSeries educational tracks focus on application development, Java, SQL, e-business, operations, and security. Speakers include Dr. Frank Soltis, Al Barsa Jr., Allison Butterill, Wayne O. Evans, Susan Gantner, Janet Krueger, Jon Paris, Jim Sloan, and Howard F. Arner Jr. Go to www.tramenco.com/naples for more information and registration.
June 23-27 -- IBM presents its iSeries Technical Conference at the Hilton Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas. According to IBM, this is the place where technical experts and programmers can get their questions answered by IBM's best Rochester and Toronto experts. Go to www-3.ibm.com/services/learning/conf/us/iseries/ for more information.
July 17 -- The OCEAN iSeries User Group will present its 10th annual one-day "Catch the Wave" iSeries technical conference and vendor expo at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 17900 Jamboree Boulevard, Irvine, California. Training sessions will be conducted by Bob Cozzi, Allison Butterill, and Wayne O. Evans, on topics such as RPG IV Advanced Techniques, WebSphere Development Tools, iSeries Security and Infrastructure. Dr. Frank Soltis will be the keynote speaker. Go to www.ocean400.org for more information.
July 20-23 -- LANSA presents its 2003 International LANSA Conference at the Renaissance Hotel in Chicago. The conference includes product education, customer success stories, strategic directions, hands-on labs, and roundtable discussions. The keynote speaker will be IBM's Malcolm Haines of the IBM eServer iSeries Marketing group. Register by May 15 and get a free LANSA stadium blanket. Go to www.lansa.com/conference/index.htm for more information.
September 7-11 -- The COMMON user group presents its fall 2003 conference and expo in Orlando, Florida. Meet industry experts, attend hands-on labs, exchange information with fellow professionals, attend a multitude of educational tracks, and get real-world solutions at the vendor expo. Go to the COMMON Web site for more information and to register.
October 13-17 -- IBM presents an iSeries Technical Conference at the Renaissance Hotel in Orlando, Florida. According to IBM, this is the place where technical experts and programmers can get their questions answered by IBM's most knowledgeable Rochester and Toronto experts. Go to www-3.ibm.com/services/learning/conf/us/iseries/ for more information.
November 18-21 -- EXTOL will host its 2003 user conference at the Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort in Phoenix, Arizona. Attendees registering during March and April are eligible for a special two-for-one price, which includes an in-depth tutorial program. Go to www.extol.com/forms/uc2003/confinfo.cfm for more information.
April 28-30, 2004 -- ASNApalooza 2004 will be held at the Westin River Walk Hotel in San Antonio. ASNApalooza is three days of ASNA Visual RPG instruction and technical insight, with an emphasis on the RPG development environment for Microsoft's .NET platform. No word yet on who the keynote speaker might be, but if you register by May 31, you can attend the conference for $900, a savings of $1,100 off the regular price for registration. Go to www.asna.com/0303_ASNA_Visions_palooza2004.asp for more information.
April 24 -- A Web-based seminar pertaining to storage area networks (SANs) and how they can manage data growth and availability by sharing commonly used data among servers on different platforms will be presented by Key Information Systems from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST. The seminar, "To SAN or not to SAN--how and why," features SAN and high-availability experts from Brocade Communications, IBM Enterprise Storage Group, and Key Information Systems. Topics include problems solved by SANs, the value of a high-speed switch, and how to improve availability of critical applications. Go to http://keyisit.raindance.com/iccdocs/seminarDesc.shtml?id=19712&mode=cal&tz=PST to register.
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