RPG and DB2 Summit Sees Turnaround in Training Budgets
September 21, 2009 Dan Burger
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Earlier this year, around the end of May, four of the top educators on IBM i development technologies had a tough decision to make. They had just concluded the fifth RPG and DB2 Summit, a bi-annual education and training conference with a reputation for excellence. But the economic storm clouds were ominous. Training budgets were being dialed back and the conference business was taking a beating. One conference after another was reporting attendance rates that were generally in the neighborhood of 50 percent of one year earlier. Other conferences were being canceled, and some were redesigned as virtual conferences |
