COMMON Belgium - December 12, 2007
Business Process, Application Modernization & PHP-MySQL

System i modernization - don't re-invent the wheel
Many companies today are looking to move to new systems and platforms due a perception their 5250 based applications are not 'modern', in this session we will show why that's not the case and how simple and effective non-invasive modernization can be with practical examples showing how other companies have done this successfully, quickly and painlessly.
Nick Hampson has worked with the system i now for over a decade, initially for a RPG software supplier and for the last 7 years for a looksoftware in the modernization space. Nicks skills are all based around modernization with key skills being in the User Experience and Design areas. Nick presents worldwide for looksoftware on modernization and handles the presales roll for looksoftware for EMEA and the US.

9:00 - 9:30 Coffee and Welcome
9:30 - 10:45 System i modernization - don't re-invent the wheel - Nick Hampson, Look Software
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:15 Practical Business Process Integration on
System i - Dänny Hellemons, LANSA
12:15 - 13:15 Lunch
13:15 - 14:30 PHP & MySQL in i5/OS-New Stacks and New Solutions - Fabian Michel, IBM Belgium
14:30 - 14:45 Coffee break
14:45 - 16:00 Deploying Open Community Solutions in i5/OS - Fabian Michel, IBM Belgium

Practical Business Process Integration on iSeries
Every business is under pressure to automate manual processes, better integrate internal systems and securely share data with external parties. Until now only large companies could afford the cost and complexity of Business Process Integration software. LANSA Composer is a BPI solution designed and packaged for any size of business
Dänny Hellemons is an iSeries Architect with 18 years of experience, lately his specialisme is connecting and integrating iSeries environments

PHP & MySQL in i5/OS - New Stacks and New Solutions - Deploying Open Community Solutions in i5/OS
The iAMP stack (i5/OS, Apache, MySQL, PHP) is the i5/OS native variant of the LAMP stack - it allows for development of web-based applications integrated with the MySQL open source database. iAMP is well suited for those customers/environments that wish to leverage existing open source applications based on PHP and MySQL. LAMP refers to a set of tools (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) that facilitates rapid development and deployment of software applications, LAMP is often defined as the open source web platform. The adoption of Zend's PHP and MySQL AB's MySQL database engine on i5/OS provides the framework for deploying open community solutions in a wide range of areas including Customer Relationship Management, Bulletin Boards, Wikis, blogs, and others. By deploying, we refer to the ability to obtain open source applications and implement them in i5/OS without changing any of the actual source code.
Fabian Michel is an IBM Certified Senior IT Specialist, 14 years of IBM, spent mostly as Systems Engineer, in the mid-range systems environment (AS/400, iSeries, System i). His current role is Systems Architect for the Systems & Technology Group. He was previously acting as System Matter Expert for System i as a member of the Systems Sales Implementation of Technology team focusing on new workloads integration, implementation and education covering topics such as: LPAR, Linux, AIX, WebSphere, Performance, etc... He is a frequent speaker for the COMMON organization (Belgium, Luxembourg and Europe).