COMMON Belgium - February 13, 2008
System i - EGL Event

Jos Vermaere is Senior Server Solutions Architect and iSeries Specialist 27 years of IBM, spent mostly as Systems Engineer, later as IT Specialist in the mid-range systems environment (S/3x, AS/400, iSeries). Joined the ITSO in 1987 until 1991; strong link with ITSO remained up to today; authored and co-authored several ITSO deliverables (Redbooks, workshops, presentations, etc.). Several presentations for the COMMON organization. Currently role as Systems Architects in the Server and Technology Group. During this session, provide an overview of the System i announcements done during the past months. Outline of the roadmap for i5/OS and System i.

9:00 - 9:30 Coffee and Welcome

9:30 - 10:15 Introduction on Application Development,

Trends & Directions, lessons learned, experiences at customer sites,

positioning by Marc Claes (IBM, CITA) 

10:15 – 11:15 Application Development on OS/400 – i5/OS :

how to take the most out of existing application assets and

how to migrate to a Service Oriented Architecture ?

Capitalizing on the existing skills for RPG, COBOL ?

Where does Java fit ? (Jos Vermaere, IBM, Systems Architect)

11:15 – 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:30 Application Development & EGL

– the theory and how it fits together

by Paul Pilotto (ASIST Technical Director)

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 14:30 Application Development & EGL

– making it to make a new solution or to

integrate it with an existing solution by Paul Pilotto

14:30 – 14:45 Coffee break

14:45 – 16:15 Application Development & EGL

–Life Cycle Management

by Paul Pilotto