The DVCUG meeting is on Thursday Nov 5^th

          --- and it's Free to all members ---

Topic: Is Your iSeries Secure?

An Overview of OS/400 Vulnerabilities!

By Rich Marko of Bsafe (Powerlock security systems for System i)

You can see the PDF flyer at

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dvcug/files   and click on DVCUG 110509

or go to http://www.DVCUG.org 

Contact DENISE KETZES 302-449-1898 or mailto:register@...  

Also, get up to speed with V6.1.1 with IBM Announcements

with Rick Clements

LOCATION and TIME FOR THIS MEETING!

The Radisson Trevose

2400 Old Lincoln Highway

Trevose, PA 19053

http://www.radisson.com/trevosepa 

4:00 – 4:30 pm Registration

4:30 – 4:45 pm IBM Announcements

4:45 – 5:45 pm Presentation & Discussion

5:45 – 6:45 pm Dinner Break

6:45 - 8:00 pm Meeting Continues…

Please register by Friday October 30, 2009

At www.dvcug.org  or call (302) 449-1898

And Yes, it's Free!

(For Members (If a Corporate

Membership—this meeting free for up to 5 people)

If you'd like to be a DVCUG volunteer,

Drop us an email with your interest.

Send it to mailto:register@...

Cost for Non-Members

$40 Non-Member

$40 not pre-registered

MidAtlantic Midrange still has open seats for the next continuing education
seminar (at User Group Rates).

        Integrating Email, Chart Engines, WDSC, SOAP, XML...And Beyond

                           With Aaron Bartell

Easy Email Using RPG:  Learn how to easily send email from your iSeries RPG
programs using open source software RPGMail.  Make your boss happy and take this
code home to gain immediate RPG Summit ROI.  Not only will you have a free
utility (RPGMail) to put on your iSeries after leaving this session but you will
also get a full understanding of how the guts work in conjunction with Sun's
JavaMail API's to send email directly to your mail server (i.e. Microsoft
Exchange), completely by-passing the problematic iSeries MSF (Mail
Server Framework).  Don't miss this one!

RPG Chart Engine (Pie, Bar, and XY Line charts): Users are always wanting more
eye-candy in your deliverables to them. Learn how to easily create graphical
charts using RPG and Java open source utilities - something you can gain
immediate ROI as a take home for your shop. As we dive into the guts of RPG
calling Java we will talk about the snail paced startup of Java applications
incurred during JVM (Java Virtual Machine) initialization and address it by
adding a data queue messaging layer between the RPG and Java.

This creates an environment where the JVM startup occurs only once per
machine allowing your Java to run entirely in batch!


RPG Talks To The Desktop: Every so often, I see the mailing lists address the
topic of how to automatically open desktop applications from RPG when the user
presses a key in a 5250 session. Usually, the need is to open a browser window
and deep link into a Web site by passing a long URL string (e.g.,
http://ups.com/trackpackage?packageid=Z123412341234). The standard answer is to
use one of the features in Client Access (i.e., STRPCO or STRPCCMD). While that
works in some cases, an alternative approach is to spin your own wool. That's
where I come in.


This session provides instructions (and actual code) for integrating your RPG
programs with the desktop by using a relatively small amount of Java. The basic
concept is that you provide a non-intrusive Java application on each PC that
needs to receive calls from RPG, and when you start the Java client, it just
sits in a wait state to receive commands from your RPG program. When I say
"commands," I really mean any value you want to send down to the PC; the key is
to have Java handle it appropriately. The Java client receives commands and
executes them using rundll32, which is a nifty tool on your Windows PC that
allows the execution of command-line access programs.

SOAP, XML, WSDL, XSD, HTTP - what the?: There are so many acronym
technologies out there in the new web service paradigm, like SOAP, WSDL, XSD,
etc.  How does one make sense of them all, and how does one know how they fit
together to accomplish a web service task?  Attend this session and you will
learn how these technologies work together from an RPG programmers perspective. 
You will quickly realize that there is no magic going on but instead the same
practices of programming that have been going on for decades - it just has a new
face now.

WDSC - The First Kiss:  Abstract: Don't let your first experience with WDSC be
your last kiss goodbye.  Learn the quickest path to successful use of WDSC for
RPG programmers.  In this session we will cover initial startup,
creating/editing/compiling RPG programs, how to "customize" your environment,
and much more!  Learn from somebody who has been using it for the past 5 years!

Aaron Bartell is a Senior Software Developer and  focuses much of his
development in the area of web services on the AS400 and also Java
development/integration.  He is the lead developer of RPG-XML Suite
(www.rpg-xml.com).  He enjoys being part of the strong System i community
through forum participation, article writing and providing open source software.
Aaron is a regular speaker at COMMON.

These seminars start at 8:30 AM and ends at 5:00 PM and will be held on:

Oct 21 - At EDPS (Electronic Data Processing Services), 3901 West Broad Street,
Richmond, VA

Oct 22 - Holiday Inn College Park, College Park, MD (Beltway and US-1)



The course fee is $295 for non-user group members and $260 for user group
members. This fee offering is a special arrangement between Washington Area
Midrange Users Group and MidAtlantic Midrange.  Members of other AS/400 User
groups may also apply under the user group rate.



Name: ___________________________________________________________

Company:________________________________________________________

Address:_________________________________________________________

City: _________________________________   State: _____   Zip: __________

Office Phone: ____________________________   Fax: __________________________

Email address: _____________________________________________________________

Please circle the date of the session you plan on attending.

Please mail completed form with check to: MidAtlantic Midrange, Conference
Services, 12023 Blackberry Terrace., North Potomac, MD 20878.

For any further questions or reservations, contact K.B. Soni at 301-590-7121 or
email kbsoni@...

--- End forwarded message ---

MidAtlantic Midrange is proud to offer the next in our continuing education
seminars, bringing  you the best education and educators available in the
iSeries world, and to do so at User Group Rates.

        Integrating Email, Chart Engines, WDSC, SOAP, XML...And Beyond

                           With Aaron Bartell

Easy Email Using RPG:  Learn how to easily send email from your iSeries RPG
programs using open source software RPGMail.  Make your boss happy and take this
code home to gain immediate RPG Summit ROI.  Not only will you have a free
utility (RPGMail) to put on your iSeries after leaving this session but you will
also get a full understanding of how the guts work in conjunction with Sun's
JavaMail API's to send email directly to your mail server (i.e. Microsoft
Exchange), completely by-passing the problematic iSeries MSF (Mail
Server Framework).  Don't miss this one!

RPG Chart Engine (Pie, Bar, and XY Line charts): Users are always wanting more
eye-candy in your deliverables to them. Learn how to easily create graphical
charts using RPG and Java open source utilities - something you can gain
immediate ROI as a take home for your shop. As we dive into the guts of RPG
calling Java we will talk about the snail paced startup of Java applications
incurred during JVM (Java Virtual Machine) initialization and address it by
adding a data queue messaging layer between the RPG and Java.

This creates an environment where the JVM startup occurs only once per
machine allowing your Java to run entirely in batch!


RPG Talks To The Desktop: Every so often, I see the mailing lists address the
topic of how to automatically open desktop applications from RPG when the user
presses a key in a 5250 session. Usually, the need is to open a browser window
and deep link into a Web site by passing a long URL string (e.g.,
http://ups.com/trackpackage?packageid=Z123412341234). The standard answer is to
use one of the features in Client Access (i.e., STRPCO or STRPCCMD). While that
works in some cases, an alternative approach is to spin your own wool. That's
where I come in.


This session provides instructions (and actual code) for integrating your RPG
programs with the desktop by using a relatively small amount of Java. The basic
concept is that you provide a non-intrusive Java application on each PC that
needs to receive calls from RPG, and when you start the Java client, it just
sits in a wait state to receive commands from your RPG program. When I say
"commands," I really mean any value you want to send down to the PC; the key is
to have Java handle it appropriately. The Java client receives commands and
executes them using rundll32, which is a nifty tool on your Windows PC that
allows the execution of command-line access programs.

SOAP, XML, WSDL, XSD, HTTP - what the?: There are so many acronym
technologies out there in the new web service paradigm, like SOAP, WSDL, XSD,
etc.  How does one make sense of them all, and how does one know how they fit
together to accomplish a web service task?  Attend this session and you will
learn how these technologies work together from an RPG programmers perspective. 
You will quickly realize that there is no magic going on but instead the same
practices of programming that have been going on for decades - it just has a new
face now.

WDSC - The First Kiss:  Abstract: Don't let your first experience with WDSC be
your last kiss goodbye.  Learn the quickest path to successful use of WDSC for
RPG programmers.  In this session we will cover initial startup,
creating/editing/compiling RPG programs, how to "customize" your environment,
and much more!  Learn from somebody who has been using it for the past 5 years!

Aaron Bartell is a Senior Software Developer and  focuses much of his
development in the area of web services on the AS400 and also Java
development/integration.  He is the lead developer of RPG-XML Suite
(www.rpg-xml.com).  He enjoys being part of the strong System i community
through forum participation, article writing and providing open source software.
Aaron is a regular speaker at COMMON.

These seminars start at 8:30 AM and ends at 5:00 PM and will be held on:

Oct 21 - At EDPS (Electronic Data Processing Services), 3901 West Broad Street,
Richmond, VA

Oct 22 - Holiday Inn College Park, College Park, MD (Beltway and US-1)



The course fee is $295 for non-user group members and $260 for user group
members. This fee offering is a special arrangement between Washington Area
Midrange Users Group and MidAtlantic Midrange.  Members of other AS/400 User
groups may also apply under the user group rate.



Name: ___________________________________________________________

Company:________________________________________________________

Address:_________________________________________________________

City: _________________________________   State: _____   Zip: __________

Office Phone: ____________________________   Fax: __________________________

Email address: _____________________________________________________________

Please circle the date of the session you plan on attending.

Please mail completed form with check to: MidAtlantic Midrange, Conference
Services, 12023 Blackberry Terrace., North Potomac, MD 20878.

For any further questions or reservations, contact K.B. Soni at 301-590-7121 or
email kbsoni@...

A continuing education seminar covering some Java applications with Aaron Bartell for integrating Email, Chart Engines, WDSC, SOAP, XML...And Beyond

Aaron has donated several open source tools to the community, including high function XML converters.  He will be covering:

* Easy Email Using RPG: Learn how to easily send email from your iSeries RPG
programs using open source software RPGMail. Make your boss happy and take
this code home to gain immediate RPG Summit ROI. Not only will you have a
free utility (RPGMail) to put on your iSeries after leaving this session but
you will also get a full understanding of how the guts work in conjunction
with Sun's JavaMail API's to send email directly to your mail server (i.e.
Microsoft Exchange), completely by-passing the problematic iSeries MSF (Mail
Server Framework).

* RPG Chart Engine (Pie, Bar, and XY Line charts): Users are always wanting
more eye-candy in your deliverables to them. Learn how to easily create
graphical charts using RPG and Java open source utilities - something you
can gain immediate ROI as a take home for your shop. As we dive into the
guts of RPG calling Java we will talk about the snail paced startup of Java
applications incurred during JVM (Java Virtual Machine) initialization and
address it by adding a data queue messaging layer between the RPG and Java.
This creates an environment where the JVM startup occurs only once per
machine allowing your Java to run entirely in batch!

* RPG Talks To The Desktop: Every so often, I see the mailing lists address
the topic of how to automatically open desktop applications from RPG when
the user presses a key in a 5250 session. Usually, the need is to open a
browser window and deep link into a Web site by passing a long URL string
(e.g., http://ups.com/trackpackage?packageid=Z123412341234). The standard
answer is to use one of the features in Client Access (i.e., STRPCO or
STRPCCMD). While that works in some cases, an alternative approach is to
spin your own wool.

This session provides instructions (and actual code) for integrating your
RPG programs with the desktop by using a relatively small amount of Java.
The basic concept is that you provide a non-intrusive Java application on
each PC that needs to receive calls from RPG, and when you start the Java
client, it just sits in a wait state to receive commands from your RPG
program. When I say "commands," I really mean any value you want to send
down to the PC; the key is to have Java handle it appropriately. The Java
client receives commands and executes them using rundll32, which is a nifty
tool on your Windows PC that allows the execution of command-line access
programs.

* SOAP, XML, WSDL, XSD, HTTP - what the?: bstract: There are so many acronym
technologies out there in the new web service paradigm, like SOAP, WSDL,
XSD, etc. How does one make sense of them all, and how does one know how
they fit together to accomplish a web service task? Attend this session and
you will learn how these technologies work together from an RPG programmers
perspective. You will quickly realize that there is no magic going on but
instead the same practices of programming that have been going on for
decades - it just has a new face now.

* WDSC - The First Kiss: Abstract: Don't let your first experience with WDSC
be your last kiss goodbye. Learn the quickest path to successful use of
WDSC for RPG programmers. In this session we will cover initial startup,
creating/editing/compiling RPG programs, how to "customize" your
environment, and much more! Learn from somebody who has been using it for
the past 5 years!

-===========================================-

Aaron Bartell is a Senior Software Developer and focuses much of his
development in the area of web services on the AS400 and also Java
development/integration. He is the lead developer of RPG-XML Suite
(www.rpg-xml.com). He enjoys being part of the strong System i community
through forum participation, article writing and providing open source
software. Aaron is a regular speaker at COMMON.

This seminar starts at 8:30 AM and ends at 5:00 PM and will be held on:
Oct 22 - Holiday Inn College Park, College Park, MD (Beltway and US-1)

The fee is $295 for non-user group members and $260 for user group
members. This fee offering is a special arrangement between Washington Area
Midrange Users Group and MidAtlantic Midrange. Members of other AS/400 User
groups may also apply under the user group rate.

Name: ___________________________________________________________

Company:________________________________________________________

Address:_________________________________________________________

City: _________________________________ State: _____ Zip: __________

Office Phone: ____________________________

Fax: ___________________________

Email address: _____________________________________________________________

Please indicate Oct 22nd as the date of the session you plan on attending.

Please mail completed form with check to: MidAtlantic Midrange, Conference
Services, 12023 Blackberry Terrace., North Potomac, MD 20878.

For any further questions or reservations, contact K.B. Soni at 301-590-7121
or email mailto:kbsoni@...

All You Need To Know About SQL in Six Hours
			       With Dave Prescott

SQL has become the industry standard for moving data between platforms in
a network centric computing environment, and working with data in a
relational database.  In today's IT environment of mixed hardware and
software platforms you have to know SQL to survive.  This six hour
seminar will serve as an excellent introduction to SQL on the IBM i,
System i, and the iSeries for those people who may not be familiar with
it, or it will be an excellent review for those who need a refresher
course.

After attending this seminar, you will have an understanding of SQL basic
concepts and theory, and will be able to create and execute simple SQL
statements using SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, and DROP.  You
will understand the four groups of SQL statements and how they are used,
the various SQL interfaces and what they are used for, and how to embed
and compile SQL statements in a high level language program like RPG or
Cobol.
You will also understand how to use SQL in place of DDS and the native
interface to create and manage database objects.

The morning part of this seminar will be spent building a firm SQL
foundation.  It will start with a discussion of SQL basic theory and
terminology, and progress to SQL statement format and structure and the
more frequently used SQL statements: SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE,
CREATE, and DROP.   It will show you how to use SQL functions such as
MIN, MAX, AVG, SUM, COUNT, AS, and Subselect to query and analyze data.

After covering these basics, the seminar will move on to some
intermediate level topics.  First it will look at the SQL software
support that is available in Version 5 and Version 6 of OS/400 and i5/OS
so you can understand which part is included with OS/400 and which part
is a separate licensed product.  Next it will show you the groups of SQL
statements used to query and work with data, to define and manage data
base objects, and used for miscellaneous functions.  The morning will
end with a discussion of the various SQL interfaces available on the IBM
i, System i, and the iSeries.


The afternoon part of this seminar will take you on a detailed
exploration of some more advanced SQL topics that include:  Interactive
SQL, the SQL Statement Processor (RUNSQLSTM command), the SQL Script
Center in iSeries Navigator, Embedding SQL in a High Level Language
program (RPG, COBOL, C), and Dynamic SQL.  The seminar will conclude
with a detailed discussion of how you can use SQL, in place of DDS and
the native interface, to create and manage your database objects.

Dave Prescott has been an AS/400 specialist since 1987 and was an IBM
Rochester Lab Consultant and participant in the AS/400 National
Technical Advocate Program. His special interests include iSeries and
AS/400 performance tuning and capacity planning, system operations, and
system management.  Since retiring from IBM, Dave, co-owner of Systems
Management Associates, Inc., has provided system management and
performance expertise in a large installation with multiple iSeries and
AS/400s.

This seminar starts at 8:30 AM and ends at 5:00 PM
August 27 - Holiday Inn, Ft. Washington, PA

The course fee is $295 for non-user group members and $250 for user group
members.

Name: ___________________________________________________________

Company:________________________________________________________

Address:_________________________________________________________

City: _________________________________   State: _____   Zip: __________

Office Phone: ____________________________

Fax:___________________________

Email address:
_____________________________________________________________

Please mail completed form with check to: MidAtlantic Midrange, Conference
Services,
12023 Blackberry Terrace., North Potomac, MD 20878.
For any further questions or reservations, contact K.B. Soni at 301-590-
7121 or email kbsoni@....

All You Need To Know About SQL in Six Hours with Dave Prescott

SQL has become the industry standard for moving data between platforms in a network centric computing environment, and working with data in a relational database. In today's IT environment of mixed hardware and software platforms you have to know SQL to survive. This six hour seminar will serve as an excellent introduction to SQL on the IBM i, System i, and the iSeries for those people who may not be familiar with it, or it will be an excellent review for those who need a refresher course.

After attending this seminar, you will have an understanding of SQL basic concepts and theory, and will be able to create and execute simple SQL statements using SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, and DROP. You will understand the four groups of SQL statements and how they are used, the various SQL interfaces and what they are used for, and how to embed and compile SQL statements in a high level language program like RPG or Cobol. You will also understand how to use SQL in place of DDS and the native interface to create and manage database objects.

The morning part of this seminar will be spent building a firm SQL foundation. It will start with a discussion of SQL basic theory and terminology, and progress to SQL statement format and structure and the more frequently used SQL statements: SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, and DROP. It will show you how to use SQL functions such as MIN, MAX, AVG, SUM, COUNT, AS, and Subselect to query and analyze data.

After covering these basics, the seminar will move on to some intermediate level topics. First it will look at the SQL software support that is available in Version 5 and Version 6 of OS/400 and i5/OS so you can understand which part is included with OS/400 and which part is a separate licensed product. Next it will show you the groups of SQL statements used to query and work with data, to define and manage data base objects, and used for miscellaneous functions. The morning will end with a discussion of the various SQL interfaces available on the IBM i, System i, and the iSeries.

The afternoon part of this seminar will take you on a detailed exploration of some more advanced SQL topics that include: Interactive SQL, the SQL Statement Processor (RUNSQLSTM command), the SQL Script Center in iSeries Navigator, Embedding SQL in a High Level Language program (RPG, COBOL, C), and Dynamic SQL. The seminar will conclude with a detailed discussion of how you can use SQL, in place of DDS and the native interface, to create and manage your database objects.

Dave Prescott has been an AS/400 specialist since 1987 and was an IBM Rochester Lab Consultant and participant in the AS/400 National Technical Advocate Program. His special interests include iSeries and AS/400 performance tuning and capacity planning, system operations, and system management. Since retiring from IBM, Dave, co-owner of Systems Management Associates, Inc., has provided system management and performance expertise in a large installation with multiple iSeries and AS/400s.

These seminars start at 8:30 AM and ends at 5:00 PM and will be held on August 27 - Holiday Inn, Ft. Washington, PA

The course fee is $295 for non-user group members and $250 for user group members.



Name: ___________________________________________________________

Company:________________________________________________________

Address:_________________________________________________________

City: _________________________________ State: _____ Zip: __________

Office Phone: ____________________________

Fax:___________________________

Email address: _____________________________________________________________

Please indicate August 27th when replying .
Please mail completed form with check to: MidAtlantic Midrange, Conference Services,
12023 Blackberry Terrace., North Potomac, MD 20878.
For any further questions or reservations, contact K.B. Soni at 301-590-7121
or email mailto:kbsoni@....

MidAtlantic Midrange's Continuing Education Seminars presents

		 All You Need To Know About SQL in Six Hours
			       With Dave Prescott
                 August 27 - Holiday Inn, Ft. Washington, PA


SQL has become the industry standard for moving data between platforms in a
network centric computing environment, and working with data in a relational
database.  In today's IT environment of mixed hardware and software platforms
you have to know SQL to survive.  This six hour seminar will serve as an
excellent introduction to SQL on the IBM i, System i, and the iSeries for those
people who may not be familiar with it, or it will be an excellent review for
those who need a refresher course.

After attending this seminar, you will have an understanding of SQL basic
concepts and theory, and will be able to create and execute simple SQL
statements using SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, and DROP.  You will
understand the four groups of SQL statements and how they are used, the various
SQL interfaces and what they are used for, and how to embed and compile SQL
statements in a high level language program like RPG or Cobol. You will also
understand how to use SQL in place of DDS and the native interface to create and
manage database objects.

The morning part of this seminar will be spent building a firm SQL foundation. 
It will start with a discussion of SQL basic theory and terminology, and
progress to SQL statement format and structure and the more frequently used SQL
statements: SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, and
DROP.   It will show you how to use SQL functions such as MIN, MAX, AVG,
SUM, COUNT, AS, and Subselect to query and analyze data.

After covering these basics, the seminar will move on to some intermediate level
topics.  First it will look at the SQL software support that is available in
Version 5 and Version 6 of OS/400 and i5/OS so you can understand which part is
included with OS/400 and which part is a separate licensed product.  Next it
will show you the groups of SQL statements used to query and work with data, to
define and manage data base objects, and used for miscellaneous functions.  The
morning will end with a discussion of the various SQL interfaces available on
the IBM i, System i, and the iSeries.


The afternoon part of this seminar will take you on a detailed exploration of
some more advanced SQL topics that include:  Interactive SQL, the SQL Statement
Processor (RUNSQLSTM command), the SQL Script Center in iSeries Navigator,
Embedding SQL in a High Level Language program (RPG, COBOL, C), and Dynamic SQL.
The seminar will conclude with a detailed discussion of how you can use SQL, in
place of DDS and the native interface, to create and manage your database
objects.

Dave Prescott has been an AS/400 specialist since 1987 and was an IBM Rochester
Lab Consultant and participant in the AS/400 National Technical Advocate
Program. His special interests include iSeries and AS/400 performance tuning and
capacity planning, system operations, and system management.  Since retiring
from IBM, Dave, co-owner of Systems Management Associates, Inc., has provided
system management and performance expertise in a large installation with
multiple iSeries and AS/400s.

These seminars start at 8:30 AM and ends at 5:00 PM and will be held on:

August 13 - College Park - Holiday Inn at US 1 and The Beltway

August 20 - At EDPS (Electronic Data Processing Services), 3901 West Broad
Street Richmond, VA 23230

August 27 - Holiday Inn, Ft. Washington, PA

The course fee is $295 for non-user group members and $250 for user group
members. This fee offering is a special arrangement between Washington Area
Midrange Users Group and MidAtlantic Midrange.  Members of other iSeries/AS400
User groups may also apply under the user group rate.



Name: ___________________________________________________________

Company:________________________________________________________

Address:_________________________________________________________

City: _________________________________   State: _____   Zip: __________

Office Phone: ____________________________

Fax:___________________________

Email address: _____________________________________________________________

Please circle the date of the session you plan on attending. Please mail
completed form with check to: MidAtlantic Midrange, Conference Services, 12023
Blackberry Terrace., North Potomac, MD 20878. For any further questions or
reservations, contact K.B. Soni at 301-590-7121 or email kbsoni@....

WAM (Washington Area Midrange) has a seminar on Web Query by Paul Lambert
in Richmond VA

	 By VERY Popular Demand - MidAtlantic Midrange is proud to offer the
next in our continuing education seminars, bringing you the best education
and educators available in the iSeries world, and to do so at User Group
Rates.  This seminar is being offered now in Richmond.

           A Power Day Of DB2 WebQuery for System i - IN RICHMOND

                            With Paul Lambert

	 This one-day seminar explores topics that will help enhance your
skill sets and abilities in System-i WebQuery environment.  During this
packed seminar we will be covering the very timely topics of:

DB2 WebQuery for System i

This presentation is a review of the purpose, benefits and implementation
strategies for DB2 Web Query.  A discussion of the architectural concepts
surrounding DB2 Web Query will be the launch point for the presentation.
We
will then build a compelling reason for using DB2 Web Query as a means of
implementing a Query Reporting System that is browser based. One of the
cornerstones for this product is its OLAP feature.  The System i community
has been looking for years for that Web killer app, DB2 Web Query could be
that application for 2009. Come and join us and see "DB2 Query the next
generation".


Topics on the agenda include:

1. DB2 Web Query overview
2. Let's get started
3. Report Assistant
4. Active reports
5. Converting existing query reports
6. Installation and management
7. Graph Assistant
8. Developer's Workbench
9. OLAP
10.HTML Layout Painter
11.Power Painter
12.Performance
13.Tips and techniques
14.Advanced database topics


Paul Lambert is a former IBM'er and is currently teaching classes for
IBM in
the System-i world.  He's a past presenter at JAM.


These seminars start at 8:30 AM and ends at 5:00 PM and will be held on:

April 16 - Homewood Suites Richmond Airport - 804-737-1600 - 5996 Audubon
Drive, Sandston, VA 23150

The course fee is $285 for non-user group members and $250 for user group
members. This fee offering is a special arrangement between Washington
Area
Midrange Users Group and MidAtlantic Midrange.  Members of other
iSeries/AS400 User groups may also apply under the user group rate.

Name: ___________________________________________________________

Company:________________________________________________________

Address:_________________________________________________________

City: _________________________________   State: _____   Zip: __________

Office Phone: ____________________________    Fax:
___________________________

Email address:
_____________________________________________________________

Please circle the date of the session you plan on attending.
Please mail completed form with check to: MidAtlantic Midrange, Conference
Services,
12023 Blackberry Terrace., North Potomac, MD 20878.
For any further questions or reservations, contact K.B. Soni at
301-590-7121
or email kbsoni@....




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Has anyone have experience with, or have feedback about, these 3 system-I products?
They claim to be 100% RPG web solutions using CGI-RPG implementations.
But I don't think that any of them can run 5250 and Web from the same source after enhancements are done.

Valence from CNX Corp (makers of Atomic add-ons for ERP systems)
===================================================
$5,000 per server advertised price
Web with AJAX on Apace server
Runs 5250 sessions within the Navigation Tree
http://www.cnxcorp.com/valence/

RPGsp from Profound Logic (RPG smart pages)
===================================
About $12,000 per server advertised price
Wizards and DDS+RPG code converters
Editor and Visual Debugger
RPG-like code embedded in HTML like JSP or ASP
http://www.profoundlogic.com/prodrpgsp.rpgsp

IceBreak
=================
XHTML for handheld PDA or Barcode apps
AJAX for web apps
SSL - Secure Socket Layer
RPG-like code embedded in HTML like JSP or ASP
http://www.icebreak.dk/

A Panel of Experts at Agile Philly

On Thurs March 26

Topic              A Panel of Experts      Featuring
                                       Corey Haines
                                       Ken Pugh
                                       Mike Vizdos
                                       Jim York
                                       Brian Marick

For more info, go to http://www.AgilePhilly.com
 
Corey Haines
Corey Haines is an active member in the software craftsmanship movement, focusing his attention on post-apprenticeship activities. He currently specializes in Ruby, but will pair in just about any language you want.

Ken Pugh
Ken Pugh is a fellow consultant with Net Objectives. He consults, trains, mentors, and testifies on technology topics ranging from object-oriented design to agile software development. He has written several programming books, including the 2006 Jolt Award winner, Prefactoring, and has served clients from London to Sydney.

Mike Vizdos
Mike Vizdos of the Implementing Scrum cartoons has worked in all aspects of the system lifecycle. Michael speaks, draws and writes about various process IT-related topics and he is a Certified Scrum Trainer.

Jim York
Jim York specializes in Lean and Agile thinking while training executive, management, and delivery teams. With more than 20 years in IT, Jim blends his experience in Scrum, Agile Project Management, Lean Software Development, Extreme Programming, and traditional project management to deliver customized "just-in-time" training to teams. As a Certified Scrum Trainer and member of the Scrum Alliance, Jim actively contributes to the advancement of the Scrum methodology.

Brian Marick
Brian Marick is the author of The Craft of Software Testing, which promotes test design techniques, and how testers support the team, as well as unscripted exploratory manual testing. He was an author of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development and was the second chair of the Agile Alliance board of directors.

Date / Time:
Thursday March 26, 2009
6:30 PM, start to gather.
7:00 PM, meeting.
8:30 PM, end, go to Shula's, a cash bar at the hotel

Logistics and Directions to the Conshohocken suburb of Philadelphia

Note that there will be no food or drink provided.  No RSVP needed.
There is a charge for parking of $3.00 per hour.
http://www.phillyemergingtech.com/directions.php

Philadelphia Marriott® West
111 Crawford Avenue
West Conshohocken, PA 19428
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=111+Crawford+Avenue,+West+Conshohocken,+PA+19428&sll=39.84993,-75.447922&sspn=0,359.945068&ie=UTF8&ll=40.069303,-75.308919&spn=0.007603,0.013733&z=16&iwloc=addr

From any direction, whether from the Schukyll I-76 or the Blue Rte I-476, you will be getting off onto Matson Ford Road.

Then Right at the light onto Rte 23 Front Street (It’s a big intersection.  The incline in front of you is the bridge, so you don’t want to go straight here.)

Next Left puts you onto Crawford Avenue.
Quick Left into the driveway of the hotel.  Parking garage is on the right.
                           ===================================
Southbound / Eastbound on the Schukyll I 76 = Exit 331 B Stay to the right and get off onto Matsonford Road
Northbound / Westbound on the Schukyll I 76 = Exit 332, get onto Matsonford Road
Blue Route I 476 Northbound = Exit 16A get onto Matsonford Road
Blue Route I 476 Southbound = Exit 16 Stay to the right and get off onto Matsonford Road
                            ===================================

The next meetings of Agile Philly are

* Tues May 5th 2009: Agile Philly, Requirement Composition Tables, (similar to Dependency Structure Matrix presentation at Philly JUG on April 29th 2008 http://phillyjug.jsync.com/meetings/mapping-the-architecture-of-applications-frameworks-and-databases-with-a-dependency-structure-matrix-dsm-by-neeraj-sangal ) This is a joint meeting with SPIN Software Process Improvement Network  (same location at Siemens where we heard Mary Poppendieck)

The meeting on May 5th will be a joint meeting with SPIN, the Software Process Improvement Network (Assoc for Software Quality), and will be at Siemens in Malvern (where we heard Mary Poppendieck last year).

 http://www.asqphilly.org/spin/SPIN.html
 
A paper by our speaker for May 5th, Yuri Chernak, was selected as the feature article for the March issue of SQE.  View Page 40 online at http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/sqe/bettersoftware_0309/ 

 
His article Aspect-oriented Requirements Engineering Explained: Building a Foundation for Structured Requirements by Yuri Chernak  - - -  Aspect-oriented requirements engineering (AORE) is a new methodology that can help us further improve the analysis, structure, and cost of development of software requirements. The second part of this two-part series focuses on the AORE specification techniques.

* Tues June 2nd 2009 Wade Lee  on  Selling Agile to a Customer (a repeat of his presentation of May 2008)

A Panel of Experts at Agile Philly

On Thurs March 26

Topic              A Panel of Experts      Featuring
                                       Corey Haines
                                       Ken Pugh
                                       Mike Vizdos
                                       Jim York
                                       Brian Marick

For more info, go to http://www.AgilePhilly.com
 
Corey Haines
Corey Haines is an active member in the software craftsmanship movement, focusing his attention on post-apprenticeship activities. He currently specializes in Ruby, but will pair in just about any language you want.

Ken Pugh
Ken Pugh is a fellow consultant with Net Objectives. He consults, trains, mentors, and testifies on technology topics ranging from object-oriented design to agile software development. He has written several programming books, including the 2006 Jolt Award winner, Prefactoring, and has served clients from London to Sydney.

Mike Vizdos
Mike Vizdos of the Implementing Scrum cartoons has worked in all aspects of the system lifecycle. Michael speaks, draws and writes about various process IT-related topics and he is a Certified Scrum Trainer.

Jim York
Jim York specializes in Lean and Agile thinking while training executive, management, and delivery teams. With more than 20 years in IT, Jim blends his experience in Scrum, Agile Project Management, Lean Software Development, Extreme Programming, and traditional project management to deliver customized "just-in-time" training to teams. As a Certified Scrum Trainer and member of the Scrum Alliance, Jim actively contributes to the advancement of the Scrum methodology.

Brian Marick
Brian Marick is the author of The Craft of Software Testing, which promotes test design techniques, and how testers support the team, as well as unscripted exploratory manual testing. He was an author of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development and was the second chair of the Agile Alliance board of directors.

Date / Time:
Thursday March 26, 2009
6:30 PM, start to gather.
7:00 PM, meeting.
8:30 PM, end, go to Shula's, a cash bar at the hotel

Logistics and Directions to the Conshohocken suburb of Philadelphia

Note that there will be no food or drink provided.  No RSVP needed.
There is a charge for parking of $3.00 per hour.
http://www.phillyemergingtech.com/directions.php

Philadelphia Marriott® West
111 Crawford Avenue
West Conshohocken, PA 19428
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=111+Crawford+Avenue,+West+Conshohocken,+PA+19428&sll=39.84993,-75.447922&sspn=0,359.945068&ie=UTF8&ll=40.069303,-75.308919&spn=0.007603,0.013733&z=16&iwloc=addr

From any direction, whether from the Schukyll I-76 or the Blue Rte I-476, you will be getting off onto Matson Ford Road.

Then Right at the light onto Rte 23 Front Street (It’s a big intersection.  The incline in front of you is the bridge, so you don’t want to go straight here.)

Next Left puts you onto Crawford Avenue.
Quick Left into the driveway of the hotel.  Parking garage is on the right.
                           ===================================
Southbound / Eastbound on the Schukyll I 76 = Exit 331 B Stay to the right and get off onto Matsonford Road
Northbound / Westbound on the Schukyll I 76 = Exit 332, get onto Matsonford Road
Blue Route I 476 Northbound = Exit 16A get onto Matsonford Road
Blue Route I 476 Southbound = Exit 16 Stay to the right and get off onto Matsonford Road
 
Future meetings to announce
A tentative look at Upcoming Agile Philly meetings and other interesting events . . .

* Tues May 5th 2009: Agile Philly, Requirement Composition Tables, (similar to Dependency Structure Matrix presentation at Philly JUG on April 29th 2008 http://phillyjug.jsync.com/meetings/mapping-the-architecture-of-applications-frameworks-and-databases-with-a-dependency-structure-matrix-dsm-by-neeraj-sangal ) This is a joint meeting with SPIN Software Process Improvement Network  (same location at Siemens where we heard Mary Poppendieck)

The meeting on May 5th will be a joint meeting with SPIN, the Software Process Improvement Network (Assoc for Software Quality), and will be at Siemens in Malvern (where we heard Mary Poppendieck last year).

 
http://www.asqphilly.org/spin/SPIN.html
 
A paper by our speaker for May 5th, Yuri Chernak, was selected as the feature article for the March issue of SQE.  View Page 40 online at http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/sqe/bettersoftware_0309/ 

 
His article Aspect-oriented Requirements Engineering Explained: Building a Foundation for Structured Requirements by Yuri Chernak  - - -  Aspect-oriented requirements engineering (AORE) is a new methodology that can help us further improve the analysis, structure, and cost of development of software requirements. The second part of this two-part series focuses on the AORE specification techniques.

Tues June 2nd 2009 Wade Lee  on  Selling Agile to a Customer (a repeat of his presentation of May 2008)

Final reminder to RSVP for the March 18th meeting

Meeting info at
http://www.dvcug.org/meetings2009/mtgtopic03.htm

RSVP at
http://www.dvcug.org/forms/registerform.htm

Reminders about March 18th and March 19!

The DVCUG March 18th Morning Meeting includes Breakfast.
$ 40.00 Member
$ 50.00 Non-Member
$ 50.00 Not Pre-Registered
This meeting will be covering RSE Remote System Explorer and the development tools for V6R1. To
register and to find out more information,

Meeting Registration
http://www.dvcug.org/meetings2009/mtgtopic03.htm

Or
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dvcug/files for the files
section of the DVCUG forum.

        ==============================
The WAM March Meeting is Thurs March 19th.

A Power Day Of DB2 WebQuery for System i
With Paul Lambert

This one-day seminar explores topics that will help enhance your
skill sets and abilities in System-i WebQuery environment, covering
DB2 WebQuery for System i

This presentation is a review of the purpose, benefits and implementation
strategies for DB2 Web Query. A discussion of the architectural concepts
surrounding DB2 Web Query will be the launch point for the presentation. We
will then build a compelling reason for using DB2 Web Query as a means of
implementing a Query Reporting System that is browser based. One of the
cornerstones for this product is its OLAP feature. The System i community
has been looking for years for that Web killer app, DB2 Web Query could be
that application for 2009. Come and join us and see "DB2 Query the next
generation".


Topics include:
1. DB2 Web Query overview
2. Let's get started
3. Report Assistant
4. Active reports
5. Converting existing query reports
6. Installation and management
7. Graph Assistant
8. Developer's Workbench
9. OLAP
10.HTML Layout Painter
11.Power Painter
12.Performance
13.Tips and techniques
14.Advanced database topics


Paul Lambert is a former IBM'er and is currently teaching classes for IBM in
the System-i world, and a past presenter at JAM.

These seminars start at 8:30 AM and ends at 5:00 PM and will be held on:
March 19 - College Park - Holiday Inn at US 1 and The Beltway

The course fee is $285 for non-user group members and $250 for user group
members. This fee offering is a special arrangement between Washington Area
Midrange Users Group and MidAtlantic Midrange. Members of other
iSeries/AS400 User groups may also apply under the user group rate.

12023 Blackberry Terrace., North Potomac, MD 20878.

For any further questions or reservations, contact K.B. Soni at 301-590-7121
or email kbsoni@....

F.Y.I. other iSeries education, this one is in College Park below
Baltimore

Paul Lambert coming to WAM on March 19 for a
WebQuery for System-i Seminar
"A Power Day Of DB2 WebQuery for System I"

             This one-day seminar explores topics that will help enhance
your skill sets and abilities in System-i WebQuery environment.  Paul
Lambert is a former IBM'er and is currently teaching classes for IBM in
the System-i world.  He's a past presenter at JAM.  During this packed
seminar we will be covering the very timely topics of:

                                DB2 WebQuery for System i

This presentation is a review of the purpose, benefits and
implementation strategies for DB2 Web Query.  A discussion of the
architectural concepts surrounding DB2 Web Query will be the launch
point for the presentation. We will then build a compelling reason for
using DB2 Web Query as a means of implementing a Query Reporting System
that is browser based. One of the cornerstones for this product is its
OLAP feature.  The System i community has been looking for years for
that Web killer app, DB2 Web Query could be that application for 2009.
Come and join us and see "DB2 Query the next generation".

Topics on the agenda include:

   1. DB2 Web Query overview

   2. Let's get started

   3. Report Assistant

   4. Active reports

   5. Converting existing query reports

   6. Installation and management

   7. Graph Assistant

   8. Developer's Workbench

   9. OLAP

  10.HTML Layout Painter

  11.Power Painter

  12.Performance

  13.Tips and techniques

  14.Advanced database topics






March 19 - College Park - Holiday Inn at US 1 and The Beltway These
seminars start at 8:30 AM and ends at 5:00 PM and will be held on:

The course fee is $285 for non-user group members and $250 for user
group members. This fee offering is a special arrangement between
Washington Area Midrange Users Group and MidAtlantic Midrange.  Members
of other iSeries/AS400 User groups may also apply under the user group
rate.



Name: ___________________________________________________________



Company:________________________________________________________



Address:_________________________________________________________



City: _________________________________   State: _____   Zip: __________



Office Phone: ____________________________    Fax:
___________________________



Email address:
_____________________________________________________________



Please circle the date of the session you plan on attending.

Please mail completed form with check to: MidAtlantic Midrange,
Conference Services,

12023 Blackberry Terrace., North Potomac, MD 20878.

For any further questions or reservations, contact K.B. Soni at
301-590-7121 or email kbsoni@....

The DVCUG March Meeting has been announced for the morning of Weds
March 18th.  This postponed December meeting will still be covering
RSE Remote System Explorer and the development tools for V6R1.  To
register and to find out more information,

Meeting Registration
http://www.dvcug.org/meetings2009/mtgtopic03.htm


Here is a link to the flyer suitable for your company bulletin
board.  It is in the files section of the yahoo groups, to advertise
it to your coworkers, friends and family!

http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/0OqRSQ3-a4XJ13rzzooy4xYxvQzjqeOSTeV-
EK3ys-A9wRXmICNYI0ss25rq5pFsVsQQUEDlKpwvHTLQeipI/DVCUG%20031809%
20flyer.pdf

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dvcug/files    for the files
section of the DVCUG forum.

Here is a link to the flyer suitable for your company bulletin board.  It is in the files section of the yahoo groups, to advertise it to your coworkers, friends and family!

http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/ANsmSc669_IArigCgHTKPsYkRVaGGAWgWUBgpP6_VDvcVSVErDLR4OkR0eJxv8QSkOXbFu5d5imcyzYzC0I0/dvcug.121008.flyer.pdf

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dvcug/files    for the files section of the DVCUG forum.

There is a morning seminar coming up on Wednesday December 10th, and is only $40 for members of DVCUG, which is a really good price .  It is again at West Chester University PA.

Speaker:              Don Yantzi of IBM

Topics:              What's New for RPG in IBM i 6.1

Location:          West Chester University Graduate Business Center

Direction Link:   http://www.wcumba.org/facilities/facilities/directions_to_wcu_graduate_business_center/

                          Wednesday December 10th  

Cost:               $40.00 Full Members

Register By:     Friday, December 5, 2008  at www.dvcug.org

Please note DVCUG's refund policy  - DVCUG Purchase/refund policy: Please be sure you can attend before prepaying. DVCUG cannot provide refunds since your entire payment goes towards the meal we order for you. If you pre-register and do NOT attend the meeting, you will be billed for the Full Meeting Registration Fee if not Prepaid.

Frank Soltis, one of the fathers of the System 38 and the AS400 is going to retire.  This really is not news, but the e-zines are playing it up.

http://blogs.systeminetwork.com/isnblogs/maxedout/2008/11/frank_soltis_calls_it_quits.html

And our sister User Group in the Washington - Baltimore area remind you that if you are going on Dec 4th, you should confirm now !

"iSeries Web Development - State Of The Art Options" with Don Denoncourt
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Practical Web Services" - Don Denoncourt provides an overview of web
services technologies and practical advice on tooling, strategies, and
deployment options. This presentation will also cover how to simplify
Web Services and SOA with a compelling alternative known as
Representational State Transfer. Unlike SOAP-based web services, it is
easy to implement a REST-based web service with RPG.

"Building Upscale Web Apps with RPG and AJAX" - Don Denoncourt overviews
techniques, strategies, and frameworks required to provide a rich user
interface for RPG-based business applications.

"Web-enabling RPG with Java Server Faces and Groovy and Grails" - In
this presentation Don Denoncourt will introduce you to Java Server Faces
(JSF) and then demonstrate how to write a Java Server Faces front-end to
the Acme Orders RPG application written by Scott Klement. Don will
finish the presentation by showing how to write a Groovy and Grails
front-end to the same Acme Orders application.

"RAD Web Development with Open Source Tools" - Are you undecided about
what technology to use for Web development? Discover the Grails
open-source framework that provides rapid application development for
Web applications. This presentation will show you how to generate a
maintenance application for legacy System i files in 5 minutes. You will
see how Grails is built on top of the best-of-breed Java frameworks.
This session will describe how to program Grails with the intuitive JVM
language called Groovy. You will also see how to use Eclipse, WDSc, or
RDi SOA as your IDE. Finally, the seminar also describes how to deploy
Grails to any Web application server (such as WebSphere or Tomcat) on
your favorite platform.

"Modernizing a System i Database: Your Key Asset" - This presentation
will explain why you need to modernize your database. It will overview
SQL's data definition language and then explain how to convert your
DDS-files to SQL-tables using both freely available and commercial
tools. Don will cover the DDS-to-DDL gotchas and then overview how to
move your business rules from RPG to your database.

-======================================================-

Don Denoncourt is the author of Java Application Strategies for the
AS/400 and iSeries and AS/400:Java at Work (MC Press). Don's third book,
Linux Web Hosting, was written as a college textbook for IBM's Partners
In Education. Don has authored over a hundred articles on Java, Linux,
and Web technologies for a variety of magazines including Midrange
Computing, iSeriesNews, and WebSpherePro. He is also the Java Subject
Matter Expert for Common. Don has taught over 1,000 hours of Java
seminars to AS/400 and iSeries programmers in various cities across the
country.


This course will be held on December 4, 2008 and will be presented at
the Holiday Inn in College Park on US1 and the Beltway. Class starts at
8:30 and ends at 5:00.


The course fee is $295 for non-user group members and $270 for user
group members. This fee offering is a special arrangement between
Washington Area Midrange Users Group and MidAtlantic Midrange. Members
of other AS/400 User groups may apply under the user group rate.



Name: ___________________________________________________________



Company:________________________________________________________



Address:_________________________________________________________



City: _________________________________ State: _____ Zip: __________



Office Phone: ____________________________ Fax:
___________________________



Email address:
_____________________________________________________________




Please mail completed form with check to: MidAtlantic Midrange,
Conference Services,

12023 Blackberry Terrace., North Potomac, MD 20878.


For any further questions or phone reservations, contact K.B. Soni at
301-590-7121 or send email to kbsoni@....

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What I find interesting is that the presenter, Don Denoncourt, whom I
follow,
   is not talking about "DB2 Web Query for Iseries"


--- Original Message ---
Date: 10/28/2008
From: "Don" <dr2@...>
Subject: [WAM-Announce] WAM Announces - Don Denoncourt with an update in
The latest of web technologies for iSeries

"iSeries Web Development - State Of The Art Options" with Don Denoncourt


"Practical Web Services" - Don Denoncourt provides an overview of web
services technologies and practical advice on tooling, strategies, and
deployment options. This presentation will also cover how to simplify
Web Services and SOA with a compelling alternative known as
Representational State Transfer. Unlike SOAP-based web services, it is
easy to implement a REST-based web service with RPG.

"Building Upscale Web Apps with RPG and AJAX" - Don Denoncourt overviews
techniques, strategies, and frameworks required to provide a rich user
interface for RPG-based business applications.

"Web-enabling RPG with Java Server Faces and Groovy and Grails" - In
this presentation Don Denoncourt will introduce you to Java Server Faces
(JSF) and then demonstrate how to write a Java Server Faces front-end to
the Acme Orders RPG application written by Scott Klement. Don will
finish the presentation by showing how to write a Groovy and Grails
front-end to the same Acme Orders application.

"RAD Web Development with Open Source Tools" - Are you undecided about
what technology to use for Web development? Discover the Grails
open-source framework that provides rapid application development for
Web applications. This presentation will show you how to generate a
maintenance application for legacy System i files in 5 minutes. You will
see how Grails is built on top of the best-of-breed Java frameworks.
This session will describe how to program Grails with the intuitive JVM
language called Groovy. You will also see how to use Eclipse, WDSc, or
RDi SOA as your IDE. Finally, the seminar also describes how to deploy
Grails to any Web application server (such as WebSphere or Tomcat) on
your favorite platform.

"Modernizing a System i Database: Your Key Asset" - This presentation
will explain why you need to modernize your database. It will overview
SQL's data definition language and then explain how to convert your
DDS-files to SQL-tables using both freely available and commercial
tools. Don will cover the DDS-to-DDL gotchas and then overview how to
move your business rules from RPG to your database.

-=======================================================================
======================-

Don Denoncourt is the author of Java Application Strategies for the
AS/400 and iSeries and AS/400:Java at Work (MC Press). Don's third book,
Linux Web Hosting, was written as a college textbook for IBM's Partners
In Education. Don has authored over a hundred articles on Java, Linux,
and Web technologies for a variety of magazines including Midrange
Computing, iSeriesNews, and WebSpherePro. He is also the Java Subject
Matter Expert for Common.  Don has taught over 1,000 hours of Java
seminars to AS/400 and iSeries programmers in various cities across the
country.


This course will be held on  December  4, 2008 and will be presented at
the Holiday Inn in College Park on US1 and the Beltway.  Class starts at
8:30 and ends at 5:00.


The course fee is $295 for non-user group members and $270 for user
group members.  This fee offering is a special arrangement between
Washington Area Midrange Users Group and MidAtlantic Midrange.  Members
of other AS/400 User groups may apply under the user group rate.



Name: ___________________________________________________________



Company:________________________________________________________



Address:_________________________________________________________



City: _________________________________   State: _____   Zip: __________



Office Phone: ____________________________    Fax:
___________________________



Email address:
_____________________________________________________________




Please mail completed form with check to: MidAtlantic Midrange,
Conference Services,

12023 Blackberry Terrace., North Potomac, MD 20878.


For any further questions or phone reservations, contact K.B. Soni at
301-590-7121 or send email to kbsoni@....

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If you are a IT manager in the System i marketplace, and do not know where your next batch of young talent will come from, then this is your chance to influence the future.

Have you ever said, "I can't find anyone to hire who knows... System i... or AIX... or Java.. .or COBOL... or RPG... or DB2... or SQL... or Web development, etc., etc.??

There is an important IBM Academic Initiative roundtable hosted by IBM and DeVry University - Ft. Washington, PA. regarding building skills you need in their current and future students.  IBM's Academic Initiative is focused on increasing the pipeline of Power (i & p) and mainframe (z) skills available to our clients and partners.

Your help is needed with an exciting new initiative with DeVry University
-- the Power Systems and System z Academic Initiative programs are collaborating with DeVry to develop a new Enterprise Computing track in their CIS program focused on our technologies.  This new track will be introduced in 2009, and as part of our work with DeVry they requested that we hold local roundtables in a few of their primary locations to demonstrate that our clients do indeed need Power and mainframe skills!

These round tables are an opportunity for IBM clients and partners to discuss with DeVry the skills they need for an educated IT work force.  

A roundtable with DeVry in Ft. Washington, PA is planned for Wednesday, October 29th at their campus from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. (lunch included).  It is for both Power(i,p) and mainframe(z) customers and partners.

DeVry is seeking your input.  Now is your chance to ask for skills to be taught that you actively seek.

Please RSVP for the DeVry-Ft. Washington roundtable by sending your contact information to:  Darlene Rose ( mailto:darlenerose@... ).

Thanks for your help - by working together we can help increase the skills pipeline!  For more information on the Academic Initiative program and roundtables, see the flyers at the links below.
 
Questions?  Feel free to contact Janet Ruffin at jhruffin@....  

Linda Grigoleit
Program Manager, Power Systems Academic Initiative
IBM Systems and Technology Group
email:  lfg@...
Tel:  507-253-7508   Fax:  507-253-4815   TL:  553
Location:  3605 Hwy 52 North, Rochester, MN  55901

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dvcug/files/FtWashingtonInvitation.pdf

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dvcug/files/AI_Academic_Network.pdf

For those who drive down to Washington to attend their All-Day Education
Seminar held in November (like me), it is now official .... they will
not be having it this year.

So if you are interested in their offering about Programming, the
upcoming Event on August  21st is the only one available.
http://www.wash-midrange.org/seminars/lambert0808.shtml

The next event will be sometime in September and will be on Systems
Management.


--- Original Message ---
Date: 8/4/2008
From: "Don" <dr2@...>
Subject: [WAM-Announce] JAM 2008

Due to the declining attendance at JAM, we decided not to have a JAM 2008
this year.

Instead we're going to be offering 2 - 1 day seminars covering what is
the most popular track series's at JAM:  RPG and Systems Management.

The RPG Update seminar is on August 21 and the details are at
http://www.wash-midrange.org/seminars/lambert0808.shtml


The Systems Management seminar will be in September and I'll have that
announcement out shortly.


Thanks and we look forward to seeing you folks at the Seminars.


D.Rima
WAM
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      MidAtlantic Midrange next continuing education seminar, is August 21st with Paul Lambert.
        $250 for User Group members, including DVCUG members.
 

        A Power Day Of RPG Update - The Latest Of RPG
        With Paul Lambert  
        Thurs August 21, $250

      This one-day seminar explores topics that will help enhance your skill sets and abilities in System-I RPG in the latest V6R1 technology environment.  During the seminar we will be covering the timely topics:

RPG IV Check point - Review of the features from V5R1 to V6R1
        It's time to catch our breath, its been more than 5 years since V5R1 and some of us have yet to review and implement some of the new language extensions given. This session will give us a systematic review of the major features implemented in RPG IV ILE compilers since V5R1, culminating with "Free Form RPG". We will discussion IBM's motivation to continue to improve and evolve the language. What is the impact of these new features in modernization, re-architecting, and re-engineering your application?  And most important the reason move forward why it is important to embrace and implement many of these new features.

Modernizing My RPG Programs
        "Modernizing My RPG Programs" what does that really mean? It depends on where I am. We will discuss assessment strategies. We will discuss methodologies for implementing new features and programming techniques that provide value to the organization. Why modular coding? What should we focus on when we modernize our programming? Should performance be a consideration when modernizing?  Should Embedded SQL be in the equation to modernize? This Web-Services thing does RPG participate well? Or should I leave it to my network and PC people to do those things. We will discuss what many of your options are to many our questions.

Tools, Techniques and Coding
        The Tools that are needed to make an impact on your inventory of (legacy) programs are numerous. We will focus on a few, as well as show techniques which allow you to develop your own tools. Today PDM and SEU is not enough. If you don't have an "Impact Analysis Tool" and a "Data Modeling & Analysis Tool" you can't modernize efficiently.  We will discuss your options. We will review the features in WDSc 7.0 and WDSc 7.0 Advanced Edition which address modernization. RDi 7.1 why it is a better alternative than WDSc 7.0 for modernization. In addition to we discuss other vendor tools that present

the similar functionality.   All of these tools impact "Techniques and Coding Styles", we will discuss the efficient means generating code and managing code

How does RPG fit with Java and Web development
        The days are over when RPG was a poor fit to participate with JAVA and Web Development. We have many tools both from IBM and third parties that help bridge the gap between RPG and JAVA. We discuss are RPG language extensions that allow it to invoke Java methods, as well as a Java Class ability to invoke RPG sub-procedures and program. We do it all; a RPG program can be a Web Services (WDSc Web-Services Wizard). This can be accomplished in just a few minutes. This will be discussed and demonstrated. One of the draw backs to using RPG and Java together was performance issue we will discus how this has changed and other options. This will be an exciting discussion, because to goal is to protect your investment in your current programming technology.

        Paul Lambert is a former IBM'er and is currently teaching classes for IBM in the System-i world. 
        He's a past presenter at the Washington WAM-JAM.

        Thursday Aug 21 - in College Park - at the Holiday Inn at US 1 and The Beltway
        This seminar starts at 8:30 AM and ends at 5:00 PM

        The course fee is $285 for non-user group members and $250 for user group members. This fee offering is a special arrangement between Washington Area Midrange Users Group and MidAtlantic Midrange.  Members of other iSeries/AS400 User groups may also apply under the user group rate.

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If you have been following the buzz on the WDScL listserv, there have been alot about EGL.   http://archive.midrange.com/wdsci-l/     http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/wdsci-l

Other industry magazines have also talked a lot  about EGL = Enterprise Generation Language. 

Remember 4GL ?  And IBM's Visual Age product?  Well, they still exist in the WDSc v6 and WDSc V7 and the upcoming RDi-SOA editor.

IBM's EGL editor is for writing business logic in an abstraction layer above "everything", and then make it deployable to different environments.  So if you are writing Green-screens or Reports, then the wizards generate COBOL code.  If you change the environment of the business process to be web-deployed, then it generates Java and JSF pages. (That's Java Server Faces, a kind of JSP.)  If it is a standalone app for Windows (remember RPG for Windows) then it generates a "Rich UI" with AJAX.

The product and language has been around for about 2 years, but now it is getting a lot of attention.  It is very exciting stuff.

In fact, on May 22nd, author and instructor Joe Pluta is having a one-day seminar in College Park MD on EGL.   This is sponsored by our sister group Washington Area Midrange, at the cost to user group members of $250.

http://www.wash-midrange.org/seminars/pluta0805.shtml

I guarantee you that you will be hearing more about it, things like Gee, this EGL stuff looks a lot like RPG Free-Form, and it gets the job done, and is what it promises.

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Some other info on EGL, some by Joe Pluta:

Developing EGL Applications for the System i  (Joe Pluta)

Using EGL and RPG Together (Joe Pluta)

The Business of EGL (Joe Pluta)

Using EGL to Build AJAX Apps (Joe Pluta)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_Generation_Language

http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/i5/april07/developer/12353p1.aspx

http://www-01.ibm.com/software/success/cssdb.nsf/CS/WJBN-73UQN7

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/products/egl/

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/04/r-3190/egl_overview2.pdf

For the do-it-yourselvers wanting to learn EGL, bookmark these tutorials at:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/products/egl/egldoc.html

Jon Sayles has loads of stuff that is free (600 page tutorial docs, a 900+ slide powerpoint)

http://www.jsayles.com/ibm/EGL%20Language%20and%20QuickStart%20Tutorial%206.0.1.1.doc

http://www.jsayles.com/ibm/

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It is with sadness that we acknowledge the passing of Al Barsa, friend of DVCUG and long-time presenter at DVCUG functions.

Al Barsa passed away in his hotel room last week while attending COMMON in Nashville.  Our condolences go out to his family, friends and associates. 

We at DVCUG always counted him as a good friend, a very likeable guy, a straight shooter (he was well known for asking IBM-ers tough questions at COMMON face-offs),  and especially as a friend of DVCUG whom we could always count on for our annual education day and our monthly meetings, and we all enjoyed the insight he included with presentations (can you spell Work With System Values?).    He will be missed.

More info is at his local user group, the Long Island group http://www.lisug.org

        LPAR - From Start to Finish             by  IBM's Dennis Zimmerman

            MidAtlantic Midrange has an interesting education seminar coming up at User Group Rates.

            This one-day seminar explores the issues regarding the planning, implementation of LPAR's on an i5/OS system.  The seminar will be part lecture and part live demonstration on a live system.

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        Basics of Logical Partitioning

When can you have more than one system within one eServer System i ? When it has been logically partitioned. See how to use a Hardware Management Console

(HMC) to create and manage a logical partition. This feature is very beneficial for running multiple releases on the same machine, testing a new

release, testing PTFs, testing new versions of your applications, separating application data or running AIX or Linux on your eServer System i and more!

This session will describe logical partitioning and show how you can have an eServer System i with multiple personalities.

        eServer System i Logical Partitioning by Example

In this session see a big picture overview of planning and installing a managed system and creating a partitioned environment before actually

creating a secondary partition as you watch. See activation of the partition and view allocated resources.  If time permits see how to move resources

between partitions with Dynamic Logical Partitioning (DLPAR). Also see how the Hardware Management Console (HMC) can be used as the console for a

partition.

        Advanced Topics for eServer System i Logical Partitioning (LPAR)

In the session learn about new function for LPAR such as:
*        Donated dedicated processors
*        Virtual shared processor pools
*        Host Ethernet Adapters (HEA)

        These are going to be very power packed sessions and will cover a lot of real estate.

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Dennis Zimmerman has thirty plus years with IBM and has worked as a Customer Engineer (CE), Program Support Representative (PSR), Systems Engineer (SE), IT Specialist and eServer System i Instructor.  He worked for several years with the Rochester iSeries Technology Center (iTC) specializing in implementation and education of Backup, Recovery and Media Services (BRMS), then implementation and education of eServer System i Logical Partitioning (LPAR) for iSeries 8xx

(Power 4 Hardware) and later eServer System i (Power5 Hardware). Dennis currently works for STG Education developing courses and teaching classes on

Hardware Management Console (HMC), LPAR and BRMS.

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        Seminars start at 8:30 AM and ends at 5:00 PM and will be held on:

        April 14 - College Park - Holiday Inn
        April 15 - Richmond - Homewood Suites - Airport

The course fee is $295 for non-user group members and $270 for user group members.  A cancellation fee of $50 will be assessed for cancellations

within 7 days of the event.  This fee offering is a special arrangement between Washington Area Midrange Users Group and MidAtlantic Midrange.

Members of other i5/OS User groups may also apply under the user group rate.

For any further questions or reservations, contact K.B. Soni at 301-590-7121 or email mailto:kbsoni@....
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        MidAtlantic Midrange,
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        It was announced at the DVCUG All-Day Seminar that for the next meeting Weds Feb 27th that Jackie Jenson will be talking for 2 hours on IBM's Web Query product.  ( There seems to be a lot to the product. )

        And as always, give us some feedback on the All-Day Seminar (what you liked, what you didn't, and if you did not go to it, what topic or speaker would have brought you to it.)  Simply respond to this email.

DVCUG 26th Annual Educational Seminar
December 5, 2007, Sheraton Park Ridge of King of Prussia

480 North Gulph Road, King of Prussia, PA US 19406
(When getting off the PATurnpike at Valley Forge (Exit 326), 
use the First Right Exit onto Rte 363 .aka. Gulph Road. Second building on the right.)
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Early Bird Registration $150 by November 18th for current members

Track 1: Java Track – Planet J
   Session A: Building System i5 web applications
   Session B: Building B2B and B2C applications with iSeries data
   Session C: Building real-time System i5 Executive dashboards
Track 2: HMC Related Track – Pete Massiello
   Session A: HMC, i5, FSP, Firmware:
   Session B: How to cleanup your System i
   Session C: What to do to make your System i perform better
Track 3 : System Management Track – Al Barsa
   Session A: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about System Values
   Session B: AS/400 Save While Active
   Session C: ABC’s of OS/400 System Management

Schedule for Wednesday December 5th
7:30 – 8:30 Registration
8:30 – 9:30 KEYNOTE: Getting Ready for V6R1 by Al Barsa
9:30 – 10:00 BREAK
10:00 – 11:45 Session A
11:45 – 1:00 LUNCH
1:00 – 2:30 Session B
2:30 – 2:45 BREAK
2:45 – 4:30 Session C
Beverages & snacks served during registration and between sessions. Lunch included.

Questions: Contact: Denise Ketzes (302) 285-0730   FAX: (302) 285 0730

Link to PDF of the Brochure to download the application
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