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Ransomware is now the IT world’s most common and serious risk. This is true for all computers on corporate networks including IBM i systems, even if they are disconnected from the Internet.
When ransomware attacks, the whole organization can be shut down.
At Raz-Lee’s secure lab, we will show you the results of a ransomware attack on an IBM i computer.
We invite you to see how the attack was done and the damage it could cause to corporate network computers, including IBM i.
We will show you the attack again, this time with our protection software active. iSecurity/Anti-Ransomware detects and halts, the attack before it can cause serious damage to the IBM i.
About the Speaker:
Shmuel Zailer,
Co-Founder & CEO/CTO
Shmuel Zailer is a renowned expert in System i technology, and has been with Raz-Lee Security since 1987. Over the past 30 years, he has successfully developed, sold and marketed System i-related optimization and performance software products, including the iSecurity product line. Prior to this, Mr. Zailer managed the software departments of two large corporations.
In addition, he has in-depth knowledge in the field of computer performance, and served as a consultant to international companies in this area. Mr. Zailer is a veteran of the Israeli Defence Army’s elite computer unit, and holds a BA degree in Computer Science and Economics from Bar-Ilan University.
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You are already using – or want to use – an enterprise monitoring solution?
Your existing IBM i controls (or the one you developed) do not completely satisfy you?
Why not take a look at the ‘Control for i’ plugin?
‘Control for i’ is a product developed by IBM i people for IBM i people but it also helps to reconcile with the team managing the company’s monitoring solution!
In this webinar you’ll see how it’s possible to easily BOOST your existing enterprise monitoring solution with ‘Control for i’.
You’ll discover:
With ‘Control for i’ you can:
Hundreds of partitions are monitored with the help of ‘Control for i’…. Existing customers appreciate:
And… they are happy that IBM i is better monitored than other OS!
About the Speaker:
Pascal Ruckebusch,
Founder & CTO, M81
Pascal Ruckebusch has 29 years of experience on IBM i and in the development of system products: 1000+ IBM i active partitions were equipped with products designed and/or maintained by Pascal before creating M81 ! There are now 350 more with M81 products …
M81 is an ISV (Independent Software Vendor) based in France with Resellers/integrators in 12 countries in EMEA and the Americas.
In this session, you will learn about MiWorkplace, the graphical development environment for IBM i, and at least five reasons why you should not be coding in the green screen anymore.
About the Speakers:
Wim Jongman,
Chief Technology Officer & Co-Managing Partner
Wim Jongman is the chief technology officer and co-managing partner at Remain Software and has over 25 years’ of experience developing leading solutions for customers’ evolving needs in workflow and change management. He is passionate about the latest trends in the industry and is in charge of demonstrating Remain’s capabilities through customized demos and implementations for Remain’s worldwide customer base.
Hans Beverwijk,
Senior Consultant
Hans Beverwijk is Senior Consultant at Remain Software. He’s responsible for the support of the Remain solutions to its worldwide customer base, as well as the demonstration of Remain’s capabilities through customized demos and implementations.
Have you ever thought of building a new IBM i LPAR with complete operating system in a couple of minutes? Or maybe you were thinking how to perform Virtual I/O Server operations directly from the green screen? Or maybe you don’t feel comfortable in creating and managing LPARs through Virtual Partition Manager?
Join Cloud Walkers session and get familiar with LPARKit. The tool which simplifies IBM i LPAR creation on any type of infrastructure, supports IBM i cloning functionality which does not require an external storage.
The demo will show you how to:
About the Speaker:
Bartlomiej Grabowski,
Founder, Cloud Walkers
Bartlomiej Grabowski known as Bart. IBM Champion and Platinum Redbook author. With over 16 years of experience in various worldwide solutions Bart founded Cloud Walkers company which delivers tools for IBM i. He is a frequent speaker presenting at technical conferences and events. He runs also the technical blog www.theibmi.org
Modernization doesn’t have to mean risky overhauls, business process interruptions, long implementation
delays, or investing large sums of money on new hardware and software. Your modernization project should
be well planned with specific goals and objectives listed out.
Join LANSA’s Solution Engineer Eugene King on Thursday, 14 January 2021 at 15:00 CEST for A Deep Dive into App Modernization on the IBM i.
During Eugene’s live demo, he will create a composite back-office web application from scratch using Visual LANSA’s application framework (VLF-One), RAMP and aXes.
The demo will show how to:
Visual LANSA developed applications can be deployed across any hybrid mix of IBM i, Windows and Cloud
(AWS/Azure) platforms. So, no lock-ins or silos.
About the Speaker:
Eugene King,
Solutions Engineer, LANSA
Eugene King is a LANSA Solutions Engineer and has over 20 years’ experience helping customers modernize their existing applications. He is responsible for demonstrating LANSA’s capabilities through custom demos, implementations of a proof concept and delivery of pilot programs. He also works on development projects and stays current on the latest trends and technologies in the industry.
Thursday 3 December 2020, 15.00 CET
It’s no secret that applications that take advantage of web and mobile drive great business value. Nick Hampson and Greg Patterson have spent a better part of their careers helping IBM i clients achieve this by overcoming key challenges such as knowing what to modernize, where to start and how to integrate and future-proof your systems. The good news is that modernizing your IBM i green screens has never been easier. Technologies can automate a lot of the work, but the paradigm shift from green screen to GUI poses some great questions for IBM i users.
Join Nick and Greg for a deep dive on Thursday, December 3rd at 15:00 CET.
Topics they will cover:
● Understanding how your current applications work
● The paradigm shift of green screen to GUI development
● Practical examples of where to start your project
● How to integrate existing IBM i apps with other systems and net new
● Leveraging existing applications for extended functionality or new development
● Integrating modern technology i.e. open source, PHP, Node.js, Bootstrap, Java & more
About the Speakers:
Greg Patterson
IBM i Modernization Specialist
Greg Patterson has been in the IT field for 18 years, the last 11 with Fresche Solutions where he is currently a Modernization Specialist. In addition to business development activities, Greg also coordinates pre-sales technical demonstrations and discussions, performs business analysis and is sometimes involved at the coding level for specific projects.
Nick Hampson
Senior Product Manager
Nick has extensive experience in Design, UX, Product Management, Innovation and Pre-Sales. Focused on bringing the business value of design and UX to IBM i customers and the community at large, Nick is recognized as a UX expert on IBM i. He also describes himself as a geek and a bookworm with interests in design, psychology, neuroscience, physics, engineering and mathematics, and given a little free time, he is also a keen target Archer.
Tuesday, 03 November 2020, 14:00 CEST
Andrew Simpson
Andrew has worked in the computer software industry for over 25 years starting off as a programmer to development manager moving to technical consulting and then to a pre-sales engineering role. He is currently a Principal Sales Engineer at Rocket Software focusing on modernization, optimization and process improvement solutions for enterprises within the EMEA region.
15 October 2020, 14:00 CEST
2 minutes for a daily Save21?
An Instant Copy to refresh Tests environments?
SnapShots to get Recovery copies?
Yes, all this is possible with IBM i !!!
M81 has developed a system product – ‘Flash for i’ – which manages from the IBM i the phenomenal external storage function: FlashCopy (= Instant Copy or SnapShot).
Triggered from the IBM i you can:
clone your partition disks in less than 2 minutes,
boot a new partition using these disks,
use this partition for many things:
[1] to do backup: with your programs, without / with BRMS, even a SAVE21!
[2] to create environments for Tests, Validations, Pre-Prod, Anonymisation,
[3] to execute SQL queries or extract data,
[4] to keep N copies every day for Recovery, Rollback, CDP.
‘Flash for i’ automates, manages, monitors, reports and logs all operations.
‘Flash for i’ runs already on 200 IBM i partitions in 12 countries!
About the Speaker:
Pascal Ruckebusch,
Founder and CTO of M81
29 years of experience on IBM i and in the development of system products:
~ 1000 IBM i active partitions are equipped with products designed and/or maintained by Pascal before creating M81 ! There are now 300 more with M81 …
M81 is an ISV (Independent Software Vendor) based in France with Resellers/integrators in 12 countries in EMEA
24th September 2020, 14:00 CET (13:00 GMT)
Most organizations are seeking better, faster ways to deliver powerful new digital experiences for their customers and employees. When you rely on legacy IBM i applications, this often requires piecing together capabilities from a mix of traditional and modern application architectures and technologies. Transforming your RPG and CA 2E (Synon) applications to modern languages is one way to enhance these core applications while embracing open source, cloud, web and AI technologies.
Join Fresche’s Nick Hampson and Chris Koppe for this webinar to learn how you can modernize applications at much lower cost and risk than rewriting or replacing while building on the investment in your customized systems. They will cover the various stages of a transformation project:
About the Speakers:
Chris Koppe
Senior VP, Transformation and Modernisation Services
Chris Koppe is widely recognized as a thought leader in IBM i modernisation and is a regular speaker at conferences, events, and in webinars. Since joining Fresche in 1988, he has helped hundreds of companies worldwide develop and execute successful application management and modernisation strategies, across a variety of platforms, languages, databases, and technologies.
Nick Hampson
Senior Product Manager
Nick has extensive experience in Design, UX, Product Management, Innovation and Pre-Sales. Focused on bringing the business value of design and UX to IBM i customers and the community at large, Nick is recognized as a UX expert on IBM i. He also describes himself as a geek and a bookworm with interests in design, psychology, neuroscience, physics, engineering and mathematics, and given a little free time, he is also a keen target Archer.
Thursday, 16 July 2020, 16:00 CEST
Steve Will doesn’t always talk about IBM i architecture, but when he does, people tell him that it’s “just the AS/400.” Since Steve knows that’s not true, he’s on a mission to set the record straight.
Back by popular demand, Steve joins IBM Power Champion Tom Huntington on Thursday, July 16, to pinpoint the architectural advancements that prove IBM i is, in fact, not just AS/400—it’s much more.
During this one-hour webinar, you’ll learn how this platform got its start and where it’s headed next, including:
The tech evolution continues. Don’t miss a moment as the saga unfolds!
About the Speaker:
Steve Will
Chief Architect for the IBM i operating system at IBM.
Steve is an award-winning speaker, author of a top IBM i blog, and one of the most sought-after voices at customer briefings and events. Steve has worked on IBM i and its predecessors since before the creation of the AS/400.
Tuesday, 7 April 2020, 14:00 CET
Future-proofing IT is one of many challenges facing organizations who run IBM i systems. As an IT leader, you need to prioritize initiatives such as improving agility and taking advantage of modern digital technologies such as AI, mobile, cloud, big data and analytics, application modernisation and transformation.
Please join Fresche’s Chris Koppe and Nick Hamson for this session where they will highlight how to align IT initiatives with key business objectives. They will also discuss how IT leadership can lead their organization into a digital era and why so many companies are focused on digital transformation.
You will learn about:
They will also discuss the different products and solutions available for organizations to build out their digital strategy and start innovating for the future, as well as the outcomes you can expect based on the approach that you take.
About the Speakers:
Chris Koppe
Senior VP, Transformation and Modernisation Services
Chris Koppe is widely recognized as a thought leader in IBM i modernisation and is a regular speaker at conferences, events, and in webinars. Since joining Fresche in 1988, he has helped hundreds of companies worldwide develop and execute successful application management and modernisation strategies, across a variety of platforms, languages, databases, and technologies.
Nick Hampson
Senior Product Manager
Nick has extensive experience in Design, UX, Product Management, Innovation and Pre-Sales. Focused on bringing the business value of design and UX to IBM i customers and the community at large, Nick is recognized as a UX expert on IBM i. He also describes himself as a geek and a bookworm with interests in design, psychology, neuroscience, physics, engineering and mathematics, and given a little free time, he is also a keen target Archer.
17th March 2020 15:00 CET (14:00 GMT)
Common Europe is offering another exciting webinar for FREE as one of the benefits of
your Common Europe membership.
IBM i processing at your business doesn’t look the same today as it did when you started
20,10, or even 5 years ago. IBM i workload has grown and new technologies make
processing more complex.
The free WRKJOBSCDE (Work Job Schedule Entry) command on IBM i allows you to
build batch jobs, but it can’t handle dependencies. IBM’s Advanced Job Scheduler (AJS)
has more features, but it can’t communicate across other platforms and lacks the
reporting you need for today’s regulations and dependencies. It’s time for a change.
Today’s IT teams need automation tools that can help them plan for tomorrow instead of
playing catch-up. During this webinar, IBM i experts Tom Huntington and Ash Giddings
introduce you to the final phase of your automation evolution: Robot Schedule. With
Robot Schedule, you can easily:
Import IBM i schedules into Robot Schedule rules
Manage schedules from a GUI or web interface
Integrate troubleshooting into a single user interface
Monitor files and directories on IBM i, Windows, Linux, and UNIX
Report on forecasting and flowcharting for management
It’s time to move away from older IBM tools toward a modern, integrated solution.
Robot Schedule is ready to go! Are you?
About the Speakers:
Tom Huntington
Executive Vice President of Technical Solutions
HelpSystems
Tom Huntington has been with HelpSystems for nearly 30 years. He works with business
alliances, acquisitions and large customer relationships and ensures that the
HelpSystems software works with other major software and hardware vendors worldwide.
Tom often speaks on enterprise scheduling, security, automation topics, IBM i
technology, and the HelpSystems products, and hosts technical presentations on a
variety of automation topics. He is the author of the HelpSystems IBM i Marketplace
Survey and has written articles on automated operations, security, cloud computing, and
business intelligence for leading trade journals and newsletters. He was named an IBM
Champion in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 for over three decades of advocation
and thought leadership on the IBM i platform.
Ash Giddings
Pre-sales Specialist
HelpSystems
With more than 25 years of experience in the IT industry and coming from an operational
background, Ash Giddings has worked for some of the largest data centers in Europe
and has advised large companies in the U.S. on major projects to save costs and
improve efficiencies. He began his career on IBM Mainframe before moving onto
midrange systems such as IBM i and AIX and then Windows and Linux. His technical
background has enabled him to find solutions for challenging IT problems. Ash is a
regular speaker at international conferences and industry events.
Original Broadcast, Tuesday, 2 July 2019
Do you ever find yourself thinking, “There has to be a better way to do this?”
With automated analysis and modernization tools, you can reduce the time spent managing IBM i applications and onboarding new developers, move projects forward faster, and reduce the risks involved in making changes to your code.
In this webinar, Fresche’s Stephen Flaherty demonstrates the business value derived from application documentation, analysis and better understanding of your IBM i applications.
You’ll see:
About the presenter:
Stephen Flaherty
Fresche Solutions
Following 25 plus years of work in the IBM arena, starting with the System 38, with exposure to AS/400, iSeries and now the IBMi, Stephen Flaherty has added numerous projects to his portfolio, all specializing in RPG coding. The opportunity he has had to be a part of multiple ERP packages such as JD Edwards, Mapics, PRISM, HFA, and MacPac, in addition to several EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) packages such as Trusted Link, Inovis, and GXS, make him a great asset to the pre-sales team at Fresche for the American market. His current role as a Technical Engineer enables him to ensure the best communication between sales and new and existing customers on a variety of products, helping clients transform or update their systems through individual strategies.
Original broadcast -Tuesday, 4 June 2019
ServiceNow Discovery locates applications and devices on your network, and then updates the Configuration Management Database (CMDB) with the information it finds. However, it does not address the traditional IBM mainframe or IBM i systems, leaving your organization with a critical blind spot.
Join us on Tuesday 4th of June at 13.00 to learn how Syncsort’s Ironstream for ServiceNow extends the ServiceNow discovery process to include mainframe and IBM i data, helping companies to have a complete view of their environment enabling them to deliver consistent, reliable, and efficient service to their users.
We’ll also be explaining how to::
About the presenter:
Trent Gregor
Trent has over 25 years in the software industry with a key focus on the IT Operations Management (ITOM) marketplace and today’s leading modern enterprise platforms. Now part of the Syncsort team, Mr. Gregory was formerly President and Chief Corporate Evangelist at EView Technology and has held various key roles in both private and global public organizations including: IBM, the PGATour, NetTech, and Nortel Networks.
Original broadcast -Tuesday, 30 April 2019
In order to modernize your RPG code and bring IBM i applications development into the 21st century, you also need to modernize your application development environment and move away from PDM/SEU.
Rational Developer for i (RDi) is the only editor from IBM that fully supports all that today’s RPG can do. But that’s not the only reason to move from the green screen PDM/SEU editor to RDi.
Don’t miss this live webinar where RDi evangelists and educators Susan Gantner and Charlie Guarino provide a quick, hands-on tutorial for six of their favourite features in RDi, including:
HelpSystems will also share a sneak preview of the roadmap for upcoming RDi features.
The future is integrated development environment (IDE) tools like RDi. It’s time to move away from green screen tools and deliver truly modern applications faster than ever.
We look forward to having you join us on 30th April!
About the presenters:
Charlie Guarino
President, Central Park Data Systems
Charles Guarino believes in the power of IBM Power Systems. His career reflects his interest in bringing the platform and its solutions to others. Charles started his professional journey as a department of one. Today, he is serving individuals on a worldwide basis though his consulting work and award-winning speaking engagements. Charles is a true people person and can often be found at conferences sharing his expertise in RDi and other IBM i topics.
Susan Gantner
Partner, Partner400
Susan Gantner is an IBM i evangelist, developer, educator, and author. She specializes in modern development techniques and tools, primarily with RPG and Rational Developer for i (RDi).
As part of Partner400, she delivers customized education offerings for IBM i shops and local user groups. She is also part of System i Developer, co-hosting the semi-annual RPG & DB2 Summit events.
Susan co-authored of two IBM redbooks on modern RPG coding and you can find online a wide variety of her articles and blog posts about RPG, RDi, and Db2 for i written for IBM Systems Magazine, IT Jungle, and others. She has been honored as an IBM Champion for Power Systems for many years.
Original broadcast -Tuesday, 2 April 2019
Security best practice and regulatory compliance are a constantly moving target. In this webinar, Jeff Uehling, Syncsort’s Product Management Director for security solutions and former architect for the security functions in the IBM i OS, shares what he has learned in his over 30 years of experience about best practices necessary to secure your IBM i server.
You’ll learn:
Whether you are a systems security officer or an IBM i system administrator, you don’t want to miss this webinar.
About the presenters
Jeff Uehling
Product Management Director, Syncsort Security
Jeff Uehling is Syncsort’s Product Management Director working directly with the Syncsort security product suite. He has more than 30 years of experience working in security technology for the IBM i, and predecessor systems. Jeff previously worked in the IBM i OS development group, specifically as lead architect of the security development team in Rochester, Minnesota. His previous responsibilities at IBM included architecture, design and development of IBM i security. He has also served as a council member of the IBM security technical community. Jeff’s primary interests lie in the area of system integrity and now, given the current business environment, cryptography and compliance.
Original broadcast – Thursday, 31 January 2019
As the deadline looms for Client Access to go out of service (April 2019) and organizations move to using Access Client Solutions (ACS), many IT professionals are asking questions about ACS deployment.
Can features be limited? Can we customize the deployment so that administrators receive all features and everyone else receives limited features? How can ACS be deployed so users can’t change the configuration?
IBM i pro Steve Sisk joins Carol Woodbury to demonstrate the ACS deployment process and answer these and other questions about securely deploying ACS.
About the presenters:
Carol Woodbury
Vice President of Global Security Services at HelpSystems
Carol is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), and has her PCIP certification. She is also a member of the ISACA organization and has been named IBM Champion for her thought leadership on the IBM i platform.
With over 25 years of experience in IT security, Carol is known worldwide as an expert in the area of computer security. During her career, Carol has architected security solutions for Fortune 100 companies as well as small- and medium-sized organizations. Carol is passionate about making sure the solutions implemented meet the customers’ needs—a passion that first started with her business, SkyView Partners, and is now part of her position as VP of Global Security Services at HelpSystems.
Carol is an architect, designer, implementer, educator, and an award-winning speaker and author with specialties in IBM i, i5/OS, OS/400, AS/400, iSeries, AIX, and Linux security and compliance. She is known worldwide as an author and speaker on security technology, specializing in IBM i security issues.
Steve Sisk
Senior Security Strategy Consultant at HelpSystems
Prior to joining HelpSystems in 2016, Steve has held a variety of positions including lead architect for an IBM Global Services Strategy team, solution architect and lead engineer designing and implementing solutions for compliance requirements of general controls, PCI DSS and HIPAA in large IBM i installations of numerous organizations. Steve’s experience spans supply chain, finance, health care, insurance, ecommerce, retail, utilities and manufacturing. Steve holds the PCI Professional certification.
Original broadcast – Wednesday, 7 November 2018
Get insider tech tips on the most helpful features of Backup, Recovery and Media Services for i (BRMS)! What if your IBM i came equipped with a tool that could help you automate and manage backup/recovery across your enterprise IBM i environment? What’s that, you say? It’s called BRMS for i? That’s right!
BRMS is already available as a licensed program product (LPP), yet many IBM i shops are not taking full advantage of its best features, which can speed their backups and recoveries and ease day-to-day backup management.
Register to attend this webinar where Debbie Saugen, former IBMer and leading BRMS technology expert, highlights its most helpful features, such as:
About the presenters:
Debbie Saugen
Director of Business Continuity Services
Debbie Saugen is Director of Business Continuity Services at HelpSystems. Debbie is recognized worldwide as an expert on IBM i backup and recovery, disaster recovery, and high availability.
A COMMON Gold Medal Speaker, she enjoys sharing her knowledge speaking at conferences and user groups, along with publishing articles. Debbie is passionate about solving business continuity issues and providing the best solution for customers. Today, Debbie Saugen leads the business continutiy services team at HelpSystems. Whether you’re just getting started with business continuity for IBM i or you already have software solutions in place, Debbie and the rest of our team can provide the attention and expertise your system needs so you don’t have to.
Donnie MacColl
Director of EMEA Technical Services
Donnie MacColl is Director of EMEA Technical Services at HelpSystems. He has worked for more than 25 years in the IT industry, initially specializing in the management of IBM systems in manufacturing and logistics companies, and later in his career developing expertise in network and enterprise management.