Adabas and Natural Fall User Group Meeting, North America

Adabas & Natural User Group North America Nov 14, 2024, 4:00 – 7:00 PM (UTC)

Virtual event
Adabas Natural

About this event

Join us for the Fall Adabas & Natural User Group Meeting for North America. Get practical tips based on real-world experience from your peers and product experts. We are delighted to have IBM, Husbanken, and Roger Stock from Boston University join us to share their experiences.

Join us as we explore:

- How to cost-effectively increase capacity

- IBM AI innovations and role of IEEE Hot Chips

- Best practices to mitigate risks of mixed product installations

- Doing more with managed services

- Leveraging CONNX to power new, multi-channel apps

- Levels of protection for Adabas & Natural on Linux and IBM Z 


Be sure to scroll down below for a detailed view of the agenda! If you have specific topics you would like to hear covered, or if you are interested in presenting at upcoming meeting, please do not hesitate to email us at adabas.natural@softwareag.com.   

Speakers

  • Arno Theiss

    Software AG

    General Manager Adabas & Natural Business Unit

  • Becky Albin

    Software AG

    IT Architect

  • Patrick Gould

    Software AG

    Chief Architect

  • Julie Rowe

    Software AG

    Principle Consultant

  • Eric Wood

    Software AG

    Principal System Engineer

  • Miguel Pujol

    Software AG

    Sr. Principal Support Engineer

  • Roger Stock

    Boston University

    Assistant Director of Systems Administration & Mainframe

  • Lars-Erik Bjørk

    Husbanken

    Tech Lead and Developer

  • Kristoffer Jacobsen

    Husbanken

    Full Stack Developer

  • Kelly Yang

    IBM

    AI on IBM Z Product Manager

When

When

Thursday, November 14, 2024
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM (UTC)

Agenda

4:00 PM
Welcome
Becky Albin & Arno Theiss, General Manager​
4:15 PM
The Junior Developer's Guide to Legacy System | Husbanken
A talented young group of developers from Husbanken share how they successfully made the transition of skills from one generation to the next.
4:35 PM
AI Innovations with IBM zNext
Kelly Yang, AI on IBM Z Product Manager at IBM, will provide a high-level overview of the latest in IBM zNext. This session will cover the IBM z16 and the Telum processor, along with recent Hot Chips announcements on Telum II and Spyre. Kelly will also highlight IBM’s evolving software ecosystem, designed to support advanced AI workloads.
5:05 PM
Adabas & Natural, EntireX mixed installations: Separated but not divorced | Miguel Pujol​
The Software AG Installer, Update Manager and Command Central have been updated to ensure they meet the current technical standards and system requirements. As part of this change, Group A (e.g., Adabas & Natural) and Group B (e.g., EntireX) products must be separated into different installation directories when applying fixes or upgrades. Miguel Pujol from Support will share best practices for accomplishing this task – and how to make sure your NaturalONE applications are not impacted.
5:25 PM
Quick Break
5:35 PM
Adabas & Natural, EntireX mixed installations (continued)​
5:55 PM
Easing your workload with A&N Managed Services | Julie Rowe
Julie Rowe from Professional Services share how to leverage Software AG Managed Services to accelerate outcomes.
6:15 PM
Transforming mainframe efficiency: A case study from Boston University | Patrick Gould & Roger Stock, Boston University​
Patrick Gould, Systems Engineer, presents an overview of Software AG’s products, while Roger Stock, Assistant Director of Systems Administration & Mainframe at Boston University, discusses how the university tackled growing capacity demands during a recent mainframe upgrade. He highlights the strategies employed to reduce costs, enhance performance, and increase capacity—ultimately allowing the university to handle double the student registration processing load seamlessly.
6:35 PM
Layers for protecting Adabas & Natural on IBM Z & Linux | Becky Albin & Julie Rowe ​
With almost daily announcements of security breaches, make sure your data and applications are properly secured. In this session, Becky Albin and Julie Rowe will introduce several layers of security for both Adabas and Natural on the Mainframe or Linux.
7:00 PM
Event Wrap up and resources

Organizers

  • Patrick Gould

    Software AG Government Solution

    Chief IT Architect

  • Nicole Ritchie

    Software AG

    Product Marketing

  • Renata Gober

    Adabas & Natural Marketing

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