Adabas & Natural Virtual User Group Meeting, April 27

Adabas & Natural User Group North America

Apr 27, 2023, 3:00 – 6:00 PM (UTC)

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Let’s get together! Join your peers, Software AG experts and special guests from Snowflake and SemperTech for our first virtual Adabas & Natural User Group Meeting of 2023, starting Thursday, April 27 at 11:00 AM Eastern.

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About this event

Adabas & Natural is future ready, now! Discover how you can optimize, modernize & transform your Adabas & Natural systems with practical tips based on real-world experience. We have a packed agenda covering a range of topics, including special guests, Robert Latham from Snowflake and David Gahring from SemperTech, Inc. 

Join us as we explore:

  • Adabas & Natural 2050+ commitment to innovation and roadmap
  • How technology health assessments are helping identify potential risks and opportunities
  • Modernize by unlocking legacy and mainframe data to leverage Snowflake on AWS
  • New features for Adabas & Natural on Linux and the cloud
  • Enhanced security and administration features
  • How to access SQL Server from Natural
  • Options to skill up your staff
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.

We believe will be a great opportunity to learn from Adabas & Natural experts, connect with other professionals and gain valuable insights into the latest trends and technologies. We hope to see you at 11:00 AM EST on Thursday, April 27!


Download event presentations here!


Speakers

  • Guido Falkenberg

    Software AG

    SVP Adabas & Natural Product Management

  • Wayne Lashley

    Software AG

  • Robert Latham

    Snowflake

    Sr. Technical Sales Manager

  • David Gahring

    SemperTech Inc.

    President

  • Eric Wood

    Software AG

    Principal System Engineer

  • Bob Jeffcott

    Software AG

  • Patrick Gould

    Software AG

    Chief Architect

  • Helen Kretzmann

    Software AG

    Sr. Technical Support Analyst

  • Douglas Kelly

    Software AG

  • Julie Rowe

    Software AG

    Principle Consultant

Moderators

  • Becky Albin

    Software AG

    IT Architect

  • Nicole Ritchie

    Software AG

    Adabas & Natural Product Marketing

When

When

Thursday, April 27, 2023
3:00 PM – 6:00 PM (UTC)

Agenda

3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Welcome
Becky Albin
3:05 PM
Software AG: The Connected Enterprise
Wayne Lashley
3:10 PM
New product innovations for Adabas & Natural 2050+
Guido Falkenberg, SVP Product Management for Adabas & Natural
3:20 PM
Have you scheduled your Health Check?
Becky Albin
3:30 PM
Why share your legacy data with Snowflake on the AWS Cloud
Robert Latham from Snowflake and Eric Wood explore how you can benefit from sharing data on the mainframe with cloud data stores.
4:00 PM
Team Eclipse or Team Green Screen, which one are you?
Patrick Gould explores your options as the default Natural editor changes with Natural 8.2.8 end of support.
4:10 PM
Where the heck is it? Navigating online training & developer resources
Websites, training portals, YouTube videos galore, the Tech Community and a new Developer Community where you can share code! Nicole Ritchie untangles the options and shows you how to quickly access the latest free resources to help you learn more and train new staff.
4:20 PM
Break
4:30 PM
Monitor across platforms with Adabas Manager
Adabas Manager allows users to interactively monitor and change aspects of Adabas databases and the Entire Net-Work that operate on one or many Linux, Cloud, Windows and mainframe hosts from one management console. Patrick Gould and support engineer, Helen Kretzmann, explore how.
4:50 PM
Did you know you can access SQL Server from Natural?
Dave Gahring, President of SemperTech Inc. joins Bob Jeffcott to explain how Natural can work with relational databases, even from the mainframe.
5:10 PM
Adabas & Natural on Linux and the Cloud, who knew? What else is there?
Julie Rowe and Douglas Kelly from Professional Services unpack undiscovered features for Adabas & Natural. Discover options to run on Linux and the cloud. Explore how to improve security with role-based access control (RBAC) for Adabas and create longer passphrases for Natural on the mainframe, Linux and cloud.
5:35 PM
Did you catch all the enhancements to Natural 9.1 and 9.2?
Patrick Gould reveals what’s new in the latest releases of Natural, including exciting new administration and programming features.
5:55 PM
Q&A and Closing

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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