From Legacy to Leading Edge: Adabas and Natural Virtual Spring Meeting

Adabas & Natural User Group North America May 15, 2024, 3:00 – 6:00 PM (UTC)

Virtual event
Adabas Natural

About this event

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect with your fellow users and experts and take your Adabas & Natural systems to new heights!

Join us as we explore:

  • Latest innovations and updates for the Adabas & Natural 2050+ commitment
  • Data Strategies: Synchronize and virtualize data with ease
  • Modernize Natural applications
  • Agile development with Virginia DMV
  • and much more

Be sure to scroll down 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.

Featured Presentations

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Speakers

  • Arno Theiss

    Software AG

    General Manager Adabas & Natural Business Unit

  • Eric Wood

    Software AG

    Principal System Engineer

  • Eli Cohen

    Software AG

    Natural Product Management

  • Helen Kretzmann

    Software AG

    Sr. Technical Support Analyst

  • Julie Rowe

    Software AG

    Principle Consultant

  • Mark Combs

    Software AG

    VP Professional Services

  • Kurt Hansen

    Software AG

    Director, Global Support Americas - ETS

  • Demos Economacos

    Software AG

    Solution Architect

  • Danie Bierman

    Software AG

    Legacy Modernization & Integration Advisor

  • Josh Elkins

    Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles

    Lead Software Engineer

Moderator

  • Becky Albin

    Software AG

    IT Architect

When

When

Wednesday, May 15, 2024
3:00 PM – 6:00 PM (UTC)

Agenda

3:00 PM
Welcome
Becky Albin & Arno Theiss, General Manager Adabas & Natural
3:15 PM
A journey to agile development – VA Department of Motor Vehicles
Hear how the Virginia Dept of Motor Vehicles is embracing Software AG tools to modernize the development of mainframe applications by applying agile, scrum and sprints. Discover how modernizing the applications and user experience has increased customer and employee satisfaction.
3:35 PM
Achieve application high availability in a distributed architecture
Maximize the uptime of your business applications with the new Natural Availability Server. Learn how to achieve high availability and seamless failover for Natural apps in Linux and cloud environments.
3:55 PM
Build skills with IBM Z XPlore & Software AG
Upskill or reskill employees or hire new enthusiasts to close the skills gap. Discover how IBM is nurturing mainframe talent with its IBM Z XPlore learning platform, available at no charge. Find all the Software AG resources available to help train new Adabas DBAs and Natural programmers.
4:15 PM
Quick Break
4:25 PM
Quickly modernize Natural applications for the web with Natural for AJAX
Bring modern applications to your end users to increase acceptance and productivity! Discover how to accelerate delivery of new web-based applications with modern user interfaces using NaturalONE. A single developer can create modern user interfaces that tie into existing and new back-end business logic. See how this approach increases the value of your Natural development team.
4:45 PM
Natural APIs and other hints
We'll explore the SYSEXT utility, a tool that offers supported APIs for accessing and potentially modifying data, or for executing services that Natural statements do not cover.
5:05 PM
Data Unleashed: Virtualization and Synchronization for Mission Impact
Data integration is a strategic requirement to drive new business and digital transformation initiatives. The ability to move and share data is becoming a competitive differentiator. CONNX provides rapid results with comprehensive data integration capabilities across distributed and heterogeneous data landscapes.
5:25 PM
Adabas DBA 101 | How to deal your DD Cards
Helpful hints from Global Support on where to locate Adabas session information that will be useful when debugging an issue on z/OS.
5:45 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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