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

Name: From Legacy to Leading Edge: Adabas and Natural Virtual Spring Meeting
Start: 2024-05-15T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-05-15T14:00:00-04:00

Adabas & Natural User Group North America May 15, 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 PresentationsTo view presentation slides, please visit this TechCommunity Knowledgebase page

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

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

See bio

Nicole Ritchie

Software AG

Product Marketing

See bio

Renata Gober

Adabas & Natural Marketing

See bio

Contact Us

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

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

About this event

Featured Presentations

Speakers

Arno Theiss

Eric Wood

Eli Cohen

Helen Kretzmann

Julie Rowe

Mark Combs

Kurt Hansen

Demos Economacos

Danie Bierman

Josh Elkins

Moderator

Becky Albin

When

Agenda

Organizers

Patrick Gould

Nicole Ritchie

Renata Gober

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