North America Adabas and Natural Spring User Group Meeting

Adabas & Natural User Group North America Apr 24, 3:00 – 7:00 PM (UTC)

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Join us for the Spring Adabas & Natural User Group Meeting! Discover the latest updates, real-world success stories, and expert insights to help you optimize and modernize your Adabas & Natural environment. Whether you want to explore new capabilities, learn modernization strategies, or maximize system performance, this event is packed with valuable knowledge.

ABOUT THIS EVENT

The Adabas & Natural Spring User Group Meeting is your opportunity to connect with peers, gain practical insights, and stay ahead of the latest developments. Our expert-led sessions will provide valuable knowledge about Adabas & Natural, including product enhancements, modernization strategies, and real-world use cases—all designed to help you optimize and future-proof your systems.

Join us as we explore:

• Recent enhancements and new capabilities in Adabas & Natural

• Innovations shaping the future of Natural development

• Best practices for system health checks and optimization

• How organizations are leveraging Adabas data for multi-channel applications

Speakers

  • Arno Theiss

    Software AG

    General Manager Adabas & Natural Business Unit

  • Becky Albin

    Software AG

    IT Architect

  • Arno Zude

    Software AG

    Sr. Principal Software Engineer

  • Dana Sherbondy

    Software AG

    Principal Technical Support Engineer

  • Eli Cohen

    Software AG

    Natural Product Management

  • Efrain Ascanio

    Software AG

    Professional Services Sales Director

  • Wayne Lashley

    Software AG

  • Renata Gober

    Software AG

    Senior Manager, Field Marketing

  • Patrick Gould

    Software AG

    Chief Architect

When

When

Thursday, April 24, 2025
3:00 PM – 7:00 PM (UTC)

Agenda

3:00 PM
Welcome - Arno Theiss & Becky Albin
3:15 PM
What’s New in Adabas v8.6 - Arno Zude
This session will go over the main enhancements in Adabas 8.6, which was released in October 2024, and add-on products such as Event Replicator for Adabas, Adabas Auditing, and Adabas Review.
3:55 PM
A&N License Keys – Part Deaux (the REST of the story) - Dana Sherbondy
License keys continue to be a key area of support and discussion. This session will cover license key requirements for both mainframe and other operating systems, along with the latest updates and best practices.
4:10 PM
Chile Post-Office Use Case: Modernizing Natural Applications with Natural for AJAX - Efrain Ascanio
Did you ever wonder how to Modernize your mission critical application? Offering a nice modern UI while keeping the crucial functionalities that support your day-to-day business. How to get away from the Legacy Category and provide a better look for new users across the company. Join us to learn how the Chile National Post office went from green Screen to a modern web-based system while keeping the same stability and performance
4:40 PM
Break
4:50 PM
Innovating Natural – Exploring the Future - Eli Cohen
Get a first look at Software AG’s latest research-based innovations for Natural under exploration. Learn about Natural AI Code Assistant for intelligent coding, the Natural for Visual Studio Code Extension for a modern development experience, Natural for MQ for seamless IBM MQ integration, and Natural REST API for effortless RESTful service creation. Join us as we explore these cutting-edge advancements shaping the future of Natural development.
5:15 PM
Adabas & Natural Health Checks - Wayne Lashley
You take your car in for a 30,000-mile check-up. Why not do the same for your A&N systems? It’s easy – and free – with an IT Health Check from Software AG. In this session, we’ll talk about the Health Check process and what results to expect.
5:30 PM
Unlocking Data Potential with CONNX - Patrick Gould & Renata Gober
CONNX helps businesses seamlessly connect, access, and integrate data from multiple sources—on-premises or in the cloud—without disrupting existing systems. In this session, we’ll introduce the CONNX Hands-on Lab, a guided experience where users can practice real-time data integration, querying, and transformation in a test environment. We’ll also highlight our Training Platform, where users can access resources to deepen their overall knowledge of Software AG’s products.
5:55 PM
Wrap up and resources - Becky Albin
If you have specific topics you would like us to cover, or if you are interested in presenting at upcoming meetings, please do not hesitate to email us at adabas.natural@softwareag.com.

Organizers

  • Rebecca Albin

    Senior Director Systems Engineering

  • Renata Gober

    Adabas & Natural Marketing

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