COMMON POWERUp 2024

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COMMON POWERUp 2024

THE BEST IBM i & POWER SYSTEMS EDUCATION.When you come to POWERUp, you’ll be able to customize your experience. Choose from 300 sessions, covering over 20 areas of IT, when you plan your schedule. Visit the largest Expo of its kind and meet the experts behind the solutions. Attend social events to meet renowned speakers and peers alike. This conference is structured to give you the pure education and professional connections needed to best enhance your career. Are you ready to POWERUp?

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10:15am CDT

383: Maintaining an IBM i Development Staff in a Changing World

For a long time, IT was treated as a cost center in many businesses. Now, your IT team should be a business asset, and should be treated like one from a business perspective. In this session we will examine how to maintain a development staff effectively in a post-pandemic world. Topics covered will include:
• Experience breakdown of a dev team
• Managing turnover as a business risk
• Telecommuting pros/cons
• Staff development
• Managing expectations/shop standards
• Finding talent

Learning Objectives:
1. Better manage an IBM i development staff
2. Manage attrition/turnover as a business risk
3. Find talent

Speakers

Brian May

Vice President of Product Management, Profound Logic

Professional IT Leader, Speaker and WriterSpecialties:Team Building, Development and RetentionTechnical SalesSolutions ArchitectureSoftware DevelopmentEnterprise Systems Manufacturing ProcessesApparel IndustryAccounting Principles

Maintaining an IBM i Dev Staff pdf

Monday May 20, 2024 10:15am - 11:15am CDT
Meeting Room 203B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

IT Leadership and Management

Session Level All
Digital Badge IT Strategy
Audience IT Management trying to overcome staffing issues as more IBM i talent retires.

11:30am CDT

137: BRMS - How It Can Save YOU!

Backing up your system can be critical for disaster recovery, data recovery, and audit. Managing it manually can be daunting and apt to failure. Learn how BRMS can save the day and automate many essential tasks (some that you may not be doing).

Learning Objectives:
What is BRMS
How can it help essential tasks:
Disaster Recovery
You deleted what?
Audit
First steps to make the move

Speakers

Jeffrey Carey

Sr. System Administrator, Ensono

Jeff Carey is an IBM i professional with over 25 years of experience on the platform, specializing in system administration. He currently is a Senior System Administrator for Ensono, a company providing managed services for Mainframe, IBM i, Cloud, and hybrid IT, headquartered in... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2024 11:30am - 12:30pm CDT
Meeting Room 203B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

High Availability Resilience

Session Level Beginner
Digital Badge HA/DR
Audience IT professionals who need to backup or restore data from IBM i systems.

2:45pm CDT

379: Foundations of IBM i Security Defense

The most important step in crafting any successful IBM i security strategy is identifying the practices and tools that will serve as the foundation for your security efforts – because until you do – all other security measures can be easily undermined.

Fortunately, this first step is simple. At the core of every successful IBM i security strategy is the exact same set of fundamentals – no matter what size your organization is or what industry you’re a part of.

Learning Objectives:
1. The importance of building your IBM i security foundation
2. What this foundation consists of
3. How to prioritize the layers of defense you implement

Speakers

Sandi Moore

Sr. Solutions Engineer, Fortra LLC

Sandi has been working with Fortra customers for over 20 years supporting systems monitoring and security software. With experience on IBM i, AIX, and Linux, she has been involved in product demonstrations, implementation, support, training, research, and product testing. Sandi is... Read More →

POWERUp 2024 Session 379 Foundations of IBM i Security Defense pdf

Monday May 20, 2024 2:45pm - 3:45pm CDT
Meeting Room 203B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Session Level All
Audience Anyone tasked with addressing security on the IBM i will benefit from this session.

4:00pm CDT

410: Performance Based Workload Management on IBM i

We've all experienced the pain of an untuned, ad-hoc query or poorly written, untested application causing wide-spread pain on a partition. Learn how you can manage and mitigate unruly workloads on IBM i using monitors, watches, workload groups, and more. Learn about the types of activity that can cause performance problems on an IBM i partition, and what can be done to mitigate the impact of that activity.

Speakers

Anil Madan

Sr. Managing Consultant, IBM

Anil Madan is a Senior IBM i Performance Consultant with specialization in system, application and Db2 for i performance management. He is an IBM certified Thought Leader Technical Specialist and an IBM certified Executive Project Manager. Working out of the IBM Expert Labs in Rochester... Read More →

Performance Based Workload Management on IBM i pdf

Monday May 20, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Meeting Room 203B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Systems Management

Session Level All

5:15pm CDT

132: How to Become a Speaker at COMMON

You have a wealth of experience and expertise. Have you thought about sharing your know-how by speaking at COMMON? Speaking at COMMON is fun and a great way to get involved with other members as well as the organization at large. Come join this Question and Answer discussion with members of the Volunteer Excellence Committee. Let's talk about your questions, ideas for sessions or whatever is on your mind. We will share experiences about what it is like to speak at COMMON, successful speaking techniques, preparation steps, etc. You may be the next outstanding speaker at COMMON!

Learning Objectives:

Speakers

Kim Greene

President, Kim Greene Consulting, Inc.

Kim Greene is president of Kim Greene Consulting, Inc. specializing in providing consulting services for the HCL Collaboration Solutions portfolio for IBM i, Windows, and Linux. Kim has over 20 years of experience with IBM Domino and 25 years of experience with the AS/400, iSeries... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2024 5:15pm - 5:35pm CDT
Meeting Room 203B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Developing Business Skills

Session Level All
Audience Anyone looking to speak at a COMMON education offering.

5:50pm CDT

206: Introduction to RDi's Code Coverage Tool

This session will take the mystery out of using Code Coverage. Learn how this tool can help you adequately test your code and help QA with their goal of improving code quality. We cover setup, running and reporting.

Learning Objectives:
1. Understand what this tool can do to help you improve your coding efforts.
2. Demonstrate how this tool can help your Quality Control staff track testing of new modified code.
3. Show more productivity and help make a case for purchasing RDi.

Speakers

Jim Buck

CEO & Head Instructor, imPower Technologies

Jim Buck’s career in IT has spanned more than 35+ years, primarily in college education, manufacturing, and healthcare industries. Past president (13 years) of the Wisconsin Midrange Computer Professional Association (www.wmcpa.org) and has served on several teams developing IBM... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2024 5:50pm - 6:10pm CDT
Meeting Room 203B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Programmer Tools

Session Level All
Audience Any level Developer, Managers, or Quality Control personnel!

8:00am CDT

180: Revving up SQL Performance with Indexes

One of the most important things needed to improve SQL performance is to have the proper indexing over tables, especially as table grow in size. Indexes are so important that the database provides index advice for assistance. However, advice is no substitute for knowledge and proper understanding of indexes. As with all advice, it must be reviewed and good judgment applied on when to create them.

Learning Objectives:
1. Learn about the importance of indexes on SQL performance
2. Learn how to use ACS tools to process Db2 Index Advice
3. Learn a methodology for identifying and ordering the key definition for new indexes.

Speakers

Kent Milligan

Senior Db2 for i Consultant, IBM

Kent Milligan is a Senior Db2 for i Consultant in IBM Technology Expert Labs. Kent has over 25 years of experience as a Db2 for IBM i consultant and developer working out of the IBM Rochester lab. Prior to re-joining the Db2 for i Expert Labs practice in 2020, Kent spent 5 years... Read More →

Revving Up SQL Performance With Indexes pdf

Tuesday May 21, 2024 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Meeting Room 203B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Session Level Beginner
Audience Database engineers and performance analysts as well as SQL programmers trying to improve performance

9:15am CDT

195: No Limits Modern Excel Reports Using RPG-The Whole Story

Our businesses often want reports delivered in Excel format. While there are several ways to create these spreadsheets using RPG, they all have some drawbacks. Writing to the current XLSX format for Excel spreadsheets may seem a formidable challenge, but we will see that the prospect of success is better than it might seem at first. And we will see how to use tools such as CGIDEV2 to accomplish the task of creating these modern, highly-functional spreadsheets.

The first part of this session looks at what you need to get started with this approach. It also looks at the advantages of using CGIDEV2 to create Excel files.

The second part digs deeper into adding more features of Excel to your spreadsheets, optimization, and troubleshooting - what to do with that "unreadable content" message!

Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the internal structure of modern Excel (XLSX) files
2. Begin to get hold of the workings of CGIDEV2 and XML
3. Understand how to design and implement an Excel (XLSX) application
4. Get some idea of just what CAN be done to make even more useful spreadsheets
5. Learn what to do when...

Speakers

Vern Hamberg

Senior Software Engineer, Ecolab, Pest Elimination

Vern has worked on IBM midrange systems for over 30 years, beginning with the System/38 and AS/400. At present he is a senior software engineer for the Pest Elimination division of Ecolab. He serves on the COMMON Americas Advisory Council (CAAC) and SET and is one of the SMEs for... Read More →

OPEN LAB Fast Modern Excel (XLSX) Workbook Creation Using RPG pdf

OPEN LAB Fast Modern Excel (XLSX) Workbook Creation Using RPG docx

Shared Strings Table Resources zip

DIY XLSX Lab setup zip

No Limits Modern Excel Reports Using RPG The Whole Story 2up pdf

Tuesday May 21, 2024 9:15am - 11:30am CDT
Meeting Room 203B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Programming - RPG

Session Level Intermediate
Audience Developers (and their managers) who are asked to create spreadsheets will see a way to get high functionality and good run-time performance.

2:45pm CDT

279: IBM HA/DR Solutions for IBM i

The IBM i HA/DR portfolio covers the spectrum from storage-based solutions to IP based Geographic Mirroring for both on premise and/or in PowerVS. The solution portfolio enables automated fail-over, provides off-line backups and ransomware protection while greatly reducing both CAPX and OPEX compared to the legacy logical replication tools. We’ll cover the options, how they work and how you should position them as well as the latest enhancements. We’ll also discuss Pools 2.0, the CBU and migrating to PowerHA 7.5 from a previous release, GRS in PowerVS and upcoming roadmap.

Learning Objectives:
1. for current PowerHA/FSR/VM Recovery Manager customers, learn what's new and what's coming, on premise and in PowerVS
2. for IT Admins and business partners relatively new to hardware based based HA/DR, learn the basics, what are the outcomes expected from each approach, how does this solution portfolio compare to legacy software replication tools
3. On premise verses PowerVS or Hybrid
4. Be able to make the case to your management on the how and why you want to do this.

Speakers

Steven Finnes

Product Manager, IBM

Steve has spent several years in IBM with positions spanning basic research to product development, product offering and marketing. He is the product offering manager for IBM Power Systems with responsibility for PowerHA for AIX, PowerHA for IBM i and the CBU.

IBM I HADR PowerUp 2024 pdf

Tuesday May 21, 2024 2:45pm - 3:45pm CDT
Meeting Room 203B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

High Availability Resilience

Session Level Intermediate
Audience IT adminstrators

4:00pm CDT

412: IBM i Proactive Performance Preparation

No one plans to have a performance problem. When it next happens to you, will you have the information necessary to identify the root cause of the problem? This session will show you how to be prepared in the event of an unplanned performance problem. It will also discuss ways to avoid that problem from happening in the first place, and how to be notified as soon as possible that a problem may be starting.

Learning Objectives:
1. learn how to configure IBM i performance tools to have the data you need when a problem happens
2. learn how to get notified of potential problems

Speakers

Anil Madan

Sr. Managing Consultant, IBM

Anil Madan is a Senior IBM i Performance Consultant with specialization in system, application and Db2 for i performance management. He is an IBM certified Thought Leader Technical Specialist and an IBM certified Executive Project Manager. Working out of the IBM Expert Labs in Rochester... Read More →

IBM i Proactive Performance Preparation pdf

Tuesday May 21, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Meeting Room 203B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Systems Management

Session Level All

5:15pm CDT

198: The Secrets to Negotiating and Resolving Workplace Conflict

Do you dread the thought of negotiating on your own behalf? Are you unsure of the best ways to handle conflict in the workplace? If you answered yes to either of these questions, then you need to attend this session! We'll cover time-tested techniques for negotiations and conflict resolution that could change your life!

Learning Objectives:
In just 20 minutes, you'll:
- Learn to consider the value of an argument vs the cost
- Find common ground to smooth the negotiation
- Understand that all new ideas are great, and that we all make mistakes
- Show respect and build a reserve of good will to allow everyone to leave the negotiation with their head held high

Speakers

Steve Wolk

CTO, PC Richard & Son

Steven Wolk is the Chief Technology Officer for PC Richard & Son, a family owned and operated chain of 66 appliance and electronics superstores located throughout NY, NJ, CT, and PA. Founded in 1909, PC Richard has always been known for honesty, integrity, and reliability throughout... Read More →

The Secrets to Negotiating and Resolving Workplace Conflict Steven Wolk pdf

Tuesday May 21, 2024 5:15pm - 5:35pm CDT
Meeting Room 203B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

IT Leadership and Management

Session Level All
Audience We can all benefit from the techniques presented in this session!

5:50pm CDT

197: The Secrets to Making the Most of Online Meetings

Now that virtual meetings have become the new normal for so many of us, it's vital that we learn to make the most of this approach to getting things done. Whether you use Zoom, Teams, Webex, or another product, come to this session to learn the secrets to supercharging your online meeting productivity and getting results!

Learning Objectives:
In just 20 minutes, you'll learn:
- How to plan your meeting for success
- How to run your meeting for maximum productivity
- The best ways to take meeting notes
- When and how to end your meeting
- Tips and tricks to maximize your use of technology and supercharge your work from home environment

Speakers

Steve Wolk

CTO, PC Richard & Son

Steven Wolk is the Chief Technology Officer for PC Richard & Son, a family owned and operated chain of 66 appliance and electronics superstores located throughout NY, NJ, CT, and PA. Founded in 1909, PC Richard has always been known for honesty, integrity, and reliability throughout... Read More →

The Secrets to Making the Most of Online Meetings Steven Wolk pdf

Tuesday May 21, 2024 5:50pm - 6:10pm CDT
Meeting Room 203B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

IT Leadership and Management

Session Level All
Audience Anyone who coordinates or attends online meetings

8:00am CDT

365: How to Set Up Your IBM i Environment to Weather the Evolution of Work in 2024

The evolution of work is on every IT leader’s mind, whether it’s in the context of hybrid work, generative AI, or automation. For IBM i teams, though, there’s also the challenge of a shrinking workforce that has deep expertise in IBM i administration and development. The good news is IBM I teams can take advantage of this evolution in a way that not only mitigates the skills shortage business impact but also sets up the organization for success.

Learning Objectives:
In this session, we will discuss what you need to do to take advantage of the trends in the evolution of work, including how to:
• Leverage pipelines to visualize and document your DevOps processes
• Enable 3rd party tried and true tools
• Weave hyper-automation into your every day
• Enable teams to experiment with new tech and IT trends like AI
• Simplify a move to the cloud

Speakers

Jeroen van Dun

Product Manager, Rocket Software

Herman Rensink

Distinguished Engineer, Rocket Software

Wednesday May 22, 2024 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Meeting Room 203B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Session Level All
Digital Badge IT Strategy

9:15am CDT

189: How to set up your IBM I system and applications with a layered security defense using MFA

While the IBM i is more securable than distributed systems, it is still vulnerable to potential security risks. This is especially true as you modernize the applications through API creation to engage the data and applications that live on the system. In this session, we’ll discuss how you can build out a layered defense against security threats, including integrating IBM i with your existing enterprise SSO architecture.

Learning Objectives:
*Why IBM i specific security is critical and how to convince the business it should be part of the security policy
*How to set up MFA for IBM i using MFA
*How to integrate MFA into your applications like terminal emulation, and your SSO infrastructure

Speakers

Tim Hill

Distinguished Engineer, Rocket Software

Tim Hill is a Distinguished Engineer and VP of Engineering at Rocket Software. He’s responsible for security, cloud, and AI/ML products on Power and Z. Technology areas of personal focus include model-based reasoning, deep learning, complex event correlation, network management... Read More →

Hrithik Govardhan

Software Lead, Rocket Software

Long time Rocketeer working in the Security/MFA/Cloud spaces on Power and Z.

PMFA Powerup2024 pdf

Wednesday May 22, 2024 9:15am - 10:15am CDT
Meeting Room 203B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Session Level All
Audience Those who want to ensure data and applications on the IBM i are secure by layering on MFA.

10:30am CDT

389: Fortify and Conquer: Secure Coding Strategies for IBM i Developers

Embark on an exploration of IBM i security challenges as we navigate the dangerous landscape of common vulnerabilities on IBM i. Don't miss the chance to fortify your coding skills and conquer the challenges of secure IBM i development!

In this session tailored for ILE developers (including RPG and CL developers), we'll dissect real-world examples of security pitfalls in our sample software, exploring issues like object authority, adopted authority, and library list vulnerabilities. Discover actionable solutions that empower you to reinforce your IBM i code so it is ready to face threats lurking in the wild.

Learning Objectives:
1. Learn from correcting real-world examples of vulnerabilities in a set of sample applications.
2. Understand the basics of creating more secure software on IBM i.

Speakers

Brian Nordland

Director of Development, Fortra

In addition to his role as Director of Development for Power Development at Fortra, Brian Nordland serves as the technical product manager for PowerHA and Robot HA. Brian has spoken at events, webinars, and user groups—including COMMON—since 2014. He is a co-inventor on multiple... Read More →

Wednesday May 22, 2024 10:30am - 11:30am CDT
Meeting Room 203B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Session Level Intermediate
Audience IBM i software developers

1:30pm CDT

308: Best Practices for Preventing and Recovering from Ransomware

You need to implement a ransomware preventions strategy to protect your IBM i. However, what happens if you do get compromised? What if you could restore back to a point before the ransomware attack occurred?

Come learn about how by the combination of external storage, Flash Copy and logical replication can be used to rewind a large database to a point back in time.

Learning Objectives:
* Understanding Ransomware prevention strategies
* Preventing most common ransomware vulnerabilities
* How to get back to a point before the ransomware attack

Speakers

Barry Kirksey

Principal Sales Engineer, Precisely

Bill Peedle

Principal Sales Engineer, Precisely

Gavriel Meir-Levi

Wednesday May 22, 2024 1:30pm - 2:30pm CDT
Meeting Room 203B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Session Level All
Audience IBM i administrators and security professionals

2:45pm CDT

348: Architecture to Optimize IBM Backup with FalconStor StorSafe Virtual Tape Library

FalconStor® StorSafe® Virtual Tape Library is software that works with any leading backup software, emulating physical tape drives and libraries while shrinking backup images with advanced compression and deduplication. This technical session will present how StorSafe Virtual Tape Library can modernize and optimize AIX and IBM i environments both on-premises and in the cloud. Five use cases will be explored, including on-premises backups, migrating workloads and legacy tapes from on-premises to IBM Power Virtual Server, hybrid cloud backup between on-premises and the cloud, backup and restore for Power Virtual Server-resident workloads, including use of IBM Cloud Object Storage with immutability for Ransomware protection, and replication in Power Virtual Server to another cloud for disaster recovery. Architectural diagrams for technical understanding will be presented and explained.

Learning Objectives:
1. How to optimize IBM i and AIX backup and recovery both on-premises and in the cloud for improved performance and reduced backend storage needs.
2. How to migrate IBM i and AIX workloads to IBM Power Virtual Server.
3. How to help protect against Ransomware with immutability in IBM COS.

Speakers

Niel Balsino

Regional Pre Sales Consultant, Falconstor

Niel is FalconStor’s Regional Pre Sales Consultant and is a systems engineer with 30 years of data center infrastructure experience. Niel began his professional career at UPS, where he first worked on the IBM i platform as an AS/400 Systems Programmer. While at IBM, Niel was a development... Read More →

Paul Cinquegrane

Regional Sales Director, Falconstor

Paul is FalconStor’s Regional Sales Director for the Americas, and his team works with customers and partners on their pressing storage, backup, and infrastructure challenges. Paul started his professional career as a business consultant for PwC Consulting and IBM, and takes a consultative... Read More →

FalconStor POWERUp 2024 Presentation pdf

Wednesday May 22, 2024 2:45pm - 3:45pm CDT
Meeting Room 203B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Systems Management

Session Level All
Audience Both sellers and technical audience offering solutions to IBM customers

4:00pm CDT

332: The Expert’s Guide to Power Systems Cloud Security

Many IBM i organizations are considering a move to the cloud or have already done so, but what does this mean for cybersecurity? Unfortunately, migrating your IBM i workload to the cloud will not eliminate cybersecurity concerns. No matter where your data resides, staying ahead of emerging threats requires a well-planned strategy and the cloud presents unique challenges.

This session will give you valuable insight from IT experts who’ve seen it all—Tom Horan, Vice President of mPower at Meridian IT, and Tom Huntington, Executive Vice President of Technical Solutions at Fortra.

Learning Objectives:
1) The division of security responsibility between customer and cloud provider
2) Cybersecurity best practices specifically for Power systems in the cloud
3) How to best configure your system to optimize performance and security

Speakers

Tom Huntington

EVP of Technical Solutions, Fortra

Tom Huntington is Executive Vice President of Technical Solutions at Fortra, and has been with the company for over 35 years. He helps manage the worldwide Fortra software engineer team that works to integrate and promote our automation and security solutions to partners and customers... Read More →

Tom Horan

Vice President, Cloud & Managed Services, Meridian IT

I consult with clients regarding Cloud and Managed Services.

Wednesday May 22, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Meeting Room 203B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Session Level All
Audience System Administrators, IT Managers, CIOs, IT Directors

5:15pm CDT

403: SQL for System and Storage Management

Speakers

Ryan Moeller

Software Engineer, IBM

Ryan Moeller is a software engineer working on Db2 for i, specifically on the SQL Query Engine (SQE) team. He joined the team in the Rochester, MN development lab in 2020. Ryan specializes in SQL, database development, and query performance analysis.

Ann Wilkerson

Software Developer, IBM

Ann Wilkerson is the technical team lead for Navigator for i and a developer for IBM i Services.

SQL for Storage and Systems Management pdf

Wednesday May 22, 2024 5:15pm - 6:15pm CDT
Meeting Room 203B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Systems Management

Session Level Intermediate

8:00am CDT

252: What Does a Full-Featured Security Strategy Look Like?

In this session, you will learn about the many aspects that an IBM i Security suite product will cover. This includes multi factor authentication (MFA), auditing and SEIM features, access control, authority elevation, and more.

Learning Objectives:
1. You will know what to look for when you consider adding a security product to your IBM I IT infrastructure.
2. You will learn how to take a holistic approach to IBM i Security
3. You will understand all the components to be considered for a comprehensive, effective security strategy for IBM i

Speakers

Boris Breslav

Principle Technology Architect, Precisely

Boris is a Principle Technology Architect for the Assure Security product at Precisely where he's helping to architect security solutions for IBM i. Boris started his career in IT security in the year 2000 as a Windows and IBM i developer in a start-up named Bsafe (later known as... Read More →

What Does a Full Featured Security Strategy Look Like COMMON 2024 pdf

Thursday May 23, 2024 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Meeting Room 203B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Session Level Intermediate
Audience IBM i professionals who must address Security requirements for their IBM i systems will benefit from this session.

9:15am CDT

110: Live Demo: Managing PowerHA Solutions

PowerHA provides complete high availability (HA) solutions for IBM i customers with both internal storage and external storage environments. This interactive demo session will explain the concepts required to manage PowerHA environments, as well as give live demonstrations of the key management tasks used in a PowerHA environment.

Learning Objectives:
1. Learn the basic concepts required to configure a PowerHA environment.
2. Understand how to manage a PowerHA environment and see it in action
3. See tools within PowerHA that help your environment stay secure

Speakers

Brian Nordland

Director of Development, Fortra

In addition to his role as Director of Development for Power Development at Fortra, Brian Nordland serves as the technical product manager for PowerHA and Robot HA. Brian has spoken at events, webinars, and user groups—including COMMON—since 2014. He is a co-inventor on multiple... Read More →

ManagingPowerHA pdf

Thursday May 23, 2024 9:15am - 10:15am CDT
Meeting Room 203B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

High Availability Resilience

Session Level Intermediate
Digital Badge HA/DR
Audience Those wanting to see PowerHA in action from a day to day management perspective to see just how easy it can be.

10:30am CDT

422: From Quick Wins to Full Transformation Success: Navigating Application Modernization and UI Enhancement

Application modernization, customization and enhancement includes two main components: Presto and code transformation. The transformation process involves identifying programs to be updated, using a product to convert the existing code. However, this initial transformation is not the final step; additional refinement and "massaging" of the code, referred to as "delivery," is needed.

The backend development ensures the application's functionality, but there is also a focus on the frontend design, such as button colors, fonts, and dealing with constraints from the transformed code, particularly from an RPG or COBOL background. We will cover what is achievable with the user interface (UI), highlighting the possibilities and constraints.

This conversation will highlight the importance of long-term planning from quick wins to full transformation, ensuring that the transition is smooth for end users.

Speakers

Chris Koppe

SVP Strategy Services, Fresche Solutions

Chris Koppe is responsible for developing client transformation strategies at Fresche Solutions. He has led the development of legacy management strategies for hundreds of companies, across a variety of platforms, languages, databases, and technologies. This insight has allowed Chris... Read More →

Scott Gingerysty

Team Lead, Web Application Services, Fresche Solutions

I am a Senior Web Developer/Team Lead and Application Modernization expert at Fresche. I am passionate about IBM i application modernization. Since 2013, I have added new life into business-critical RPG applications using web technology. Whether it is a new development, augmenting... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 10:30am - 11:30am CDT
Meeting Room 203B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Programming - UI

Session Level Intermediate

1:30pm CDT

227: Tame the IFS with SQL Services

In this session, you will discover how SQL and IBM i (SQL) Services can be used to bring order to the IFS. Whether you aim to further secure, manage, or utilize the IFS, SQL can help get the job done. The Db2 for i team has made consistent and noteworthy investments to bring SQL capabilities that can be used with the IFS. Come to this session to see, understand, and be ready to use SQL with the IFS.

Learning Objectives:
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand what's possible with SQL and the IFS
2. Learn how to use SQL with the IFS
3. Gain awareness of the pitfalls and gotchas when using SQL

Speakers

Scott Forstie

Db2 for i Architect, IBM

Scott Forstie is a Senior Technical Staff Member within IBM i development and spends most of his time working as the Db2 for i Architect. He has worked on IBM operating system development since joining IBM in 1989.Scott is a frequently published author, speaker at industry events... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 1:30pm - 2:30pm CDT
Meeting Room 203B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Session Level Beginner
Audience Anyone using or managing the IFS on the IBM i

2:45pm CDT

413: "Peeling the Onion” using iDoctor for IBM i

In this session you'll learn how to use IBM iDoctor for IBM i (iDoctor) to analyze a performance problem from top to bottom. This session will demonstrate the capabilities of IBM i's built-in performance instrumentation combined with iDoctor's ability to visually analyze that data to identify and resolve a performance problem that is commonly experienced by clients. After this session you will have the skills to analyze this specific type of problem while having a basis for analyzing other types of problems.

Speakers

Anil Madan

Sr. Managing Consultant, IBM

Anil Madan is a Senior IBM i Performance Consultant with specialization in system, application and Db2 for i performance management. He is an IBM certified Thought Leader Technical Specialist and an IBM certified Executive Project Manager. Working out of the IBM Expert Labs in Rochester... Read More →

Peeling the Onion Using iDoctor for IBM i pdf

Thursday May 23, 2024 2:45pm - 3:45pm CDT
Meeting Room 203B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Systems Management

Session Level All

4:00pm CDT

281: Surviving a Ransomware Attack

A few years ago the company was hit with a ransomware attack. This is the tale of how it happened and how we continue to recover.

Learning Objectives:
1. How 1 particular attack happened to a company with an IBM i.
2. What happened in the immediate aftermath?
3. How we continue to improve our systems to prevent future attacks?
4. How we continue to educate our users about threats?

Speakers

Michael McClure

ICT ERP Team Lead, Mueller, Inc.

Surviving a Ransomware Attack PU2024 pdf

Thursday May 23, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Meeting Room 203B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Session Level All
Audience Anyone interested in a real life story of surviving a ransomware attack.