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Lansa
LANSA says goodbye to HTML, JS and CSS!
Since 1987, LANSA tools, solutions and services have provided IBM i organizations with a strategy tailored to their unique business -- ultimately improving the bottom line. More recently, LANSA unveiled a game-changing Web technology for building responsive, transactional Web applications without mastering a half dozen different Web languages and technologies! Instead, LANSA developers use a single language for building the client-side, server-side and everything in between.
Profound Logic
At Profound Logic Software, our mission is to provide innovative, comprehensive and native solutions for IBM i application development and modernization. For 15 years, we have supported the modernization of many million lines of legacy RPG code for thousands of customers worldwide.
Our focus on innovation resulted in the first browser-based visual designer for RPG application development and the most mature handler available for RPG Open Access – the feature that makes truly modern RPG applications possible. We employ the most talented developers in the industry to meet the unique modernization needs of businesses running on the IBM i. Learn more at www.profoundlogic.com
Rocket Software
Rocket Software is a global software company that builds enterprise products and delivers critical enterprise solutions in the following segments: Business Information and Analytics; Storage, Networks, and Compliance; Application Development, Integration, and Modernization; and Database Servers and Tools. Many in-place systems of record were not designed for today's open and distributed enterprise. Rocket® LegaSuite® application modernization solutions empower you to modernize all aspects of your mainframe, IBM® i, UNIX, and Microsoft® Windows® client/server applications, repurposing and extending them to any web or mobile device using standards-based APIs for improved workflow and increased operational efficiency.
Sponsors
Consultech Services, Inc.
Consultech Services, Inc. delivers solutions that enable companies to maximize their efficiency and profitability through technology. We specialize in IBM i power systems and as an IBM business partner offer solutions that include application development and support, consulting, programming and training.
Our organization understands the importance of education and in 2006 developed MITEC, the Michigan IBM i and Power Systems Technical Education Conference. This annual event has grown into the largest one day Power Systems conference in the Mid-West.
With extensive understanding and focus on the IBM i, we provide the expertise, the right people and technologies to elevate your overall business performance. Consultech creates business partnerships delivering end-to-end solutions that enrich your bottom line. Learn more at Consultech Services, Inc.
IBM
Next generation applications for big data and analytics and cognitive computing are providing unprecedented insights into opportunities, threats and efficiencies for organizations to discover new revenue sources, develop personalized customer experiences, such as personalized medicine, and improve the communities in which we live. Built as an open platform for choice (industry standard Linux, AIX and IBM i), Power Systems provides flexibility and choice for organizations of all sizes to turn massive volumes of raw data into actionable business insights.
IBM Systems Magazine
On behalf of IBM, MSP TechMedia publishes two magazines-IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems edition and IBM Systems Magazine-Mainframe edition. The monthly Power Systems edition reaches approximately 50,000 readers who own or work on Power Systems servers running IBM i, AIX and Linux. The Mainframe edition is delivered to approximately 25,000 IBM mainframe customers every other month. Each magazine is also available as a digital version that is free worldwide.
Visitors to the ibmsystemsmag.com website will find blogs, a Twitter feed, Web-exclusive content along with the archives from the past six years. Advertising from business partners, along with webinars, whitepaper postings, etc., also add value to the site.
The IT Jungle helps you figure out how to survive, adapt, and thrive in this complex IT ecosystem, whether you are an end user of information technology or a vendor of information technology products. The IT Jungle is comprised of a set of online publications that focus on the core information technology platforms in use by enterprises the world over to do their daily data processing, from the front end Web systems to the back-end accounting systems. The people behind the IT Jungle publications have a strong heritage with the OS/400, Unix, and mainframe platforms and have recently expanded into the Windows and Linux markets in recent years, just as the IT industry itself has.
Maxava
Maxava, a global leader in IBM i high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) software, has launched the Maxava iFoundation. The foundation has been established specifically to provide financial assistance to initiatives and organizations working to grow and strengthen the IBM i community. Initial funding of $50,000 has been provided by Maxava to allow the foundation to immediately offer support grants to qualifying organizations.
Midrange Dynamics North America
Midrange Dynamics change management (MDCMS) for IBM i and multiplatform environments is a great fit for those who want to upgrade to a solution that can manage today’s development needs and new technologies/initiatives. Affordable, easy-to-implement MDCMS tracks and reports on the entire software development process, reduces time and risk, and meets auditing requirements. Manage tasks/subtasks from request through deployment from 5250 and Eclipse; MDCMS is compatible with RDi. Git and SVN users can take advantage of direct interfaces to their source repositories. It's the top CM solution for SQL development. It supports choice of application, interface, and database modernization solutions.
mindSHIFT (a Ricoh Company)
mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc. (a Ricoh company) provides specialized implementation, colocation, hosting, backup, high availability, disaster recovery, management and support services for your IBM i Power Systems (including AS/400, iSeries and System i). As an IBM Managed Services Infrastructure Business Partner and an IBM Delivery Partner with more than 15 years of experience, mindSHIFT provides high levels of security, redundancy, bandwidth and expertise for your IBM i systems. Operating under annual SSAE-16 process examinations, the mindSHIFT cloud, data centers and Network Operations Center (NOC) are staffed 24x7x365 with trained technicians to provide you with around-the-clock expert support.
New Generation Software
NGS offers IBM i users three paths to modern query, reporting, and BI:
- Qport Office: Windows run-time access to IBM Query/400 enables Query/400 users to output data to Excel, Access, and Word in one click. NO LICENSE FEE for two users.
- NGS SDK: graphical, point-click query development and Web reporting for one developer and one user. $895 for the software and one year of toll-free support and online education.
- NGS-IQ: Our popular enterprise solution with point-click report development featuring conditional calculations, date math, run-time prompting, email, FTP, and output to Excel, Access, Word, OLAP, PDF, HTML, CSV, TXT, XML, and more.
Contact us at 800-824-1220 or 916-920-2200
ProData
Be Nice. Share Data.
Share data across ALL your systems with ProData software.
Access is made easy within DBU (now available for RDi)! Or do it within your programs using RDB Connect for remote databases. Once you have what you need, drill further with our newest version of SQL/Pro. ProData offers the tools you need to get the job done. It''s your ONE stop shop.
DO It with DBU!
Quadrant and BCD
Quadrant and BCD's solutions and services leverage your proven code and existing staff, making it easier for you to modernize and mobilize your IBM i applications, business intelligence and document distribution.
BCD's productivity tools include Presto for giving existing green screens and new RPG programs a web GUI, and WebSmart for rapidly developing new PHP, RPG or Node.js desktop and mobile web applications.
Quadrant offers document modernization and business intelligence solutions that include Formtastic for spool file modernization and distribution, Business i for web-based IBM i business intelligence, and QuadraDocV for enterprise document distribution.
Remain Software
Remain Software, established in 1992, is an independent software vendor delivering innovative solutions that support the entire Application Lifecycle Management, from requirements through design, development up to deployment and testing.
Software Change Management (TD/OMS) and Workflow Management (Gravity) solutions offered by Remain Software are robust and deliver added value that customers expect and count on.
These in-house developed products help organizations to simplify and automate processes, improve workflows and teamwork and streamline their software development for the IBM i, Windows, Unix and Linux. All of these features bring organizations significant profits. Time and money savings, improved teamwork, productivity and communication are just some of the benefits that altogether result in high quality applications and customer satisfaction.
SIS
SIS is a leading technology and managed IT solutions provider recognized across North America helping clients design, optimize and support mission-critical assets. Our regionally focused teams across the country solve challenges and design solutions, leaving more time for clients to devote resources to core business strategies. SIS’ proven methodology, experienced professionals and innovative technologies provide the highest quality of IT service to more than 1,300 clients, both large and small. Founded in 1982, SIS is headquartered in Lexington, Ky. and has regional offices in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and West Virginia. For more information call 800-337-6914, or visit www.ThinkSIS.com.
TL Ashford
TL Ashford develops world class Barcode Labeling and Forms software for the IBMi (Power Systems, AS/400) to meet ever-changing market demands associated with the bar code industry. Since 1983, T.L. Ashford has built a substantial client roster, based on a steadfast commitment to customer service and an unwavering passion for customer satisfaction. Our entire support staff is located in the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky region, with an average of 18 years of experience supporting Barcode400 and our newly-released TLA Forms. No matter what TL Ashford product you are using, our goal never changes: 100% Customer Satisfaction.
Zend - The PHP Company
From modernizing legacy applications while leveraging your existing business logic to creating new mobile and web-based applications on IBM i, Zend's solutions for IBM i are designed to help you leverage the power of the IBM i platform to develop, deploy and manage modern mobile and web applications.
While applications running on the IBM i platform tend to be rock solid from a business perspective, today's users require modern mobile and web interfaces. Because rewriting these applications from scratch represents significant risk, Zend and IBM have partnered to enable the ability to provide rich front ends while retaining business logic in RPG and data in DB2.
