Topic: Application Modernization

We all have invested a great deal of time and money into developing applications to run our business. Of course, over the years, the applications start to look and feel a little old, and show their age. How can you modernize your applications without losing your investment? In this session, we will look at how Rational Open Access for RPG makes it possible to modernize your application without re-starting from scratch, as well as how it can be used to quickly write new, modern, applications. We will also discuss the modernization process, with a focus on modernizing the user interface, and we will give you the opportunity to try our modernization tool, hands-on, to develop a modern GUI application.

Brian May

Recently, Profound Logic's Brian May, an IBM i Modernization Specialist was recognized by IBM for his ongoing contributions to the Power Systems community as an IBM Champion for Power Systems. Brian was recognized for his contributions to the Power i community, and most notably for his contributions to the user group community and YiPs, developer of the YiPs website and open source environment, plus his early adoption of social media and continued participation in the Power i conversation.

Scott Klement

Scott Klement has worked in the IBM i industry for more than 20 years. For most of that time, he developed business applications for his family's business, Klement's Sausage Company. However, in 2012, Scott accepted a job as a Product Developer with Profound Logic Software, Inc. Scott is also an award winning author with more than 1000 articles published, as well as an award winning speaker, with more than a dozen awards in COMMON's Speaker Excellence Hall of Fame. Scott lives in the Milwaukee, WI area with his family.