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Experience Application Modernization and Connectivity (AMC)

Experience Application Modernization and ConnectivityAgenda and recommended event path

26–28 March Vienna, Austria

Powering Digital Transformation


3 Welcome

4 Overview

5 Evening Programs

6 Sessions at-a-glance

11 Session Details

14 Digital Transformation Zone

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Welcome to the Application Modernization and Connectivity (AMC) customer forum at Micro Focus Universe 2019.

Unlock the value of your mainframe and host systems to enable digital transformation.

Digital transformation is powering significant change, and your core systems of record are at the heart of delivering this new competitive advantage. Join our AMC customer forum and learn from other users’ experience as well as our experts in these areas:

Application Modernization Simplification, reuse, and integration to move faster and deliver greater business value. Rethinking mainframe app access and integration from desktop to web and mobile. Redefining what’s required for secure app, data access, and privacy from anywhere.

Process Modernization Accelerating application release cycles with Agile and DevOps methods. Integrating new capabilities and practices within your tool chain. Standardizing, managing, and making app and data access infrastructure more secure.

Infrastructure Modernization Integration of new JAVA or. Net development platforms and tooling. Fit for purpose deployment of dev/test and production workloads across mainframe, distributed, or the cloud. Leveraging scale-out and high availability architectures where needed.

Leverage the opportunity to deepen your knowledge via self-paced tutorials. Delegates may drop by the Hands-on Lab at your convenience and select from a variety of tutorials designed to develop your skills and provide you valuable product education. Learn, and earn certificates of completion to take back to the office.

Additionally, our leadership team will be available to address your questions 1:1 in the Meeting Center or during the numerous networking opportunities, including the AMC customer forum dinner.

I look forward to helping you in your AMC journey and seeing you in Vienna

Chris Livesey SVP and GM, Application Modernization and Connectivity

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Mainstage keynote

Experienced Micro Focus leaders and compelling industry experts will share their insight on digital transformation – and what it means to organizations like yours. Hear in-person our strategic product plans, and learn about emerging technologies and trends that will shape the future of business.

Customer Forum keynote

Understanding the big picture presented in the mainstage keynote is just one part of the equation. Our senior product leaders will delve into AMC to share key initiatives, updates, and enhancements aimed at educating and enabling delegates.

Customer forum keynotes run 90 minutes.

Breakout sessions

These customer- and Micro Focus-led sessions will enhance your skills and address your organization’s most pressing needs in today’s digital world. You’ll learn about the critical tools you need to build, operate, secure, and analyze your entire enterprise. And, you’ll hear straight from the experts on bridging the gap between existing and emerging technologies.

Breakout sessions vary in length from 30 to 120 minutes. Hands-on-Lab

Drop by our Hands-on Lab any time the Digital Transformation Zone is open to increase your product knowledge via self-paced tutorials. Select from a variety of tutorials – all in our AWS cloud environment – that offer numerous use-case scenarios for application, process, and infrastructure modernization.

No need to sign up in advance – just come by when convenient. Each tutorial takes approximately 30 - 45 minutes to complete. You set the pace!

Meeting Center

Onsite, you’ll be able to meet in personalized briefings with Micro Focus executives and product experts. In a 1:1 setting, you’ll benefit from our undivided attention and a conversation targeted at your specific needs.

Tell us what’s happening in your world – what keeps you up at night – and we’ll discuss the best options to build, optimize, and transform the way you do business.

To request a meeting, please contact your Micro Focus sales representative.

Overview Micro Focus Universe is our largest customer event of the year, targeted at enabling delegates to run and transform their businesses. Attend to gain the knowledge and assistance you need to innovate faster, with less risk, in the race to digital transformation.

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Dine around

Tuesday, 26 March 2019

Customize your dining experience! Delegates receive a dinner voucher that can be redeemed at a variety of selected restaurants, bars, or cafes throughout Vienna. With a pre-set cash value, the voucher takes the guesswork out of “where to eat” and gives you flexibility to choose the spot that best suits your expectations, favored cuisine, and dietary requirements.

All relevant information, a map of participating eateries, and the vouchers will be provided to delegates at onsite check-in.

Customer Forum Dinners

Wednesday, 27 March 2019

Join a group of Micro Focus leaders and other delegates for the AMC dinner. This is a unique opportunity to ask product/usage questions, get tips from other users, and generate ideas for how your organization can further benefit from technology. Or, simply relax and enjoy a gourmet meal surrounded by peers from around the world.

Evening ProgramsEnjoy your evenings in Vienna after days filled with invaluable content. Socialize with Micro Focus leaders, meet global peers, build your networks, and connect with customers who will share their business-transforming experiences.

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Sessions at-a-glance

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Tuesday, 26 March 2019 (Agenda is subject to change)

Time ActivitiesAMC Room 1: Breakout sessions

Hands-on-Lab (Digital Transformation Zone)

09:30 - 19:00 Digital Transformation Zone and Meeting Center open (closed during keynote hours)

Self-paced tutorials are offered throughout the day. You‘ll receive a certificate for each tutorial you complete. Just drop by the Hands-on Lab and select the tutorial of your choice from these options:Enterprise Developer Basic Features Enterprise Developer ChangeMan Basic FeaturesEnterprise Developer Endevor Basic FeaturesIBM Z Agile Software DevelopmentVisual COBOL Docker (Linux)Enterprise Server Batch Workloads ConfigurationVerastream Host Integration

11:30 - 13:00 Lunch break / Digital Transformation Zone time

13:00 - 13:30 Transition to mainstage keynote

13:30 - 15:00 Mainstage keynote

15:00 - 15:45 Coffee break / Digital Transformation Zone time

15:45 - 16:00 Transition to customer forum keynote

16:00 - 17:30 AMC customer forum keynote: Why application modernization matters in the digital ageChris Livesey, Senior Vice President & General Manager AMC Product Group, Micro Focus

19:00 - 22:30 Dine around

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Wednesday, 27 March 2019 (Agenda is subject to change)

Time ActivitiesAMC Room 1: Breakout Sessions


08:30 - 18:00 Digital Transformation Zone and Meeting Center open


09:30 - 09:45Your modernization journey starts here; meet your tour guidesDerek Britton, Product Director, Micro Focus

09:45 - 10:30Allianz and Micro Focus: Insurance innovation Karl Vögler, ABS Development, Allianz Technology GmbH


11:00 - 11:30Business transformation: SYSPRO ERP journey to the cloud Russell Hollick, Chief Software Architect, SYSPRO (Pty) Ltd.

11:30 - 12:00Journey to the cloud with Docker COBOL Vanessa White, Product Owner, Advanced

12:00 - 14:00 Lunch break / Digital Transformation Zone time

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presented by a customer




Wednesday, 27 March 2019 (Agenda is subject to change)

Time ActivitiesAMC Room 1: Breakout Sessions


13:00 - 13:45 Channel Partner keynote (by invitation only)


14:00 - 14:45Premium sponsor breakout sessions from PwC and DXCPwC: Achieving enterprise agility with business DevOpsDXC: Practical ways to accelerate adoption of DevSecOps at scale

15:00 - 15:30

The A.R.T of modernization with Infosys and Micro Focus Suryaprakash Viswanath Kareenahalli, Senior Vice President – Retail, CPG, Logistics, and Modernization, Infosys

15:30 - 16:00

COBOL to JAVA communication: A serviceprovider in the finance industry Patrick Weber, CEO Die Software (Switzerland), Die Software Peter Fitzon GmbH


16:30 - 17:00

Kuwait Financial House: Modernize a private Kuwaitian bank Panos Zotos, Technical Director, SYNTAX Information Technology, Inc.

17:00 - 17:30Rehosting story: ING Bank‘s business lending applications Michel Huis, IT Chapter Lead, Change Execution Specialist, ING

17:30 - 18:00 End of day wrap up Derek Britton, Product Director, Micro Focus

19:30 - 22:30 AMC customer forum dinner

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Thursday, 28 March 2019 (Agenda is subject to change)

Time ActivitiesAMC Room 1: Breakout sessions


08:30 - 14:00 Digital Transformation Zone and Meeting Center open


10:00 - 11:30

Micro Focus and special guest: What‘s new and what‘s next Eddie Houghton, Product Director, Micro FocusScot Nielsen, Product Director, Micro Focus

11:30 - 12:30 Digital Transformation Zone time

12:30 - 14:00 Grab’n go lunch and departures

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Session Details

Wednesday, 27 March 2019 09:30 - 10:45 Your modernization journey stars here; meet your tour guides This brief, introductory session will set the scene for the modernization customer forum agenda and outline the sessions and supporting activities. Derek Britton, Product Director, Micro Focus 09:45 - 10:30 Allianz and Micro Focus: Insurance innovation Allianz’s core insurance application, called Alliance Business System (ABS), is an integral part of its business operation. To cope with requirements imposed by very dynamic and unpredictable market changes, a more flexible and scalable solution for back-end processing was indispensable. Hear how Allianz gained application, process, and infrastructure modernization using Micro Focus enterprise solutions under Linux and cloud environments. Karl Vögler, ABS Development, Allianz Technology GmbH

Tuesday, 26 March 2019 16:00 - 17:30 Forum keynote: Why application modernization matters in the digital age The AMC customer forum keynote will offer a leadership perspective into the modernization marketplace and strategy, sharing key industry, market, and technological trends. The session will set the scene for planning and executing modernization strategies that unlock the value of mainframe and other core business systems, while enabling and accelerating digital transformation. Chris Livesey, Senior Vice President & General Manager AMC Product Group, Micro Focus presented by a customer

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16:30 - 17:00 Kuwait Financial House: Modernize a private Kuwaitian bank Hear how one of the most relevant private Kuwaitian banks reused its legacy COBOL programs and converted them to a .Net based SOA architecture that became part of the organization’s infrastructure strategy. The result enabled a move to the cloud thanks to Visual COBOL. It also reduced risks and potential rising costs while enabling the bank to expand its ability to manage more customers. Panos Zotos, Technical Director, SYNTAX Information Technology, Inc. 17:00 - 17:30 Rehosting story: ING Bank’s business lending applications Recently, ING Bank rehosted its business-lending backend applications from an IBM mainframe to a Micro Focus Enterprise Server environment. Rehosting is not only about the application itself, but also deals with related legacy, connectivity, and personal skills. Join us in our journey on getting the application up and running while meeting ING’s standards in relation to continuous delivery, automated testing, and risk control. Michel Huis, IT Chapter Lead, Change Execution Specialist, ING

Wednesday, 27 March 2019 11:00 - 11:30 Business transformation: SYSPRO ERP journey to the cloud SYSPRO, a 40-year-old company, enjoys a 98% customer retention rate with its 15,000 global customers. ERP is a highly competitive environment with both traditional on-premise vendors and born-in-the-cloud contenders vying for business. SYSPRO in partnership with Micro Focus and Microsoft .NET technology, has enabled the company to move quickly to an Azure Cloud environment – delivering a SaaS version of its successful solutions. SYSPRO has been able to leverage a new project management model and many agile elements, becoming more responsive to changing business requirements and delivering new features up to 30% faster. Russell Hollick, Chief Software Architect, SYSPRO (Pty) Ltd. 11:30 - 12:00 Journey to the cloud with Docker COBOL As part of Advanced Software’s strategy to become a cloud-first software provider, we embarked on a journey to enable our best-of-breed, on-premises finance application (e5) to be deployed in the cloud. The Visual COBOL Docker provided the means for us to achieve this and deploy on the AWS platform in an agile way that is simple and cost-effective for our customers. Vanessa White, Product Owner, Advanced

15:00 - 15:30 The A.R.T of modernization with Infosys and Micro Focus Come hear about powerful portability. Organizations across the world want to embark on their digital journeys and while doing so, they are frequently impeded by legacy technologies. The Infosys A.R.T methodology, built on products from Micro Focus and accelerators from Infosys, helps customers modernize/migrate their legacy applications to the cloud infrastructure within timeline and budget. Suryaprakash Viswanath Kareenahalli, Senior Vice President – Retail, CPG, Logistics, and Modernization, Infosys 15:30 - 16:00 COBOL To JAVA communication: A service provider in the finance industry Learn how one of the leading information service providers to the financial industry – WM Datenservice – has been supplying data solutions and integrated data and information to its banks, financial service providers, and insurance companies in a more secure manner. Gain insight into how it delivers through a strong integration between COBOL and Java-based applications. Patrick Weber, CEO Die Software (Switzerland), Die Software Peter Fitzon GmbH







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Wednesday, 27 March 2019 17:30 - 18:00 End of day wrap up The final session will briefly summarize the customer sessions delivered during the day and preview the agenda for the following day Derek Britton, Product Director, Micro Focus

Thursday, 28 March 2019 10:00 - 11:30 Micro Focus and special guest: What’s new and what’s next What’s new and what’s next in our COBOL and Enterprise portfolios. Join Product Directors Eddie Houghton and Scot Nielsen for a sneak preview of what is coming in the next releases of Visual COBOL and Enterprise. With special guests Bob Ellsworth (Microsoft) and Steve Steuart (Astadia), we will focus on innovation. See some of exciting new capabilities around highly available and scale-out architectures, application analysis, and how COBOL applications can be deployed in the cloud. Plus, you will gain a perspective on Azure, COBOL, and AI. Eddie Houghton, Product Director, Micro Focus

Scot Nielsen, Product Director, Micro Focus

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Visit the Experts in the Digital Transformation Zone see first-hand how to modernize core enterprise systems while embracing new technology such as Cloud and containers.

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Learn more or register today http://www.microfocus.com/universe

Why attend Micro Focus Universe? Gain valuable tips from customers and partners.

Explore our entire portfolio and see product demos.

Grow your skills via educational tutorials.

Ask our experts all your questions and benefit from in-person conversations and guidance.

Build your global network. Why leverage the onsite Meeting Center? Get personalized recommendations based on your specific business needs.

Take advantage of Micro Focus executive insight and strategic guidance.

Ask product experts your questions.

Determine the best technology to help your organization transform. Your Micro Focus sales representative can discuss your meeting goals now, and submit the meeting request early next year.

Learn more or register today http://www.microfocus.com/universe

What can you experience in the Digital Transformation Zone? Explore the family of Micro Focus products in hands-on demos.

Ask our gurus your product usage questions.

Benefit from exhibiting partners’ complementary solutions and services.

Determine the best technology to help your organization transform.

Take a break at the coffee and juice bar. How do you benefit from so many customer-led sessions? Hear about real-world implementations and best practices.

Avoid pitfalls so you can move quickly, with quality and security.

Enjoy informative business use case stories. Get ideas to take back to the office.

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We look forward to working with you in Vienna.

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