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Agenda
10.30 – 10.45 Introduction to Avnet Craig Cannon
10.45 – 11.00 Industry trends and directions Dave Pickburn
Coffee
11.30 – 11.45 BCD and Quadrant Software updates Shahid Latif
11.45 – 12.45 Workshops
Web-based GUI for green screens Pete Samways
Developing a web-based function in PHP Shahid Latif
Lunch
13.15 – 13.30 Business Intelligence Shahid Latif
13.30 – 14.30 Workshops
Developing a web-based function in PHP Shahid Latif
Web-based GUI for green screens Pete Samways
Coffee
14.30 – 15.00 Close Rob Jackson
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Just some of our customers
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IBM i: still as relevant today
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Total cost of ownership
In typical midsize manufacturing, distribution and retail companies, two-year IT costs for
use of IBM i 7.2 and Power Systems are:
• 45% less than Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and SQL Server 2014
• 51% less than for x86 Linux servers and Oracle databases.
IBM i on Power Systems for Midsize Businesses (ITG)
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• Highly stable...
• Extremely robust…
• Completely dependable…
• Rock solid.
But, the major downside is the user
experience in an outdated GUI.
Especially as GUI has been
available since 1984.
Major benefits, but some flaws…
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