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IBM's New Business Language, EGL

2009-02-18, Past Meetings, Web Master,

Companies that have invested in the System i platform are challenged with modernizing their existing core business applications. Most transformation projects, utilizing newer languages such as Java and .Net, have missed their business objectives, primarily because these technologies fail to reuse and interoperate with existing RPG and COBOL code.

To address these issues, IBM has created Enterprise Generation Language (EGL). This session will show how EGL can provide you with a strategic advantage by allowing your business to create more modern systems while leveraging existing code assets through re-use. This session includes a demonstration of calling/debugging an iSeries RPG program from EGL and case studies.

Topics:

  • Overview of IBM's new business language, Enterprise Generation Language (EGL).
  • How to reduce the gap between legacy and modern applications by providing a simplified method of interfacing to RPG and COBOL code from EGL.
  • Understand how the talent of your existing staff can easily add EGL development as a cornerstone of your iSeries modernization efforts(typically in about 30 days).

BIOGRAPHY:

Eric Simone has over twenty years of experience in the computer industry. He founded Compete, Inc. in 1994 along with two other IBM colleagues. Compete focused on providing consulting services for IBM’s WebSphere brand of software products. While Eric served as President and CTO, Compete grew to over $12MM in revenues, and was sold to Perficient, Inc. (PRFT NASDAQ) for $60MM in May 2000. The acquisition of Compete introduced the IBM relationship to Perficient, a core component of their business today. Mr. Simone served as a Director of Perficient before founding ClearBlade in 2007. Mr. Simone graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science from Purdue University in 1988.

Raymond Everhart has over 25 years of IT experience with IBM midrange computers and RPG. He spent the early years of his carreer working with small to medium size businesses in upstate New York. During this time he worked closely with end-users to gather business requirements and develop iSeries solutions. For the last ten years, he has been providing Enterprise class solutions and modernization services for large iSeries installations in the Dallas / Fort Worth Metroplex.