Track 2 - Technology

Jackie Jansen Senior Consulting IT Specialist ATS Solutions Center, System i Solutions, IBM	Abstract: IBM announces DB2 Web Query for System i Product Preview IBM is previewing the new product that will replace Query/400. IBM DB2 Web Query for System i is an advanced reporting and graphing solution for i5/OS that will allow users to migrate or convert their current Query/400 applications. DB2 Web Query is a browser based suite of reporting tools that enables users to create dashboards, analyze reports through slicing, dicing and drilling into their data, work off-line or in disconnected mode and much more. This is a must see session for anyone who is interested in query and reporting on the System i. Bio Jackie is a Senior Consulting IT Specialist with over 30 years at IBM. Jackie currently works in the Advanced Technical Support Solutions Center. She is the author of a variety of published columns including the recent "Business Intelligence with Jackie" and "Jackie's Forum". Jackie is a frequent speaker at System i technical conferences and user group meetings around the world.
John Pimenoff IBM System i Advocate Avnet Inc.	Abstract: IBM System i5 Technical Overview Take a deeper technical look at the new i5 hardware and software. Areas covered: Latest announcements for System i Power5+ POWER6 Future (what IBM can't tell you because of the lawyers) Why System i is still the greatest? How System i can run any and all of your applications. Also, the latest enhancements to operating systems that are supported on the new i5 Systems (V5R3 & V5R4), and how the System i will run any and all of your multi-platform applications.  Bio John has been in the IT business since joining IBM as a Systems Engineer in 1970 and specializing in Mainframe, AS/400 and System i.  Since then he has been a freelance consultant and AS/400 professor at Centennial College. In 1998 he joined Avnet, an IBM Distributor. Among other honors, John is an inductee into the IBM Canada AS/400 Hall of Fame.
Dan Mair Director e-business Solutions CAPRICORN & IBM WebSphere Technologies	Abstract: Web Self Service for the IBM System i.  Web Self Service (WSS) is a new approach to customer relationship management (CRM) and employee relationship management (ERM), a version of electronic support (e-support) that allows customers and employees to access information and perform routine tasks over the Internet, without requiring any interaction with a representative of an enterprise. This session outlines some of the approaches and technologies available on the System i platform that enable Web Self Service. Bio Dan Mair has been working with the IBM System i since 1992, and has focused on e-business for the i5 since 1997.  Over the last several years, Dan has acted as Project Manager and Lead Architect on many high profile, award winning e-business initiatives for companies throughout North America and the Caribbean.   Dan focuses on the IBM WebSphere product family including Portal, Host Integration and Java-based application development and integration. For the last three consecutive years, Dan and the SilverBlaze team have been selected as IBM Beacon Award Finalists, and were presented as Beacon Award winners in 2006.  The IBM Beacon Awards acknowledge the best solutions IBM Business Partners have to offer.  These prestigious awards are given to organizations that have set the standard for business excellence, unique and innovative solutions, ingenuity, and customer satisfaction.