Wisconsin Midrange Computer Professional Association
IBM i Education at It's Best!
Join the Wisconsin Midrange Computer Professional Association as we continue to provide stimulating Technical Conferences and exchange information regarding the use and growth of the midrange system. As we have provided more than a quarter of a century of quality information to allow our members personal growth on the midrange system, and as the system continues to evolve we encourage you to join us for another exciting year.
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WMCPA members get a special $200 discount off conference registration at RPG & DB2 Summit, October 12-14 in Minneapolis! Register (click banner) using promotion code WMCPAF10. For more information read the invitation from Jon Paris & Susan Gantner. For a special rate on a single day, be sure to read the invitation. If you're currently unemployed and would like more information on the Education for Developers in Transition (EDiT) program, the deadline for applications is September 15.
WMCPA members get a special $200 discount off conference registration at RPG
& DB2 Summit, October 12-14 in Minneapolis.
2010 September Golf Outing, Dinner & Sessions
Don't Miss the September Golf Outing, Dinner & Sessions!
Can you believe the summer is almost over, school is starting and summer sports will be ending soon? Omni and WMCPA have a special Fall "Kickoff" event for this year's dinner meetings. A number of Omni & WMCPA board members have discussed partnering on a joint project like this for the last couple of years. These two groups are the most active LUG's in the midwest and decided this event is a Winner!
During the first session we have Steve Finnes discussing IBM's strategy for Power Systems and then the second session will have Larry Bolhuis and Jim Oberholtzer explaining how to bring Cloud Computing to your IBM i. These sessions should appeal to the CIO and the techie from your company. Make plans to take part in this day of Golf and education today! The details of both sessions are below.
We have worked with Lake Lawn Resort to get a special deal on a day of Golf and Dinner. The cost is unbelieveable! If you want to play golf, attend the dinner and meeting it will cost you $75.00. I don't know much about golf but for $75.00, I would figure you'd have to walk the course. Not at Lake Lawn...this includes the golf cart! If you want to attend only the dinner meeting the cost is $40.00.
SPONSORS: In addition to joining us for a fun day on the greens, we are looking for sponsors to donate prizes for a raffle, bag stuffers, or sponsor holes on the course. Prizes will be raffled prior to our dinner meeting. For a $150 donation, your company will be hosting a contest on a hole that rewards the golfer with a $100 gift certificate. Your company name and logo will be displayed at the hole. For a $75 donation, your company name and logo will be displayed at the hole with no contest. WMCPA and OMNI will post sponsor's logos, and links on our web sites.
Thank you to the following organizations for sponsoring the 2010 WMCPA-OMNI Golf Outing:
The September 9th's Agenda
Golf starts at 10:00 AM sharp.
Lunch is on your own, not included in the price.
Finish up Golf around 3:00 PM Cash Bar provided near dinner meeting room
Small awards presentation based upon turned in scores.
4:00 PM First speaker session
5:00 PM Cash Bar prior to dinner.
6:00 PM Dinner
7:00 PM Second Speaker Session
This is a GREAT opportunity to bring your director or CIO to a user group meeting that will help them understand the direction that this platform is headed and, at the same time, show them who is the master on the golf course. It is also is a perfect time to meet with other IBM i professionals.
Signing up is easy!Just click the "Register Now" link above, register and pay online! You can sign-up as a foursome to compete with other companies or you can sign-up individually. If you sign-up individually you will be assigned to a foursome. Cathy Kramer (
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) will be making these individual assignments... contact her for any special assignments.
You don't have to be a member of either user group for this special price! Take a day and learn about these two IBM i User groups... you won't be disappointed.
Session I - 4:00 - 5:00 PM
Steve Finnes
Power your Planet with Power Systems This session will cover IBM strategy for Power Systems, featuring the latest POWER7 processor-based systems, with AIX, IBM i and Linux. You will also hear about IBM's strategy for virtualization with PowerVM, business resiliency with PowerHA, plus energy and platform management with IBM Systems Director.
Bio - Steven Finnes is Offering Manager for IBM Power Systems High Availability solutions. He is responsible for PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX and IBM i and for Power Systems Capacity Backup (CBU) offerings. Steve has worked for IBM for 29 years. As the chief engineering manager for I/O and storage, he and his team brought the first RAID 5 product offering to market in the early 1990s. He has been involved in both research and development and marketing of high availability offerings for over 10 years. Steve has authored numerous articles for IT publications on business resiliency and disaster recovery strategies.
Session II - 7:00 - 8:00 PM
Larry Bolhuis & Jim Oberholtzer
iDevCloud – Cloud computing on your IBM i
Want to get into Cloud computing with your IBM i? Larry Bolhuis and Jim Oberholtzer, both IBM Certified Professionals lead you through the process. Creators of iDevCloud, Larry and Jim have a unique perspective on the process of constructing a cloud from building the hardware, understanding the IBM licensed software maze, and putting together an offering to the public. While others have put an IBM i machine on the internet, Larry and Jim conceived of a way were individual developers could buy monthly access to a complete system, with all the software toys, at IBM i versions V5R4, V6, or V7. Here how the pricing model was built, and how Frankie V was converted to a multi-user, mulch-purpose system. Attendees will learn:
How to set up the infrastructure, LAN/WAN and IBM Hardware
How to set up the security for a multi-user system where each developer has their own little slice of the system
How to build the business model to make it work.
Bio - Larry Bolhuis has grown up with computers since his father began repairing them in 1967. He has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, and began working on IBM’s finest equipment with the S/34 and S/36 in 1984. Larry began work on the AS/400 immediately following its introduction in 1988, has held more than thirty IBM System i family Certifications, and was the first in North America to earn the Certified Advanced Technical Expert – System i certification. Since 1997 he has contributed as an author for many certification tests. Larry has extensive experience with partitioning, the Hardware Management Console, system design, configuration, migration, and administration. Larry also has significant networking experience most recently with Ethernet and wireless networks, and TCP/IP. Larry also works on routers, firewalls, switches, load balancing equipment and works with Internet connectivity and security. Larry has won Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals at COMMON as well as it’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award. He speaks frequently at users groups around North America. Larry is the Chief i-entist and owner of Frankeni Technology Consulting, LLC in Middleville , MI.
Bio - Jim Oberholtzer started his career in 1980 working in positions of increasing responsibility including Vice President – Technology, at the United States Bowling Congress (USBC). Today, Jim owns Agile Technology Architects, LLC a consulting firm that assists companies in the implementation and maintenance of an Agile/SCRUM development environment. Additionally Agile provides implementation design and support for Agile infrastructure in order to support the applications Agile companies need to grow and thrive.
Recognized by IBM as a Subject Matter Expert in Power Systems, server design, administration, and operations, Jim is a member of the panel of SMEs that create many of the IBM certification tests for the System i. Jim also holds a Masters, Software Engineering from Carroll University in Waukesha Wisconsin.
Not a golfer but you still want to attend the sessions? Then join us for just the sessions and dinner. Register online now!
Get Certified and help COMMON!
For all WMCPA and OMNI members registered for the September event, COMMON is offering an opportunity to take the exam for the COMMON Business Computing Associate Credential for free (this is a $250 value)! The exam will be offered at Lake Lawn Resort (room to be determined) from 1-4 pm. This exam is still in Beta, but everyone that passes will receive the credential and certificate. You must bring your own laptop in order to take the exam. There is a 2-hour time limit for the exam.
Last Updated on Friday, 20 August 2010 10:41
What's new on the Web?
Have you noticed that the WMCPA website has undergone some changes? Here's what's new:
All of the menus on the left side of the page are gone! Everything that you need to access on the site can be found on the menu at the top of the page. Just hover over the various menu items and additional drop-downs will appear with more options.
So, you want to know how long you have to wait till the next WMCPA Spring Conference? There is a countdown at the top-right of the page.
We've been updating content and links to websites, blogs and technical resources. If you think we've missed anything, please be sure to let us know when you see either Chandra or Bruce at the next meeting, or send us an
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Please note the time change for the September sessions: Session I at 4:00 pm, Session II at 7:00 pm (30 minutes earlier than usual).
