MAY 20TH - NEXT MEETING OF THE GREAT LAKES INFORMIX USER GROUP!

** Last call! The next meeting of the Great Lakes Informix User Group is this coming Monday, May 20 (details). Please join us for some lively sessions, information on the future of Informix and Linux, free food and beverage, election of your next board and president, and a great time! Don't forget to RSVP for one or both sessions; see below. (NOTE: You do NOT have to RSVP for both the morning and afternoon sessions, but let us know if you plan on attending one or both). We hope to see you there! ***

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MEETING SUMMARY:

IBM welcomes Informix users! NO ENTRY FEES! Enjoy free food and drinks. The next meeting of the Great Lakes Informix User Group will be held on this coming Monday, May 20th, from 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM at the Sears office in Hoffman Estates and it will include presentations by 4JS and IBM.

The morning session includes breakfast and a *technical* workshop by 4JS (www.4js.com), who will demonstrate how to use the 4JS product to migrate Informix applications to the Web and other GUI front-ends.

Lunch will be served at 12:30 (pizza and soda), followed by the afternoon session at 1, which will cover IDS 9.3 and a detailed presentation on Linux and how it can help your enterprise.

Finally, there will be an election for officers and board members that will head the GLIUG.

There are NO CHARGES or registration forms to complete but we would appreciate an RSVP to: chiugrsvp@objectsoft.com See more details below. (NOTE: You do NOT have to RSVP for both the morning and afternoon sessions, but let us know if you plan on attending one or both). We hope to see you there!

TOPICS:

Agenda (see details below):

8:30AM  Breakfast sponsored by 4Js
9:00AM - 12:00PM  A Technical workshop with Four J's Web-Front End 3.2.
   Adapt your 4GL application to the Web or GUI!
12:30PM   Lunch sponsored by IBM
1:00PM - 2:00PM  IDS 9.3 features, including 9.3 enhancements and a demonstration on the spatial DataBlade
   Presenter: Tom Sensabaugh, IBM
2:15PM - 3:15PM  Linux in the Enterprise (including demo with Informix/4JS).
   Presenter: Glenn Jacobson, President of Unique Systems
3:15PM - 3:30PM  Election of GLIUG Board and Officers.
   Please help determine the future of the GLIUG! Bios have been posted! Feel free to volunteer for a position as well.

Presentation Details:

9:00AM - 12:00PM  A Technical workshop with Four J's Web-Front End 3.2.
   Adapt your 4GL application to the Web or GUI!

4JS is a product that allows you to create new applications or migrate existing 4GL applications to GUI interfaces (X11, Windows, Web, Java) with little or no changes to your code. 4JS and IBM work in partnership to offer these different options to users. This session is a technical workshop from 4JS that will explain what's behind the 4JS products and show you how to implement applications.

Breakfast provided by 4JS.

Here are some details:
  • - Four J's Web-Front End 3.2
  • - Adapt your 4GL application to the Web with ease
  • - Lots of examples and live, running applications
  1. Installation & Advice
    • - Where to install the product
    • - Machine installation (live)
  2. Configuration
    • - What to do in the configuration file
    • - Web Server - How to configure
  3. Live example of a small 4GL Application taken to the Web
  4. Other information
    • - How to organize the work
    • - How many users per machine ?
    • - Security : What to do
  5. Q&A
For More Information:

http://www.4js.com
http://www-4.ibm.com/software/data/informix/tools/fourjbds
1:00PM - 2:00PM   IDS 9.3 features, including 9.3 enhancements and a demonstration on the Spatial DataBlade
    Presenter: Tom Sensabaugh, IBM, Informix Systems Engineer
  • - Find out about all the new features in IDS 9.3
  • - Determine the differences between 7.3 and 9.3: should you switch?
  • - Q&A
  • - Discussion of DataBlades and a live demonsration of the Spatial DataBlade
For More Information:

http://www-4.ibm.com/software/data/informix/blades/index.html
2:15PM - 3:15PM   Linux in the Enterprise (including demo with Informix/4JS)
    Presenter: Glenn Jacobson, President of Unique Systems

Glenn's presentation will make the business case for using Linux on both servers and workstations, backed by several case studies from companies that made the transition to Linux. The Unique Systems approach to Linux adaption is to use a combination of Linux servers and thin client PC workstations to cut out most of the proprietary hardware and software costs -- a solution that works in conjunction with Informix, 4JS, and ThinSoft (Unique's own accounting and distribution system). Glenn will talk about Linux and its future in the enterprise as well as how this combination of hardware and software has saved hundreds of thousands of dollars over proprietary systems. Glenn will also explain why he thinks that this combination can lead to widespread adaption of Linux in the future.

Glenn has given this presentation all over the world and these ideas are being deployed worldwide. Following his talk he will provide a demo of the above combination in action.

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