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IET Blog » Multi Row Fetch Experiences (3)
In previous postings I have described how we have converted all of our READ EACH statements to use multi-row fetch. Also discussed were the results of a test that showed a significant performance improvement for a simple example which only had a single READ EACH statement. These improvements were extreme because a normal application will perform a lot more processing … [Link]
IET Blog » Parallel Generation Results
We have now implemented the new CSE server. This has two 4-core processors and we recently conducted a simple test to benchmark the improvements gained when running CSE generation tasks in parallel (See previous post for introduction).The results were that we obtained was a 60% reduction in elapsed time when running 4 threads in parallel and 70% reduction for 8 … [Link]
AKRA FT » Jobs: Softwareentwickler (m/w) für Ruby on Rails in Hamburg gesucht
Die AKRA GmbH berät Unternehmen und entwickelt Software in Rails und Java. Sie hat sich durch gewinnbringende Konzepte, hochqualifiziertes Personal und Kundennähe einen Namen gemacht. Unsere Kerngeschäftsfelder umfassen sowohl die Konzeption wie auch die Umsetzung professioneller und individueller IT-Lösungen. Zu unseren Kunden zählen sowohl führende Großunternehmen als auch innovative Technologieunternehmen. Zur Verstärkung unseres Teams suchen wir in Hamburg kurzfristig mehrere … [Link]
AKRA FT » AKRA FT unterstützt das Railscamp Hamburg 2010
Die Programmiersprache Ruby und das Framework Rails sind für AKRA Future Technologies einer der Kernkompetenzen neben Java. Gut die Hälfte der rund 60 festen Mitarbeiter der AKRA GmbH in Hamburg sind in diesen beiden Bereichen tätig. Die Einfachheit und Eleganz von Ruby on Rails bevorzugen wir gerade für Aufgaben und Plattformen aus den Bereichen eCommerce, Empfehlungsportale, Business Netzwerke, Kundendienste und … [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: I want to share this with audience : http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/05/sail-the-seas-a~
ModelCVSbyAPG: I want to share this with audience : http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/05/~ [Link]
IET Blog » Parallel Processing
As raw CPU speeds plateau, servers now achieve improved performance through multi-processor and multi-core architectures. This is ideal for servers that handle lots of separate processes like transaction processing or web requests, but what about large batch jobs? These tend to be designed as single threaded, so can only run as a single process for the application and a separate … [Link]
Jumar » 28/07/2010 – Jumar Shortlisted for Two IRP Awards
Jumar Solutions Limited, a leading provider of specialist IT recruitment, modernisation and migration solutions, is delighted to announce that two of its staff have been shortlisted for separate awards at the 2010 Institute of Recruitment Professiona…. [Link]
Jumar » 29/07/2010 CA Gen PLC Day Thursday 7th October 2010 Jurys Inn Hotel, Broad Street, Birmingham
We are pleased to announce that Jumar is hosting this year's CA Product Line Communities (PLC) meeting on 7th October at the Jury's Inn in Birmingham. This free event will feature presenta…. [Link]
Jumar » 27/07/2010 – Jumar Appoints First Asia Pacific Business Development Manager
Jumar Solutions Limited, a leading provider of specialist IT recruitment, modernisation and migration solutions, is enhancing its Asia Pacific operations with the appointment of its first permanent Business Development Manager, David Barker. Davi…. [Link]
IET » Legacy 3270 Interface Retirement
IET plan to retire the legacy 3270 interface from the next release of GuardIEn. [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: Many customers and potential customers all across Europe and Middle East enjoy our services .. www.modelcvs.com
ModelCVSbyAPG: Many customers and potential customers all across Europe and Middle East enjoy our services .. www.modelcvs.com [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: Operations in many countries and larger customers bases require a solide IT infrastructure, we changed ours http://www.interxion.at/
ModelCVSbyAPG: Operations in many countries and larger customers bases require a solide IT infrastructure, we changed ours http://www.interxion.at/ [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: Gaining new customers and investing for their sustainability .. http://www.teknoparkistanbul.com/eng/pages/co-foun~
ModelCVSbyAPG: Gaining new customers and investing for their sustainability .. http://www.teknoparkistanbul.com/en~ [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: Quite a long time I was very busy working for new market places http://www.ca.com/files/Articles/ca-turkish-deligh~
ModelCVSbyAPG: Quite a long time I was very busy working for new market places http://www.ca.com/files/Articles/ca~ [Link]
SDLC » SDLC Solutions releases its new logo
15/07/2010 SDLC Solutions releases its new logo A new look for sdlc solutions SDLC Solutions has released its new logo as part of its integration with NCC Group plc (LSE: NCC, “NCC Group” or “the Group”), the international, independent provider of Escrow and Assurance. The logo was first seen by hundreds of participants who attended the Capgemini Prince’s Trust Golf … [Link]
IET » spotlIET Issue 16
spotlIET Issue 16 – July 2010 [Link]
IET Blog » Multi Row Fetch Experiences (2)
A second issue with multi-row fetch (see previous posts) affects application design.With a normal READ EACH, each row is fetched one at a time, so if the row fetched has been affected by previous processing within the READ EACH, the fetched row's column values will be up to date.However with a multi-row fetch, blocks of n rows are fetched into … [Link]
IET Blog » Multi Row Fetch Experiences (1)
We have now started the development of the next release of our products using gen r8.0. One of the new features of r8.0 that we are looking forward to using is multi-row fetch because of the potential for serious performance improvements (see previous posting).We have developed a new check in VerifIEr to calculate what the optimum fetch size should be … [Link]
Jumar » 01/06/2010 Are You Ready For R8? Automate Your CA Gen R8 Upgrade For A Faster Implementation.
Jumar is delighted to announce that its Project Phoenix Upgrade Analyser software for CA Gen is now fully certified for the newly-released CA Gen R8. Project Phoenix automation is proven technology and has been used by many CA Gen organisations ar…. [Link]
IET Blog » Encyclopaedia Performance
A few customers have asked us for information on improving performance on both the Gen host ency and client/server ency. Rather than try and write out a definitive list of things to look for, I thought it would be useful (and less onerous) to provide occasional posts on this subject.If you have any ideas or experiences that you would like … [Link]
Jumar » 26/05/2010 The latest edition of the Jumar newsletter is now available.
The latest edition of the Jumar newsletter is now available. This edition features an article on the latest developments in our project with CSN Sweden and the announcement of our exciting partnership with industry leading Agile Platform provider Out…. [Link]
QAT » Modernization Beyond Transformation
QAT Genesis, is a new development and modernization approach that is focused on business process automation with Agility BPM, a web enabled business process management system running within the QAT WebDaptive framework. This approach enables business users and/or IT to develop sophisticated user interfaces with complex data collection, relational field edits, dependency rules and more [...] [Link]
IET Blog » Gen r8 z/OS Libraries for Batch
Gen r8.0 introduces support for operations libraries on z/OS (zLIBs). These are DLL load modules that contain one or more action blocks. The zLIB load module contains the DB2 language interface module and this is environment specific, for example DSNCLI is required for CICS, DFHLI000 for IMS and DSNELI for batch. Therefore, as with standalone dynamic action blocks, a separate … [Link]
AKRA FT » Das AKRA Rails Team am Ruby Tuesday
Fünf von acht festangestellten Mitgliedern des AKRA Rails Teams trafen sich gestern nach der Arbeit bei Flammkuchen und kühlen Getränken. Der Abend war konstruktiv und kurzweilig für Marcin, Jochen, Martin, Steffen und Sandra. Es war Zeit, dass wir uns alle mal an einen Tisch gesetzt hatten. Charly und Oliver waren noch in ihren Projekten und konnten nicht dabei sein. Piotr … [Link]
AKRA FT » Intelligente Internetpräsenzen für Unternehmen und Organisationen
Ein kraftvolles globales Gespräch hat begonnen. Über das Internet entdecken und gestalten die Menschen neue Wege, um relevantes Wissen mit rasender Geschwindigkeit auszutauschen. Als direktes Resultat werden die Märkte intelligenter — und sie werden schneller intelligent als die meisten Unternehmen. Aus den Anfangszeilen des Cluetrain Manifests Als Unternehmen oder Organisation können Sie sich diese Entwicklung zunutze machen. Nehmen Sie das … [Link]
IET » Release 8.0
Release 8.0 is now available to download from the IET web site [Link]
IET Blog » Beyond Compare
As a tools developer for CA Gen, the fact that we also develop our tools with CA Gen has meant that we tend to 'build not buy'. In other words, when we find the need for some additional tools support as part of our own Gen development projects, we enhance our own tools. This approach then leads to extra functionality … [Link]
IET » New Free Plug-in for CA Gen Studio from IET
IET have produced a free action diagram viewer plug-in for CA Gen Studio [Link]
IET » Release 7.7 Retirement
Release 7.7 will be retired from support 31 March 2011 [Link]
IET Blog » Gen r8 and z/OS
The beta test for Gen r8 has now ended and we are finishing off the changes made to our products to support r8. We will be launching this release 8.0 in early May to coincide with the general availability of Gen 8.0.The most significant changes that affected us were on the z/OS platform. The introduction of z/OS Libraries (OPSLIBs for … [Link]
SDLC » Exciting opportunities ahead
23/04/2010 Exciting opportunities ahead NCC Group acquires SDLC Solutions NCC Group plc (LSE: NCC, “NCC Group” or “the Group”), the international, independent provider of Escrow and Assurance Testing, has acquired SDLC Solutions Limited, the UK testing solutions specialist. Operating as a separate entity within the Group, the existing SDLC Solutions Board will continue to manage the company as before and … [Link]
IET » xTrace 2.3.2 Available
xTrace release 2.3.2 is now available [Link]
IET » xTrace Video
A new video is available that introduces xTrace [Link]
Jumar » 16/04/2010 Jumar Announces New Training Partnership
Jumar is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Tassc Limited, a specialist training and consulting company, to provide training for the Unified Modelling Language (UML) and Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN). With modelling techn…. [Link]
AKRA FT » Interactive, Mobile und Social Media für Unternehmen 2.0
Die Plattform eines Corporate Web für das Ecosystem eines Unternehmens 2.0 besteht aus den drei Grundfarben Interactive, Mobile und Social, die für jedes Unternehmen und seine Anforderungen jeweils sehr unterschiedlich ausgeprägt sein können. Jedes Unternehmen besitzt seine eigene individuelle und stimmige Farbmischung. Interactive Media steht für die Benutzererfahrung mit den Anwendungen und den automatisierten Geschäftsprozessen hinter der Oberfläche, der Mensch-Maschine-Schnittstelle. … [Link]
AKRA FT » AKRA Kalender: Events für Webworker
Seit heute bieten wir auf der Seite Events ein zusätzliches Feature für unsere Leser an. Ein Kalender, der die wichtigsten Termine für Webworker in D/A/CH bereitstellt. Wir wollen ab jetzt den Kalender laufend mit Informationen füttern und so ein Gesamtbild der wichtigsten Veranstaltungen für Webworker, Partner und Freunde darstellen. So behalten Sie immer den aktuellen Überblick über alle interessanten Events … [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: CTO mr. Donald Ferguson can't wait to see You at CA World. http://bit.ly/dzjzJR! ..Me too.
ModelCVSbyAPG: CTO mr. Donald Ferguson can't wait to see You at CA World. http://bit.ly/dzjzJR! ..Me too. [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: Happy Easter! The first three months of 2010 were exciting and industrious…
ModelCVSbyAPG: Happy Easter! The first three months of 2010 were exciting and industrious… [Link]
IET Blog » Multi Row Fetch
One of the new features in Gen r8 that we have started to test is the ability to specify a multi-row fetch for READ EACH statements. This property changes the generated code to perform a block fetch of multiple rows into an array rather than fetching one row at a time.A simple test of reading many rows from a large … [Link]
QAT » Agility BPM
Well, the new release of our BPM product is ready, but it’s no longer QAT Flow. In conjunction with this release, we’re announcing a new name for this powerful product. The new name of the product is “Agility BPM”. You can read about the new product at www.qat-gen.com/agilitybpm.shtml We have some other exciting announcements planned [...] [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: ProgGen@Manga wishes Good LUCK!! http://www.newvideomusic.com/manga-we-could-be-the~ at song contest
ModelCVSbyAPG: ProgGen@Manga wishes Good LUCK!! http://www.newvideomusic.com/manga-~ at song contest [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: Join US at IUK 2010 http://community.ingres.com/forum/dba-forum/ UK Ingres User Association Conference 2010 will be on Tuesday June 8, 2010
ModelCVSbyAPG: Join US at IUK 2010 http://community.ingres.com/forum/d~ UK Ingres User Association Conference 2010 will be on Tuesday June 8, 2010 [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: ProgGen@INGRES. Using ProgGen on the fly transformation from any DB Implementation into INGRES makes you RICH!!!! INGRES is Open Source
ModelCVSbyAPG: ProgGen@INGRES. Using ProgGen on the fly transformation from any DB Implementation into INGRES makes you RICH!!!! INGRES is Open Source [Link]
AKRA FT » Avocado Store – Der Öko-Marktplatz im Web ist Online
Stephan Uhrenbacher hatte die Idee, etwas im E-Commerce für nachhaltige und ökologische Produkte zu machen. Philipp Gloeckler fand das gut, wollte aber lieber einen Marktplatz mit vielen Shops. Gemeinsam entwickelte man die Idee zum Marktplatz weiter. So entstand im Sommer 2009 das erste Konzept zu dem, was nach intensiver Detailarbeit am Geschäftsmodell und technischer Umsetzung, vergangene Woche öffentlich als Avocado … [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: COOL:Gen HOTTER than ever? http://www.arikan.at/apg_olb/resource/COOLGEN.pdf
ModelCVSbyAPG: COOL:Gen HOTTER than ever? http://www.arikan.at/apg_olb/resour~ [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: COOL Gen is HOTTER than ever!! http://www.arikan.at/apg_olb/resource/Cool%20gen.p~
ModelCVSbyAPG: COOL Gen is HOTTER than ever!! http://www.arikan.at/apg_olb/resour~ [Link]
QAT » 7 More Things Checked off the QAT Flow Wish List!
We’re in the countdown to the next release of QAT Flow! With only three weeks left until the expected release date, our team has been working hard to finish up the latest round of features requested by customers. We’re providing a number of major new features in Release 5 that will make it even more [...] [Link]
AKRA FT » Gewinnspiel: 10 Freikarten für die CeBIT Global Conferences 2010
AKRA Future Technologies und die CeBIT Global Conferences vergeben dieses Jahr einige Freikarten in die Community. Die CeBIT Global Conferences finden im Convention Center (CC) in Saal 2 vom 2.-6-März auf der CeBIT statt. Jeder Tag steht dabei unter einem anderen Motto. Das aktuelle Programm der Konferenz finden Sie hier sowie jede Menge weitere Informationen zur Konferenz. Wir wollen 10 … [Link]
AKRA FT » Nach zwei Tagen auf den Hamburger IT-Strategietagen 2010
So sahen wir am Ende des zweiten Tages bei den Hamburger IT-Strategietagen aus. Vernügt, doch auch recht erschöpft. Mehr als 700 Besucher im Grand Elysee, die ein vollgepacktes Programm absolvierten und zwei handvoll Sponsoren und Aussteller. Klasse Vorträge von hochrangigen CIO’s aus Deutschland, eine sehr gute Organisation von Hamburg @work und intensive und inspirative Gespräche in der Lobby machten es … [Link]
IET Blog » Build Tool Profile – Oracle
We have noticed that the Gen Build Tool uses different Oracle pre-compiler options for UNIX vs Windows. Here are the default options:Windows:SQLCHECK=SYNTAX MODE=ANSI IRECLEN=255 ORECLEN=255 LTYPE=NONEUNIX:IRECLEN=511 ORECLEN=511 CODE=ANSI_C LTYPE=NONE MODE=ANSI DBMS=V7SQLCHECK=SYNTAX PARSE=NONE RELEASE_CURSOR=NO HOLD_CURSOR=YESWe are not sure why RELEASE_CURSOR=NO and HOLD_CURSOR=YES are not set for Windows. We have experimented with setting these for Windows and have noticed a significant performance … [Link]
AKRA FT » Teil 5: AKRA socialCorp – Das Social Network im Intranet für Unternehmen 2.0
Teil 5 aus einem sechsteiligen White Paper anlässlich der Hamburger IT-Strategietage 2010: Web 2.0 für Unternehmen – Eine neue Form der Kommunikation. Das Papier ist ein Gedankenanstoss für Unternehmen und Manager und liefert ihnen eine Argumentationshilfe bei der Einführung von Web 2.0 Konzepten in der internen und externen Kommunikation, bei ersten strategischen Entscheidungen für webbasierte Intranet-, Extranet- und Internetlösungen. AKRA … [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: The strength of CA Gen extended with Eclipse functionality: Use ProgGen http://bit.ly/bn7JJR
ModelCVSbyAPG: The strength of CA Gen extended with Eclipse functionality: Use ProgGen http://bit.ly/bn7JJR [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: After having tested CA Gen R8, with embedded ProgGen@eclipse candidate for MBD of 2010 http://www.ca.com/us/news/article.aspx?cid=217779
ModelCVSbyAPG: After having tested CA Gen R8, with embedded ProgGen@eclipse candidate for MBD of 2010 http://www.ca.com/us/news/article.a~ [Link]
Jumar » 08/02/2010 Jumar Sees Unprecedented Rise in Permanent Vacancies
Since late last year Jumar has seen an unprecedented rise in the number of new permanent vacancies from its client base and is looking to find people with the right skills to fill these roles. Managing director, Wendy Merricks comments, "We are d…. [Link]
Jumar » 05/02/2010 Jumar Achieves ISO and TickIT Accreditation
Jumar is proud to announce that it has achieved accreditation for the following quality management system standards: ISO9001:2008 TickIT Guide Issue 5.5 Managing director, Wendy Merricks comments, "We are delighted to have met all the requirem…. [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: Do You want to cut ORACLE costs without any loss of performance MIGRATE to INGRES using ProgGen !! http://www.ingres.com/
ModelCVSbyAPG: Do You want to cut ORACLE costs without any loss of performance MIGRATE to INGRES using ProgGen !! http://www.ingres.com/ [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: If You plan to migrate your Database Environment to Another One .. Contact us !!ProgGen@arikan.at www.modelcvs.com
ModelCVSbyAPG: If You plan to migrate your Database Environment to Another One .. Contact us !!ProgGen@arikan.at www.modelcvs.com [Link]
AKRA FT » Unternehmen sind keine statischen Gebilde
Unternehmen verändern sich jeden Tag. Mit den sich ändernden Anforderungen der Kunden, der Märkte. der Technologien, der Mitarbeiter. Jeden Tag. Auch wenn die strategischen Ziele eines Unternehmens für längere Zeit konstant bleiben. Aber Unternehmen sind keine statischen Gebilde. Leistungsstarke Unternehmen sind kreative Kraftwerke, was ihre Taktiken im Aufspüren ihrer Chancen, in der Konzeption und Umsetzung der Lösungen für ihre Herausforderungen … [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: Virtual Environments get more and more widespread .. We started with SL .. http://smartmeetings.com/issues/may-2009/articles/~
ModelCVSbyAPG: Virtual Environments get more and more widespread .. We started with SL .. http://smartmeetings.com/issues/may~ [Link]
AKRA FT » Das FT-Blog wächst Stück für Stück
Wir haben vergangene Nacht den AKRA Future Technologies Blog mit neuen Funktionen und neuem Design wiederaufgelegt. Frischer, aktueller und zeitgemässer. Ohne Schnörkel. In AKRA Farben und Formen. Klar und eindeutig. Im reduzierten Stil. In den nächsten Tagen folgen weitere kleine Anpassungen. Das neue Blogformat kam in den letzten Tagen bei uns intern im Haus gut an. Um so mehr freut … [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: Some thoughts about MBD.. Can tool human interface become natural language based? http://gentalk.biz/blog/?p=1024&cpage=1#commen~
ModelCVSbyAPG: Some thoughts about MBD.. Can tool human interface become natural language based? http://gentalk.biz/blog/?p=1024&~ [Link]
Jumar » 28/01/10 Latest Jumar Webcast Audio Now Available
Our latest audio webcast entitled 'Reduce Conversion Time by Using Project Phoenix to Convert from GUI to WUI' is now available. Click here if you wou…. [Link]
AKRA FT » Teil 4: So wird Social Media im Internet & Intranet ein Erfolg
Teil 4 aus einem sechsteiligen White Paper anlässlich der Hamburger IT-Strategietage 2010: Web 2.0 für Unternehmen – Eine neue Form der Kommunikation. Das Papier ist ein Gedankenanstoss für Unternehmen und Manager und liefert ihnen eine Argumentationshilfe bei der Einführung von Web 2.0 Konzepten in der internen und externen Kommunikation, bei ersten strategischen Entscheidungen für webbasierte Intranet-, Extranet- und Internetlösungen. Social … [Link]
IET Blog » Application Cache
If you frequently need to read the same data from the database in the same transaction (for example look-up table data), the DBMS cache/buffer should reduce the I/O to disk by having the data in memory. However there is still a considerable overhead involved with using SQL to obtain the data multiple times.A technique that we have used to improve … [Link]
AKRA FT » Teil 3: Prinzipien, Mechanismen und Plattformen des Web 2.0
Teil 3 aus einem sechsteiligen White Paper anlässlich der Hamburger IT-Strategietage 2010: Web 2.0 für Unternehmen – Eine neue Form der Kommunikation. Das Papier ist ein Gedankenanstoss für Unternehmen und Manager und liefert ihnen eine Argumentationshilfe bei der Einführung von Web 2.0 Konzepten in der internen und externen Kommunikation, bei ersten strategischen Entscheidungen für webbasierte Intranet-, Extranet- und Internetlösungen. Unabhängig … [Link]
AKRA FT » Teil 2: So können Sie Web 2.0 im Unternehmen einsetzen
Teil 2 aus einem sechsteiligen White Paper anlässlich der Hamburger IT-Strategietage 2010: Web 2.0 für Unternehmen – Eine neue Form der Kommunikation. Das Papier ist ein Gedankenanstoss für Unternehmen und Manager und liefert ihnen eine Argumentationshilfe bei der Einführung von Web 2.0 Konzepten in der internen und externen Kommunikation, bei ersten strategischen Entscheidungen für webbasierte Intranet-, Extranet- und Internetlösungen. Unternehmen … [Link]
AKRA FT » Teil 1: Eine neue Form der Kommunikation für Unternehmen
Teil 1 aus einem sechsteiligen White Paper anlässlich der Hamburger IT-Strategietage 2010: Web 2.0 für Unternehmen – Eine neue Form der Kommunikation. Das Papier ist ein Gedankenanstoss für Unternehmen und Manager und liefert ihnen eine Argumentationshilfe bei der Einführung von Web 2.0 Konzepten in der internen und externen Kommunikation, bei ersten strategischen Entscheidungen für webbasierte Intranet-, Extranet- und Internetlösungen. In … [Link]
AKRA FT » AKRA bei den Hamburger IT-Strategietagen 2010
Die Hamburger IT-Strategietage am 11./12. Februar 2010 im Hotel Grand Elysee am Dammtor bieten IT-Managern Entscheidungshilfen in Bezug auf aktuelle IT-Trends. Der Kongress ist in der Hansestadt seit sieben Jahren eine Institution, ins Leben gerufen von Hamburg @work, CIO, Computerwoche und Financial Times Deutschland. AKRA freut sich, dieses Jahr Co-Sponsor, Aussteller und Teilnehmer der IT-Strategietage zu sein. Der Geschäftsbereich Future … [Link]
AKRA FT » Ein neues Gesicht bei AKRA FT: Christian Rieger
Seit dem 15. Januar unterstütze ich die AKRA GmbH im kaufmännischen und organisatorischen Bereich. Zudem betreue ich gemeinsam mit Cem Basman das Future Technologies Blog und füttere den Twitter-Account mit neuen Informationen rund um den Geschäftsbereich Future Technologies. Die erste Woche verlief für mich sehr positiv. Ich freue mich darauf hier bei AKRA an meiner Zukunft feilen zu können und … [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: 2010 is the year of Modelbased Software Development and surrounding technologies like the ones @ Qcon http://qconlondon.com/london-2010/
ModelCVSbyAPG: 2010 is the year of Modelbased Software Development and surrounding technologies like the ones @ Qcon http://qconlondon.com/london-2010/ [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: Ontologies in Computer Science ModelCVS .. How our work began in 2005 .. Early stages .. http://www.modelcvs.org/index.html
ModelCVSbyAPG: Ontologies in Computer Science ModelCVS .. How our work began in 2005 .. Early stages .. http://www.modelcvs.org/index.html [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: https://www.xing.com/net/somomosoen/news-439300/mo~ answers Questions about ontologies…
ModelCVSbyAPG: https://www.xing.com/net/somomosoen~ answers Questions about ontologies… [Link]
Jumar » 14/01/2010 Agile In A Day Workshops from Jumar
Jumar is running its first 'Agile In A Day Workshop' during March. The Workshop is designed to demonstrate how, by both business and IT departments working together, they can successfully deliver projects using Agile methods. This half-day …. [Link]
IET Blog » Mapping Group Views
Gen allows you to view map group views with differing cardinalities on USE statements and dialog flows if the receiving view has a higher cardinality than the sending view.However the view match remains intact even if you then subsequently change the cardinality of the sending view to a value that is greater than the receiving view, so you could end … [Link]
SDLC » Serious about security
12/01/2010 Serious about security SDLC Solutions awarded ISO27001 Following an intensive two-day external assessment, SDLC Solutions has been awarded the ISO security certification ISO27001. ISO27001 is an information security management system (ISMS) standard published in October 2005 by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Its full name is ISO/IEC 27001:2005 – Information technology — … [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: Some articles from our MBD user group.. Feel free to join and share your related ideas .https://www.xing.com/net/somomosoen/news-439300/
ModelCVSbyAPG: Some articles from our MBD user group.. Feel free to join and share your related ideas .https://www.xing.com/net/somomosoe~ [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: Last couple of days there are many inquiries about grammer and MM based transformation http://www.arikan.at/apg_olb/resource/proggenapi.p~
ModelCVSbyAPG: Last couple of days there are many inquiries about grammer and MM based transformation http://www.arikan.at/apg_olb/resour~ [Link]
Jumar » 06/01/10 – Jumar Appoints New Resources Business Development Manager
Jumar has appointment of Julia Williams as Business Development Manager of its Resources Division. The new role is designed not only to bring new business to the company, but also to improve processes and manage the growing team of recruitment con…. [Link]
IET » xTrace 2.3.1 Available
xTrace release 2.3.1 is now available [Link]
Jumar » 04/01/10 Latest Jumar Webcast Audio Now Available
Our latest audio webcast entitled "Enjoy Better Performance Management by Utilising the Latest Automation Tools" is now available. Click here if you would like to hear it now. If you would like to register …. [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: Starting 2010 .. Plan for January .. Struts .. Reconstruction .. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_programming~
ModelCVSbyAPG: Starting 2010 .. Plan for January .. Struts .. Reconstruction .. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automa~ [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: ycycyxcyxcyxcyxc http://rep.ly/1LoMP
ModelCVSbyAPG: ycycyxcyxcyxcyxc http://rep.ly/1LoMP [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: Just Completed Modeling of JAVA Generation based on Struts .. follow up to share details http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_programming
ModelCVSbyAPG: Just Completed Modeling of JAVA Generation based on Struts .. follow up to share details http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automa~ [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: ..And .. obviously also Kevin the one Dances with Wolves Costner .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnLjlU4rCuc
ModelCVSbyAPG: ..And .. obviously also Kevin the one Dances with Wolves Costner .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnLj~ [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: I got the following video link to share with you .. THY official carrier of FC BARCELONA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSUVQ2Z5uWo
ModelCVSbyAPG: I got the following video link to share with you .. THY official carrier of FC BARCELONA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSUV~ [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: We enhance our Tooling for future Projects .. http://bit.ly/761htX
ModelCVSbyAPG: We enhance our Tooling for future Projects .. http://bit.ly/761htX [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: #APG will be there .. #ModelCVS #ProgGen is being tested at those days .. http://bit.ly/761htX
ModelCVSbyAPG: #APG will be there .. #ModelCVS #ProgGen is being tested at those days .. http://bit.ly/761htX [Link]
IET » spotlIET Issue 15
spotlIET Issue 15 – December 2009 [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: CA Gen R8 has new features .. Beta Test reaches half time ..http://www.ca.com/us/news/article.aspx?cid=21777~
ModelCVSbyAPG: CA Gen R8 has new features .. Beta Test reaches half time ..http://www.ca.com/us/news/article~ [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: Ajda PEKKAN is one of my favorite Turkish Singers .. NYT compares her with Chere http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/arts/music/21pek~
ModelCVSbyAPG: Ajda PEKKAN is one of my favorite Turkish Singers .. NYT compares her with Chere http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/a~ [Link]
IET Blog » Discovering hidden errors
Since we originally developed our VerifIEr QA and code checking product over 2 years ago, the scope of checks has enlarged in some very interesting directions.The initial checks were primarily aimed at standards enforcement, for example, object names, CBD architecture enforcement, use (or abuse) of various properties (e.g. READ properties), etc.More recently however we have developed a number of checks … [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: APG is again on the exhibition floor .. http://www.ca.com/Files/SupportingPieces/sponsors-~
ModelCVSbyAPG: APG is again on the exhibition floor .. http://www.ca.com/Files/SupportingP~ [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: We approach end of 2009 .. In 2010 there are some major events .. APG willl be @ http://www.ca.com/caworld/content.aspx?CID=221520
ModelCVSbyAPG: We approach end of 2009 .. In 2010 there are some major events .. APG willl be @ http://www.ca.com/caworld/content.a~ [Link]
IET » Christmas Greetings from IET
Christmas Greetings from IET [Link]
IET Blog » Gen r8 Beta Testing
October and November were busy months with 3 Edge conferences to attend and the start of the Gen r8 beta test period, so apologies for no blog posting for the past few weeks.We have started our beta testing of the next Gen release (r8). There are a large number of new and changed features that will keep us busy with … [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: The Idea and skills of him must have been backed up with some funding like .. http://www.garage.com/resources/criticalfactors.sh~ ..
ModelCVSbyAPG: The Idea and skills of him must have been backed up with some funding like .. http://www.garage.com/resources/cri~ .. [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: Some relaxing moments .. and .. thought about a person whose drafts of a wing are on the wall http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Lilienthal
ModelCVSbyAPG: Some relaxing moments .. and .. thought about a person whose drafts of a wing are on the wall http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_L~ [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: Again I am visiting customers and also some potential business partners..The world is manifoldly .. I am in Berlin http://www.fu-berlin.de/
ModelCVSbyAPG: Again I am visiting customers and also some potential business partners..The world is manifoldly .. I am in Berlin http://www.fu-berlin.de/ [Link]
Jumar » 08/12/09 – Jumar Appoints New Operations Manager For Its Flexible Managed Service
Jumar has appointed John Reaveley Operations Manager of its successful Flexible Managed Service (FMS). This key role emerges from the rapid growth of the FMS service and John will have responsibility for Jumar's team of Service Delivery Managers a…. [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: Great DAY our Group in XING has the 25th member .. I wonder when we will reach 100 https://www.xing.com/net/somomosoen
ModelCVSbyAPG: Great DAY our Group in XING has the 25th member .. I wonder when we will reach 100 https://www.xing.com/net/somomosoen [Link]
EDGE » Conference Sessions Now Available
Conference presentations are now available for download. Session handouts require a password – this password is only available to EMEA / EDGEucate / APAC 2009 attendees. An email is being sent to attendees with this information. Please email info@edgeusergroup.org if you do not receive it. EDGE EMEA presentations are available here. EDGEucate presentations are available here.EDGE APAC presentations are being … [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: Gentalk is live again after the hacker attack of last weekend. www.gentalk.biz .. Also APG homepage was target of this attack ..
ModelCVSbyAPG: Gentalk is live again after the hacker attack of last weekend. www.gentalk.biz .. Also APG homepage was target of this attack .. [Link]
SDLC » A commitment to employees
02/12/2009 A commitment to employees SDLC Solutions recognised as Investors in People SDLC Solutions has been recognised for its commitment to employees by recently being awarded the Investors in People (IiP) Standard. The Investors in People Standard is a business improvement tool designed to advance an organisation’s performance through its people. Mirroring the business planning process, it provides a flexible … [Link]
SDLC » SDLC Solutions recognised as Investors in People
02/12/2009 SDLC Solutions recognised as Investors in People SDLC Solutions has been recognised for its commitment to employees by recently being awarded the Investor in People (IiP) Standard. The Investors in People Standard is a business improvement tool designed to advance an organisation’s performance through its people. Mirroring the business planning process, it provides a flexible framework that involves developing … [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: ProgGen & EGL .. We are aware of EGLs Rise and have plans to include it http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/product~
ModelCVSbyAPG: ProgGen & EGL .. We are aware of EGLs Rise and have plans to include it http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/r~ [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: Another Article from the same Magazine .. APG has relations to both .. http://www.newsweek.com/id/222979 .. USA and CHINA ..
ModelCVSbyAPG: Another Article from the same Magazine .. APG has relations to both .. http://www.newsweek.com/id/222979 .. USA and CHINA .. [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: A Turkish Customer sent me the following Link .. Want to share with readers http://www.newsweek.com/id/224704/page/1
ModelCVSbyAPG: A Turkish Customer sent me the following Link .. Want to share with readers http://www.newsweek.com/id/224704/p~ [Link]
APG » Software Modernization a Growing Business
APGs current awarded model transformation technology ModelCVS*) enhances among others the functionality of CA Gen. Using APGs ModelCVS technology customers may easily modernize their Gen models, can make additional generations from their existing CA Gen models like SWT front ends for their GUI C/S applications. [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: http://www.estc2009.com:80/program .. ESTC2009 begins. So, take your chance to register for Europe's major conference on Semantic Techn.
ModelCVSbyAPG: http://www.estc2009.com:80/program .. ESTC2009 begins. So, take your chance to register for Europe's major conference on Semantic Techn. [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: VISIT http://struts.apache.org/2.x/ .. The new Version has nice features .. It is Nice, Intelligent & Elegant !!
ModelCVSbyAPG: VISIT http://struts.apache.org/2.x/ .. The new Version has nice features .. It is Nice, Intelligent & Elegant !! [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: Islamic World celebrates feast of sacrifice .. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_al-Adha
ModelCVSbyAPG: Islamic World celebrates feast of sacrifice .. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_al~ [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: Happy ThanksGiving Days to our friends from USA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving
ModelCVSbyAPG: Happy ThanksGiving Days to our friends from USA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanks~ [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: Analysis & Transformation Business grows.. http://www.modelcvs.com/modelcvs/template.do?actio~
ModelCVSbyAPG: Analysis & Transformation Business grows.. http://www.modelcvs.com/modelcvs/te~ [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: Heavy Fog in Istanbul delayed my flight back http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Middle_East/Turke~
ModelCVSbyAPG: Heavy Fog in Istanbul delayed my flight back http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Mi~ [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: Pressemitteilung: Hubert #Burda Media neuer Hauptaktionär der #XING AG – http://tinyurl.com/yex3bhu
ModelCVSbyAPG: Pressemitteilung: Hubert #Burda Media neuer Hauptaktionär der #XING AG – http://tinyurl.com/yex3bhu [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: RT @XING_de: Pressemitteilung: Hubert #Burda Media neuer Hauptaktionär der #XING AG -
ModelCVSbyAPG: RT @XING_de: Pressemitteilung: Hubert #Burda Media neuer Hauptaktionär der #XING AG – [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: Such a video takes much time I started at 10:00 almost 14 Hours of work..BTW thanks to Andrew for his contributions to SOMOMOSODE..
ModelCVSbyAPG: Such a video takes much time I started at 10:00 almost 14 Hours of work..BTW thanks to Andrew for his contributions to SOMOMOSODE.. [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: So it is about 23:52 in Vienna and i am about to finish my ProgGen4CAGen Video..After I finished it, I ll share it with my friends ..
ModelCVSbyAPG: So it is about 23:52 in Vienna and i am about to finish my ProgGen4CAGen Video..After I finished it, I ll share it with my friends .. [Link]
QAT » CA World 2010 – See you in Vegas again!
CA World 2010 will be held May 16 – 20, 2010 at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A. Key Dates November 16, 2009: Registration opens In recognition of current economic conditions, CA is keeping the conference fee to the base rate charged in 2008. Thus, base rate per person in North [...] [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: Please JOIN https://www.xing.com/net/somomosoen .. There is also much about CA GEn there #cagen
ModelCVSbyAPG: Please JOIN https://www.xing.com/net/somomosoen .. There is also much about CA GEn there #cagen [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: XING is a good social network with almost 10million members. We will share our know-how in modernization with others http://www.modelcvs.com
ModelCVSbyAPG: XING is a good social network with almost 10million members. We will share our know-how in modernization with others http://www.modelcvs.com [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: So finally ater almost 2 days of work I prepared our User Group in XING https://www.xing.com/net/somomosoen .. We will talk about Software
ModelCVSbyAPG: So finally ater almost 2 days of work I prepared our User Group in XING https://www.xing.com/net/somomosoen .. We will talk about Software [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: IF YOU are in Vienna at 2nd or/and 3rd of December .. please VISIT http://www.estc2009.com/ ..
ModelCVSbyAPG: IF YOU are in Vienna at 2nd or/and 3rd of December .. please VISIT http://www.estc2009.com/ .. [Link]
APG » ModelCVSbyAPG: A VALUABLE Organization WHICH DEALS With Semantic TECHNOLOGIES is http://www.sti2.org/ STI …
ModelCVSbyAPG: A VALUABLE Organization WHICH DEALS With Semantic TECHNOLOGIES is http://www.sti2.org/ STI … [Link]
Jumar » 02/11/09 Jumar Solutions Presenting at EDGE APAC2009
Jumar Solutions, CA Gen global partner and leaders in IT modernisation and migration solutions, will be presenting at the EDGE APAC2009 Conference in Canberra, Australia from 12th to the 13th November. 21st Century Systems at Schuitema Powered …. [Link]
EDGE » EDGE-APAC Conference Registration Now Open
The Committee of EDGE-APAC invites you to register to attend the EDGE-APAC 2009 CA Gen User Conference. The conference is being held at the Hyatt Hotel, Canberra on November 12 & 13th 2009. The theme of this year's conference is "Service Enabling Enterprise Application Systems", with the focus on how to use your existing CA Gen investment to deliver this … [Link]
Jumar » 28/10/09 Latest Webcast Audio Now Available
Our latest audio webcast entitled 'Learn How to Automate the Production of your Code and Data Structures to Create Components' is now available. Click here if you would like to hear it now. If you would lik…. [Link]
Jumar » 28/10/09 CA Gen Transition: More Effective Decision Making
By participating in our latest webcast on 19th November at 16:00 GMT, you will learn how to make better informed decisions on the scope, scale and timing of your transition activities. This webcast, entitled 'Re-architect Your 3270 Block Model Ap…. [Link]
Jumar » 26/10/09 Jumar Solutions Presenting at EDGEucate 2009
Jumar Solutions, CA Gen global partner and leaders in IT modernisation and migration solutions, will be presenting two papers at the forthcoming EDGEucate Conference in Plano, Texas, USA. Assessing a CA Gen Application's Upgrade Risks 29 October…. [Link]
QAT » EDGEucate 2009 – QAT Modernization Lab (sneak peak)
Q.A. Technologies will be hosting a modernization lab at the EDGEucate 2009 conference in Plano on Friday at 10:15. This hands-on lab will be introducing a new modernization initiative called QAT Genesis. I’m sure you’ll find it interesting and fun and I hope to see you there. Click on the picture below for a sneak peak. [Link]
QAT » QAT Publisher 2010 demo
In my last post I talked about the new functionality in QAT Publisher 2010 that will allow you to generate a publication that fills PDF Forms at runtime. In order to give you more details on how that works, I posted a video on YouTube that shows all the process, from design to runtime. Check [...] [Link]
IET Blog » Unused and Duplicate Prompts
We have been developing our products for close to 20 years now and one of the consequences has been that we have found quite a few unused and duplicate prompts in the models. We also have a multiple model architecture and a policy of migrating the entire data model to each of the development models. This results in all of … [Link]
Jumar » 13/10/09 – Jumar Solutions and OutSystems Sign Global Partnership Agreement
Jumar and OutSystems, provider of the industry-leading Agile Platform, have today announced a partnership that will expand the benefits, market reach and opportunities for Agile development and deployments in Enterprise IT shops. Both companies wi…. [Link]
Jumar » 12/10/09 – Jumar and Everware-CBDI Announce New Modernisation Support Program
Jumar Solutions, CA Gen global partner and leaders in IT modernisation and migration solutions, and Everware-CBDI the premier, independent source of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and engineering guidance and implementation, have jointly created…. [Link]
AKRA FT » Wir entwickeln Software nach Scrum
In unseren Ruby on Rails und Java Projekten entwickeln wir Produkte durchgängig nach den Prinzipien der agilen Softwareentwicklung. Wir setzen dabei überwiegend Scrum ein, d.h. Teammitglieder organisieren ihre Arbeit weitgehend selbst und wählen auch die eingesetzten Software-Entwicklungswerkzeuge und -Methoden. Nehmen Sie sich knapp acht Minuten Zeit und lernen Sie im Schnelldurchgang, was Scrum ist und welche Vorteile es Ihnen bietet. … [Link]
Jumar » 06/10/2009 Jumar Solutions and Schuitema Present 21st Century Systems at Schuitema at EDGE EMEA
Schuitema, one of the largest supermarket retailers in the Netherlands, and CA global partner Jumar Solutions, will jointly present a case study at the EDGE EMEA Conference in Amsterdam on 12th October, 2009. Rob Jasper, Integration Specialist fro…. [Link]
QAT » QAT Presents the Changing Face of Legacy Modernization at EDGEucate 2009
Legacy modernization on your agenda? It should be. Register to attend our informative sessions that will change the way you think about legacy modernization today and run your business tomorrow. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28 – 4:30PM Client Success Stories – Modernization with Process Automation Ken Bass, QA Technologies This presentation will cover success stories of major system enhancements and maintenance [...] [Link]
IET Blog » RI Trigger Impact Analysis
The previous post discussed the need to regenerate programs that call changed RI triggers. The difficulty is in performing this impact analysis.The Gen model does contain associations between action blocks and RI triggers (using IMPUSE associations if you are familiar with the Gen schema), but the important point to note is that these associations are maintained by the code generators. … [Link]
QAT » QAT Publisher 2010 is almost here !
As we approach the start of the beta testing for CA Gen r8 and several CA Gen conferences in October and November, we also get closer to the newest release of our QAT Publisher software. In case you aren’t familiar, QAT Publisher is a plug-in for CA Gen that allows you to publish information to several different [...] [Link]
Jumar » 29/09/09 Jumar Solutions and eSolutions Road Sign Exclusive Middle East Distribution Agreement
Jumar and eSolutions Road have today signed an exclusive partnership agreement. The agreement enables eSolutions Road to deploy and distribute Jumar's unique Project Phoenix automation software within the Middle East region, as well as supplement it…. [Link]
IET Blog » RI Triggers
In my experience, one of the more misunderstood aspects of Gen development is RI triggers, and the impact of making a change in the data model.In many cases, users think that they only need to regenerate the RI triggers once they have made their data model changes. Unfortunately it is more complex than that.The correct process is:1) Implement any changes … [Link]
IET » Edge APAC Conference
IET will be attending the EMEA APAC conference [Link]
QAT » Web Service Testing with soapUI
If you are following our QAT Insights blog, you will already know that I am currently writing a series on web service testing with soapUI, an open source tool for web service testing (a commerical Pro version is also available). Today, many CA Gen application have to meet SOA or other data communication requirements that [...] [Link]
IET Blog » Where is your source code?
For your Gen applications, the answer is of course that it is stored in the Gen encyclopaedia. But what about your non-Gen code like:External Action BlocksOLE filesBitmaps, iconsDDLDocumentationetc.Unfortunat~ we often come across projects that do not adequately manage the non-Gen source code, probably because they do not have this issue with the Gen code. There are cases of projects where … [Link]
Jumar » 22/09/09 Learn how to Automate the Production of your Code and Data Structures to Create Components
Jumar will be holding our next consultant-led on-line demonstration on 22nd October 2009 at 16:00 GMT. Attendees can look forward to a demonstration of our Project Phoenix CBD Transitioning software, showing you the stages of transitioning a CA Gen …. [Link]
AKRA FT » Das neue Android 1.6 ab Oktober 2009
Alles schöne Features. Ich warte aber immer noch auf ein besseres Prozesshandling im Telefonie- vs Synchronisationsmanagement bei Android. Es wäre schön, wenn während man telefoniert, die Synchronisation der Anwendungen auf dem Smartphone unterdrückt werden würde, damit es nicht regelmässig zu Gesprächsabbrüchen und -unterbrechungen kommt. Die Sendemasten der Telekommunikationsanbieter verkraften offenbar momentan die unterschiedlichen Signallasten und -techniken nicht. Ach übrigens, was … [Link]
SDLC » SDLC Solutions' White Paper
SDLC Solutions' White Paper Insourced Testing Support for Acceptance Testing SDLC Solutions' latest White Paper "Insourced Testing Support for Acceptance Testing" examines the impact that outsourcing, third party testing and offshoring can have on the quality and effectiveness of the implementation of a new business application. Discussed in traditional and agile contexts, the paper looks at the need to distinguish … [Link]
QAT » See you at the EDGEucate 2009 conference in Plano (October 28-30)
QAT will be attending the US EDGEucate 2009 conference in Plano (October 28-30). We would like to invite you to meet with us during the vendor exhibition and to participate in our hands-on technical lab. We will also be presenting the following sessions and hands-on technical labs: 1) A vendor presentation will provide an update on our overall [...] [Link]
Jumar » 10/09/09 Fix Encyclopaedia Validation Errors Fast with Jumar
Some model corruptions can exist in CA Gen encyclopaedias for a long time without causing any problems. However, in some cases they can have very serious implications, especially when a new platform or software version is being introduced. Jumar'…. [Link]
QAT » WebDaptive 2009 is here!
I’m excited to announce that QAT WebDaptive 2009 was released today! QAT’s successful web integration framework got more than a visual makeover: Supporting our customers with integrating WebDaptive in their unique environments gave us many ideas of how to improve that process. Just a few highlights: In the Web Framework, you can: register background functions to be [...] [Link]
AKRA FT » Buch: Praxis der Geschäftsprozessmodellierung
Jörg Krüger, mein Kollege in der Geschäftsführung bei AKRA GmbH, hat zusammen mit Christian Uhlig ein Fachbuch zur Praxis der Geschäftsprozessmodellierung veröffentlicht. Jörg Krüger verantwortet bei AKRA den Geschäftsbereich AKRA Management Consulting, das bei der Formulierung und Ausgestaltung von Unternehmensstrategien, Unternehmensarchitekturen und Geschäftsprozessen unterstützt. Er ist seit 1995 auch Lehrbeauftragter der Fachhochschule Wedel für „Geschäftsprozessmodellierung“ und „Systementwicklung“. Dieses Fachbuch ist … [Link]
IET » xTrace WebDemo
Attend the xTrace Web Demo 30 Sep 2009 [Link]
IET » Edge Conferences
IET will be attending the EMEA & US Edge conferences [Link]
IET Blog » An unexpected feature of Object Migration
An unexpected feature of the CA Gen object migration utility that sometimes catches us out is when you migrate an action block and the view matching of action blocks that use it is also affected.Consider the example where AB1 uses AB2. If you add a new import view to AB2 and view match it to an existing view in AB1:AB1:USE … [Link]
Jumar » 24/08/2009 Model your SOA or Component Architecture with the UML tool of your choice using Jumar:Links
Jumar:Links for CA Gen and UML allows key model data to be automatically moved from a UML tool through to CA Gen giving the ability to integrate a CA Gen application with other non-Gen applications, software packages and services. This then allo…. [Link]
AKRA FT » Pressesprecher von Vodafone nimmt Stellung zu Telefonaussetzern beim HTC Android
Vor einigen Tagen hatte ich über Probleme auf meinem Android HTC magic Smartphone berichtet. Es setzte in mehr als der Hälfte der Telefongespräche aus. Ich schien nicht der Einzige zu sein, der mit diesen Problemen kämpft. Die Ursachenforschung der Nutzer blieb ohne wirkliches Ergebnis bisher. Dirk Ellenbeck, Pressesprecher von Vodafone, hat nun eben auf meinen Artikel schnell reagiert, prompt in … [Link]
IET Blog » Gen and null columns
A recent posting on the Duick forum regarding NULL column support lead to a discussion on the Gen qualifier IS EQUIVALENT TO and a potential misinterpretation of the way that this works.As a bid of background information, it is important to understand how a nullable column containing a NULL value behaves. Consider a table with a nullable column and these … [Link]
IET Blog » Documenting Changes
Whether you are developing software that is commercially available or for internal use, users value a clear description of the enhancements and fixes introduced in a new release or service pack. This is especially important when there are changes in behaviour or actions that need to be taken by the users to take advantage of new features.A customer recently complemented … [Link]
EDGE » EDGE 2009 Event Registration Open
Registration Now Open for TWO Great EDGE EventsRegister now for EDGE EMEA 2009, taking place October 11-13 in Amsterdam. The first 30 attendees to register will benefit from a discounted rate of just €745 – a saving of 15%! Network with other Gen users and view the latest products and services in the EDGE EMEA Trade Fair. The highlight of … [Link]
Jumar » 10/08/2009 August 2009 Newsletter is now available.
The August 2009 edition of the Jumar newsletter is now available. This edition features news regarding a significant agreement with CA as well as an exciting new contract with a Swedish Government Agency. It can be found [Link]
Jumar » 20/05/2009 Customer Experiences of Upgrading and Modernising CA Gen Systems from Jumar Solutions
Jumar Solutions Limited, a leading provider of IT upgrade, modernisation and migration solutions has announced that it will be presenting at the UK Gen Product Line Communities (PLC) event. Doug Michael, Technical Director at Jumar Solutions will…. [Link]
AKRA FT » Meine Aufgabe bei AKRA: Das Beste aus zwei Welten
Ich habe mich beruflich verändert: Seit dem 1. Mai 2009 habe ich bei der AKRA GmbH in Hamburg als Geschäftsführer die Verantwortung für den Aufbau des neuen Bereichs “Future Technologies” übernommen. Gemeinsam mit meinen Mit-Geschäftsführern Fabian von Borcke, Thomas Ochmann, Ralf Kaminski und Jörg Krüger will ich die seit 10 Jahren stetige Expansion des heute rund 60-köpfigen IT-Dienstleisters und Beratungshauses … [Link]
EDGE » Present at EDGE EMEA 2009 / EDGEucate 2009
Can YOU speak to any of these CA Gen topics?The official Call for Presentations for EDGE EMEA 2009 and EDGEucate 2009 is open until Friday, May 22. Share your CA Gen expertise with a captive audience at EDGE EMEA 2009 (October 10-13, Amsterdam, Netherlands) or EDGEucate 2009 (October 28-30, Plano, Texas). EDGE is looking for speakers to present a variety … [Link]
IET Blog » Beware hidden READ properties
We encountered a problem recently where some code worked fine on our main Oracle test system but did not work correctly on z/OS DB2.We could not see anything wrong, so ran the code in trace using xTrace and it was then that it was noticed that there was a LIMIT 1 clause set on a READ EACH properties. This limits … [Link]
IET » D-A-CH User Group
IET will be presenting at the D-A-CH user group in Germany [Link]
IET » UK and Ireland User Group
IET will be presenting at the UK and Ireland User group [Link]
SDLC » Client Satisfaction Survey
13/05/2009 Client Satisfaction Survey SDLC Solutions, making the difference Feedback from the recent SDLC Solutions client satisfaction survey indicates 100 percent of the respondents would recommend SDLC Solutions to others, with the overall service provided by SDLC Solutions being rated as Excellent or Above Average. Says managing director, Pete Stock, “We are delighted by the results of this year’s client … [Link]
IET Blog » Client/Server Versioning
Our products are designed as client/server applications where the client code resides on the user’s workstation and the server code resides on a central windows, UNIX or z/OS server.The majority of our customers install the client code on each user’s workstation, though it is also possible to install it on a central file server. Because the changes to the workstation … [Link]
IET » COOLProfs Customer Day
IET will be attending the COOLProfs Customer Day [Link]
QAT » Ajax Session Management Part 3 – A Web Service-Based Session Solution
In my previous post I outlined a way of providing server-side user session state to a DHTML UI using native Java or .NET sessions. In this post I want to show another option: a web service-based solution. As part of the WebDaptive AJAX framework, QAT offers a web service for both Java and .NET that mimics [...] [Link]
IET Blog » Single Logon
When launching our products (GUI client/server or local windows based ‘fat clients’) the user has to logon by providing a userid and password. These are then used to validate that the user has access to the system and optionally are also provided to the Gen client/server runtime modules for authentication at the server level, for example, to RACF on the … [Link]
IET Blog » Memory Usage Update
A previous post described some of the techniques that we have used to reduce the memory requirements of Gen applications. One of the approaches that we have been trialling is to delay the allocation of local view storage for generated C code.The generated C code for an action block will define a structure for the local views and the memory … [Link]
QAT » Ajax Session Management Part 1 – Overview
Often, web applications require storage of user-specific session state at the server. Depending on the application setup, the server will typically issue a session id which is mapped to the user-specific state data on the server. The session id is either transmitted as cookie or encoded in the URL and sent back to the server [...] [Link]
IET Blog » User Defined Functions
In my last post, I described how you can extend the Gen runtime with user defined functions.The post described how the use of user defined functions can simplify action diagrams because you can nest functions and also the input and output parameters can be specified using any attribute view of the same domain, whereas imports and exports to action blocks … [Link]
EDGE » EDGEucate and EDGE EMEA 2009 Call for Speakers Open
We want YOU to present this October! The official Call for Presentations for EDGE EMEA 2009 and EDGEucate 2009 is now open until Friday, May 8th. EDGE EMEA 2009 will take place October 10-13, 2009, at Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam, NetherlandsEDGEucate 2009 will take place October 28-30, 2009, at the Collin County College in Plano, Texas, USA Share your … [Link]
IET Blog » Extending the Gen Runtime
I thought it would be worthwhile describing how we have extended the Gen runtime in the development of our tools, but first we should clarify what we mean by the ‘runtime’.A high level language (including Gen, but also languages like C, COBOL, Java, .Net, etc,) simplifies the developer’s task by providing functions that are inherent in the programming language. Examples … [Link]
IET Blog » Windows Timers in Gen GUI
Watching paint dry is not everyone’s idea of an interesting day at work, and for certain applications this is extra tedius when you have to click a ‘refresh’ button just to see how dry that paint has become.Various functions in our applications submit background tasks and exhibit this mindless click-to-see-if-it-has-finished scenario. After much RSI and boredom we decided it was … [Link]
IET Blog » Tabs Controls in Gen GUI – an easier approach
Let’s face it, designing neat but sophisticated applications using Gen’s GUI can be challenging. The temptation to resort to OCX controls to get a good-looking app is high, but at the expense of difficult and cumbersome coding in your client PStep.In particular, a user-friendly way to simplify groups of activities or information in a GUI would be to use a … [Link]
IET Blog » Avoiding too much logic in Window Open events
When flowing between windows in a Gen GUI application, it is good to have the window pop-up quickly, even if the data is not populated immediately, as this gives the user the feeling that something is happening.If you put too much logic inside the Open event of the window, this perception changes because the window does not get physically displayed … [Link]
IET » spotlIET Issue 13
spotlIET Issue 13 – April 2009 [Link]
QAT » Performance considerations when moving existing CBD projects to a J2EE Architecture.
Web scalability, platform independence, new technology adoption, and several other advantages can be listed as benefits that the business will get by migrating existing applications to new an better architectures like J2EE or .NET, but the benefits are not always obtained just by generating the existing application under the new technology or architecture. As we know [...] [Link]
Jumar » 06/04/2009 Learn How to Extend the Power of your CA Gen Block Mode Applications.
Jumar Solutions Limited, a leading UK provider of IT upgrade, modernisation and migration solutions announces the latest webcast in its upgrade and modernisation series for CA Gen applications, to take place on 16th April 2009 at 16:00 GMT. The se…. [Link]
IET Blog » Coping with the 32k view size limit
You are likely to have come across the 32k view size limit for procedure step import and export views unless you are generating for platforms that do not have the limit like pure windows clients, Java or .Net.When the user needs to scroll through simple lists of data, a paging method that uses a ‘start from’ field is usually adequate, … [Link]
IET Blog » Memory Usage and OS differences
The work that we have done so far on reducing memory usage has concentrated on the windows platform, but we also run our products on UNIX (AIX & HP) and z/OS.Each platform is different with respect to when memory is allocated, so an understanding of this is important when trying to reduce memory usage, especially if your code will operate … [Link]
IET Blog » Memory Usage Caveat
In the Mythical Man Month, Fred Brooks provides an example of how a developer 'wasted' a few bytes of storage in the OS/360 control program by putting in a routine to handle leap years. In his view this was not necessary since the operator could reset the date once every 4 years. In those days memory was very expensive, and … [Link]
IET » IET Gen Development Blog
New Blog about IET's use of Gen. [Link]
IET Blog » Memory Usage
Reducing the memory usage of our load modules is something that we are working on at present, so to kick off the blog with a very technical subject…Much of the code that we develop relies on repeating group views to process lists of objects.Group views in Gen need to have a fixed, maximum size, and memory for the group view … [Link]
IET Blog » Welcome
Welcome to the IET Gen Development Blog. I decided to start this blog to share some of the tips and techniques that we have learnt at IET in developing our products with CA Gen. We are passionate about CA Gen and the main aim of this blog is to help other Gen users learn from our experiences (and mistakes!).The blog … [Link]
Jumar » 20/03/2009 New Rapid, Automated Approach to Modernising CA Gen 3270 User Interfaces
Jumar Solutions Limited, a leading UK provider of IT upgrade, modernisation and migration solutions has today announced its new 3270 Automation Service for CA Gen users. By using Jumar's 3270 Automation Service, the modernisation of ageing term…. [Link]
SDLC » Q3 revenue on target
11/03/2009 Q3 revenue on target SDLC Solutions bucks the economic trend with latest revenue figures SDLC Solutions is on track to achieve 35 per cent revenue growth for the 2008/09 financial year. Third quarter revenue figures place the company’s financial outlook in line with the original forecast set eighteen months ago during a more buoyant global economy. Managing Director, Pete … [Link]
EDGE » EDGE Launches CA Gen Wiki
EDGE is pleased to announce the addition of a wiki to the EDGE website. As a user group it is important to make it easy for user group members to collaborate in increasing their knowledge of the Gen platform. The website has a new menu item 'CA Gen wiki' under the Resources heading. Initially the wiki contains some general information … [Link]
Jumar » 02/03/2009 Jumar Webcasts on Upgrading and Modernising CA Gen Applications-The Series Continues
Jumar Solutions Limited, a leading UK provider of IT upgrade, modernisation and migration solutions has today announced the latest in its series of webcasts on upgrade and modernisation strategies for CA Gen applications, to take place on 19th March …. [Link]
Jumar » 26/02/2009 Access our Second Webcast on Upgrading and Modernising CA Gen Applications
PRESS RELEASE Access our Second Webcast on Upgrading and Modernising CA Gen Applications The second in the Jumar webcast series on upgrade and modernisation strategies for CA Gen applications took place on 19th February. If you w…. [Link]
Jumar » 18/02/2009 Jumar Announces its Second Webcast on Upgrading and Modernising CA Gen Applications
PRESS RELEASE Jumar Announces its Second Webcast on Upgrading and Modernising CA Gen Applications. Discover new methods to dramatically increase productivity and reduce the time and cost of transition. Jumar Solutions Limited, …. [Link]
Jumar » 16/02/09 Jumar Announces New Model Assessment Service for CA Gen Users
PRESS RELEASE Jumar Announces New Model Assessment Service for CA Gen Users Jumar Solutions Limited, a leading UK provider of IT upgrade, modernisation and migration solutions has today announced its new Model Assessment Service f…. [Link]
Jumar » 16/02/2009 Jumar Announces New Model Assessment Service for CA Gen Users
PRESS RELEASE Jumar Announces New Model Assessment Service for CA Gen Users Jumar Solutions Limited, a leading UK provider of IT upgrade, modernisation and migration solutions has today announced its new Model Assessment Service f…. [Link]
Jumar » 10/02/2009 Jumar Announces GBP1.1m Modernisation Support Contract with CSN
PRESS RELEASE Jumar Announces £1.1m Modernisation Support Contract with Centrala Studiestödsnämnden. Jumar Solutions Limited, a leading UK provider of IT upgrade, modernisation and migration solutions has today signed a t…. [Link]
Jumar » 06/02/2009 Access our First Webcast on Upgrading and Modernising CA Gen Applications
PRESS RELEASE The first in the Jumar webcast series on upgrade and modernisation strategies for CA Gen applications took place on 29th January. If you were unable to attend the seminar you can view it [Link]
Jumar » 18/11/2008 The CA Gen Dream Machine
Jumar is presenting and attending at CA World. You can see the articles that follow on pages 11 and 13 of CA World Today the on-line magazine which is published daily for the duration of the event The CA Gen Dream Machine We often lus…. [Link]
Jumar » 17/11/2008 Model Analyser for Gen Upgrade
Jumar is presenting and attending at CA World. The article that follows has appeared in their on-line magazine which is published daily for the duration of the event Model Analyser for Gen Upgrade Upgrading is a daunting but inevitable…. [Link]
Jumar » 17/11/2008 Happy Birthday – CA Gen Complementary Solution Celebrates 10 Years
Jumar is presenting and attending at CA World. In addition, the article that follows has appeared in their on-line magazine which is published daily for the duration of the event. Happy Birthday – CA Gen Complementary Solution Celebrates 10 Ye…. [Link]
IET » spotlIET Issue 12
spotlIET Issue 12 – November 2008 [Link]
IET » CA World Dates
Dates confirmed for IET events at CA World 2008. [Link]
SDLC » Harness the Power of 3
28/10/2008 Harness the Power of 3 HP Application Quality Management Functionality. Security. Performance. In today’s complex and demanding testing environment, you can get your job done easier and faster with the power of the HP Application Quality Management portfolio behind you. Whatever testing methodology you’re currently using or your level of testing maturity, HP’s three quality management solution centres can … [Link]
SDLC » SDLC Solutions – your HP preferred partner
28/10/2008 SDLC Solutions – your HP preferred partner HP Application Quality Management Functionality. Security. Performance. In today’s complex and demanding testing environment, you can get your job done easier and faster with the power of the HP Application Quality Management portfolio behind you. Whatever testing methodology you’re currently using or your level of testing maturity, HP’s three quality management solution … [Link]
SDLC » HP Application Quality Management
28/10/2008 HP Application Quality Management Functionality. Security. Performance. In today’s complex and demanding testing environment, you can get your job done easier and faster with the power of the HP Application Quality Management portfolio behind you. Whatever testing methodology you’re currently using or your level of testing maturity, HP’s three quality management solution centers can help you improve your testing … [Link]
SDLC » Functionality. Security. Performance.
28/10/2008 Functionality. Security. Performance. Harness the Power of 3 HP Application Quality Management In today’s complex and demanding testing environment, you can get your job done easier and faster with the power of the HP Application Quality Management portfolio behind you. Whatever testing methodology you’re currently using or your level of testing maturity, HP’s three quality management solution centers can … [Link]
Jumar » 23/10/2008 Jumar at CA World
CA World 2008, 16th-20th November, Las Vegas Jumar is looking forward to presenting two papers at the 13th CA World, education and networking conference in Las Vegas. Both papers are in the Mainframe Modernisation and Application Development (Gen…. [Link]
Jumar » 25/09/2008 New product distribution partnership for Jumar
Jumar, a leading provider of IT recruitment services, solutions and consultancy with specialist knowledge in Gen legacy migration and modernisation solutions, has just signed a non-exclusive agreement with Facet, an Australian specialist Gen consulti…. [Link]
Jumar » 30/09/2008 Jumar grows with another senior appointment
Jumar Solutions Limited, a leading UK provider of IT modernisation and migration solutions, has appointed Andy Wyatt, Principal Business Development Consultant. Andy was formerly Principal Consultant Technical Sales at CA (formerly Computer Associat…. [Link]
SDLC » 2007/08 financial results
24/09/2008 2007/08 financial results SDLC Solutions surpasses revenue target With a 32 per cent revenue growth for the 2007/08 financial year and a final revenue figure of nearly £9.5m, SDLC Solutions has surpassed its expected financial targets for the year. “We’ve managed to achieve our targets this year by securing long-term deals with major clients and strengthening industry partnerships,” said … [Link]
CBDI » M&A or Business as Usual?
When I researched and wrote my report for the September Journal on M&A I commented that the level of mergers this year was way down on the last 2 years. Well! How wrong can you be? In the space of one week everything has changed. Bank of America and Merryl Lynch, Lloyds and HBOS, Barclays and Lehmans, and not forgetting … [Link]
Jumar » 22/08/2008 Latest Newsletter Available
The Summer 2008 edition of the Jumar newsletter is now available. This edition highlights some of the recent overseas partnerships Jumar has forged as well as showcasing our Recruitment Division's Personal Profile Analysis Tool. You can download i…. [Link]
SDLC » SDLC Solutions delivers to clients' satisfaction
07/08/2008 SDLC Solutions delivers to clients' satisfaction SDLC Solutions has received impressive results in its latest Client Satisfaction Survey. Surveys were sent to all of SDLC’s major clients earlier this year. Responses were favourable with SDLC Solutions receiving high scores in most categories. Managing director, Pete Stock, is pleased with the results. “From a delivery perspective, our clients were extremely … [Link]
IET » IET at CA World
Details of sessions IET presenting at CA World [Link]
EDGE » Where should the next EMEA event be held?
EDGE is looking at potential venues for the next EMEA event. Please let us know where you would like the event to be held! [Link]
APG » Key Events of 2008
To make a good software product requires hard work, endurance and a big deal of technical and scientific brilliance, good industrial partners who share their real life experience and a coherent team which holds together until the project reaches its harvest. Me and the other four members of our ModelCVS Team experienced this reality on our way from a Skill … [Link]
Jumar » 21/07/2008 Jumar appoints new Business Development Director
Jumar, a leading provider of IT Services and Solutions, has appointed Paul Hughes as its new business development director. Paul was formerly Vice President, EMEA Mainframe Solutions and Services at CA (formally Computer Associates) following the acq…. [Link]
IET » spotlIET Issue 11
spotlIET Issue 11 – July 2008 [Link]
CBDI » Learning from other Architecture disciplines
I recently spent a week in the city of Buffalo, in upper New York State. I hadn't been there before. It's a relatively small city by US standards, but what struck me immediately was the building architecture. Everywhere you go there are quite amazing buildings. The most striking are the Art Deco skyscrapers. But tucked away there are several examples … [Link]
CBDI » Enterprise Architecture Europe Conference
In June I attended and spoke at the European Enterprise Architects Conference in London. Some 250 architects fromm all over Europe. The theme of the conference was very much about business alignment – moving the EA function into a much more strongly business function. But it was interesting that when one speaker asked the main tent "how many of you … [Link]
SDLC » Network and Application Performance Assessment Service
24/06/2008 Network and Application Performance Assessment Service How do you find out if you have a performance problem in your business? A customer rings up to explain his or her difficulty in using your online service? A user complains to you about lost productivity? The help desk manager sends you an email about the amount of time he or she … [Link]
IET » xTrace 2.2
xTrace Release 2.2 [Link]
Jumar » 03/06/2008 New Butler Group White Paper
A recent White Paper on The Benefits of Model Driven Development concludes that CA Gen is a leading development tool when it comes to implementing this approach successfully. Written by Michael Azoff of the Butler Group, it features input from Jumar …. [Link]
Jumar » 29/05/2008 Jumar Expands Asia Pacific Operations
Jumar, a leading provider of IT recruitment services and migration and modernisation solutions, is to expand its operations in the Asia Pacific region following a new partnership agreement signed with Encode, a growing Australian IT services company….. [Link]
SDLC » Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is here
22/05/2008 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is here Are you looking to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite to Release 12? While Oracle clearly defines an upgrade path based on a standard implementation of its product, it quite understandably cannot take into account all of the customisations required to ensure the applications meet each organisation’s unique business needs. This leaves organisations … [Link]
Jumar » 06/05/2008 New Model Analyser Module to Identify Gen 7.6 Upgrade Issues
A move to CA Gen 7.6 from any earlier version should be treated as a major upgrade. There are many significant and potentially far-reaching issues to address during the transition. The actual impact of these issues on an organisation and its Gen port…. [Link]
APG » Legacy Renewal using ModelCVS by APG
Legacy Renewal is another strength of ModelCVS by APG. Through Model Transformation one Programming Language can be transformed to another one. ProgGen is an easy-to-use model transformation tool for Programming Languages. Programs of a source language can be loaded into the ProgGen database. [...] [Link]
APG » Data Exchange datX
The main issue here is the data exchange between software systems. This type of communication is regulated by a communication protocol, which also supports format transformation procedures. The ModelCVS component datX covers data format conversion. [...] [Link]
APG » Retrieve Visualize and Analyze Business Data
CleverPath Forest and Trees enables you to develop dynamic applications that present critical information in dashboard displays, from which users can link to focused views that analyze a selected indicator in depth. [...] [Link]
EDGE » Two New White Papers to Download!
You can find these files in the White Papers section of the site.Name: Butler Group – The Benefits of Model Driven Development Description: Model Driven Development (MDD) is the next step of abstraction in writing software applications.CA Gen is the MDD tool from CA that has a long history of successfully delivering applications: many of the early mainframe applications written … [Link]
Jumar » 16/03/2008 Jumar in the Premier League
Jumar is sponsoring its first Premier League football match on March 17th when Birmingham City take on Newcastle United at the St. Andrews ground. "It's the perfect match for us to sponsor", said Managing Director Wendy Merricks, "as Jumar has su…. [Link]
APG » ModelCVS by APG V0.1
The first Version of the product ModelCVS by APG is beeing prepared at those days for the commercial availability. At the same time the tools components are beeing tested and put together like the bricks of a building. Each software component goes through some real life tests and depending on the results of those tests some adaptions are beiing made … [Link]
APG » CA WORLD 2008
Join CA for CA WORLD 2008 , taking place November 16 to 20, 2008 at the Venetian Las Vegas and Sands Expo and Convention Center. At CA WORLD 2007 we had the opportunity to explore real challenges, connect with colleagues, connect with CA leaders and leading partners and see real-world innovation in action. Thousands of CA customers, partners, executives and … [Link]
IET » Release 7.7
GuardIEn/genIE Release 7.7 [Link]
IET » CA IET Webcast
Attend the CA IET Webcast on 11th March [Link]
EDGE » CA AllFusion® Gen: Fast Track – Training brought to you by Kale Consultants
The AllFusion Gen product suite provides a model-based environment proven development environment for designing, deploying, and maintaining high-performance, scalable business applications by allowing IT developers to build reusable components, web-enabled applications as well as integrating legacy software with new systems. Training is done without the need to learn the many development tools and languages normally associated with distributed application development … [Link]
Jumar » 01/02/2008 Latest Newsletter Available
The Winter edition of the Jumar newsletter is now available. This edition covers some of the issues and solutions to upgrading to Gen 7.6, as well as announcing Jumar's new Permanent Recruitment Division. You can download it from the [Link]
IET » spotlIET Issue 10
spotlIET Issue 10 – January 2008 [Link]
Jumar » 21/01/2008 New Recruitment Section
Jumar is pleased to announce that live permanent and contract recruitment opportunities will soon be available to search on its website. In addition, there will be a section publicising internal career opportunities within Jumar itself. Make sure y…. [Link]
Jumar » 16/11/2007 Stevan Judd Joins Jumar as Business Development Manager
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Stevan Judd as Business Development Manager, working within our Professional Services Team. Stevan joins us from the Linpac Group, where he was involved in supporting their hardware, software and net…. [Link]
IET » IET Announces VerifIEr
IET announces a new automated QA and code checking tool for CA Gen. [Link]
IET » IET Web Demos
IET has scheduled a series of web demos to introduce IET Products. [Link]
Jumar » 13/12/2007 Christmas Support Arrangements
Jumar's Head Office will be closed from December 24th to December 26th inclusive. It will re-open on December 27th and close again for one day on January 1st. When the office is closed, remote support will be available but response times may be s…. [Link]
Jumar » 12/11/2007 November Conferences
Jumar will be presenting at two European conferences in November, both on Wednesday 28th. Andy Scott will be presenting on the subject of "Upgrading to Gen 7.6" at the Finnish Gen User Group meeting in Helsinki, and Dan Hobbs will be presenting "Mod…. [Link]
IET » New IET Telephone Number (again)
IET's new telephone number is +44 1225 863060. Unfortunately the previous new number did not work from all countries! [Link]
CBDI » SOA at Intel
My colleague Richard Veryard commented the other day “I sometimes wonder whether there really is more nonsense spoken about SOA than all of these previous technologies put together, or whether it is simply that the nonsense gets greater exposure nowadays . . “ Here at CBDI the primary principle underlying our work is to go beyond the trivial, to provide … [Link]
EDGE » EMEA & EDGEucate Presentations Available
The presentations from the EMEA 2007 & EDGEucate 2007 events are now available for conference attendees to download. Attendees at either event may download all the presentation documents.When you click on one of the downloadable files a pop-up will be displayed by the web browser requesting a userid/password. Use the userid/password provided at the conference. Note the the userid/password are … [Link]
IET » Vista Support
Statement of Support for Vista. [Link]
SDLC » SDLC Solutions purchases Oracle consultancy
SDLC Solutions purchases Oracle consultancy SDLC Solutions has entered the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Solutions market by acquiring Total Solutions Group (TSG) and its subsidiary, OracleEye. David Hallam, business development director, comments, “Part of our strategic business plan is to grow the business and the acquisition of TSG is the first stage in a managed growth campaign aligned to client … [Link]
Jumar » 26/10/2007 Application Modernisation Roadshow
Looking to revitalise or upgrade your Gen applications? Why not book a Jumar on-site consultation? Jumar is going on the road, holding a series of on-site consultations for Gen users throughout Europe. These interactive sessions will focus on expl…. [Link]
Jumar » 22/10/2007 New Permanent Recruitment Desk
Jumar has formally launched its permanent IT recruitment division, to complement its existing, well established IT contracting business. The new permanent recruitment division will cover IT sales as well as technical skills. Wendy Merricks, Manag…. [Link]
IET » KSPs updated 16th August 2010
Known Software Problems last updated 16th August 2010 [Link]
Jumar » 04/10/2007 Microsoft Office 2007 support
All Jumar software products have now been certified, where relevant, for use with Microsoft Office 2007. The following is a list of the Jumar products which integrate with Word, Excel and/or Access: – Project Phoenix 3270 Transition for CA Gen …. [Link]
Jumar » 03/10/2007 New Operations Manager
Jumar is pleased to announce the appointment of Kevin Tate as its new Operations Manager. Kevin was one of Jumar's first employees in 2000 and has worked as a Consultant on some of its largest accounts in the insurance and banking sectors. He …. [Link]
IET » spotlIET Issue 9
spotlIET Issue 9 – September 2007 [Link]
IET » New Service Packs
New Service Packs for 7.8 and 7.7 [Link]
Jumar » 22/09/07 Jumar on The Run
Jumar Director, Doug Michael, and Operations Manager, Kevin Tate, will be joining the 50,000 runners taking part in the UK's largest half marathon – the Great North Run – in Newcastle on Sunday 30th September. This will be Doug's 21st Great N…. [Link]
Jumar » 16/09/07 RSS news feed now online
The Jumar website now supports a RSS news feed to allow you to easily keep up to date with product news and other developments at Jumar. To subscribe click the orange RSS icon on the home page or news page. [Link]
IET » Release 7.0 and 7.5 Service Packs
New service packs have been released for Release 7.5 (SP3) and 7.0 (SP7) [Link]
CBDI » SOA PLUS AJAX?
An article from John Crupi (reference below) reminds me of many discussions around the topic of “what do we do with services?†For many, services are simply a mechanism to expose back end functionality that can be consumed by a composite application. But I have always been more than a little uncomfortable with composite applications because they are a kluge … [Link]
IET » Release 7.6 Available
Release 7.6 is now available [Link]
IET » spotlIET Issue 6
spotlIET Issue 6 – January 2007 [Link]
CBDI » BIG BROTHER DATABASE DINOSAUR
I note in the UK yesterday a row over government plans to create a huge database integrating personal details across government departments. The BBC reports “A centrally held, single source database of people's personal details could be created at Whitehall under government plans so people do not have to repeat personal information to different public bodies – particularly at times … [Link]
CBDI » INNOVATION IN CONTEXT
A new book by David Edgerton challenges some of our most deeply held assumptions. He suggests we confuse innovation with use and that resulting misconceptions lead us to unthinkingly accept clichés such as “change is constantâ€, or “we are subject to ever accelerating changeâ€. Continue reading "INNOVATION IN CONTEXT" [Link]
CBDI » EXPLAINING SOA TO THE BUSINESS AUDIENCE
Beware salesmen bearing inappropriate children’s gifts at this festive time of year! I note resurgent interest in LegoTM blocks as a metaphor for explaining to the business audience the value of SOA. My advice is don’t treat the business audience as dummies! Business people need grown up explanations, not over simplified ideas that give dangerously false impressions of ease of … [Link]
SDLC » Leading Role at Industry Event
09/12/2006 Leading Role at Industry Event SDLC TOPS OFF SUCCESSFUL YEAR WITH LEADING ROLE AT INDUSTRY EVENT SDLC Solutions, the UK’s leading independent software testing provider, is marking the end of a successful year with a major role at the professional testing industry’s largest event and a move to new premises. The Manchester International Convention Centre has been the venue … [Link]
CBDI » Semantic Services
A CBDI member commented on Richard Veryard’s recent report “Data Management for SOA†in the November 2006 CBDI Journal that the lack of semantics “is a significant weakness of the UDDI concept since it would be very dangerous to consume services dynamically without having a thorough understanding of the underlying semantic model. The results may be valid but meaninglessâ€I observe … [Link]
CBDI » Enterprise Architecture versus SOA?
In a provocative post yesterday, David Linthicum suggested that Enterprise Architects should be fired if they don't appreciate SOA. Not surprisingly, this is resulting in a hostile response from people (Uche Ogbuji, Mark Nottingham) who are saying that it's not Enterprise Architecture that's the problem, it's SOA. Or rather the SOA vendors. Mark (who used to work for BEA) blames … [Link]
SDLC » Eurostar 2006
01/12/2006 Eurostar 2006 Join SDLC Solutions at the biggest testing event in the calendar – EuroSTAR 2006 For over a decade the EuroSTAR conference has been the most successful and widely acknowledged gathering of European software testing professionals, and for most people, the premier training and education event on the testing calendar. The conference and exhibition is taking place 4-7 … [Link]
CBDI » SOA SLOUGH OF DESPOND
As you might imagine I don’t spend a lot of time listening to what Gartner Group says. In fact CBDI membership registrations strongly suggest the opposite is true! However one of our members gave us feedback that at the recent Gartner conference in Cannes there was almost no coverage on SOA!It’s not hard to figure out what’s happening. Gartner has … [Link]
IET » IETeGUI Announcement
IET announce their latest product – IETeGUI. IETeGUI enhances generated GUI applications providing customised list boxes and much more. [Link]
IET » spotlIET Issue 5
spotlIET Issue 5 – October 2006 [Link]
CBDI » Pay As You Go Services
Norwich Union has been running a pilot Pay-As-You-Drive (PAYD) car insurance scheme for a little while, and has now made this policy generally available for UK drivers. There are differential rates for insurance depending not only on the number of miles driven but also on the identity of the driver (under 23s pay more than older drivers) and the context … [Link]
SDLC » SDLC Boosts Sales Team
19/09/2006 SDLC Boosts Sales Team SDLC BOOSTS ITS SALES TEAM WITH TWO KEY APPOINTMENTS SDLC Solutions has stengthened its presence in Scotland and the South with two new appointments to its sales team. Simon Jacobs has joined SDLC as Southern Area Manager and will be responsible for looking after new and existing accounts and adding value to current client relationships … [Link]
IET » spotlIET Issue 4
spotlIET Issue 4 – August 2006 [Link]
SDLC » SDLC and the Ipod generation
22/08/2006 SDLC and the Ipod generation SDLC has always looked after its people, on the basis that they are the lifeblood of the company and represent the difference between us and the also-rans. Recently we wanted recently to say thank you for all the effort put in during the last year, which has at times been tough. Some of the … [Link]
CBDI » HEATHROW HELL ILLUSTRATES CASE FOR SOA
Wherever you are in the world it is unlikely you will have missed the reporting of last week’s events at UK airports, in particular London’s Heathrow. In a nutshell the UK Government announced, in response to highly creditable police work in detaining alleged terrorists, the very highest level of airport security. The result was nothing short of chaos. This catastrophic … [Link]
SDLC » MDS Contract Win
21/07/2006 MDS Contract Win SDLC Solutions has won a partnership deal with leading telecoms company Martin Dawes Systems (MDS). MDS provide billing, revenue and CRM solutions to the communications sector, and their customer base includes Vodafone, 02, BT, Carphone Warehouse and Orange. MDS has recently been awarded Best Billing Implementation for their BT Fusion for Business application, so clearly it … [Link]
SDLC » Offshoring Article
19/07/2006 Offshoring Article Off-shoring – a false economy in a testing market Testing your company’s IT systems and applications. A necessary job, but an easy one to tick off the list, right? You just off-shore your requirements to someone sitting in a room far, far away, they test your software out of sight and you sit back, smug in the … [Link]
CBDI » The Stupid Approch to SOA
I note Grady Booch, interviewed recently has made some interesting comments on SOA including: "It is simply a mechanism for reaching into systems. You see organizations rushing to [implement] services, but they are really missing the fundamental engineering principles. In about 18 months, they will complain SOA doesn’t work. They’ll be blaming the wrong thing. They should be blaming their … [Link]
CBDI » The Death of Java EE? (2)
I wanted to add something to David's post on the Death of Java EE.My take on this is that we are moving further away from the old-fashioned idea of a single all-powerful general-purpose programming language/environment. The complexity (and sometime popularity) of PL/1 and ADA resulted from the expectation that you could (and should) code everything you ever wanted in a … [Link]
CBDI » Microsoft Completes Acquisition of Softricity
I note Microsoft has completed the acquisition of Softricity, a provider of application virtualization and dynamic streaming technologies. Softricity provides Microsoft with an application and OS management process that will create a foundation for software services infrastructure. Using Softricity's application virtualization technology we can expect applications will be served centrally and delivered directly to the user's desktop in an isolated, … [Link]
CBDI » The Death of Java EE?
Every so often an enterprising industry analyst manages to create a huge debate by challenging some of the pillars of the industry. The debate de jour was sparked off by the Burton Group suggesting the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) is not going to survive as a major standard programming model in the next five years. Like one of … [Link]
IET » spotlIET Issue 3
spotlIET Issue 3 – June 2006 [Link]
IET » spotlIET Issue 2
spotlIET Issue 2 – April 2006 [Link]
IET » spotlIET Issue 1
spotlIET Issue 1 – December 2005 [Link]
EDGE » Jumar extends CA Gen training courses
Jumar Solutions Europe, has extended its range of specialist training courses for CA Gen users. Two new modules – Web Generation and Proxies and Encyclopedia Administration – have been added to the existing modules, providing a complete, up to date, suite of Gen training material.The training modules were developed by Active Development Group (ADG), a US services and education company, … [Link]
EDGE » Upgrading CA Gen: Where Do I Start?
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 – 11:00 EST Learn helpful hints and techniques for upgrading your CA Gen environment to the latest r7.6 release. This web seminar provides an upgrade framework, general guidelines and best practices based upon real world experiences. Learn how to plan a successful CA Gen upgrade that will minimize the impact to your existing production applications. Sign … [Link]
EDGE » Where did the Plex/2E content go?
The CA Plex and CA 2E product forums have moved to a new location within the CA Product Line Community site. To access the new forum, go to http://caforums.ca.com and follow the instructions to register and begin posting. For questions, please send an e-mail to Plex2E@ca.com. [Link]
EDGE » EDGENews- Spring 2007 Edition
The Board of Directors is working very hard to renew and improve the value that EDGE brings to the CA Gen community. We have completed our work on refocusing EDGE solely on the CA Gen Model Driven Development environment. Also, we have taken on a leadership role within CAs Product Line Community for CA Gen. Finally, we have established our … [Link]
EDGE » EDGEucate 2007
This year the U.S. event is being revamped and boasts a new name, venue, and timeframe! EDGEucate 2007 is set for October 29-31 in Plano, Texas. At this education focused event exclusively for Gen users, you will have the opportunity to network and learn from fellow users, developers and CA experts. Watch for the Call for Speakers coming soon. Volunteers … [Link]
EDGE » CA Announces Statement of Direction for Gen 7.6
Statement of Direction AllFusion Gen r7.6 z/OS Dynamic Program Call – Migration Support Revised – 29Aug06 Abstract Some complex customer z/OS application environments consist of AllFusion Gen and non-AllFusion Gen components which must interact with each other. Beginning with AllFusion Gen r7, z/OS runtimes were delivered as DLLs. This meant that AllFusion Gen applications, screens, procedure steps and action blocks … [Link]
EDGE » QWIK.xml Exchange
This paper outlines a recent integration success where two businesses required their respective heterogeneous applications to communicate in a transactional manner. This integration project was recently implemented to provide business to business XML integration between a large business application and a vendor. [Link]
EDGE » XML Composer – A short Case Study
This short article provides an overview of the XML Composer product produced by Canam Software. [Link]
EDGE » Concatenated Key Processing in the IEF
Bill Todd explains some options for reading groups of data which are sorted based on multiple text attributes. [Link]
EDGE » The Universal Paging Algorithm
Many times data needs to be retrieved in 'groups' for display on a screen, web page or window. Bill Todd presents a useful white paper on how to 'page' through data consistently. The text is illustrated with sample code. [Link]
SDLC » JWG-IT MiFID TechSIG model applauded
JWG-IT MiFID TechSIG model applauded Industry has the potential to save millions through a new approach With less than 50 working days until 31 countries have to be tested and ready for the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, JWG-IT, the think-tank for EU-driven IT change in financial services, today announced that the JWG-IT TechSIG is seeing early success in the … [Link]
