Thom Davidson joins IBM Advisory Council

R&K has been invited to participate in the IBM Advisory Council. Thom Davidson will be joining 20 companies selected nationally. The council will meet on July 24th & 25th in Chicago. I hope to bring back technology trend information compiled by IBM and their leading partners that we can share with our clients. LANSA will be a prominent topic in my discussions with IBM and the other firms that have been chosen.

Have a little fun during your coffee break--go boxing!

Just before COMMON, LANSA released RAMP Mania, an online boxing game that pits the speed of the Web against the quick wit of System i users. Simply put, you “box” your way to a score by eliminating unwanted function keys, green screens and dead-end modernization alternatives and, if the score doesn’t meet your personal goals, you can play again and again. RAMP Mania is a way to poke fun at those legacy components that annoy us. If you can’t beat them in the real world, at least you can in RAMP Mania’s virtual world!

Box your stress away at www.rampmania.com

LANSA RAMP Modernization Workshops

Spend 1/2 day and attend a RAMP Modernization workshop and discover how to modernize your System i applications using a business application framework for improved extendability, navigation and presentation, including isolating and reusing the best parts of your legacy applications.

We just held a couple of sessions at Rippe & Kingston. The reaction was Fantastic! Reading the literature, seeing Power Points and looking at some before and after pictures doesn't cut it!

You need to have that tactile experience that only a hands-on workshop provides.

If the schedule or location being offered by LANSA is not convenient...send me a request for a FREE Workshop. We will be happy to schedule one that meets your calendar so that the word will get spread. LANSA definetly got this one right!

LANSA Accepted into IBM's SOA Specialty

LANSA has been accepted into IBM's SOA Specialty, a certification program created to highlight software products that can further the creation and adoption of service oriented architecture (SOA). LANSA's primary tool for SOA development, called LANSA Integrator, was accepted into the program.
There are a myriad certification programs housed deep within Big Blue's PartnerWorld program. You've probably heard of the ServerProven and StorageProven certifications. Well, here's another: IBM's SOA Specialty, which is administered by the IBM SOA Foundation.

LANSA Releases Upgrade To RAMP Modernization Tool

"Among the new features shared with me are improved performance and enhanced productivity." Thom Davidson

LANSA has announced a new release of RAMP modernization tool for the System i platform that provides users with key features to improve performance and productivity, including multiple sessions, favorites folders, and 5250 screen wrappers.

A leading feature is the end user's ability to open and control multiple application framework windows at the same time. A framework window contains a new instance or a subset of the framework, for example, a specific application, a specific view of an application, or a specific business object. The ability to open and work within multiple windows naturally increases the user's productivity.

With the new release, users may also create personalized favorites folders, that is, a selection of application components containing only the business objects they use most frequently. By extension, an application designer may elect to allow multiple favorites folders (for example, order-entry favorites, end-of-month favorites, etc.) for different users or different periods of use to further simplify navigation and usability.

The third main feature is screen wrappers, that let developers put a graphical interface replacing one or more 5250 screens without having to analyze, rewrite, and retest the business logic within. These wrappers are graphical components that provide a fully functional and extendable user interface without having to change the server-side code.

"This new release provides features and functions that our early users of RAMP have been asking for," said John Siniscal, president of LANSA Inc. "As the RAMP customer base grows, we are learning and responding to the requirements that will make RAMP even more powerful and flexible for large-scale, real-world modernization projects. Customer feedback from both end-user organizations and ISVs has so far been enthusiastic and encouraging."

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LANSA: A great developer tool

I've been a LANSA developer since 1990 and I have to say that it is one of my favorite development toolsets. I've done LANSA green-screen applications, reports, Lansa for the Web, and LANSA Integrator applications. I've found that I really like the repository and many of the tools and leverages that it brings to the table. Now, I'm even more excited as I just finished some LANSA WAMS training that was really great. The "bang for buck" that the LANSA IDE and development toolsets bring to the table is just incredible. I've coded in other languages, but never found either the satisfaction or the productivity that I get from using the LANSA toolsets. After using LANSA, I simply cannot imagine going back to using any other toolset as my mainstay for getting business applications developed and deployed rapidly. - Robert S. Sweney rsweney449@gmail.com

R&K Expands LANSA Client Base with 1SYNC

Weidenhammer Systems Inc. (WSC) and Rippe & Kingston Systems, Inc. (R&K) have merged our 1Sync Managed Services under R&K. This merger provides benefits for our valued clients. There are a number of 1Sync network infrastructure enhancements and modifications that are planned for implementation in 2007. As a result of this merger, all accounts will be transitioned together without interruption. The consolidation allows us to expand the resources dedicated to 1Sync.R&K will be incorporating our essential Portal to the 1Sync Managed Services practice which will provide new capabilities including access to our 1Sync Knowledgebase, 1Sync's membership site, various retail news feeds for current industry information, as well as links to major retailers sites.

The 1Sync software is a LANSA based solution.