Contact
Nilo Khan
Wisconsin Midrange Computer Professional Association
secretary@wmcpa.org
May 2023: Monthly Dinner Meeting
Speaker: Brian May
In addition to being a published author and an award-winning speaker, Brian is the Vice President of Product Management with Profound Logic. In this role, he oversees Profound Logic’s product management practice and is the product owner for Profound API. Brian was a coauthor of the IBM i Modernization Redbook and was recognized by IBM as one of the first IBM Champions for Power Systems.
SESSION INFORMATION:
Maintaining an IBM i Development Staff in a Changing World
(4:30pm - 5:30pm)
For a long time, IT was treated as a cost center in many businesses. Now, your IT team should be a business asset, and should be treated like one from a business perspective. In this session we will examine how to maintain a development staff effectively in a post-pandemic world.
Topics covered will include:
Experience breakdown of a dev team
Managing turnover as a business risk
Telecommuting pros/cons
Staff development
Managing expectations/shop standards
Finding talent
Modern Application Integration via API
We no longer live in a world where we have one system of record that is used for all business functions. IT is an everchanging blend of tools, applications, and platforms. Integration is top of mind for most businesses. If there is one common way to link all these systems, it is an API layer. Your IBM i should speak the language of APIs, both consuming and hosting.
Let’s look at the big picture with regards to APIs and IBM i
Importance of APIs in modern architecture
Common API integration needs
Replacing legacy interfaces
Elements of a successful API implementation