Sierra Pacific User Group

Jim Callaghan, President
State of California
Callaghan.Jim@state.ca.gov

Presentations from past SPUG meetings

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at The Courtyard by Marriott Cal Expo

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Meeting Agenda

Experiences With The Event Replicator For ADABAS
Dieter Storr, Storr Consulting, Inc.

Natural Engineer 621
Pete Diestl, Software AG
(This will be a live demonstration. No handouts.)

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at the Doubletree Hotel

	SPUG Fall 2008 presentations.zip Right-click to download a zipped file of all five presentations.
8:00 - 8:30	Registration, continental breakfast and networking
8:30 - 8:35	Opening remarks and User Group business Bruce Hendrickson, SPUG President
8:35 - 9:45	What it Means to be a DBA - Best Practices Dieter Storr, Storr Consulting, Inc.
9:45 - 10:00	Break
10:00 - 11:00	Natural Studio Ralph Zbrog, ZZUtils
11:00 - 12:00	Natural in Batch Ralph Zbrog, ZZUtils
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch
1:00 - 2:00	Adabas in 2009: Special Archiving and Encryption Preview Becky Albin and Bruce Beaman, Software AG
2:00 - 3:00	Real-time Monitoring for Adabas, Natural and EntireX with webMethods Optimize Becky Albin and Bruce Beaman, Software AG
3:00 - 3:15	Break
3:15 - 4:15	ADABAS - All about Caches and Buffers Dieter Storr, Storr Consulting, Inc.
4:15 - 4:30	Closing remarks and drawings Bruce Hendrickson, SPUG President

Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at the Radisson Hotel

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8:00 - 8:30	Registration, continental breakfast and networking
8:30 - 8:45	Opening remarks and User Group business Bruce Hendrickson, SPUG President
8:45 - 9:45	ADABAS/Natural: New functionality for Programmers and DBA's Becky Albin, Software AG
9:45 - 10:30	Natural for AJAX - End user experience Dave Love, California State Board of Equalization
10:30 - 11:45	Adabas/Natural: New functionality for Programmers and DBA's (Continued) Becky Albin, Software AG
11:45 - 12:45	Lunch
12:45 - 1:45	Single Click Generation and Deployment for Building Web Services with Natural Business Service Patrick Gould, Software AG
1:45 - 2:45	Reach Your Modernization Goals - Faster! Mighael Botha, Software AG
2:45 - 3:00	Break
3:00 - 4:15	ADABAS and Disk Usage - is it time to reevaluate? Becky Albin, Software AG
4:15 - 4:30	Closing remarks and drawings Bruce Hendrickson, SPUG President

Monday, October 29, 2007 at the Radisson Hotel

8:00 - 8:30	Registration, continental breakfast and networking
8:30 - 8:45	Opening remarks, User Group business and elections Bruce Hendrickson, SPUG President
8:45 - 10:00	Natural Productivity Tips Jim Bando, Software AG
10:00 - 10:15	Break
10:15 - 11:00	“The Baby Boomer Exodus: Why the Common View is the Wrong View (and what you can do about it)” Jim Fowler, Software AG
11:00 - 12:00	"NATURAL 4 Enhancements - Environmental Changes" Jim Bando, Software AG
12:00 - 1:30	Lunch
1:30 - 2:45	"Natural for AJAX" Patrick Gould, Software AG
2:45 - 3:00	Break
3:00 - 4:15	"NATURAL 4 Enhancements - Variable Enhancements" Jim Bando, Software AG
4:15 - 4:30	Closing remarks and drawings Bruce Hendrickson, SPUG President

Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at the Radisson Hotel

8:00 - 8:30	Registration, continental breakfast and networking
8:30 - 8:45	Opening Remarks and User Group Business Bruce Hendrickson, SPUG President
8:45 - 9:15	Software AG Health Checks Mark Combs, Software AG
9:15 - 9:30	Change Enhancement Discussion Mike Gilliam, County of Sacramento
9:30 - 11:30	ADABAS 8 Experiences James Poole, Verizon
11:30 - 1:00	Lunch
1:00 - 2:00	From Legacy to SOA Paul Brayden, Software AG
2:00 - 4:00	Multifetch, in and out of Natural James Poole, Verizon
4:00 - 4:30	Closing remarks and drawings Bruce Hendrickson, SPUG President

Wednesday, November 29, 2006 at Arden Hills Country Club

8:00 - 9:00	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:15	Greetings, User Group Business and Elections Bruce Hendrickson, SPUG President
9:15 - 9:30	Software AG News and Updates Bill Bunce, Software AG
9:30 - 9:45	Change Enhancement Discussion Mike Gilliam, County of Sacramento
9:45 - 10:00	Report from the 2006 Natural Conference Mike Gilliam, County of Sacramento
10:00 - 12:00	Experiences with NATURAL 2006 Steve Robinson, S.L. Robinson & Associates, Inc.
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch
1:00 - 2:00	News from Software AG R&D labs Becky Albin, Software AG
2:00 - 3:00	Increasing Productivity with Natural for Eclipse alex Burggraf, Software AG
3:00 - 3:15	Closing remarks and drawings Bruce Hendrickson, SPUG President
3:30 - 4:30	Natural Developer Assessment Exam alex Burggraf, Software AG

Thursday, May 4, 2006 at the Radisson Hotel

8:00 - 8:45	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 - 9:00	Greetings and User Group Business Bruce Hendrickson, SPUG President
9:00 - 9:30	Software AG News and Updates David C. Smith, Software AG
9:30 - 10:30	The Backbridge Project Eric Steen, CalPERS
10:30 - 11:30	ADABAS and Natural 2006 Technical Update Tom Philpott, Software AG
11:30 - 12:30	Lunch
12:30 - 1:30	Using Software AG Support Services Jeannie Goodman, Software AG
1:30 - 2:30	Modernizing your legacy systems with BPM and SOA David C. Smith, Software AG
2:30 - 2:45	Break
2:45 - 3:45	Incompatibilities Between Natural Mainframe & Windows Ralph G. Zbrog, LEN Consulting, LLC
3:45 - 4:00	Change Enhancement Discussion Bruce Hendrickson, SPUG President
4:00 - 4:15	Closing remarks and drawings Bruce Hendrickson, SPUG President