CA 2E (Synon) Modernization Series
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Online sessions that will help you drive your Synon applications forward.
CA 2E (Synon) has enabled organizations to rapidly create complex applications and systems that often serve as the backbone of business processing while providing competitive differentiation.
Although Synon applications provide great value, they make it difficult to access and share information with the organization. As businesses push to move quicker in a digital environment and Synon resources grow scarce, running these applications as-is is risky.
In this webinar series, Fresche’s modernization experts will address the top Synon modernization challenges and provide solutions that will help you mitigate risks, preserve your investment and help your organization thrive in a disruptive business environment.
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The Smart Approach to Synon Modernization - Know Before You Go!
Developing a solid strategy for your Synon environment can help you maximize your investment in IT while boosting agility, reducing costs, addressing skills shortages and improving the maintainability of your applications.
Attend this session with Chris Koppe and Maxime Leclair to learn why it’s so important to have a comprehensive IT strategy and IBM i roadmap. Chris and Max will cover:
- Different solutions available for organizations to build out their digital strategy
- IT strategy success stories
- Building the business case for your project
VP, Strategic Transformation
Since joining Fresche in 1988, Chris has helped hundreds of companies develop and execute successful application management and modernization strategies across a variety of platforms, languages, databases, and technologies.
VP, Client Advisory
Maxime Leclair is Fresche’s VP of Client Advisory. He conducts Fresche’s discovery services and works with all levels of the clients’ organization to drive discovery and transformation success.
Running CA 2E (Synon) Applications? It’s Time to Modernize the UI
While a lot of organizations are happy to retain the functionality that’s built into their applications, the UI keeps them up at night. There are fewer end users who are familiar with green screen interfaces and the bar is set high when it comes to the UI.
Attend this session with Nick Hampson and Scott Gingerysty to learn about the different approaches you can take when modernizing your Synon UI. They will discuss:
- UI options / considerations (refacing, integration, extending applications)
- Practical examples of modernized Synon applications
- Tips and tricks from the guys who have done this for 20+ years
- Fresche's UI modernization offerings
Product Manager, Web Solutions
Nick has extensive experience in Design, UX, Product Management, innovation and Pre-sales. Focused on bringing the business value of design and UX to IBM i customers and the community at large, Nick is recognized as a UX expert on IBM i.
Senior Web Application Developer
Scott Gingerysty is a Web Developer and Application Modernization expert at Fresche. Whether it is new development, augmenting existing applications with modern technology, or modernizing GUIs, Scott helps companies integrate, leverage, and extend applications to meet current and changing needs.
Improve Developer Productivity with Graphical Documentation for Your Synon Applications
When managing Synon applications, critical information is often difficult to access and out of reach. Graphically documenting your IBM i applications provides quick access to the information you need to better manage, enhance and evolve your applications.
Join this session with Robert Arce and Richard Downey to learn how you can:
- Document your entire system and get access to critical information locked in your 2E model, including:
- Code generated from Synon as well as manually written code, tables and user functions developed outside the Synon model
- Third party software that interfaces with the main system
- Put it all together: SQL code, triggers, program calls from scheduler tool and more
- Visualize a graphical representation of the Synon DB Model and other diagrams (functions, action diagrams, internal routines), and segregate and analyze particular applications
- Rapidly onboard new developers and gain better insight for faster troubleshooting
IT Strategist
Robert Arce is an IT Strategist and a subject matter expert in the IBM i system, assisting companies all over the world with their modernization projects. He is an expert in Fresche's IBM i Application Analysis and Management Suite, X-Analysis.
Senior Solutions Architect
Richard's background is in designing and building IBM i systems for retail and banking systems using RPG and Java. He has worked extensively with Fresche’s Synon transformation and modernization solutions and has over 10 years' experience with Fresche's X-Analysis.
Automated Approach to Modernizing and Transforming Synon Applications
Depending on your strategy, you might choose to transform your Synon applications to a more modern language. This can help address skill shortages by opening up the developer pool so you can maintain your applications going forward.
Taking an automated approach to converting your environments offers minimal disruption to the business and improves agility because a modernized application portfolio makes it far easier to respond to evolving business needs and integrate with other systems.
Attend this session with Nick Hampson and Frederic Marceau where they will discuss:
- Defining what needs to be transformed
- Fresche’s automated process and flexible delivery models
- Building on the investment in your customized systems by embracing
open source, cloud, web and AI technologies
Product Manager, Web Solutions
Nick has extensive experience in Design, UX, Product Management, innovation and Pre-sales. Focused on bringing the business value of design and UX to IBM i customers and the community at large, Nick is recognized as a UX expert on IBM i.
Senior Strategist
Frederic Marceau works with IBM i clients to equip them with the best transformation strategy moving forward. As a Senior Strategist, Frederic is a creative thinker and heavily experienced across a wide array of technologies, methodologies and toolsets.