The innovations in LANSA Version 11 SP4 are significant and range across every aspect of Application Development. This session provides an indepth tour of all the new capabilities and features including:

• Demonstrations of the most important and new features in Version 11 SP4
• Performance Enhancements that range across all LANSA Applications
• Installation and Upgrade requirements for Version 11 SP4
• Moving LANSA Applications to System i Release V6R1
• This session will also discuss our future visions for improving Developer Productivity when building LANSA Applications.

In this session, we will not only outline the challenges faced with application modernization in the System i community, but highlight how RAMP from LANSA provides the "silver bullet" solution to your modernization challenges and needs in the market place. Modernization has now gone beyond just a technical concern and become a top business issue as organizations look to reduce the risk in modernization their legacy applications, decrease operational costs and deepen their relationships with customers and partners by providing end-users with a modern-day application within a familiar framework that can leverage and reuse your existing mission critical legacy application. Attend this session and you will gain an unique insight into:

• Why and How RAMP from LANSA is the industry leading solution to your System i Modernization needs
• Understand how to avoid common pitfalls and challenges faced by many during the Modernization process and to deliver modern-day applications effectively
• Real-word implementations and case studies and the challenges faced by customers and how they overcame them with RAMP from LANSA to provide real-world benefits and results to their customers

In today"s world, every business is under pressure to automate manual processes, better integrate internal systems and securely share data with external parties. Most Business Process Integration (BPI) tools are unsuited for quick and simple solutions to urgent business requirements. Attend this session and discover:

• How LANSA Composer delivers the power of BPI technology in a highly visual environment so designers and business analysts, rather than developers, can rapidly automate and integrate business processes
• What LANSA Composer can do for your business
• Why LANSA Composer is the first BPI solution designed specifically for the heartland of the System i/iSeries community – the small- or medium-sized business
• The various components that are built into LANSA Composer to help automate business processes
• The major features and benefits of LANSA Composer
• Real-world customer case studies, benefits and results from implementing LANSA Composer solutions

This lab is a must for anyone who wants to get the most value out of the LANSA Repository and the Integrated Development Environment. The objective of this instructor-led lab is to:

• Explore some of the productivity enhancements in Visual LANSA Version 11 SP4 such as Text Search, Impact Analysis, Cross Reference, etc
• Walk through the process of defining and creating a simple database and applying business rules, relationships, etc
• Explore the new data types in the LANSA Repository and how to use them

If you want to learn how to get the most out of LANSA Integrator Studio, then this lab is for you. This action packed instructor-led lab takes a deep dive into LANSA Integrator Studio where you"ll learn:

• How to administer, manage and configure your LANSA Integrator environment using LANSA Integrator Studio
• How to check for licenses and environment settings on the server
• The various types of projects available in LANSA Integrator Studio and how to make best use of projects and solutions within LANSA Integrator Studio

Join Jean-Claude Armand from Microsoft and learn how Microsoft SQL Server 2008 provides customers with a trusted, productive, and intelligent platform for business applications. See how SQL Server 2008 can be used to provide a reliable platform with lower cost for key business scenarios, such as business intelligence, data warehousing, mission-critical applications, and server consolidation.

Jean-Claude Armand is a Senior SQL Server Technology Specialist with Microsoft Corporation. Jean-Claude started working with SQL Server since version 4.21a at Dunn & Bradstreet in 1995. He also worked as a senior consultant for MicroAge and CompuCom Systems prior to coming to Microsoft where he has been working for the past 8 years. Jean-Claude has spoken at events such as TechEd, SQL Connection, VSLive, SQL Server Magazine Connections, numerous other partner forums and various Pass chapters.

Join us as we unveil LANSA"s application solution set to meet customers demand to provide integrated solutions to their customers and partners. Learn how LANSA provides solutions ranging from data and product management to cutting-edge eBusiness solutions to meet today"s market demands and walk away with answers to all your solutions needs. If you have thought about or have a need for any of the following, then this session is for you:

• Providing access to customers with self-service Web sites
• Giving customers (suppliers / retailers) and partners that demand eCommerce presence an insight into your existing mission critical business applications
• Managing processes and workflow for both your existing and new products
• Publishing and synchronizing product information to 1SYNC and/or PIM system
• Reducing costs associated with VANs and exchanging documents and data over the Internet using industry-standard AS2 format
• Dealing with rising maintenance costs of your existing legacy ERP system
• Managing and exchanging EDI Documents with your partners and customers

Web Application Modules - LANSA"s component-based method of developing browser applications - has gone through a number of significant changes in Version 11 SP4 to speed up the creation and delivery of cutting-edge Web applications. Attend this session and learn how this new release enables developers to dramatically reduce the amount of time, effort and code required to develop and deploy real-world Web applications. This session includes a demonstration of building a simple Web application and discusses:

• How Web Application Modules improve developer productivity and ease-of-use
• Fundamental Web application module concepts
• Weblets and strides made to improve ease-of-use and browser compatibility
• Real-word case studies with benefits and results achieved by customers

Attend this lab and learn to leverage all the features and capabilities of LANSA Composer. Discover how LANSA Composer delivers the power of Business Process Integration technology in a highly visual environment so designers and business analysts, rather than developers, can rapidly automate and integrate business processes. This session explains how to:

• Validate your LANSA Composer environment
• Create and use Processing Sequences and Transformation Maps
• Leverage the power of trading partners
• Run and view trace and error messages

This lab provides an Introduction to the Visual LANSA Framework for building both rich-client and Web applications. Explore new and enhanced features built into the latest version of Visual LANSA Framework and learn how to:

• Create a Visual LANSA Framework application using the sophisticated Prototyping Wizard
• Configure various business objects and options that will enable your Visual LANSA Framework application to run in a Windows and/or Web environment
• Successfully create a Visual LANSA Framework application that targets Windows and/or Web interfaces

Join us at this session and discover all the exciting features in the most anticipated release of Visual LANSA Framework and RAMP from LANSA. Learn how the new release enables developers to deliver modern day rich-client and Web applications using LANSA"s application framework that is widely used around the world. This session:

• Highlights new features and functionality included as part of the latest Visual LANSA Framework and RAMP release
• Discusses best practices for designing and building Visual LANSA Framework and RAMP applications
• Demonstrates new features and enhancements to Visual LANSA Framework and RAMP
• Demonstrates the new Visual LANSA Framework for .NET
• Shows you new and exciting ways to work with your Visual LANSA Framework application

LANSA Integrator provides an extensive set of tools for all your business integration needs. This session focuses on demonstrating the capabilities of LANSA Integrator in Version 11 SP4, including:

• New and enhanced features aimed at improving developer productivity
• How to administer, configure and manage LANSA Integrator using LANSA Integrator Studio
• An overview of LANSA Integrator Services, including features and capabilities
• How to create Web services using LANSA Integrator Studio and various message formats and transport mechanisms provided by LANSA Integrator

This session reviews the LANSA ERP Frameworks business application solution, including the key business functionality, a demonstration of the Windows/System i version of the modules, a demonstration of the Executive Workbench and a review of the Fit Analysis and implementation methodologies that make the entire process easy and successful. LANSA ERP Frameworks offers a realistic alternative to purchased packages and homegrown applications - it"s a low cost solution with proven functionality and the appropriate level of support to meet your needs. Attend this session and you will gain unique insight into what the LANSA ERP Frameworks business solution has to offer, including:

• Look and feel, functionality, flexibility, integration and power
• The benefits it provides over purchased packages and homegrown applications
• A well designed architecture that makes it powerful and flexible
• A proven methodology that makes the implementation process easy and successful

Participants in this lab will learn the essential components required for creating and consuming Web services using LANSA Integrator, including how to:

• Create a Web service and publish Web services
• Build an application and consume an existing Web service using LANSA Integrator
• Deploy and Publish Web services components to the server