Subject: CM First Group October 2024 Newsletter

Happy Halloween From CM First

October 2024

In this issue...

  • Watch: AI Day at the CA 2E / Plex Conference

  • Article: A Journey Through the Graveyard of Dead Languages - CM First

  • Article: Revolutionizing Legacy Applications with a Microservices Frontend: Advantages and Challenges: A Guide - CM First

  • Article: Paying Down Technical Debt - Further Learnings - Lou Franco 

  • Watch: The Problem with Microservices - Continuous Delivery

  • Listen: This software company says ditching the cloud was worth $10 million in savings — and there's still more to come

  • Watch: Next-Gen Pair Programming: AI Collaboration on IBM i and IBM z

  • Intelligence: News articles from out yonder...

 CA Plex/2E Worldwide Developer Conference 

Watch: AI Day at the CA 2E CA Plex Conference


Watch keynote addresses from IBM and Microsoft that cover the powerful role AI plays in modern application development, with a focus on IBM i. These streamable keynotes were delivered by experts with deep experience leveraging the mighty power of AI for developers ready to dive headfirst into the future! Watch these streamable keynotes any time.


AI Day Keynote Speakers

Tim Rowe

Application Development and Systems Management at IBM


Tim explores the IBM i development team's efforts to help users take advantage of AI technologies while continuing to honor the pillars this platform has known all these years.

Richard DiZerega

Principal Engineering Lead Microsoft


Richard deep-dives into the landscape of conversational AI solutions with Microsoft’s CoPilot offerings in this comprehensive session.


Watch AI Day Now!

Heads Up

A Journey Through the Graveyard of Dead Computer Languages


Software development is a fast-paced world where new programming languages are born, thrive, and sometimes, fade into obscurity. Much like the "Day of the Dead," where we honor those who have passed, it's time to pay homage to the "dead" computer languages. They may no longer be in active use, but their contributions to the field of software development remain significant.


Read on →

Heads Up

Revolutionizing Legacy Applications with a Microservices Frontend: Advantages and Challenges


The move from a monolithic system to a microservices architecure brings powerful benefits, including flexibility, scalability, and resilience, to name just a few. The key is to address the gotchas early to pave the way to a successful transition.


When developing a microservice frontend, these are among the challenges you'll face: managing dependencies, reconciling inconsistent data models, and overcoming limited documentation in legacy systems.


With careful planning, the modernization process through microservices not only improves application performance and maintainability but also ensures its readiness for future technological evolvement.


Read on for more →

Heads Up

Paying down tech debt: further learnings


Our previous newsletter shared our thoughts on addressing challenges with accumulated technical debt. We've put much time and effort into unraveling the mystery and assembling an optimal set of best practices over the years. Our effort is ongoing, and we recently came across this thoughtful article by industry veteran Lou Franco writing in the Pragmatic Engineer—the article layers in a further round of thoughts on paying down technical debt worth sharing.


Read on →

Watch

The Problem With Microservices


There's great substance to thesis that microservices are a big win for corporate IT. But like any promising and developing technology, it's worth a deep-dive into the unique issues that arise when implementation time comes around, to avoid the avoidable.


Dave Farley at the Continuous Delivery YouTube channel provides his honest take on the real costs and benefits of microservices and the hidden complexities lurking just beneath the surface of this promising architecture.


Watch Now →

Listen

This software company says ditching the cloud was worth $10 million in savings — and there's still more to come


We're big fans of diving into the numbers when the fate of projects, goals, or technology is at stake. After all, you are what you measure. In the case of cloud technology, we are particularly interested in ROI as the number tends to wander into a gray area when everything is accounted for. So when experts are in a position to talk about the numbers, we listen to them, as in the case of 37 Signals.


Switching from cloud services to proprietary hardware has saved 37 Signals $2 million annually, with savings still increasing, according to the company's CTO. David Heinemeier Hansson reported that the company reduced its cloud expenses from $3.2 million per year to just $1.


Listen Now at IT Pro →

Watch

Next-Gen Pair Programming: AI Collaboration on IBM i and IBM z Systems


Join us for a cutting-edge webinar that merges the art of pair programming with the innovation of AI for both IBM i and IBM z systems. This session is dedicated to COBOL developers working on IBM's midrange and mainframe platforms, offering a deep dive into how AI can amplify coding collaboration and efficiency.


In this webinar, we will:

  • Discuss the integration of AI-driven pair programming in IBM i and IBM z COBOL development.

  • Address the unique challenges of maintaining and evolving COBOL applications with AI support.

  • Showcase a live demonstration of AI tools tailored to IBM i and IBM z developers.

  • Share actionable strategies for embedding AI into the pair programming workflow on both platforms.

Whether you're involved in IBM i or IBM z development, this webinar will equip you with the knowledge to leverage AI for better code quality, faster problem-solving, and more productive pair programming sessions. Engage with our experts and take the first step towards a smarter, AI-assisted development future.


Watch the video now →

Are you tired of time-consuming manual testing software applications? Fortra's Automate Plus RPA is here to help. Join us for a webinar where we review the features of this powerful tool and show you how it can revolutionize your software testing processes, making it better, more accurate, and quicker to get results.


Watch the Webinar →

Frightened about the prospect of your legacy IBM i and z application developers leaving? We have a solution that can put your fears to rest. In this webinar, we demonstrate how you can “refactor” your legacy app developed in COBOL, RPG, or CA 2E (Synon) directly to maintainable runtime-free Java and JS.


Watch the Webinar →

 Broadcom Support 


Many enterprises struggle with obtaining Broadcom support for their CA 2E (Synon, COOL:2E) or CA Plex systems


If you're working with an older unsupported release, upgrading you IBM OS, or otherwise under the shadow of lapsed maintenance, we can get you back on Broadcom support based on your unique situtation. We specialize in all sizes of customers.


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