COMMON Directions sessions take place on Monday, September 14th and Tuesday, September 15th encompassing nearly 50 sessions over two days in a variety of topics, presented by top experts. Browse the agenda below to see all the educational options available to you.

View the Online Session Guide here.

Monday, September 14, 2009

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM

• Navigating The World of Performance by Dawn May

• Beyond Query/400 - Introduction to DB2 Web Query for i5/OS by Gene Cobb

• Laying the Foundation of i5/OS Security by Jeff Uehling

• How Does RPG Talk to a Browser by Paul Tuohy

• Web 2.0 by Tim Rowe

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM

• Monitoring System Performance and Health of i5/OS by Dawn May

• V6R1: What's New in V6R1 Security by Jeff Uehling

• Managing System i PTFs by Larry Bolhuis

• CGIDEV2 - The Details by Paul Tuohy

• Practical Web Services for RPG by Tim Rowe

11:00 AM – 12:15 PM

• Configuring Linux on Power by Erwin Earley

• Inside the HMC by Larry Bolhuis

• Kerberos: Single Sign-on Authentication by Pat Botz

• RPG Skills for the New Millenium by Paul Tuohy

• High Availability on a Shoestring by Larry Youngren

1:15 PM – 2:30 PM

• Linux Advanced File Serving - Integration with ADS and Beyond by Erwin Earley

• Getting the MOST out of DB2 Web Query: Tips and Techniques by Gene Cobb

• Clean up your System i Disk by Larry Bolhuis

• Compare/ Contrast iNav, Director Nav, Systems Nav by Tim Rowe

• Considerations for Successful ILE Implementation by Paul Tuohy

2:45 PM – 4:00 PM

• Case Study: Data Encryption in RPG by Charles Guarino

• Collection Services: Your First Line of Defense for Performance by Dawn May

• Leaping into Business Intellgence with DB2 Web Query Features by Gene Cobb

• V6R1: Chock Full of New Journal Enhancements by Larry Youngren

• ILE by Example by Paul Tuohy

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM

• Application Recovery and Other Tricks: Thinking Outside the Developer'sToolBox by Charles Guarino

• System i Access for Windows: Data Transfer Tips and Techniques by Larry Bolhuis

• Conducting a Best Practices Audit of Your System i and i5/OS by Richard Dolewski

• Thirty SQL Tips in Sixty Minutes by Ted Holt

• V6R1: IBM Systems Director Navigator - New Web console for i5, Fast, Easy, Ready by Tim Rowe

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM

• Best Practices for Security - Why You Need to Run at a High Security Level by Jeff Uehling

• Work Management with System i Navigator by Larry Bolhuis

• Programming with Assertions by Ted Holt

• New Java Debug Tools by Tim Rowe

• Installing a New i5/OS Release to Your System i by Richard Dolewski

11:00 AM – 12:15 PM

• From STRDBG to the RDi debugger by Charles Guarino

• Deploying Open Source Solutions on IBM i by Erwin Earley

• Common Sense Security Auditing by Jeff Uehling

• Installing a New i5/OS Release to Your System i (cont.) by Richard Dolewski

2:00 PM – 3:15 PM

• Debugging Tricks and Techniques by Charles Guarino

• PHP and MySQL in i5/OS - New Stacks and New Solutions by Erwin Earley

• Top 10 Gotchas for upgrades to IBM i 6.1 by Larry Bolhuis

• Is it time to put your journal on a diet? by Larry Youngren

• Avoid the Green Screen of Death by Ted Holt

4:15 PM – 5:30 PM

• Case Study: XML and RPG by Charles Guarino

• Web Enabling DB2 for i5/OS with PHP by Erwin Earley

• Hidden journaling - - Don’t let it gobble up too many resources by Larry Youngren

• An Alternative to Externally Described Printer Files by Ted Holt

• V6R1: Integrated Web Application Server for i5/OS - Removing Excuses by Tim Rowe