You have a large investment in System i technology. Now find ways to quickly double or triple the returns on your Sytem i investment in your business without buying additional software, using proven, open-source solutions! The Enterprise Open Services software solutions are designed to do just that! This is not ‘your cousin’s’ open-source software. It’s proven, open-source solutions from many vendors you already work with (including IBM). When you move your solutions to production environments, you have enterprise-quality support options available from IBM and others!

Discover how simple open-source software can run Web sites, build Web database applications, create Web services, access XML, provide email, integrate Microsoft office with i5/ OS, deliver all types of content across your company in Web portals, enterprise reporting, provide free business applications, and more.

By the end of this session, attendees will understand:
1. How open-source software extends WebSphere solutions.
2. How to reuse i5/ OS data and programs on the Web.
3. How to extend or build an SOA environment with open-source.