| 
| 
Upcoming COMMON Webcasts
Omnifind
Speaker: Tom McKinley, IBM
Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm Central
OmniFind Text Search Server on DB2 for IBM i provides complex text search capability on many different kinds of documents such as XML, HTML, PDF, MS EXCEL, MS Word and lotus documents. DB2 for IBM i integrates this powerful text search capability into the SQL language. Come and explore this new powerful Text search engine and learn how you might incorporate it into your applications.
About the Speaker:
Tom Mckinley works for IBM Lab Services as a consultant in the DB2 for iCenter of Excellence. Prior to becoming a consultant, Tom spent 20 years as a SLIC developer working on DB2 for IBM i. His main focus involves query performance on Very Large Databases. Prior to his work on DB2, Tom worked on the System 36 Control Store Program.
Click here to register for this Webcast
Web Performance First Aid
Speaker: Alan Seiden, alanseiden.com
Date: Thursday March 29, 2012
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm Central
If your web application runs slowly, your reputation and business could suffer. To restore confidence, you must improve performance immediately, because frustrated users might not return to give you a second chance. You need “Web Performance First Aid.”
In this talk, Alan will share "first aid" techniques that can improve web performance within minutes.
Once your site starts to run faster, positive word of mouth may be generated among users, restoring confidence in your efforts and giving you breathing room to examine your application for further improvements.
Particular focus will be given to free tools that help diagnose performance bottlenecks, how to configure the Apache web server for speed, and making best use of the unique characteristics of IBM i.
About the Speaker:
Alan Seiden helps companies implement solutions with PHP, Zend Framework and IBM i, with special attention to optimizing application performance. He is senior developer and consultant at Strategic Business Systems, Inc., a partner of IBM and Zend. One of the first Zend Certified Engineers for Zend Framework, Alan was a charter member of IBM/COMMON’s PHP Advisory Board and served as a consultant for IBM’s manual PHP: Zend Core for i5/OS. In 2009, Alan’s work was honored with the IBM/COMMON Power Systems Innovation Award for “Best Web Application,” for Allied Beverage Group’s e-commerce site, developed on IBM i using PHP and Zend Framework. Alan is a popular speaker at conferences and meetings, including COMMON, Northeast System i User Groups, VTMUG, New York PHP, Long Island System User Group, Chicago OMNI, and ZendCon, delivering what one participant called "an upbeat message about what we can accomplish." His blog: http://www.alanseiden.com
Click here to register for this Webcast
