Postcards from COMMON

Ok, it is not a postcard. However, I thought you might like to see a couple of snapshots from COMMON. LANSA seems to be generating a lot of buzz around RAMP. How many people from LANSA can you identify? If you are one of the early adopters…let the rest of us know. Enjoy the photos. Thom

I thought I would share a quick update from COMMON regarding RAMP. It looks like LANSA might have another great success with this product based on response I have observed in their booth. If you haven't had a chance, go to their web site and you can actually walk through the process of using RAMP. It just might be the best thing you have done in a long time. I will try and take some picture and post them when I return. Back to the booth duty! Thom

LANSA Programmers/Consultants

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WebSphere Portlet Generator for LANSA

LANSA Based Portlet Generator for WebSphere
We are presenting our new Portlet Generator for WebSphere at Common this week. Creating custom portlets has traditionally been difficult and required skilled J2EE developers capable of connecting to various data sources, business processes and existing systems. The e.ssential Portlet Generator and LANSA dramatically accelerate and simplify the entire process. Below is a sample WebSphere Portal screen with our LANSA Portlet Generator Portlets Embedded. Learn more, click here.

IBM iSeries Common

Rippe & Kingston is at the LANSA booth during the COMMON Conference being held this week at Minneapolis Convention Center. COMMON is the world's largest community of IBM iSeries (AS/400) users. We will be showing some of our work with LANSA's new product called RAMP and our LANSA Portlet- Generator.

We attended the press announcement of LANSA RAMP on Sunday March 26. Mr. Thom Davidson presented our experience as an ISV. So far we have seen many productivity gains including 5250 to graphical screen consolitation from 10 to 1 in some cases. See additional information at www.rippe.com

Service-Oriented Architecture

We are looking for someone that has taken on the challenge of migrating to a service-oriented architecture. I personally suffer from both excitement and fear of this new paradigm. It appears that this can solve our integration conundrum. I would love to chat with anyone that has applied SOA to their package. LANSA gives us the tools. I just don't want to cut off my fingers.

Renew your iSeries Applications

LANSA will be introducing a new product at common according to IT Jungle. This product will introduce an entirely different approach to application modernization and innovation. Visit them along with Rippe and Kingston Systems at Common on March 26th. If you want to register for information now on this new product, LANSA has provided a web site for on-line registration. We look forward to seeing you at Common.

COMMON Conference in Minneapolis

Rippe & Kingston will be in the LANSA booth during the COMMON Conference March 26-30, at Minneapolis Convention Center . I hope some of the readers of this blog will stop by and visit. In addition to hundreds of sessions on topics in business strategy, database, systems management, networking and development, the educational focus of the conference will be Service Oriented Architecture, or SOA. I am going to be showing some of our work with RAMP and our LANSA Portlet-Generator. See you in "Sunny Minneapolis". Thom

LANSA WAM Services

Rippe & Kingston can provide LANSA V11 WAM development and programming services. We have created several applications that use this technology. Click here to visit our site.

RAMP from LANSA just might be a Silver Bullet!

RAMP from LANSA just might be a Silver Bullet!

RAMP...Rippe & Kingston was first exposed to LANSA's concept back in late November 2005. Since then, we have seen this concept turn into a very exciting product. RAMP (Rapid Application Modernization Process) by LANSA is one of those rare modernizaton tools that can be used for tactical and immediate needs as well as a strategice foundation.

We have taken our green screen package (about 2000 screens which are a mix of LANSA and RPG) and now have most of the application running in a new framework, delivering client server and web browser solutions. THIS IS NOT SCREEN SCRAPING!

Our equipment module consolidated 32 screens into 1 with the amazing navigation capabilites and Windows like interface even in a browser. Our plans are to start transitioning over time the old programs into WAMS so that we will eventually be platform independent and the WAMS are automatically able to be plugged into a Portal with the LANSA Portlet Generator. And of course as most of you know, you can compile your WAM and have it be a web service (hot topic of the day).

I don't know if this is a "Silver Bullet" for LANSA, but it sure has impressed us. Anybody else have any experience with this new technology?

LANSA First Posting

I decide after working with LANSA since 1988 that I would like to share with others my experience from the past and where I see the technology going in the future. I am looking to discuss topics related to LANSA with other users of this technology. Let's Talk!