CA IDMS™ Analyst White Paper Still Available
In case you haven't read it yet, take a look at the White Paper by Ptak, Noel & Associates, a leading analyst firm, which addresses converging IT trends and how to leverage them.

In their paper, "Leveraging CA IDMS Business Value for Innovation," Ptak, Noel & Associates demonstrates how CA's continued investments in CA IDMS are enabling customers to leverage the CA IDMS proven performance and availability advantages in innovative software modernization projects that embrace Web services and SOA. This paper offers customer insights into how CA IDMS helps realize cost avoidance, reduce risk, and achieve business agility - enabling businesses to remain competitive.

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Upcoming CA IDMS™ Modernization Webcast Series
Modernization of legacy resources is a hot topic today for CA IDMS customers who are looking to maximize the business value of their CA IDMS assets. CA IDMS™ SQL allows you to access your CA IDMS™/DB network data directly with SQL. Combined with CA IDMS™ Server, CA IDMS SQL gives you the flexibility to enable your CA IDMS assets to participate in SOA and to write modern CA IDMS applications using industry standard APIs based on SQL such as JDBC, ODBC, and .NET. By using routines, you can also invoke CA IDMS business logic through SQL and SQL-based APIs. SQL routines are available today in CA IDMS in the form of table procedures, procedures, and functions.

We are offering a three-part summer webcast series on the use of SQL routines to help you make your implementation more efficient and robust.

This series begins on July 22 at 11:00 a.m. ET with an overview of external SQL routines. The first webcast will cover the differences between table procedures, other procedures, and functions, when to consider using each type, and how to define and implement each type.

The series continues on August 5 at 11:00 a.m. ET with an in-depth discussion on table procedures with details on how to design, code, and deploy them. The use of CA IDMS SQL Quick Bridge for creating table procedures will be presented and will include a live demo.

The series concludes on August 19 at 11:00 a.m. ET with an exploration of external procedures including how to use new or existing CA ADS™ process code to create them. Testing and debugging examples will also be presented.

Cal Domingue, CA IDMS Principal Support Engineer and popular speaker at CA IDMS events, is the presenter for this series.

Registration is now open for the July 22, 2008, webcast. Watch the CA Webcast Event page for the August webcasts. Plan now to attend this informative webcast series.

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Register Now for CA World® 2008
CA World 2008 will take place on November 16-20, 2008, at the Venetian Congress and Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. This world class event offers a wealth of educational and networking opportunities for CA IDMS™ customers. Don't miss this outstanding opportunity to enhance your CA IDMS knowledge.

In addition to informative CA IDMS and mainframe sessions, CA World 2008 will feature stimulating keynotes, Exhibition Center displays and a wonderful Event Night.

Now is the time to start planning and building your personal agenda for your attendance at CA World 2008. You can find the CA IDMS sessions in the Mainframe and Multi-Platform Application Development focus area. CA IDMS sessions start with the prefix MI. The CA IDMS sessions include: status and plans, SOA and modernization presentations by CA as well as customers and partners, performance and tuning techniques, encryption, several sessions on the new features coming in CA IDMS r17, the popular "Birds of a Feather" session plus many more.

CA World attendees may also attend the CA IDMS preconference Education on
November 15-16 for no additional charge. One-day classes are available on "CA IDMS: Implementing and Maintaining the Database" and "CA IDMS Performance and Tuning." You must preregister to attend these classes. You can register for these classes at:

CA IDMS Performance and Tuning - Part 1
CA IDMS Performance and Tuning - Part 2
CA IDMS: Implementing and Maintaining the Database - Part 1
CA IDMS: Implementing and Maintaining the Database - Part 2

CA IDMS developers and support personnel will be available for individual technical discussions in the Mainframe Campground area during the entire conference. You can network with your fellow CA IDMS attendees during lunch at reserved areas for CA IDMS attendees.

As CA World approaches, the CA World Today eNewsletter will keep you updated on the newest details and information, including keynote speaker announcements, content track updates, social activities, and more. Sign up here to receive this complimentary eNewsletter.

Registration is now open. Register before September 19 for an Early Bird discount. If you are a member of the CA IDMS PLC, you may be eligible for an additional discount. Check the
CA World registration page for details.

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