[Webinar] DevOps for IBM i using GitHub, JIRA and Jenkins

How can traditional IBM i development languages, like RPG, CL, DDS or even COBOL, be integrated into the modern or open source tools used by other development teams, like Jenkins, GitHub, and JIRA?

In our Webinar, you will see how to bring the different teams into sync, using the same tools and delivering changes together.

Properly configured, these open source tools make development much easier on IBM i.

We will demonstrate how to:

• Automate a complete DevOps cycle, using open source tools across both IBM i and distributed systems
• Manage all your source code (RPG, .NET Java, PHP…) in the same repository
• Simplify the most complex tasks, like the “smart build” of ILE and DB2 SQL
• Work with concurrent versions and “branches” that are safe and easy to manage

Learn from our DevOps tips and techniques for IBM i.  Watch the replay!

With 26 years of experience on the IBM midrange platform, Floyd is currently Business Development Manager for ARCAD Software, managing the IBM relationship and partnership with the IBM Cloud, IBM Systems and product managers for Rational Team Concert (RTC), Rational Developer for i (RDi) and UrbanCode (UC). In his role at ARCAD Software, Floyd has been directly involved in the management of modernization projects on IBM i, from planning stages through to delivery, spanning modernization of the database, business logic and UI. Drawing on his experience in project rollout and the introduction of agile methods, Floyd is a trusted advisor and speaker on the subjects of DevOps, continuous delivery and test automation.

Ray Bernardi is a 30-year veteran involved in the System 38/AS/400/iSeries/IBM i development and currently is a Pre/Post Sales technical Support Specialist for ARCAD Software, international ISV and IBM Business Partner.  Ray has been involved with the development and sales of many cutting edge software products throughout his career, with specialist knowledge in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) products from ARCAD Software covering a broad range of functional areas including enterprise IBM i modernization and DevOps.  In addition, Ray is a frequent speaker at COMMON and many other technical conferences around the world and has authored articles in several IBM i publications on the subject of application analysis and modernization, SQL, and business intelligence.

Vitor has been an Engineer for most of his professional career. He worked in the Portuguese IT HealthCare and UK Finance Services industries as an Engineering Lead before fulfilling a lifetime passion in joining GitHub. He’s now an Architect Solutions Engineer helping customers lead the industry in the way of Version Control and Source Code Management.

Alex Purkiss is the Strategic Alliances lead for GitHub in EMEA.  An industry veteran and evangelist, he started his IT career in IBM.  A long career has included major roles at at Documentum and EMC.  Since 2016 he has worked for GitHub inc, the world leading web hosted and on prem code collaboration platform.