LANSA says that it has already signed up 50 British i users to a free one-day conference on Windows interoperability in December.

The appropriately-named "Power Up Your IBM i with LANSA and Microsoft" [2] free one-day event takes place on December 4 at Microsoft’s executive briefing centre in London. Its organisers say that the event will demonstrate how business value is gained by mixing the two environments and how LANSA products like iFusion can help. System iNetwork's expert on Windows interoperability Mike Otey will be keynote speaker.

Martin Fincham, LANSA’s chief operating officer, will discuss his firm's product roadmap, several case studies will be presented and there's a promise of free drinks at the close of play. For further lowdown and registration, see the event's website [3].

Don't forget next week's European iAdvantages [4] web conference from System iNetwork.

The all-star free online event kicks off with Frank Soltis discussing the state of Power System resilience. Craig Pelkie then takes a look at using the Microsoft .NET Framework for IBM i development. IBM Rochester's Craig Johnson will follow with a tour of IBM i 6.1 and explain how the OS provides improved WebSphere performance, supports new disk clustering options with PowerHA and opens up users' BladeCenter options.

In the afternoon, System iNetwork's Scott Klement will talk about accessing external databases from RPG. The day will conclude with "Application modernisation strategies: one man's view", the man in question being author, consultant and trainer Jon Paris. For more info and registration, see the iAdvantages website [5].