EDGE User Group

Conference Sessions Now Available

Conference presentations are now available for download. Session handouts require a password - this password is only available to EMEA / EDGEucate / APAC 2009 attendees. An email is being sent to attendees with this information. Please email info@edgeusergroup.org if you do not receive it.

EDGE EMEA presentations are available here.

EDGEucate presentations are available here.

EDGE APAC presentations are being prepared and will be available soon.

EDGE-APAC Conference Registration Now Open

The Committee of EDGE-APAC invites you to register to attend the EDGE-APAC 2009 CA Gen User Conference. The conference is being held at the Hyatt Hotel, Canberra on November 12 & 13th 2009. The theme of this year's conference is "Service Enabling Enterprise Application Systems", with the focus on how to use your existing CA Gen investment to deliver this capability.

The conference provides two days of information, training and networking with others involved in SOA, Web Services, and CA Gen development. This will be the first opportunity to get into Technical Lab sessions and see, touch, and use CA Gen R8 in hands-on sessions.

Register on-line today at ca.com/au/edge09

We hope to see you there!

EDGE-APAC Committee

EDGE 2009 Event Registration Open

Registration Now Open for TWO Great EDGE Events

Register now for EDGE EMEA 2009, taking place October 11-13 in Amsterdam. The first 30 attendees to register will benefit from a discounted rate of just €745 - a saving of 15%!

Network with other Gen users and view the latest products and services in the EDGE EMEA Trade Fair. The highlight of the event will be the education that was developed to address the most important issues you face, such as:

Building the Business Case for CA Gen
SOA Support inside of r8
Migration
Compliance

There will also be a series of technical labs from our vendor partners, giving you hands-on experience with products. We also hope to bring you a CA Gen R8.0 lab! Stayed tuned for schedule updates and additions on the EMEA 2009 page. The session grid and abstracts are now available.

Join your peers October 28-30, in Plano, TX, USA, at EDGEucate 2009. The $750 registration fee will include access to three days of educational sessions designed for Gen users, networking events and a vendor trade fair. Plus, the first 30 registrants will receive one free room night at our contracted hotel! Download the faxable registration form or register online.

Here’s a look at some of the sessions that will take place at EDGEucate 2009:

CA Gen Web View: Dive into the details of the features offered by Web View including its heavy usage of technologies such as Ajax.
Building the Business Case for CA Gen: Get a summary of the value propositions for leveraging CA Gen as a development environment.
CA Gen in the Clouds: Take a look at how CA Gen can be leveraged to support Cloud Computing.
SOA Support inside of r8: Learn about three new offerings from CA Gen r8 that help you create and consume Web Services.
Responding To Hard Times - Leveraging CBD/SOA Using CA Gen: Learn how to apply Legacy Modernization techniques of Component Based Development (CBD) and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to maximize reuse of current CA Gen application assets.
CA Gen 7.6 - How To Make It A Smooth Upgrade: Hear a customer success story based on their experiences of upgrading to CA Gen 7.6 and deploying 6,000+ components to production.

We'll see you at EDGEucate 2009! Register today.

To learn more about events and educational sessions at EDGEucate 2009 or EDGE EMEA 2009, visit the EDGEucate 2009 page , e-mail us or call EDGE at +1.312.245.1589. or call EDGE at +1.312.245.1589. or call EDGE at +1.312.245.1589. or call EDGE at +1.312.245.1589. or call EDGE at +1.312.245.1589. or call EDGE at +1.312.245.1589., or call EDGE at +1.312.245.1589.

CA Gen r8 Beta Program Registration Opens

CA is pleased to invite you to participate in the CA Gen r8 Beta Program. Your participation offers you the ability to validate CA Gen r8 in your own environment, allowing you to give us feedback on product enhancements, quality, and the Beta Program.

Your contribution to this critical product test cycle is directly related to the success of the generally available (GA) release of CA products and ensures we deliver solutions that are ready to meet your real-world requirements.

As a participant in the Beta Program, you will communicate directly with the Beta Research and Development team to investigate and address any reported problems, questions, or comments.

To formally register for the the CA Gen r8 Beta please visit ca.com/betas.

Registration Opening Soon for EDGEucate 2009 & EDGE EMEA 2009!

Registration Opening Soon for two EDGE events - EDGEucate 2009 & EDGE EMEA 2009!

Join EDGE in Amsterdam, Netherlands (October 11-13) or Plano, TX (October 28-30) for an education-focused event exclusively for CA Gen users. You can’t miss this opportunity to network and learn from fellow users, developers and CA experts.

What can you do at EDGEucate/EDGE EMEA 2009?

Participate in technical sessions and Vendor Presentations that will keep you on top of the industry’s latest trends.
Discuss specific software needs with an impressive panel of company representatives at the EDGEucate Trade Show.
Network with your peers during the event and at the Reception, sharing experiences and tips with fellow CA Gen users.
Sign up to become an EDGE volunteer and foster the growth of this unique association!

EDGE Events Offer a One-stop-shop for CA Gen Services…

Have you ever wanted direct access to CA Gen developers and management?
Would you like to hear about customer experiences upgrading to CA Gen 7.6?
Do you want current CA Gen r8 details?
Would you like to learn how to leverage your CA Gen applications for reuse in hard times to save money?
Would you like to learn how Virtualization of your CA Gen application transactions facilitate the concept of Cloud Computing?
Do you want to see what the CA Gen Customer Advisory Board has suggested for r8.1 and beyond?
Would you like to provide input to CA Gen r8.1 and beyond?
Would you like to see how CA Gen can participate in a Service Oriented Architecture?
Do you need more information about building a business case to use or keep CA Gen?
Would you like to learn more about integrating CA Gen with other CA and vendor products?
Would you like to hear more about Computer Associates’ CA Gen upgrade assistance program?

The EDGE Conference Committees are building out conferences that will address these questions and more!

Registration Rates

EDGEucate 2009 will be $750 per participant. The first 30 registrants will receive one free room night at our contracted hotel.
EDGE EMEA 2009 will be €875 per participant. The first 30 registrants will receive a 15% discount on the fee.

Stay tuned as more information will be posted when it becomes available.

EDGE Launches CA Gen Wiki

EDGE is pleased to announce the addition of a wiki to the EDGE website. As a user group it is important to make it easy for user group members to collaborate in increasing their knowledge of the Gen platform. The website has a new menu item 'CA Gen wiki' under the Resources heading. Initially the wiki contains some general information about EDGE along with the contents of the Gen Tips & Tricks Guide. Updating/improvement of the content is encouraged - EDGE members may use the 'login' button (with their EDGE website userid/password) to display edit buttons. The wiki contains extensive help on editing the wiki pages, along with a 'playground' to allow test edits.

Not yet an EDGE member? Join us!

Two New White Papers to Download!

You can find these files in the White Papers section of the site.

Name: Butler Group - The Benefits of Model Driven Development
Description:
Model Driven Development (MDD) is the next step of abstraction in writing software applications.

CA Gen is the MDD tool from CA that has a long history of successfully delivering applications: many of the early mainframe applications written in CA Gen are now benefiting from this choice of tool as models can remain unchanged and the code re-generated for newer, distributed computing platforms.

Name: The ROI of Developing Applications With CA Gen

Description:
IT organizations are under constant pressure to do more with less, prove their return on investment (ROI) and link IT investments to business strategies.

CA Gen empowers IT organizations to deliver the right mission critical applications faster, with better quality and continues to deliver significant measurable financial returns to customers around the world.

CA AllFusion® Gen: Fast Track - Training brought to you by Kale Consultants

The AllFusion Gen product suite provides a model-based environment proven development environment for designing, deploying, and maintaining high-performance, scalable business applications by allowing IT developers to build reusable components, web-enabled applications as well as integrating legacy software with new systems. Training is done without the need to learn the many development tools and languages normally associated with distributed application development and yet allows trainees the ability to deliver complex applications that meet rapidly changing requirements.

Instructor expertise brought to you by Kale Consultants, a leading CA Smart Partner

Kale Consultants has built up substantial expertise in AllFusion® Gen environment and is a Global Development Partner of CA. The team has worked across three generations of the AllFusion Gen tool and is amongst the first to migrate to the latest version of AllFusion Gen; backed by several hundred man-years undertaking development, enhancement and maintenance & support for large and mission critical and enterprise wide applications.

EMEA & EDGEucate Presentations Available

The presentations from the EMEA 2007 & EDGEucate 2007 events are now available for conference attendees to download. Attendees at either event may download all the presentation documents.

When you click on one of the downloadable files a pop-up will be displayed by the web browser requesting a userid/password. Use the userid/password provided at the conference. Note the the userid/password are case sensitive.

If you have lost the userid/password just email info@edgeusergroup.org and request it.

Jumar extends CA Gen training courses

Jumar Solutions Europe, has extended its range of specialist training courses for CA Gen users. Two new modules – Web Generation and Proxies and Encyclopedia Administration – have been added to the existing modules, providing a complete, up to date, suite of Gen training material.

The training modules were developed by Active Development Group (ADG), a US services and education company, well known for its Gen expertise since its formation in 1998. Jumar has worked closely with ADG for the last six years and has now acquired the exclusive worldwide rights to all the ADG training material encompassing the new and existing modules.

Wendy Merricks, Managing Director, Jumar says ‘ Adding these latest modules to our portfolio will mean we can cover the complete range of Gen training requirements and we are delighted to be able to offer this service worldwide’

‘After working with Jumar for many years, we know this agreement will allow Gen users to continue to benefit from having courses delivered by a Gen expert’ commented Susan Pierce President, ADG

The new training courses are available immediately and can be delivered on site, at a time convenient to the client.