UK Plex/2E User Association

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How to Get Involved

To join the UK CA 2E and Plex user group go to the following page: CA User Groups

Click on Membership Information, then the "Join This Group!" button at the top.

And if you would like to present at a future meeting please let us know!

Register for the user group (see above) to be sure you are on the mailing list for the full agenda and other announcements.

External Links

Next Event - Tuesday 19th May, 2009

Venue: Solution Centre, CA Ditton Park

Riding Court Road, Datchet SL3 9LL

09:30 – 10:00  Arrival and Refreshments
 Solution Centre Coffee Area 
10:00 – 10:05  Welcome and Introduction 
 Richard Johnson, User Group President 
 Analyst Programmer, Anglia Regional Co-operative Society Limited
10:05 – 10:30  2009 CA 2E & CA Plex Survey Results 
 Daniel Leigh, Development Director, CA
10:30 – 11:30 Choice of:
Websydian WebClient – Ajax/RIA Concepts and Demo 
 John Rhodes, Product Manager 
 ADC Austin Technology 

CA 2E – Introduction to Impact Analysis 
 Tom Dunsmore, Analyst/Programmer 
 Redbourn Business Systems Limited
11:30 – 12:00  Refreshment Break & Networking 
12:00 – 13:00 Choice of:
SOA & Web Services with CA Plex & Websydian 
 Anne-Marie Arnvig, Mgr, Websydian 
 Comms & Søren Madsen, Snr 
 Consultant, Websydian A/S 

CA 2E CM Update 
 Marty Acks, Product Manager 
 MKS Inc. 
13:00 – 14:00  Lunch and Networking - Restaurant 
14:00 – 14:30  CA 2E and CA Plex Worldwide Update 
 Bill Hunt, Principal Product Manager, CA
14:30 – 15:00  Choice of:
CA Plex Product Status & Plans 
 Daniel Leigh 
 Development Director, CA 

CA 2E 8.5 Technical Overview 
 Pauline Cox 
 Snr. Quality Assurance Engineer, CA 
15:00 – 15:15  Refreshment Break & Networking 
15:15 – 16:15 Choice of:
CA Plex Case Study 
 Gary McGeorge 
 Desynit Ltd. 

Creating Web Services with CA 2E 8.5 
 Simon Cockayne 
 Principal Software Engineer, CA
16:15 – 16:30  User Group Planning Session 
 Richard Johnson, User Group President 
16:30  Close

Previous Events

14th May, 2008

Solution Centre, CA Ditton Park Riding Court Road, Datchet SL3 9LL

09:30 – 10:00  Arrival and Refreshments – Solution Centre 
10:00 – 10:05  Welcome and Introduction Richard Johnson, User Group President and Analyst Programmer, Anglia Regional Co-operative Society Limited 
10:05 – 10:45  An Overview of Websydian WebClient for CA Plex Mikkel Schnack, Websydian A/S and John Rhodes, ADC Austin 
10:45 – 11:00  Break 
11:00 – 11:30  The Windows file system and beyond: Exploiting Windows scripting in Plex applications Richard Johnson Analyst Programmer, Anglia Regional Co-operative Society Limited 

11:30 – 12:15  CA 2E and CA Plex Worldwide Update and Strategies Bill Hunt Senior Product Manager, CA 

12:15 – 13:30  Lunch and Networking 

13:30 – 14:15  Overview of the i5/OS V6R1 Release David Tulloch UKISA i5/OS Product Management, IBM United Kingdom
14:15 – 15:00  Plex Track - CA Plex 6.1 Preview Daniel Leigh, Development Director, CA 
14:15 – 15:00  2E Track - CA 2E Roundtable Chaired by CA (in Meeting Room GG2) 
15:00 – 15:15  Break 
15:15 – 15:45  Plex Track - CA Plex Roundtable Chaired by CA 
15:15 – 15:45  2E Track - CA 2E 8.5 Preview Daniel Leigh Development Director, CA (in Meeting Room GG2) 
15:45– 16:00  User Group Planning and Management Led by Richard Johnson, User Group President 

16:00  Close 


October 31st, 2007

Agenda includes:

  • Experiences with SOA and Orchestration Through Business Process Management using CA Plex, Renato Stalder, CEO, SORECOgroup
  • Using Trinem’s Remote Transport Interface to Integrate Plex and CA Software Configuration Management solution James Wilson, Trinem Consulting
  • Update on SOA and Plex, Websydian A/S
  • CA 2E and CA Plex Worldwide Update and Strategies, Bill Hunt, Product Manager, CA
  • CA 2E Update, CA
  • Developing Web Apps for CA 2E using Websydian, Websydian A/S
  • System i Modernization with .NET and CA Plex, Microsoft speaker
  • CA Plex 6.1 Preview, Daniel Leigh, CA
  • Roundtable discussion and networking
  • Free lunch!!!


1 November 2006

CA HQ Ditton Park, Slough UK, 9.15am - 4pm

Attendance was FREE including refreshments and lunch!

We had an interesting and varied agenda with speakers from Denmark and the USA as well as the UK.

9:15 – 9:45 Arrival and Refreshments
9:45 – 9:55 Welcome and Introduction
Clare Darlison, User Group President, Technical Director, Idhammar Systems
9:55 – 10:45 Building an ERP System with Plex
John Leadbetter, Director, Soft Design A/S, Denmark

John Leadbetter has been appearing at 2E and Plex user conferences since 1989. His presentations are always full of technical insights and well worth attending.

10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:30 – 11:45 Improving Your AllFusion Plex Applications
Mat Morris, Omelette Software, UK

In this presentation Mat demonstrated how to create visually stunning Plex GUI applications

11:45 – 12:30 Using XML Generated from Plex Apps to Create Dynamic Web Pages
Jeremy Yearron, Flying Start Computing Ltd, UK

Jeremy covered some advanced techniques for building web applications with Plex including XSLT and AJAX.

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch and Networking
13:30 – 13:50 Plex & 2E Worldwide Update
Bill Hunt, Product Manager, CA, USA

Bill will join us via webcast from the USA to provide on update on the worldwide Plex & 2E business

13:50 – 14:10 Plex & 2E Development Roadmaps
Daniel Leigh, Development Director, CA, UK

This presentation described the status and future plans for 2E and Plex, including a preview of the Plex 6.0 C# generator.

14:10 – 15:00 System i Update
Nigel Adams, System i Product Manager, IBM

Hear the latest news from IBM on the System i platform (that's AS/400 to you and me)

15:00 – 15:15 Break
15:15 – 15:45 Plex and 2E Wikis: Outline and Discussion

Mat Morris, Omelette Software
An introduction to Wiki technology and a discussion on how you can contribute to the Wiki you are reading right now!

15:45 – 16:00 User Group Planning & Discussion

Clare Darlison, UK Plex & 2E User Group President
Clare will lead the discussion on plans for future events


May 16, 2007

09:30 – 10:00

Arrival and Refreshments – Solution Centre

10:00 – 10:15

Welcome and Introduction
Clare Darlison, UK Plex & 2E User Group President,

10:15 – 11:00

Retail Till System Interfaces Using Plex and Websydian
Customer Presentation

11:00 – 11:30

Break

11:30 – 12:15

Experiences with Plex in a Major UK Bank
Customer Presentation

12:15 – 13:15

Lunch and Networking

13:15 – 13:30

Worldwide Perspective on Plex and 2E 
Bill Hunt, Product Manager, CA

13:30 – 14:00

Overview of 2E 8.1 Service Pack 2 
Pauline Cox, CA
Debugging Plex Apps with Visual Studio
Chris Clark, CA

14:00 – 14:45

New Capability in Plex 6.0
Daniel Leigh, Development Manager, CA

Creating Transactional Web Sites sing 2E
Websydian A/S 

14:45 – 15:00

Break

15:00 – 15:45

New Capability in Websydian 6.0
Websydian A/S
Using SQL in 2E
Customer presentation

15:45– 16:00

Plex & 2E User Group: Planning and Management
Led by Clare Darlison, UK Plex & 2E User Group President

16:00

Close


1 November 2006

CA HQ Ditton Park, Slough UK, 9.15am - 4pm

Attendance was FREE including refreshments and lunch!

We had an interesting and varied agenda with speakers from Denmark and the USA as well as the UK.

9:15 – 9:45 Arrival and Refreshments
9:45 – 9:55 Welcome and Introduction
Clare Darlison, User Group President, Technical Director, Idhammar Systems
9:55 – 10:45 Building an ERP System with Plex
John Leadbetter, Director, Soft Design A/S, Denmark

John Leadbetter has been appearing at 2E and Plex user conferences since 1989. His presentations are always full of technical insights and well worth attending.

10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:30 – 11:45 Improving Your AllFusion Plex Applications
Mat Morris, Omelette Software, UK

In this presentation Mat demonstrated how to create visually stunning Plex GUI applications

11:45 – 12:30 Using XML Generated from Plex Apps to Create Dynamic Web Pages
Jeremy Yearron, Flying Start Computing Ltd, UK

Jeremy covered some advanced techniques for building web applications with Plex including XSLT and AJAX.

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch and Networking
13:30 – 13:50 Plex & 2E Worldwide Update
Bill Hunt, Product Manager, CA, USA

Bill will join us via webcast from the USA to provide on update on the worldwide Plex & 2E business

13:50 – 14:10 Plex & 2E Development Roadmaps
Daniel Leigh, Development Director, CA, UK

This presentation described the status and future plans for 2E and Plex, including a preview of the Plex 6.0 C# generator.

14:10 – 15:00 System i Update
Nigel Adams, System i Product Manager, IBM

Hear the latest news from IBM on the System i platform (that's AS/400 to you and me)

15:00 – 15:15 Break
15:15 – 15:45 Plex and 2E Wikis: Outline and Discussion

Mat Morris, Omelette Software
An introduction to Wiki technology and a discussion on how you can contribute to the Wiki you are reading right now!

15:45 – 16:00 User Group Planning & Discussion

Clare Darlison, UK Plex & 2E User Group President
Clare will lead the discussion on plans for future events

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