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IT departments have lots of work to do these days, at every level.
Not only is IT now more central to a company's business model, but as of a year ago, at the forefront of how workers work from home. All kinds of factors come in to play for enterprise applications including scalability, security, and performance on top of the remote work considerations.
As we exit the worst of the pandemic, many companies are transitioning to a hybrid model to structure how their workers conduct business. That includes us at CM First as we finally open up for in-person business.
If CA 2E or CA Plex is your technology, don't forget to keep June 6th open for the next CA Communities webcast. Community host Roger Griffith will host as usual and review fall conference location options.
- CM First Team |
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Webinar Get More Control Over Your Data with Intelligent Automation
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RPA is great for handling repetitive manual tasks, but what about tasks involving data that require more critical thinking? Turn to Intelligent Automation (IA). Join HelpSystems and CM First to discover how IA uses machine learning and other cutting-edge technology to take the pain out of data classification and analysis. These techniques can be used on any software, including legacy software developed with CA 2E (Synon), CA Plex, and other IBM i platform applications.
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Save the date CA Communities June 9th Meeting
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The next CA Plex/2E community meeting will be held Wednesday, June 9th @ 10am CST. Community host Roger Griffith will host as usual and update attendees on the upcoming fall conference. Registration will be open shortly, so look out for the email. Check in at www.plex2e.com if the announcement somehow passes you by. |
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Watch: CA Community Update CA 2E / CA Plex Developers Conference
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| Catch up on the CA 2E (SYNON) and CA Plex March 31st 2021 Community webcast if you weren't able to attend. Community President Roger Griffith updated the community on the latest news, and got a head start on gathering input for the next conference coming up this fall.
And don't miss the technical presentations, "E-mail and Text Messaging from Plex (On Steroids!)" by Roger Griffith, Eaglesun Systems Products, and Kiyoshi Terasawa, CM First Group, and "Getting Wild and Crazy with you 2E DSPFIL" by Russell Berkeley, ICS Courier.
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Heads Up CIOs: The New Corporate Rock Stars
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| CIOs have increasingly played a key role in a company's fortunes, but when COVID-19 hit, they were pushed dead-center, quickly. The workforce went remote, and consumers stayed home and made their purchases online. Data needed to scale, be secure, and perform, all at once. These forces won't likely fade as the pandemic becomes history, so CIOs need a framework for meeting these long-term demands. InformationWeek provides a good start.
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Video Streamline the Day-to-Day with Intelligent Automation
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| Join the automation experts from CM First and HelpSystems to explore ways to leverage IT automation tools in your most critical business projects—including those on IBM I, including those generated with CA 2E(Synon) and CA Plex. Our automation experts walk you through the types of projects your IT colleagues are running, how they’re doing it, and what tools they’re using. This informative webinar also polled attendees about their current and planned future leverage of automation technologies.
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Video Benefits of IBM i Hosting
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| In this session cloud replatforming experts discussed how IBM i applications are typically being rehosted from on-premise to fully managed hybrid environments. Many customers are reporting significant security and operational benefits, at the same or reduced cost.
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Video RPA Bots: Bogus or Benefit? Bringing RPA to IBM i/AS400
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| CM First and HelpSystems show you how to boost your digital transformation efforts with Robotic Process Automation (RPA). Transform your IBM i processes—like automated data entry, extending single sign-on (SSO), and dynamically pulling reports—to increase productivity, eliminate errors, and save money.
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We Are Back to In-person Business
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The pandemic created unique challenges. Work from home became the new normal for most of us. But times change, vaccines are made, and now we settle into another "new normal".
As of May 1st, 2021, we are re-opening for in-person business. While much of our work will remain remote, we will also conduct meetings in-person as the situation warrants.
You can read our response to the challenge, and an offer of help (which still stands) to our strategic partners and clients on the CM First Group blog.
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Broadcom Confirms CA Plex and CA 2E Support as of January 31st, 2020.
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As of January 31, 2020, Broadcom (CA) announced that in general it will support the latest versions of CA 2E and CA Plex only. For CA 2E (Synon) that is version 8.7. For CA Plex, that is version 7.2.1.
For the full details see these links. Broadcom login is required.
- CA Plex 7.2.1, last supported 7.2.1 (as of January 31, 2019)
- CA 2E 8.7, last supported 8.7 (as of January 31, 2019)
Visit the Broadcom site at the links provided above for definitive info (password required).
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At CM First we upgrade many CA 2E and CA Plex customers each year, and have extensive experience with the upgrade process. We also have experience working with Broadcom support and licensing and can work with you on any questions you have there.
Any questions just send us a note to info@cmfirstgroup.com, or click the button below to contact an office or request a demo.
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The CM First support portal is now online. Current customers can access tutorials and submit support tickets at support.cmfirstgroup.com
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CM WebClient 1.8.7 Limited support for 1.8.5
CM Matchpoint ALM 6.5, last supported 5.5 |
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