Subject: CM First Group January 2024 Newsletter

All the modernization news that's fit to print

January 2024

In this issue...

  • CA 2E / CA Plex Worldwide Developer Conference Dates Announced

  • Article: Top 4 Challenges Maintaining COBOL on Mainframes - CM First

  • Conference: Come see us at SHARE Orlando

  • Article: 2024 IT spending outlook shows cautious start with optimistic finish - Silicon Angle

  • Video: Revolutionize Software Testing with RPA - CM First Group

  • Intelligence

Conference

CA 2E / CA Plex Worldwide Developer Conference Fall Dates Announced


We are proud to announce that the 14th CA 2E / CA Plex Conference will be held October 15th - 17th, 2024.


We couldn't be more excited to offer another ground-breaking conference focused on meeting the needs of technical experts charged with maintaining, automating, and modernizing enterprise software systems like RPG, COBOL, CA 2E (Synon), and CA Plex on IBM i/Power and Microsoft.


Please save the date! More information to follow as we plan this informative and career-building event.


CA 2E / CA Plex Worldwide Developer Conference

October 15th - 17th in Austin, Texas

In-person or remote


Learn more about the CA Plex 2E Conference →


-CM First Group

Heads Up

Top 4 Challenges Maintaining COBOL On Mainframes


COBOL is decades old and still powering some of the most established companies and government institutions in the world. In fact, many of the largest members of the Fortune 500 still have COBOL in production, especially banks, insurance companies, and airlines, all the way to railroads and retail.


Maintaining these systems is hard work, but with the right tools and strategies, you can overcome these challenges and ensure that your systems are secure, reliable, and up-to-date.


Read the article →

Come Join us at SHARE Orlando!


Join CM First and the CM evolveIT team at the SHARE Orlando conference March 3-7th, live and in-person.


SHARE Orlando provides you access to the latest enterprise IT news, key focus areas, prominent industry leaders, and product highlights on emerging technologies.


Meet us in person and be sure to stay for our presentation on the use of AI prompts in mainframe software analysis. We discuss how AI prompts guide models to understand complex systems, helping provide human digestible analysis reports and specifications. We will go through the technical steps to create a prompt model connecting COBOL/DB2 application source to a ChatGPT cloud engine API.


Learn more about SHARE Orlando →


-CM First Group

Heads Up

2024 IT Spending Outlook Shows Cautious Start with Optimistic Finish


After a slow start in 2024, IT spending is expected to pick up and round off the year at 4.3%, thanks in part to spending on AI. The bad news? Some of that AI money isn't going to other IT initiatives.


Read about these trends and more at Silicon Angle.


Silicon Angle →


Webinar

WATCH: "Revolutionize Software Testing with RPA"


Are you tired of time-consuming manual testing software applications?


Fortra's Automate Plus RPA is here to help. Join us for a webinar where we review the features of this powerful tool and show you how it can revolutionize your software testing processes.


During the webinar, we cover the following features of Automate Plus:


Automated Software Testing: With Automate Plus, you can automate your software testing processes, reducing the time and effort required to test your applications. This feature can help you catch bugs and errors earlier in the development process, saving you time and money in the long run.


Intelligent Document Automation: Automate Plus can intelligently recognize and extract data from various types of documents, including PDFs, scanned images, and more. This feature can help you automate your data entry processes and reduce the risk of errors.


User-Friendly Interface: Automate Plus comes with a user-friendly interface that makes it easy for anyone to use, regardless of their technical expertise. You don't need to be a programmer to use this tool effectively.


During the main demonstration, we show you how Automate Plus can be used to automate the testing of a complex software application. We'll demonstrate how Automate Plus can intelligently recognize the different elements of the application and perform automated tests on each of them.


Key Takeaway: You'll see firsthand how this tool can save you time and effort in your software testing processes.


Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn more about Fortra's Automate Plus RPA and how it can benefit your organization.


Watch now →

 Broadcom Support 


Many enterprises struggle with obtaining Broadcom support for their CA 2E (Synon, COOL:2E) or CA Plex systems


If you're working with an older unsupported release, upgrading you IBM OS, or otherwise under the shadow of lapsed maintenance, we can get you back on Broadcom support based on your unique situtation. We specialize in all sizes of customers.


Fill out our 2 minute form and schedule a no-commitment fifteen minute conversation with a CM First Group technical rep.

Get rock solid Broadcom support

CM First Support

Current CM First Group customers can access tutorials and submit support tickets at support.cmfirstgroup.com.

Current Releases


CM WebClient 1.8.8 (with nightly builds) For details, go here.

CM Matchpoint ALM 7.0 Build 004. For details, go here.

CM evolveIT 11.6, last supported 10.6
CM M3 2023 Edition
CA Plex 7.2.1 SP005, last supported 7.2.1 (as of January 31, 2022)
→ Details can be found here at Broadcom (login required)
CA 2E 8.7.3, last supported 8.7 (as of January 31, 2022)
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Contact CM First to learn more: info@cmfirstgroup.com

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