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Agenda

10.30 – 10.45 Introduction to Avnet Craig Cannon

10.45 – 11.00 Industry trends and directions Dave Pickburn

Coffee

11.30 – 11.45 BCD and Quadrant Software updates Shahid Latif

11.45 – 12.45 Workshops

Web-based GUI for green screens Pete Samways

Developing a web-based function in PHP Shahid Latif

Lunch

13.15 – 13.30 Business Intelligence Shahid Latif

13.30 – 14.30 Workshops

Developing a web-based function in PHP Shahid Latif

Web-based GUI for green screens Pete Samways

Coffee

14.30 – 15.00 Close Rob Jackson

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About Proximity

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Our solutions

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Our solutions

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Just some of our customers

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IBM i: still as relevant today

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Total cost of ownership

In typical midsize manufacturing, distribution and retail companies, two-year IT costs for

use of IBM i 7.2 and Power Systems are:

• 45% less than Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and SQL Server 2014

• 51% less than for x86 Linux servers and Oracle databases.

IBM i on Power Systems for Midsize Businesses (ITG)

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• Highly stable...

• Extremely robust…

• Completely dependable…

• Rock solid.

But, the major downside is the user

experience in an outdated GUI.

Especially as GUI has been

available since 1984.

Major benefits, but some flaws…

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