Once again illustro personnel was on-site at WAVV 2006 delivering several education sessions to WAVV attendees on a variety of subjects. illustro staff members spoke at 11 different sessions throughout the conference.

• Saturday, 10:30 a.m.- The Mainframe in 2006 - Where Are We and Where Are We Going?
• Saturday, 11:45 a.m.- .Net Programming Examples with VSE
• Saturday, 3:00 p.m.- The HTTP Protocol
• Sunday, 8:00 a.m.- Fundamentals of Data Encryption - z/Encrypt
• Sunday, 9:15 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - Mainframe 2.0 - The Future of Interacting with the Mainframe
• Sunday, 11:45 a.m.. Sarbanes Oxley, HIPAA and Privacy 101
• Monday, 9:15 a.m. - CICS RDO Hints and Tips
• Monday, 11:45 a.m. - CICS TS Performance Tips/Tuning
• Monday, 3:00 p.m. - VSE Hot Topics
• Monday, 3:00 p.m. - Programming with JavaScript
• Tuesday, 9:15 a.m. - SOA and Web 2.0 - Emerging Standards Opportunitites for z/VSE Users

At WAVV 2005, members of the illustro staff delivered a total of 10 sessions over the course of the conference. illustro's staff has a long heritage of giving back to the z/VSE-VSE/ESA community, and this was the latest effort to provide valuable, FREE education and training on a variety of technical subjects.

Click below on the session(s) that you would like a PDF copy of the handouts for:

• Saturday, 11:45 a.m.- Mainframe Status and Future
• Saturday, 1:45 p.m.- CICS TS Hot Topics
• Saturday, 3:00 p.m.- XML and Web Services for VSE - Why Do I Care
• Saturday, 4:15 p.m.- CICS TS RDO For Dummies
• Saturday, 4:15 p.m. and Sunday, 11:45 a.m. - You May Like Your 3270 Screens, but Your Users Don't! (User Presentation)
• Sunday, 10:30 a.m. - Connecting VSE Data and Applications To The World
• Monday, 8:00 a.m. - VSE Hot Topics
• Monday, 10:30 a.m. - Web Services 201
• Monday, 3:00 p.m. - VSE .Net Programming Example

Pictures from WAVV 2005
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WAVV 2005 was a very special WAVV, as luminaries from the industry, both past and present, gathered in joining IBM in a special 40th birthday celebration for VSE.

The beautiful Colorado Springs mountains were the setting for WAVV 2005.	Pikes Peak from 14,000 feet	...Even NORAD in the distance
This WAVV celebrated the 40th anniversary of VSE's birth	...and there was much celebration, and remembering the challenges	Dr. Klaus Goebel from IBM Germany shares his perspectives
Thurman Pylant--one of the important authors of VSE technology	Bernd Schimmele, formerly with IBM, shares his stories	Members of VSE's history  prepare to cut the cake
Happy 40th Birthday VSE!	...and welcome to z/VSE!	Eric Vaughan, illustro's CEO delivers one of his sessions on XML and Web Services
Dr. Karl-Heinz Strassemeyer in his portion of the session on the Future of the Mainframe	Eric Vaughan and Dr. Strassemeyer congratulate each other on a well-received session on the Future of the Mainframe	Chuck Arney, illustro's Director of Product Development educates the WAVV attendees about Web Services
Mike Milling from A.O. Smith Electrical Products tells attendees how z/Web-Host worked for them	Sarah Kranz from Coleman College explains how z/Web-Host enhanced students' access to information	Ellen Alexander from Lee County Public Schools shows how her organization created modern interfaces with z/Web-Host
Sarah Kranz, Ellen Alexander Mike Milling and Eric Vaughan after the z/Web-Host customer  success presentation	illustro in the WAVV Expo Area What can z/Web do for you?	Chuck Arney shows off z/Ware technology to a customer
...technology that really is Easy	Eric Vaughan and John Lawson from illustro at the Expo Area	The illustro Expo team: Chuck Arney, John Lawson Denise DuBois and Eric Vaughan
illustro treated some customers to a night out at a Japanese restaurant---and things were hot!	Chuck Arney illustrates the proper way to eat the sushi...	Everyone had a good time at the illustro night out

Presentation to North Carolina VSE Users Group

On March 22, 2005, Chuck Arney, z/Ware Product Development Manager at illustro, presented two sessions to the members of the North Carolina VSE Users Group. The first session was "Web Enabling 3270 Applications and the second was an "Introduction to XML and Web Services."

Click below to download Chuck's presentation material.

• Web Enabling 3270 Applications
• Introduction to XML and Web Services

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Pictures from North Carolina VSE User's Group Presentation by illustro
March 22, 2005 - (Click on the picture for a larger image)

Chuck Arney talks about Mainframe Web and XML Enabling	Internet-enabling the mainframe the Easy way	NC VSE Users listen to illustro's presentation

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IBM 2004 zSeries Technical Conference
Miami Beach, Florida - November 1-5, 2004

illustro continued its standing tradition of participating in the IBM zSeries Technical Conference. IBM requested illustro to once again deliver sessions on VSE/ESA, CICS TS and TCP/IP topics to the customers attending the conference.  Members of the illustro team were also on hand to demonstrate illustro's z/Ware line of Internet-enabling software for the mainframe at the IBM zSeries Expo.

Click below on the session(s) that you would like a PDF copy of the handouts for:

• VSE Hot Topics
• CICS TS for VSE/ESA Hot Topics
• CICS TS Virtual Storage Management and Tuning
• TCP/IP for VSE/ESA Hot Topics

Pictures from zSeries 2004
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Miami Beach, Florida - site of the 2004 IBM zSeries Conference	A demonstration of the Easiest software for Internet enabling the mainframe
illustro with a z/Ware customer - Steve Sheerin of Clark Public Utilities	The illustro Expo team - Eric Vaughan, Denise DuBois and John Lawson

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WAVV 2004
Chattanooga, Tennessee - April 29-May 2, 2004

At WAVV 2004 members of the illustro staff delivered a total of 12 sessions over the course of the conference. illustro's staff has a long heritage of giving back to the VSE community through education and training.

Click below on the session(s) that you would like a PDF copy of the handouts for:

• Saturday, 10:30 a.m. - The Mainframe - Past, Present and Future
• Saturday, 3:00 p.m. - XML and Web Services 101 for Dummies
  
• Sunday, 9:15 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. - Internet Transformation for Mainframes the Easy Way
  
• Sunday, 10:30 a.m. - CICS TS Migration Hints and Tips
  
• Sunday, 10:30 a.m. - Linux for zSeries and VSE User Experiences
• Sunday, 4:15 p.m. - CICS TS Virtual Storage Mgmt and Tuning
  
• Monday, 11:45 a.m. - CICS TS External Call Programming Interface (EXCI)
  
• Monday, 11:45 a.m. - Programming with Javascript
  
• Monday, 3:00 p.m. - XML and Web Services 201
  
• Monday, 5:30 p.m. - CICS TS User Migration Experiences
  
• Tuesday, 8:00 a.m. - TCP/IP for VSE/ESA Potpourri
  
• Tuesday, 9:15 a.m. - Understanding the HTTP Protocol

Pictures from WAVV 2004
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illustro CEO Eric Vaughan dug into his closet to join in the spirit of the birth of the mainframe in 1964	Eric Vaughan delivers his part of "The Mainframe, Past, Present and Future"	Eric Vaughan delivers his part of "The Mainframe, Past, Present and Future"
Dr. Karl-Heinz Strassemeyer, IBM Distinguished Engineer, delivers his part of "The Mainframe, Past, Present and Future"	Vaughan and Strassemeyer congratulate each other on their joint presentation	Pete Clark sporting his vest with vintage WAVV buttons, and showing off historical WAVV shirts
Activity at the illustro exhibit area	illustro staff demonstrate the value of z/Web-Host to a customer	illustro serves "breakfast" at its sessions!
z/Web-Host customer Mike Milling from AO Smith discusses his success using z/Web to web-enable his applications	z/Web-Host demoed at WAVV, including a FREE copy of the software provided for VSE/ESA customers for the VSE IUI	ilillustro's z/XML-Host product was demonstrated showing how Easy it was for Microsoft Excel to interact with a CICS/VSE/VSAM program.