Stream: Keynotes
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Next started as a traditional bricks and mortar high street retailer. In 1999 Next launched its web site. Now, over 20 years later, online sales have overtaken shop-based sales (even before the pandemic). How has the mainframe stayed relevant? I will look at how the mainframe is still at the core of the business, how we have removed inhibitors to its use and what we are doing to ensure that it stays relevant in an ever changing IT ecosystem.
Ian is a Domain Architect for mainframe and integration at Next.He has 39 years IT experience, rising from trainee programmer to project manager and domain architect. He has worked on many systems and projects over the years including leading the Year 2000 project. He performs a technical architect role focused on mainframe and integration and deals with the usual suspects for a mainframe site (COBOL, CICS, Natural, ADABAS, Db2, MQ, z/OS Connect). Over the last few years the focus has been on what has been loosely termed ‘mainframe modernisation’ which has been about removing inhibitors to using the mainframe so that it can participate in the modern IT ecosystem.
Ian is a Domain Architect for mainframe and integration at Next.He has 39 years IT experience, rising from trainee programmer to project manager and domain architect. He has worked on many systems and projects over the years including leading the Year 2000 project. He performs a technical architect role focused on mainframe and integration and deals with the usual suspects for a mainframe site (COBOL, CICS, Natural, ADABAS, Db2, MQ, z/OS Connect). Over the last few years the focus has been on what has been loosely termed ‘mainframe modernisation’ which has been about removing inhibitors to using the mainframe so that it can participate in the modern IT ecosystem.
Ian is a Domain Architect for mainframe and integration at Next.He has 39 years IT experience, rising from trainee programmer to project manager and domain architect. He has worked on many systems and projects over the years including leading the Year 2000 project. He performs a technical architect role focused on mainframe and integration and deals with the usual suspects for a mainframe site (COBOL, CICS, Natural, ADABAS, Db2, MQ, z/OS Connect). Over the last few years the focus has been on what has been loosely termed ‘mainframe modernisation’ which has been about removing inhibitors to using the mainframe so that it can participate in the modern IT ecosystem.
Ian is a Domain Architect for mainframe and integration at Next.He has 39 years IT experience, rising from trainee programmer to project manager and domain architect. He has worked on many systems and projects over the years including leading the Year 2000 project. He performs a technical architect role focused on mainframe and integration and deals with the usual suspects for a mainframe site (COBOL, CICS, Natural, ADABAS, Db2, MQ, z/OS Connect). Over the last few years the focus has been on what has been loosely termed ‘mainframe modernisation’ which has been about removing inhibitors to using the mainframe so that it can participate in the modern IT ecosystem.
Ian is a Domain Architect for mainframe and integration at Next.He has 39 years IT experience, rising from trainee programmer to project manager and domain architect. He has worked on many systems and projects over the years including leading the Year 2000 project. He performs a technical architect role focused on mainframe and integration and deals with the usual suspects for a mainframe site (COBOL, CICS, Natural, ADABAS, Db2, MQ, z/OS Connect). Over the last few years the focus has been on what has been loosely termed ‘mainframe modernisation’ which has been about removing inhibitors to using the mainframe so that it can participate in the modern IT ecosystem.
Ian is a Domain Architect for mainframe and integration at Next.He has 39 years IT experience, rising from trainee programmer to project manager and domain architect. He has worked on many systems and projects over the years including leading the Year 2000 project. He performs a technical architect role focused on mainframe and integration and deals with the usual suspects for a mainframe site (COBOL, CICS, Natural, ADABAS, Db2, MQ, z/OS Connect). Over the last few years the focus has been on what has been loosely termed ‘mainframe modernisation’ which has been about removing inhibitors to using the mainframe so that it can participate in the modern IT ecosystem.
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