Notes from the Boston Omnis mini-conference
Hi all,
You know that I meant to say MINI conference, right?
Jim
>Hi all,
>
>Last week I attended the two day ‘mini-conference’ in Boston held by
>Omnis Software. I am pasting my somewhat-cryptic notes from the
>Introduction, the Omnis Studio Sales and Marketing presentation, and the
>Omnis Roadmap presentation below.
>
>The agenda of the conference is here: <www.omnis.net/news/
>agenda_us.jsp>
>
>The conference was a nice first ‘baby step’ by Omnis Software to get
>back into the American market. It didn’t have the same technical value
>as the recent EurOmnis conferences have had with their 12 concurrent
>sessions, but it was a clear and sincere statement that Omnis is moving
>in the right direction. The overall theme, repeated often throughout
>the two days, is that Omnis Software cares about Omnis developers, is
>listening to the developers, and wants to work with the developers as we
>move forward. Overall, I think it is a pretty exciting time for Omnis!
>
>Not mentioned in the agenda is that there is a new Sales Manager for US
>and Canada – David McGee. David was hired a day before the conference
>and didn’t even have business cards yet, so I’m not sure if I spelled
>his name correctly! We will presumably be hearing more from David soon.
>
>OK, on to my notes, with apologies in advance for the errors!
>
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>Omnis Boston 2018
>
>20 to 30 attendees
>
>David Lewis
>1st year…
>2 digit growth and profits
>Adding staff
>Reinvested profits
>US slower growth, taken longer than hoped
>More changes in next 24 mos
>Steven Mitchell. UK sales dude
>New sales person David ?? For US!!!
>Free training via Omnis academy (coming soon to Australia)
>Portal not as successful as hoped
>Operational stuff…
>Regular Skype board meetings
>David L to Europe every 3 months
>Have ideas? David says call or email him any time david@omnis.net
>Wants customer experience to be easy & good
>
>Steven Mitchell sales manager
>management structure
>Mgmt team: Bob, Bob, Birgit, Alain
>Directors: Andrea, David, Geert
> They use Omnis and need Omnis to be successful!
>
>Progress update
>18 months since acquisition by OLS
>3 new engineers in UK in Dev and QR
>New office Germany
>New South America distributer
>David McGee new sales exec for us canada
> USA sales point of contact
> Tech resource to follow
>
>USA Canada update
>Key priority, but not there now
>Free Omnis academy
>Omnis developer days
>Pricing alignment
> They have work to do
>ODPP Germany has free development days
>Working towards Run time Maintenance Agreement (RMA)
> Timeliness & flexible
> Easier budgeting & planning
> Stay on latest version, upgrade when needed
> Same RMA charge every year, 3 yr fixed agreement
> No sales process for upgrades
> Working well in Europe
> For ODPP only
> Can purchase for selected customers
> Only for studio 8
> Serial nums same for minor releases
>
>Business focus
>#smartchoiceforapplication
>New pr focus
>New www.omnis.net
>Focus on new developers
>Product development different approach
> Market oriented
> Access to management
> Symbiotic relationship with developers
>
>New initiatives
>Dev portal
> Still figuring out how to make this work
>Omnis Academy
> Free 3 day jsClient training
> Videos & libraries online
> Online exam
> Stuff on web page
>Tech Talks
> Deep dive following a short demo
> Plan for 1 per month
> First one not much talking
> Looking for more feednabk
>Omnis Technical Committee
> Consultative board
> 10 reps invited by OS
>Customer voting tool
> oVote
> Available to ODPP
> Prioritize development tasks
>Conferences and Tech days
> Regularly scheduled in US and Canada
>Emails to trial version registrations
> 12 follow up emails
> Free support
>LinkedIn
> Please follow, improves profile
> Follow Omnis and Omnis Developer Group
>Twitter
> Follow!
>More in the pipeline…..
>
>Conclusion
> Omnis is stable, profitable
> Committed to developer community
>
>Bob Whiting Omnis Roadmap
>8.0 all about consolidation and housekeeping
>8.1
> JSON representation (export and import)
> Responsive Forms
> Headless Linux server (considering Mac OS X and windows)
> Using JavaScript controls in remote forms
> MacOSx code signed applications
> Improved new user entry point (not the first!)
> Web Services
> Method editor enhancements
> SQL workers
> Code assistant
> oW3 worker objects
> Themes
>
>9.0 (features not set in stone)
> October 2018??
> New Method editor
> Removes a ‘new user’ barrier
> Accessibility
> WCAG 2.0
> Keyboard control of js components
> Studio Visible Controls
> Refresh existing client server controls
> Additional window objects
> Additional js controls
> Input desired!
> Studio Remote Debug
> Connection to RT and server from dev environment
> Browser based method editor and debugger
> Cloud Compatability
> SaaS
> Server farm
> Metered licensing model
> Remote Objects
> Instantiated and executed on client
> Deployment
> Easier
> Docker-type Linux install
> JavaScript editor
> The new free form editor might make this obsolete
> Mobile applications
> Auto wrapper and deployment
> Automated testing
> DML Emulation ???
> New omnissqllite dam
> Data files converted to SQLite
> DML command emulation
>
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>
>–
>Jim Pistrang
>JP Computer Resources
>413-256-4569
><www.jpcr.com>
—
Jim Pistrang
JP Computer Resources
413-256-4569
<www.jpcr.com>
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