Nova Milanese, June 11, 2018
On the 7th of June 2018, the long awaited “App-i Day/Happy Birthday IBM i” event was held in the 90 Studio of the East End Studios in Milan. A unique and special opportunity to celebrate 30 years birthday of the IBM i platform together with its more faithful business partners. Twingroup Global Solutions and Infor could not get away absolutely this opportunity to make an exchange of ideas, to gain visibility and to confirm their more of 20-years fidelity to the platform.
We have chosen to join this event with an exhibition stand and, together with Infor, we took the opportunity to present our International ERP solutions on IBM i platform and to show the strong relationship that exists between IBM and Infor, the IBM Infor Alliance. Timothy Wilson, Global Marketing Manager (Infor) of IBM USA, has been the spokesman of this strong international connection between the two companies and it has been a pleasure and honor for us to host him in our stand in order to let to all visitors to talk directly with him, that has more than 25 years-experience in IBM.
Since more than 20 years we have been working on International ERP projects offering the most advanced solutions already integrated with all innovative technologies of BI, AI and Social Collaboration. Our solutions on the IBM I platform are ERPs: Infor XA, stable and secure, specific for discrete manufacturing companies and Infor LX, studied for process production and specific for food & beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Our main focus is to help Italian companies to transform their business operations, improve process management, and increase efficiency in industry 4.0 optics.
The event was composed not only by 70 exhibitor stands but also hosted two congress areas where, during the day, a lot of inspirational speeches, parallel sections and round tables took place. These have been really fascinating moments of discussion on the most current issues of the IT world, on company case studies, and on the protagonist of the event, the IBM i platform.
The IBM sessions on the plenary room have been also really interesting: the launch of the new Power9 version of the IBM i platform, the discussion about the integration of IBM i with the Blockchain and the presentation of Allison Butterill (Product Offering Manager of IBM), concerning the roadmap of the IBM’s activities for the future. This thirtieth birthday is not a point of arrival but an underlining of how IBM is based on innovation and looks to the future.
The event did not disappoint the expectations and with more than 650 participants, it has been a special opportunity to bring together under a "single roof" all the IT offers on the IBM i platform in Italy. 30 years after its birth, IBM is already a undisputed protagonist of the IT scenario for Italian and international companies, a highly competitive reality that offers countless opportunities to grow for Italian companies.