COMMON EUROPE CONGRESS 2025: Full Schedule

WELCOME TO COMMON EUROPE CONGRESS 2025

Common Europe, in collaboration with Common Sweden, is delighted to be holding its annual flagship event, Common Europe Congress, in the friendly city of Gothenburg offering extensive education, networking and relaxation opportunities.

You will be able to validate your attendance (Check-In to sessions) using your personal schedule.

15:00 CEST

Sponsor session: Control all your IBM i applications and systems from your current monitoring solution, extremely easily!

Tuesday June 3, 2025 15:00 - 15:25 CEST

06 - R17

Not happy with the IBM i monitoring level of your existing tool such as Nagios, PRTG, SolarWinds, Zabbix, etc ?
In addition, IBM recently stopped the support of their Nagios plugin for IBM i and said that Control for i is the recommended replacement.

Discover how “Control for i” adds instantly 200 ‘Plug & Play’ IBM i checks and how your tool is enhanced without any development required.

If you already know Control for I, come to see what’s new in the version 4.

You will also acquire knowledge on how it is easy to automate answers or trigger a program to well-known messages in MSGQ or System Log.

Learn how you will become more proactive: with high accuracy probes you are alerted of problems before they become critical; this improves the service continuity and reduces emergency response costs).
Note: “Control for i” is compatible with 90% of most commonly used monitoring tools.

Sponsor speakers

Pascal Ruckebusch

Président, Technical Director, M81

Pascal Ruckebusch adopted IBM i at the exact beginning of AS/400, three decades ago, and never left it … Pascal's experience on IBM i covers system and application development, training and operations. Twice CTO of 2 major IBM business partners in France, his technical skills and... Read More →

Sponsors

M81

M81 is a company specialized in system software running on IBM i operating system (also known as OS/400 or i5/OS), to help IT teams to better manage their systems.
The products made by M81 address complex areas, but are very simple to implement and IT teams can work with them very... Read More →

Tuesday June 3, 2025 15:00 - 15:25 CEST
06 - R17

Solution provider

15:00 CEST

Sponsor session: IBM i and the SOC: Closing Your Business-Critical Security Blind Spot

Tuesday June 3, 2025 15:00 - 15:25 CEST

02 - F4/F5

What if your most critical business assets – your IBM i systems – are operating in a profound blind spot? The silent workhorse behind your ERP, finance, banking or logistics applications, the IBM i presents unique challenges for security visibility, lacking the straightforward syslog integrations that are built into other operating systems.

Join Fortra, an IBM authority since the days of the System/38 and developers of the Powertech suite of IBM i security solutions, to find out how to fix this blind spot. In this session, we'll expose the technological and human factors that cause IBM i systems to remain largely unseen by corporate SIEMs and how its rich security audit journal – a goldmine of critical intelligence – remains largely untapped. Discover how cryptic IBM i events can be performed into actionable, human-readable input for your organization’s Security Operations team. Learn how smart filtering can reduce noise, significantly save on SIEM costs, and provide the crucial, continuous visibility your risk team needs.

This isn't just about sending logs; it's about securing your business continuity and ensuring that your most valuable data is truly protected. Close the IBM i security blind spot before it becomes your organization's next major incident.

Sponsor speakers

Kurt Thomas

Senior System Engineer, HelpSystems

Kurt Thomas, CISSP, works with organizations all over the world to help them get the most out of their IBM Power ecosystem. His interests range from cybersecurity, data privacy, and operating systems to artificial intelligence. Kurt is Technical Product Manager for a number of Fortra's... Read More →

Sponsors

Fortra

Tuesday June 3, 2025 15:00 - 15:25 CEST
02 - F4/F5

Solution provider

15:00 CEST

Sponsor session: Our successes with rejuvenation

Tuesday June 3, 2025 15:00 - 15:25 CEST

04 - F2

Sponsor speakers

P-A Freiholtz

CEO, Apper

Sponsors

Apper

Our vision is to be the top-of-mind player in business-critical IT in the Nordic region, where IBM is the largest and most strategically important partner.
To achieve our goal, we offer services and solutions in the following business areas:
IBM i / IBM PowerSupply Chain Management, EDI and Digital Business CommunicationPoint of Sale solutionsBusiness systems, ERP... Read More →

Tuesday June 3, 2025 15:00 - 15:25 CEST
04 - F2

Solution provider

From €51.94