{"id":19,"date":"2014-01-28T15:33:23","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T15:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.60\/?p=19"},"modified":"2016-07-20T15:48:41","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T15:48:41","slug":"whats-holding-you-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i.dodbu.com\/index.php\/2014\/01\/28\/whats-holding-you-back\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s holding you back?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"alligator-300x231\"I love adventures!\u00a0 I just returned from a week long cruise to the Caymen Islands, Cozumel, Belize and Honduras.\u00a0 Each day I tried something that was a little bit outside my comfort zone.\u00a0 In Grand Caymen,\u00a0 I snorkeled and then swam with the stingrays. In Cozumel, I grabbed a cab and discovered Chankanaab park. In Belize,\u00a0 I did some cave tubing (and felt like I was Indiana Jones!). And finally in Honduras,\u00a0 I drank too much rum and imitated statues!\u00a0 The big life lesson that was reiterated in this grand adventure was that while it takes a little effort to try different things, the rewards are exhilarating!\u00a0 Don\u2019t let anything hold you back.<\/p>\n

I think we can take this life lesson into the new year!\u00a0 Sometimes the routine gets too comfortable\u2026.especially in our work lives. Sometimes we have to push beyond our comfort zone and try things that may take a little more effort and feel a little bit different than normal to really reap new benefits and gain greater satisfaction.\u00a0 At ProData, we try to do that with our products so that you can stretch your output in your work environment and your job satisfaction.\u00a0 We add new products to our product line, we increase the functionality in our current products and we put ourselves out there on the road just to keep our finger on the pulse of the IBM i programmer\u2019s community.<\/p>\n

Looking forward to 2014, our first venture out will be at the RPG Summit in Dallas in March.\u00a0 We have not been to Dallas in quite some time, so look forward to meeting with a lot of our current customers, like Sally Beauty Company out of Denton, TX.\u00a0 Will you guys be there?\u00a0 We love all our customers in that region and we especially love the System i Developer Group and continue to support Susan Gantner and Jon Paris in all they do for the IBM i world.<\/p>\n

Next up will be the IBM Common, back in Orlando.\u00a0 Is it me, or do we seem to land in Orlando quite frequently?\u00a0 No matter, it\u2019s a beautiful destination and will get us out of this polar freeze, which we have been experiencing in the Midwest (altho it sure was cold when our cruise landed in Tampa last week!).\u00a0 At COMMON, we hope to talk with our customers, business associates and IBM i industry leaders to get ideas on additional enhancements we can make for a new release of DBU, RDB Connect and any of our other many utilities.<\/p>\n

Throughout the summer months the regional conferences keep us rolling.\u00a0 We are looking at a few of these as well as some specialty conferences and will keep you posted on our mid-summer adventures!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 These groups are critical to the IBM i ecosystem and keep us moving in the right direction.<\/p>\n

In October we will hit a couple of big shows.\u00a0 We will be at the new IBM Enterprise conference in Las Vegas.\u00a0 This will be our first outing at the conference that tends to IBM Power and Z series participants.\u00a0 We are looking forward to extending our reach outside our comfortable IBM i focus and see what we can do in this arena. It\u2019s a challenge and it\u2019s exciting!\u00a0 Then we will also be back at the Fall COMMON in Indianapolis.\u00a0 I love Indy!\u00a0 It\u2019s a good vibe.<\/p>\n

Finally we will support RPG Summit once again in the Fall.\u00a0 We will follow them whereever they may be as they always create a great environment for brainstorms!\u00a0 We hope to see you on the road!\u00a0 Isn\u2019t it time to step out of your office and go on a new adventure, too?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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