IBM AI for IT Modernization Technical Briefing – Toronto, ON

May 9


  •  May 9, 2024
     9:30 AM EDT - 4:00 PM EDT

 

 

 

 

Unlock the Power of AI for IBM Z

 

Digital transformation has drastically changed the way we do business. The exponential growth and complexity of business applications in hybrid cloud has imposed unprecedented pressure on IT operations. Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology help accelerate your mainframe application modernization? How about change impact analysis to predict performance capacity cost and prevent outages by leveraging AI for automation? Come join this in-person technical briefing customer day to hear client use cases and discuss how innovations can transform your IT to the next level in this new era of computing.

In the morning we invite our IBM Research Fellow Elpida Tzortzatos to discuss AI strategy on IBM Z and client success stories, followed by a hot topic of new AI-assisted application modernization tooling to address agile business requirements. In the afternoon, we will highlight AI use cases for IT resiliency with early anomaly detection and illustrate before/after change impact analysis, whether the changes were made by applications, workloads or system configurations. The next topic on modernizing systems management, our senior product manager takes you through new AI capabilities in the automation portfolio. For the finale, we reserve a panel discussion with industry innovators and open the microphone for your feedback.

Come and meet with IBM lab & client engineers, industry experts and share your insights with IBM Z user community.

Audience:

This AI for IT Modernization technical briefing is designed for IT decision makers and influencers, operations technical support, performance capacity analysts, enterprise application architects and engineers.

 

Agenda:

Time Topic
9:30 AM
Arrival and Registration
10:00 AM
Welcome and Introductions
Peter Shum, Craig Bender, IBM
10:15 AM
AI Strategy on IBM Z and success stories
Elpida Tzortzatos, IBM Fellow
11:15 AM
Break
11:30 AM
AI-assisted Application Modernization
 John Senegal, IBM
12:30 PM
Networking and Lunch
1:15 PM
AI use cases for infrastructure and application resiliency
Tim Brooks, Lih Wang, IBM
2:15 PM
Break
2:30 PM
Modernizing Systems Management
Dan Wiegand, IBM
3:30 PM
Innovation Panel
4:00 PM
Wrap-up, Feedback, Closing Remarks

 

Featured Speaker:  IBM Fellow Elpida Tzortzatos
Elpida Tzortzatos is an IBM Fellow and CTO AI for IBM Z. During her IBM career, Elpida has driven industry-leading infrastructure innovation into the Z platform. Her achievements have influenced every layer of the IBM Z stack, contributing to many products and enhancements driving significant customer value. Her current responsibilities include leading the AI strategy for IBM Z focused on infusing AI into business-critical workloads.

 

For inquiries, please contact your IBM representative or Lih M. Wang[email protected] .


Registrants will first be placed in Pending Approval status and will be notified of approval when it is made.
Attendees must provide corporate contact information for enrollment approval. 

Venue:  

Address:
8200 Warden Ave, Unionville, Ontario, L6G 1C7