IBM Z Customer Council – Wisconsin

We will start the event with opening remarks followed by a presentation from Jerome Gilbert will dive into the latest and greatest IBM watsonx™ Code Assistant for Z. You will learn what it means to use an AI first strategy and how to accelerate application modernization to better support business transformation initiatives in your organization. This session will share IBM’s PoV on Application Modernization entry points for the IBM Z platform and demonstrate how Generative AI accelerates that journey.

This will be followed by Prent Rodgers and Sunayana Sharma discussing the newly released IBM watsonx™ Assistant for Z. Are you concerned about skilled Z technical staff getting harder to find and hire? How about staff retention? Consider elevating the level of your existing staff. Anyone from to novice to seasoned expert can benefit from IBM Watsonx Assistant for z. Get clear and concise answers to most mainframe questions with a curated IBM virtual assistant.

Then John Thompson will discuss IBM Z Resiliency. In today’s world, users won’t accept anything less than 24/7 access to services with zero downtime. IT resilience with IBM Z is the ability to rapidly adapt and respond to any internal or external disruption, demand, or threat, and continue business operations without significant impact. Learn how IT resilience solutions can optimize availability, keep systems running, detect problems in advance, and recover critical data.

Finally, Shelly Meierarend will show what IBM has available to offer clients through various programs and offerings.  Shelly will share how the IBM Z Global Skills Accelerator Program is wildly successful amongst our clients and that many are continuing to use it as a consistent pipeline into their hiring and skills development.

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(Event takes place Central Standard Time)

For more information, contact your IBM representative, Jack Billings – [email protected]