IBM Z Customer Council – Jacksonville, FL

We will kick off the day with a technical overview of the most significant enhancements provided by Db2 13 for z/OS. In this session, Mark Rader will provide information on migrating to Db2 v13, along with the new features and functions that take scalability, availability, manageability and performance to new heights for your run-the-business transactional (and batch) applications.

Next we will talk about Modernization with gen AI.  IBM watsonx Code Assistant (WCAz) is a solution that leverages generative AI to accelerate code generation and increase developer productivity. It uses AI to support Application Modernization and IT Automation with IBM Z Application Modernization as the latest use case. Dashawn Matias will introduce WCAz and explain how it can incrementally modernize and re-factor COBOL business services and selectively transform code into high-quality Java code.

Application modernization projects face challenges in sharing data or information between Z-based systems and cloud applications. Roy Duke will discuss how IBM Z Digital Integration Hub (zDIH) provides a new approach to efficiently share real-time information between core systems running on z/OS and hybrid cloud applications, while also offering operational and development optimizations and TCO advantages. This session will provide an overview of the zDIH solution, discuss how it integrates with your systems of record and hybrid cloud applications, and review a customer use case and the benefits achieved in bringing Z to the edge of their hybrid cloud!

Our last speaker Shelly Meierarend will close the day identifying what IBM is doing to help build a sustainable mainframe workforce. The topic will discuss the IBM Z Skills program and its work to build future zSkills, attract and train up and coming talent.

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For more information, contact your IBM representative or event hosts Kenishia Callaway – [email protected] or Vanessa Callaghan– [email protected]