Z Council – New York City

You are invited to join us for the next meeting of the “New York Z Customer Council”

Date: Friday, December 6^th, 2019 |  9:00 am – 2:45 pm

Where: Marist NYC Executive Center 420 5th Avenue NY 14th Floor, NY (Corner of 37 st and 5th avenue)

Join us for a free exciting and informative event!

You are cordially invited to the New York IBM Z Customer Council; a community built to strengthen and support New York IBM Z clients. As we understand your challenges, we will share experiences, deliver expert guidance, and provide a network of executives focused on the success of your IBM Z system environments.

We’ll kick off the morning with Gareth McNeill, who will summarize all of the latest news on IBM New Z Announcements on both Software and Hardware, and will discuss how these announcements relate to your Z environment.

Then, John Wolfgang will discuss IBM® DS8900F and TS7770, the next generation of enterprise data systems built with the most advanced POWER9™ processor technology. Designed for data-intensive and mission-critical workloads, DS8900F adds next-level performance, data protection, resiliency and availability across your hybrid multi-cloud solutions through ultra-low latency, better than seven 9’s availability, transparent cloud tiering and advanced data protection against malware and ransomware. Learn about the new DS8900F family details and an overview of the latest advanced features available in IBM’s newest enterprise data system.

Following, Kavita Sehgal, will be presenting on IBM Cloud Paks, which are enterprise-grade, full-stack cloud solutions, integrating a container platform, containerized IBM middleware and Open Source components, and common software services for development and management, that reduce development time by up to 84% and operational expenses by up to 75%.

After lunch, Setareh Mehrabanzad will talk about IBM’s Hybrid cloud infrastructure. Users can now have the security and control of on-prem architecture plus the scalability of public cloud, for the best hybrid cloud strategy. Hybrid cloud IT solutions provide Greater Privacy and Protection, Lower TCO, and Lower I/O latency. All of this and more can also run with Red Hat OpenShift.

Rounding out the day Ivan Dovgan and Nate Dotson will speak on IBM z/OS Cloud Broker which integrates z/OS-based services and resources into your private cloud platform for a modern cloud-native experience. This is the first software product to provide access to z/OS services within the private cloud platforms such as OpenShift® and IBM Cloud Private for consumption by the broader development community. It enables organizations to protect and leverage their IBM Z® investments through integration with their multi-cloud environments and strategies. Organizations and developers can quickly create, modernize, deploy, and manage applications within the security of their firewall.

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For more information contact. IBM representative
 Devin Davis at [email protected]