IBM zSystems Customer Council – Philadelphia, PA – April 19

You are invited to the next meeting of the “Northeast IBM zSystems Customer Council”

The Northeast IBM zSystems Customer Council is a community built to strengthen and support Northeast IBM zSystems 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 zSystems environments.

We will start the session with a look at how to Modernize your IT Infrastructure with Linux on zSystems.  Pedro Acosta will provide an overview of Linux on Z and its capabilities as well as real-world examples of how it has been used to modernize IT infrastructures for clients. We will also discuss the performance and scalability advantages of Linux on Z, its security features, and how to leverage the platform to help you achieve some of your sustainability goals while reducing costs.

Next, Al Grega will help us take a look at IBM’s Latest Compilation Technology.  The z16’s new compiler products offer features for application modernization.  Learn about the affinities between zSystems hardware and the compiler roadmap, the languages roadmap/direction on z/OS (including the embracing of open source), and how to help developers modernize their applications and adopt hybrid cloud.

Over lunch, Dan Wiegand will provide a brief overview of how clients are leveraging AIOPs for enterprise observability.   Observability is the ability to measure a system’s current state based on the data it generates, such as metrics, traces, and logs. Learn about how IBM is integrating its IBM zSystems AIOps with industry-leading solutions to gain mobile to mainframe observability.

To end the day, Jonathan Sloan will discuss Data Modernization.  Data Fabric is a concept that is pervasive in the industry.  It is a concept which accelerates data delivery and access to data. It enriches data with business semantics and metadata level governance that fosters a collaborative, self-service environment allowing for new and accelerated time to value with Master data, Internet of Things (IoT) analytics, and many other use cases.  Enterprises that host IBM zSystems platforms at the core of their business processing can modernize and optimize their Data strategy by including the IBM zSystems platform in their Data Fabric framework.  This session will share industry views on Data Fabric and how Data Optimization on how zSystems integrates with the Enterprise Data Fabric strategy.

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For more information, contact IBM representative Isabella Reyes at [email protected]

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