zED Talks Virtual Series – COBOL Migration and ABO

zED Talk on COBOL Migration and ABO!
July 16, 2020 | 2:00 to 3:00pm EST

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zED Talks gives our audience the opportunity to hear about game changing technology in the mainframe world from talented Subject Matter Experts! Utilizing the TED Talks inspiration of “ideas worth spreading,” this webinar series gives our speakers roughly half an hour (plus some time for Q&A) to illustrate the value of a solution or concept of his or her choosing. Ever wondered how technology buzzwords like DevOps, Blockchain, or AI fit into the Z space? There’s no better place to get an initial understanding of that than right here.

At the request of the presenters, please note that this zED Talk will run slightly longer than usual (1 hour total).

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***This is part 2 of a 2-part miniseries on COBOL; for information on part 1, please click here***

Our previous zED Talk session illustrated how IBM’s Enterprise COBOL for z/OS V6.3 introduces new cutting-edge features. This month, we will focus on migrating to COBOL 6 and when to use IBM’s Automatic Binary Optimizer (ABO)! While many customers will not see any problems migrating from older versions of COBOL, some might encounter some challenges.  This session will address how to mitigate those challenges.

Join us to discuss how your enterprise can appropriately plan for your future migration to COBOL 6.

To present this month’s topic, we have Zvi Weiss and Ed Steele:

Zvi attended Yeshiva College (B.S.) and NYU (M.S.). He has over 40 years of experience, having worked at Bell Telephone Laboratories (Member of Technical Staff), Electronic Trading Services (which operated the Cincinnati Stock Exchange), BTSI and ADP Brokerage Services (front-office and back-office stock processing), and IBM. At IBM, Zvi has worked with IBM Z® products used for developing and maintaining programs, including IDz, zD&T, RAA, and IBM AD.

Ed is a Client Technical Specialist with 30 years in the IT profession and over 14 years with IBM. During his IT tenure, he worked as a software developer, system administrator, architect, team leader, and manager. Ed has worked with many Fortune 1,000 companies, utilities, federal government, state government, and universities to provide technical leadership, guidance, and enablement. His current focus is DevOps and enterprise modernization technologies. He has extensive background in IBM Z®, distributed systems, and integration technologies.

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