IBM Z Day: Special Edition
IBM Z Day: Special Edition is a free 1-day enterprise computing virtual conference for anyone and everyone! Hear the latest about IBM Z and join the lineup of global thought leaders who will highlight industry trends and innovation spanning AI, Hybrid Cloud, Quantum-Safe Security, and more.
Taking place April 8th from 10 AM to 5 PM ET, this is a chance to:
- Connect, learn, and be inspired by what’s brewing in the labs
- Hear from community members as they share experiences
- Discover new and exciting innovation
- Learn how to adopt a hybrid cloud infrastructure that integrates AI and data for real-time insights
- Accelerate your digital transformation and modernization journey
- Hear what’s on the minds of thought leaders.
And given the overwhelming response to last year’s IBM Z Day knowledge certificates, you have the opportunity to earn up to four industry-recognized IBM digital skills badges!
Check out the IBM Z Day website for more information and to register!
Precisely Unveils AI-Powered Advancements and Elevated Data Governance Service in the Data Integrity Suite
Precisely, a global leader in data integrity, has announced major enhancements to its Data Integrity Suite, including AI-driven innovations, improved Data Governance, and expanded data integration. These updates aim to enhance data accessibility, streamline governance, and automate processes, helping businesses improve efficiency, maximize data ROI, and support AI-readiness amid evolving regulations.
Key Highlights:
AI Manager to Ensure Trusted Data for Analytics
With the addition of AI Manager, customers can leverage Generative AI capabilities within the Data Integrity Suite while maintaining complete control over data sovereignty and compliance:
Elevated Data Governance Experience
Customers of the Data Integrity Suite Data Governance service can now benefit from a personalized, intuitive user experience and improved performance for greater productivity. The enhancements facilitate collaboration between business and technical teams, leading to greater data governance adoption, efficiency, and consistency:
Expanded Data Integration Capabilities
To meet the growing demand to automate data accessibility across ecosystems, customers of the Data Integrity Suite Data Integration service can now deliver data to Snowflake environments and access a greater understanding of mainframe API latency.
The Data Integrity Suite also benefits from an enhanced data catalog offering new visual card views that provide automated data quality scores and technical details.
“Our latest advancements in the Data Integrity Suite represent a pivotal step in delivering data management solutions that organizations can rely on to navigate their data and AI initiatives with confidence,” said Chris Hall, Chief Product Officer at Precisely. “These enhancements deliver ease-of-use and efficiency to address accessibility, governance, and the need for AI-powered intelligence to harness the full potential of their data.”
Source: PR Newswire
IBM TechXchange Webinar: A performance analyst’s guide to Mainframe zERT Analysis
The mainframe is one of the most secure computing platforms in the world, offering best-of-class encryption on top of its blistering performance capabilities. Regardless of the hat you wear (performance, capacity, systems) everyone has some responsibility for security.
This session will introduce you to some of the ways to identify security risks and issues within network traffic and provide actionable strategies and recommendations to ensure they don’t appear at your site or cause an unplanned resource demand increase.
You’ll learn strategies for:
- Identifying and addressing any encryption gaps you may currently have
- Providing security-related management reporting
- Improving collaboration with Integrated reporting on multiple SMF record types
- Measuring the CPU impact of technology differences
Key Speaker: Jack Opgenorth, Senior Performance Consultant, IBM
When: Thu, Mar 20, 2025 1:00 PM EDT
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