Many organizations already leverage automated DevOps practices for distributed applications, and now many are looking to include z applications in the pipeline.  For CICS, developers manage source code and the executable modules, but the systems programmers typically manage the related CICS resource definitions.  This separation between the code and resource definitions creates issues when incorporating CICS applications into an automated DevOps pipeline.  This session will explore techniques and tooling using CICS Configuration Manager that allow application developers to create/modify/promote CICS resource definitions while also allowing the systems organization to have oversight and governance, so they can insure the integrity of the CICS environment.

About the Speaker: Ezriel is a Principal Solutions Advisor for Rocket Software specializing in IBM CICS Tools. He was formally the CEO of Circle software (acquired by Rocket Software in 2018), where he specialized in hands-on classes and consulting in CICS, DB2, and MQSeries. Ezriel was a Gold Consultant for many years and is currently an IBM Champion. His specialties include Web Services, Web Support, Performance / Tuning, Monitoring, Internals, CICSPlex SM, DevOps and Liberty as they relate to CICS.  He recently co-architected the Rocket C\PROF product, a tool that captures CICS trace without running in a CICS region.

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