IMS Connect Reimagined: Leveraging SQL to Access IMS Data in Today's Digital Ecosystem Step into the modern era of IMS by modernizing IMS Connect to support newer technologies and architectures, such as cloud computing, RESTful APIs, and microservices. Join us for a...

Driving Down Database Development Dollars Application developers and database administrators alike are under constant pressure to drive down costs and reduce CPU cycles. This talk suggests some technical tips and cultural changes to Developers, DBAs, and Operations,...

Enhanced Analysis Through Integrating CICS and Other Types of SMF Data Continuing the theme from last January's session on enhancing CICS analysis from SMF data, this session will expand beyond CICS Transaction and Statistics data and examine ways CICS analysis can be...

System z (Mainframe) as the Enterprise Information Server Build a Dedicated z/OS EIS LPAR for Information-as-a-Service for AI, ML, and Analytics This presentation describes enabling the mainframe for providing production data for use by Artificial Intelligence,...

Db2 Level Up Join us for an enlightening event as we explore the intricacies of Db2 Upgrades and shed light on the often encountered phrases such as "Code level," "Catalog level," "Function-level," "Application compatibility level," and "Connect level." These terms...

Using CICS Artifacts to Build Web Service APIs CICS applications are still responsible for "running the business" in many major organizations. In this presentation with a live demo, participants will see how to reuse, without change, existing CICS transactions,...

What does IBM Z Cyber Vault mean for an IMS environment With both internal and external cyber-attacks on the rise, customers must deal with adherence to government regulations, fines for non-compliance, and most importantly negative publicity and customer impact if an...

Db2 12+ and 13 for z/OS Database Design and Application Performance: Features and Usage With every new release of Db2 we look to see what features will allow us to improve the capabilities and performance of our existing applications as well as the availability of our...

Problem Analysis and Performance Tuning for CICS CICS Problems whether they are related to performance or transaction failures can in some cases be easily remediated in the short term but getting to the root cause of the problem and creating a permanent fix, so they...