Upcoming Virtual CICS SessionLatest Update on Security in CICS TS 6.3: The Journey to Zero TrustOctober 8, 2026 CICS has been advocating zero trust principles and introducing security-focused enhancements since CICS TS 6.1. This session will explore the latest...

Upcoming Virtual IMS SessionData Gravity and IBM Z:Bringing Processing to the DataOctober 6, 2026 As data volumes grow, they naturally attract applications, services, and processing toward them—a concept commonly referred to as data gravity. In hybrid cloud...

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