IBM z/OS Academy - Cool & Modern Tooling

Our December IBM z/OS Academy is all about Modern Tooling

Check out this terrific line-up of sessions and fantastic speakers we have planned.

Monday - What's new in z/OS Container Extensions (IBM zCX)

• Ahilan Rajadeva - z/OS zCX Leader

In this session, we will discuss the latest new features of IBM z/OS Container Extensions (IBM zCX) and how you can leverage Linux on Z software to build a hybrid workload with your existing native z/OS software and run both in the same z/OS image.  We will also discuss several use case patterns that we have seen many clients deploy in z/OS Container Extensions.  In the discussion, we will highlight the co-location benefits of composite solutions, integrated operational efficiency, overall solution control benefits, and the qualities of service of z/OS that are transparently inherited by the composite solutions.

Tuesday Session 1 - IBM SMF Explorer with Python

• Anastasiia Didkovska - Software Developer z/OS - WLM
• Dorian Czichotzki - Software Developer z/OS - WLM

IBM SMF Explorer aims to aid SMF data analysis. The framework allows the analyzing and accessing of SMF records directly where the data resides. The tool enables easy SMF data record fetching, provides information on selected SMF fields, and serves chunks of SMF data, suitable for different analysis types, that can be selected for further processing. 

The framework allows working with different Python libraries for data visualization and Machine Learning, which gives a possibility to create unique and case specific studies.

Tuesday Session 2 - z/OS JSON Data Server with new Modern API Access

• Terri Menendez - VSAM/RLS/Catalog Development

This session introduces new modern APIs to our existing z/OS JSON data store. The new APIs allow for rapid development of applications requiring the high availability and scalability of Parallel Sysplex.

Wednesday - Wazi

• Joseph Taffe-Atkins - IBM Z Solutions Engineer - Focusing on mainframe zDevOps

IBM is extending the mainframe software ecosystem by providing a selection of IDEs to enable organizations to have a 'choose your own productive IDE' experience.

IBM Wazi Developer is a productive development environment that fully integrates into any enterprise-wide standard DevOps pipeline. IBM Wazi Developer delivers 3 key components - Wazi Sandbox, Wazi Code, and Wazi Analyze to let you analyze, develop, build, test, deploy z/OS application code with modern tools.

Thursday - Ansible

• Dan Jast - Go-To-Market Offering Manager - Ansible for IBM Z
• Bryant Panyarachun - Red Hat Ansible Certified Content for IBM Z Development
• Sebastian Torf - Product Manager, Z Hybrid Cloud Foundation

Red Hat Ansible is the leader in automation platforms across the enterprise, and IBM has been contributing collections into the community to enable the IBM Z platform to be managed and automated by Ansible. With over Seventy five thousand downloads in 18 months since launching, customers have been quick to adopt and show interest in these new automation capabilities for the platform. Join this session for an overview of the content available in the community today, see some demos of the automation in action, and how you can get started automating with Ansible for IBM Z. 

Sessions run from 10:00am - Noon ET and will be taught by IBM z/OS subject matter experts who will be answering questions throughout the sessions and during the Q&A immediately following the presentations. Whether you are new to IBM Z, or have extensive experience on the platform, you will learn valuable information during our event.