IBM z/OS Academy - Resiliency Event

Today's world is unpredictable, uncertain, and fraught with cyber attacks. To survive, companies must ensure they have resilient, secure, and reliable systems that protect their critical data.

IBM z15™ solutions are designed for 99.99999% availability, instant recovery, and encryption everywhere to optimize availability. Learn about all of the key features and functions that make the IBM z15™ the platform of choice for reliably driving core business transactions during our z/OS Academy Resiliency Event.

Each day, from 9:00 - 11:00 am EDT we will cover a specific resiliency topic followed by a Q&A session with the subject matter expert(s). On day four, we move away from the technical discussion and move into an insightful conversation on career development and hints and tips on building a career on Z. Whether you are new to IBM Z, or have extensive experience on the platform, you will learn valuable information from the following topics.

April 5th - IBM Z Resiliency Overview

Learn about the key components of IBM Z resiliency including GDPS and Parallel Sysplex to eliminate single points of failure

Speaker: Dave Petersen - Distinguished Engineer, GDPS Chief Architect, IBM Z

April 6th - ZBurST, System Recover Boost Stage II, and Cyber Vault

Dive into three key components that could dramatically enhance your business resiliency.

Speakers:

• Bob Abrams - STSM, System z Software Design
• Jake Snyder - IBM Z Resiliency Offering Management
• Matthias Bangert - Executive IT-Specialist IBM Z

April 7th - AI on Z Strategy and AIOps in IBM Z to improve and maintain resiliency

Explore leveraging AI to enhance the resiliency of Z IT systems . Various capabilities within IBM Z that leverage the IBM Watson AIOps solution will be discussed.

Speakers:

• Elpida Tzortzatos - IBM Fellow - IBM Z AI Strategy & Architecture, CTO z/OS
• Brad Fisher - STSM, Architect, z Operations Analytics

April 8th - Resiliency is no Accident

Resiliency only occurs with the proper investment, architecture, planning, training, and execution. In this session, we'll examine a very well known non-IT incident that demonstrates several key factors in 'being resilient' and discuss how these can be a part of all of our careers

Speaker: Mark Nelson - z/OS Security Server (RACF) Design and Development