z/OS Academy: The New Era of Enterprise Computing

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z/OS Academy: The New Era of Enterprise Computing

By IBM zSkills

Welcome to z/OS Academy


We're excited to announce our Wednesday Webinar Series happening every Wednesday in June!

The z/OS Academy is a free educational event for z/OS System Programmers with 2 - 10 years of experience. The academies are offered around the world and give users the chance to learn new z/OS topics while connecting with each other.

Starting on June 7th and running every Wednesday through June 28th experts will be hosting webinars related to features discussed in the z/OS 3.1 preview announcement followed by dedicated time where audience members will be able to directly discuss their questions and concerns.
Sessions run from 11:00am - 12:00 pm ET and will be taught by experts who will be answering questions throughout the sessions and during the Q&A session immediately following the presentation.

Whether you are new to IBM zSystems, or have extensive experience on the platform, you will learn valuable information from the following topics.

June 7th
EzNoSQL, A New Native JSON Database for z/OS
Terri Menendez - IBM Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM) - VSAM/RLS/Catalog Development
Frank De Gilio - Distinguished Engineer (DE), CTO of Mainframe Declunkification
This session provides an overview of a new JSON UTF8 database for z/OS which is accessible via C or Java APIs while utilizing Parallel Sysplex data sharing.  A demo will show how "easy" it is to implement EzNoSQL.

June 14th
Introduction to IBM SMF Explorer with Python - Unlocking Insights from your SMF Data without z/OS Expertise
Giao Nguyen-Quynh - IBM Software Developer
Marija Perkovic - IBM z/OS Data Gatherer REST API Services and SMF Explorer
To facilitate the development of machine learning and data analytics solution for SMF data, we introduce IBM SMF Explorer - a Python toolkit for convenient process of SMF data. This session provides you an overview of IBM SMF Explorer functionalities and use cases. You will get to know how SMF Explorer can help you easily access and process SMF data to unlock its value using state-of-the-art technologies. No deep z/OS or Python skills are required.

June 21st
z/OSMF Updates for z/OS 3.1
Hiren Shah - IBM Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM) - z/OS Cloud Provisioning & Mgmt.
Xiao (Joey) Zhen Zhu - IBM Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM) - z/OSMF Architect
Tooling provided by z/OSMF enables early tenure z/OS System Programmer to perform system management activities without getting overwhelmed by platform complexities. z/OSMF is continually adding new features and functions to make the management of z/OS easier. In this session we will discuss the latest z/OSMF enhancements delivered with z/OS 3.1.

June 28th
The How and Why Behind z/OS Embracing AI
Khadija Souissi – IBM AI Product Manager - IBM zSystems, Master Certified Technical Specialist
Steve Partlow – IBM z/OS Memory Management Chief Product Owner
Dieter Wellerdiek – IBM z/OS WLM/SRM Development
Join this session to learn about how you and your organization can leverage AI infused capabilities in z/OS to gain operating system simplification and modernization as well as to optimize IT processes. We will share with you the AI infused z/OS vision based on our initial AI use case. We will highlight key aspects related to the AI powered WLM concept and the underlying AI framework for IBM z/OS with which we would like to pave the way for future AI use cases.

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