Events

Join us for the first virtual meeting of the System Z-focused Mid-Atlantic Db2 Users Group.  The new group hopes to bring interesting, educational, and current technical presenters and sessions to mainframe users located in the Mid-Atlantic region.  Although, as we all know, with a virtual format the meeting location, venue, commute time and lunch selections challenges disappear, so everyone from everywhere is welcome.

For this first meeting we will have three technical presentations and one brief interactive, bring-your-own-ideas session.  The three technical sessions all focus on IBM’s efforts to use tools and technologies to support mainframe modernization.  No, this is not another session on a magic code converter; these are proven tools and technologies available today that speed deployments and leverage the mainframe’s resources to drive better and faster data access and new applications.

Presentations will be delivered by IBM's Elton de Souza, Clark Hale and Andrew Austin of Red Hat, and Frank Fillmore of The Fillmore Group.  The detailed agenda, abstracts and speaker bio's can be reviewed on The Fillmore Group's blog.

Agenda 

10:00 – 10:10  Welcome and Introductions

10:10 – 11:15 Containers, Cloud Paks, OpenShift – What Mainframers Should Know

11:15 – 11:20 Break

11:20 – 11:35 The New Replication Monitoring Tool – Interactive Session – BYOI (Bring Your Own Ideas)

11:35 – 12:40 Red Hat OpenShift

12:40 – 12:45 Break

12:45 – 01:50  Mainframe Modernization – Field Notes

01:50 – 02:00 Q&A and Wrap Up

Please register HERE.

Session Abstracts

Containers, Cloud Paks, OpenShift – What Mainframers Should Know - Elton de Souza, IBM

In this presentation IBM Chief Architect and Wizard Elton de Souza will cover the value proposition of OpenShift on IBM Z from a technical and business standpoint. Elton will also cover integration points between OpenShift and zOS services and data sources.

Red Hat OpenShift - Clark Hale & Andrew Austin, Red Hat

Red Hat OpenShift is the industry's most secure and comprehensive enterprise-grade container platform. This presentation will explain what OpenShift is, what value it can provide to your organization, and a brief demo of its operation. Special focus will be given to the System z release of OpenShift.

Mainframe Modernization – Field Notes - Frank Fillmore

Frank recently served as the System z specialist for a mainframe modernization project led by a team from Red Hat.  The goal was to begin development of a modernization template to be shared with other mainframe customers to accelerate the effort by incorporating the best tools and technologies available today.  The customer struggles with a familiar list of challenges:  legacy applications developed over decades, data in VSAM and Db2, and incomplete data, the result of a recent merger.  Several approach and solution options were explored.  Join Frank while he discusses how IBM’s acquisition of Red Hat is transforming how mainframe modernization is being approached – and realized.