Name: IBM Z Master Class: Top 5 IBM Z Automation Best Practices
Start: 2022-05-19T14:00:00Z
End: 2022-05-19T14:00:43.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
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Rocket Software partners with the largest Fortune 1000 organizations to solve their most complex IT challenges across Applications, Data and Infrastructure. Rocket Software brings customers from where they are in their modernization journey to where they want to be by architecting innovative solutions that deliver next-generation experiences. Over 10 million global IT and business professionals trust Rocket Software to deliver solutions that improve responsiveness to change and optimize workloads. Rocket Software enables organizations to modernize in place with a hybrid cloud strategy to protect investment, decrease risk and reduce time to value. Rocket Software is a privately held U.S. corporation headquartered in the Boston area with centers of excellence strategically located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Rocket Software is a portfolio company of Bain Capital Private Equity.

In today's rapidly evolving technological landscape, modernization has become a critical initiative for enterprises across all industries. With cutting-edge technology like AI, ML, and analytics, the mainframe environment your teams operate in has drastically changed from when your critical workloads were developed. It is no longer just about cost-saving measures, but rather about ensuring your core business workloads remain relevant and adaptable in the face of digital transformation. To successfully navigate this modernization journey, you need a partner to meet you wherever you are.  

Join a discussion hosted by Rocket Software President of Infrastructure Modernization Phil Buckellew, and featuring Forrester Research Senior Analyst Brent Ellis, and SVP of Hybrid Cloud Strategies Neil Fowler, formerly at Micro Focus, on how you can leverage best-of-breed tooling, strategic partnerships, and expert guidance from Rocket Software to drive the right modernization strategy for your business. 

In this session, they will discuss the keys to achieving the right equilibrium for mainframe modernization, including how to:

- Uncover and adopt modernization approaches that fit your current and future needs
- Extend integrations and capabilities to drive innovation, accelerate transformation projects for improved customer experiences, and lower mainframe operating costs 
- Invest in partnerships that provide access to insights and tooling that can be utilized directly in modernization efforts without being locked-in to a single service provider

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insight on the most comprehensive portfolio on the market; meeting you wherever you are in your modernization journey. Modernize without disruption today.

Innovate and Optimize with a Flexible Approach Towards Mainframe Modernization

Ready to demystify the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) before it transforms the financial landscape in 2025? Join us for an insightful webinar that cuts through the complexity and spells out exactly what you need to know.

This is your chance to not only understand the ins and outs of DORA but also get ahead of the curve in compliance and operational resilience. Guest speaker Duncan Brown from IDC, and Cynthia Overby and John Crossno from Rocket Software, will uncover the essence of DORA and its extensive implications. Engage with these thought leaders to learn about:
• The Background and Reach of DORA: Go beyond the jargon to discover how DORA will reshape the risk management horizon.
• Obligations and Steps for Compliance: What steps should your organisation take now, and how can you turn compliance into an opportunity?
• Beyond Financial Entities: Uncover how DORA influences ICT providers and the larger financial ecosystem, including your operation.

View the webinar today and ensure that you're not just prepared for DORA but poised to thrive in a new era of digital resilience.

Don’t wait for DORA: What it Means for Your Organization, Partners & Customers

The evolution of work is on every IT leader’s mind, whether it’s in the context of hybrid work, generative AI, or automation. For IBM i and IBM Z teams, though, there’s also the challenge of a shrinking workforce that has deep expertise in system administration and development. The good news is teams can take advantage of the evolution of work in a way that not only mitigates the skills shortage business impact but also sets up the organization for success.

In this session, we will discuss what you need to do to take advantage of the trends in the evolution of work, including how to:
• Leverage pipelines to visualize and document your DevOps processes
• Enable 3rd party tried and true tools 
• Weave hyper-automation into your every day
• Enable teams to experiment with new tech and IT trends like AI
• Simplify a move to the cloud

Evolution of Work: How to Set Up Your IBM I & Z Environment to Weather Changes

CICS problems, whether they’re related to performance or transaction failures, can in some cases be easily remediated in the short term. But getting to the root cause of the problem and creating a permanent fix can be quite a bit more difficult. In this session, we’ll discuss a methodology for finding and resolving CICS problems, whether they’re related to performance or outages, and show some CICS products that can each help in isolation, but when combined can provide a solution to even the most difficult issues.

In this session, you will:
- Understand the common types of CICS problems that can occur, including performance issues and transaction failures.
- Gain insights into a systematic methodology for effectively finding and resolving CICS problems.
- Gain an understanding of the importance of proactive monitoring and preventive measures.

- Learn how to analyze CICS performance metrics and logs to identify problem areas and potential bottlenecks.
- Explore real-world case studies or examples that highlight resolving complex CICS problems

Problem Analysis and Performance Tuning for CICS

Rocket Software is excited to invite you to an exclusive showcase featuring the newly- released Rocket® Data Intelligence Explorer. Data intelligence is the key to unlocking the value of data. According to IDC, organizations who demonstrate high levels of data intelligence outpace their counterparts to the tune of 40% greater financial performance and 20% greater operational success.

Join Dani Liu, Product Management Director, for a demonstration of how the new Explorer UI is streamlined for every user, regardless of their background in data science. With this new UI, data teams, IT, and lines of business are empowered to leverage data intelligence to drive critical business initiatives, including modernization, data discovery, and compliance.

Empower your Data Users with Rocket DI

CI/CD is empowering teams to release code faster, but what does testing mean in the world of AI?  Intelligent testing is the introduction of AI to the continuous testing process and could transform how IBM i organizations approach development and testing for IBM i+ environments. 

Join us for this webinar where we’ll cover:
§     The next stages in the evolutionary journey of testing, and how AI will make an impact
§     What is happening today as a precursor to AI
§     How you can set up your organization to take advantage of AI in your test cycles, if and when you’re ready.

CI/CD: How AI Transforms Continuous Testing for i

IDC Analyst Peter Rutten discusses the capabilities of Rocket Terminal Emulator and what is important in a terminal emulator. 

Highly configurable terminal emulator software at a fraction of the cost
Access critical systems from anywhere
Rocket Terminal Emulator provides anywhere access to IBM Z®, IBM i, and VT applications:

Web Edition: secure, browser-based emulation on any PC, tablet, or mobile device
Desktop Edition: cost-efficient access to terminal-based applications from the desktop
Rocket Terminal Emulator also runs within the Zowe™ framework

Terminal Emulation Should be Easy-to-Use, Easy-to-Access, Cost Efficient, Secure

If you’ve spent any time online in the last few months, you likely saw the buzz around ChatGPT, a new chatbot developed by OpenAI. Suddenly, the capabilities of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) are democratized, their insights and guidance no longer exclusively available for data scientists. While the breadth and depth are unclear, it is certain they will have an impact for years to come.
The IBM® i is no exception. AI/ML will play a pivotal role in providing IBM i leaders the information, insight, and recommendations as to how best to optimize and modernize their IBM i environments. 
Join Rocket Software’s Herman Rensink, Distinguished Engineer, and Jeroen van Dun, Senior Manager, Product Management, for a future-facing discussion about AI, ML, and IBM i strategy. In this session, we will talk about the data you should collect today to provide the dataset for the next generation of AI/ML experience tomorrow. In addition, we’ll discuss different touch points for consideration, including:

· Hybrid cloud 
· Enabling future technology & tool integration
· DevOps, including testing
· Application modernization
· Workflow automation
· Security

The Future of IBM i Strategy is AI

Are you struggling to manage your data across multiple cloud and on-premises environments? Or maybe you’re looking for a comprehensive solution that can help you optimize your hybrid cloud strategy? Look no further than our upcoming webinar where we'll explore the many benefits of finding the right hybrid cloud solution-. 

In this webinar, our panel of experts will discuss: 

• A comprehensive approach to managing your data across hybrid cloud
• Seamless integration of data from multiple sources
• Advanced analytics and reporting capabilities for deeper insights
• Secure connections between on-premises data and cloud-based applications
• Digitization and management of critical business documents

Don’t miss this opportunity to ask questions for follow-up as we show you how to streamline your data management processes, reduce costs, and drive innovation. 

Whether you're a business leader, data analyst, or IT professional, this webinar is designed to provide you with actionable insights and strategies for optimizing your hybrid cloud environment.

Rocket+Kyndryl: Unlock the Power of the Mainframe for Your Hybrid Cloud Strategy

If your business relies on a MultiValue-based system of record, you may be working on decoupling one piece of what your MV app does to be handled by an API-first (or cloud-first) application like ServiceNow, Salesforce, etc. Your next step is to integrate your MV app with the recently introduced solution.
While your goal is to quickly implement this solution to meet SLAs and improve customer experiences, you may be encountering a lack of familiarity with either the ins and outs of MV, Open API Standard Compliance, RESTful API development, orchestration/automation, or some combination of these factors.
Join two of Rocket® Software’s Principal Sales Engineers, Charles Jones and Larry Schoenleber, and MV Evangelist Mike Rajkowski, as they share their experiences helping MV customers get these projects across the finish line. In this session, they will review tried and tested solutions and implementation strategies for creating Open API standard-compliant RESTful APIs and accelerating the orchestration and automation of the APIs. In addition, they’ll cover different use cases, including:
• Application to application workflow automation
• Database to database workflow automation
• MV RESTful modernization scenarios
• A sample workflow process automation model that includes multiple data sources
• API management and monitoring

Accelerating MV Adoption of an API or Cloud-First Integration Strategy

Improving productivity across the organization is an ongoing pursuit. However, when it comes to IBM Z® applications, you often find it ends up out of scope for new projects.  Seen as the ‘impossible’ last mile, IBM Z automation might feel out of reach—especially with the limited COBOL development expertise you have in-house. But today, new tools and approaches are opening the door to adding IBM Z back into your automation projects so you can achieve maximum business value.

Watch this session to learn essential IBM Z automation best practices you can leverage today to start targeting that last mile, including:

+ How to build out a smart automation strategy
+ Understanding the human component and how it influences your automation prioritization
+ Automation management

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