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nTitleDateTimeRoomSpeakersFocus AreaPrimary TrackAttendanceChair
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10001LNL: Breaking Through to Unlock Mainframe Treasure2/24/202512:00Baltimore 4
Greg Lotko (SVP & General Manager, Mainframe)
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10030
LNL: The Tale of Two Mainframers: Bridging the Mainframe Knowledge Gap with AI Assistance​
2/24/202512:00Annapolis 4
Anthony DiStauro; Liat Sokolov
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Domenico D'Alterio
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13095LNL: Spin to Win! Navigate Threats at the Wheel of Cybersecurity Game Show2/24/202512:00Baltimore 1Ross Cooper; David Rossi--
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15782
LNL: Unleash the Future: Supercharging Cyber Resiliency in Mainframe Storage and Networking
2/24/202512:00Magnolia 3
alain beauregard; Howard Johnson
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52172
LNL: From Green Screen to Red Alert: Modernizing Mainframe Security in a High-Risk Era
2/24/202512:00Annapolis 1
Barbara Ballard (Sr. Product Manager) (Micro Focus)
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56030LNL: Unlocking Mainframe Data for AI, Analytics and Beyond2/24/202512:00Magnolia 2Demos Economacos--
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10002LNL: Hidden Treasure Awaits: Are You Ready?2/25/202511:45
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom
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10440
PSP: Automation Strategies to Modernize Mainframe Applications – Within a Hybrid Cloud Environment
2/25/202513:00Baltimore 5Gwyn Clay--
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16382PSP: Mainframe Modernization Analysis Using SAMA2/25/202513:00Annapolis 4
Greg Peters (CDW); Scott Fagen (Mainframe Evangelist)
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23492PSP: Log-On VTFM-NewGen Value Proposition2/25/202513:00Azalea 3Sharon Chen--
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24179
PSP: Unpacking IBM Z Modernization: Strategies for Sustaining Mission-Critical Systems in a Changing Landscape
2/25/202513:00Annapolis 3
Tim Willging; Edward Marootian Jr
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31791PSP: Mainframe Meets Lakehouse: Transforming Data Pipelines for the Future2/25/202513:00Magnolia 1
Mikhael Liberman; Tomer Zelberzvig
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33097
PSP: Innovative Pathways to Mainframe Modernization: Harnessing Strategic Frameworks and AI-Driven Solutions
2/25/202513:00Azalea 1Dale Ward; Wesley Clark--
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33469PSP: Securely Enabling SYSPLEX-Wide Services for Non-Authorized Users2/25/202513:00Magnolia 3
Paolo Roberti (Fischer International); James Hall
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48128PSP: Decode the Secrets to Audit and Compliance Success2/25/202513:00Baltimore 3
Michael Jordan; Ravi Patil (Senior Director, Product & Solution Marketing); Deborah Carbo (Director, Product Management, Mainframe Division)
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50119PSP: Unlocking the Power of Seamless Data Access and Synchronization2/25/202513:00Baltimore 1
Daniel Bierman (Software AG Of North America)
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53580
PSP: Navigating Risk and Data Mobility on Big Iron: Protecting Enterprise Information in a Data-Driven World
2/25/202513:00Camellia 2EJ Pappas; Tait Hamiel--
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66036PSP: z/OS Performance Spotlight: Some Top Things You May Not Know2/25/202513:00Annapolis 1Peter Enrico; Scott Chapman--
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70004Stilettos in Tech: Women's Voices, Women's Challenges2/25/20259:15Azalea 3
Rachita Issar; Angelica Giraldo; Jennifer Scott
Professional Skills
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77170PSP: Using Generative AI to Enhance Skills and Customer Service at Kyndryl2/25/202513:00Baltimore 2
Eduardo Rocha; Brenno Fernandes
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77325
PSP: Power Partnership: Unlocking Unmatched Value with the Hitachi Vantara and Brocade Storage and Networking Products + Powerful Mainframe Alliance
2/25/202513:00Baltimore 4
alain beauregard; Howard Johnson
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10003LNL: Uncovering the Treasure of Agile Application Management2/27/202511:15Baltimore 4Nicole Fagen; Stuart McIrvine--
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10004PSP: Leveraging Generative AI as a System Programmer or Developer2/27/20257:30Annapolis 4
Eduardo Rocha; Brenno Fernandes
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10005LNL: Stop Agonizing and Start Virtualizing2/27/202511:15Annapolis 1
Jim Wankowski (Principal Solutions Advisor)
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44265
LNL: z Next Preview : A Fast Start to Deployment and Capturing Value From the New Chipset
2/27/202511:15Baltimore 1
Faezeh Gholami (IBM Z I/O Hardware Architect & Quantum Ambassador)
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11112CICS Track Opening and State of CICS2/24/20259:15Annapolis 1Steve Wallin
Application Development
CICS47
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11116CICS Technical Introduction for Non-CICS People2/24/202514:30Annapolis 1Ezriel Gross
Application Development
CICS63
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24124
IBM Z Digital Integration Hub: Essential Real-Time Information Flow Between z/OS and Hybrid Cloud Applications
2/24/202515:45Annapolis 1Roy Duke
Application Development
CICS21
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99990CICS TS 6.2 Technical Overview2/24/202510:30Annapolis 1Darren Beard
Application Development
CICS33
31
40387
What’s New and Exciting with Containerised Software on z/OS Container Platform
2/25/20259:15Annapolis 1Chris Hodgins
Application Development
CICS28
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86771Building and Running Personal CICS Regions on IBM Z XPlore2/25/202515:30Annapolis 1
Ross Cruickshank; Nathan Jones
Application Development
CICS25
33
99988Navy Federal Credit Union’s Adoption of Ansible With CICS!2/25/202510:30Annapolis 1
William Prendergast; Stewart Francis
Application Development
CICS72
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99992Increasing Productivity in CICS Using IBM watsonx2/25/202514:15Annapolis 1
James Edward Davies (Software Engineer)
Application Development
CICS38
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11117CICS TS Debugging Essentials2/26/202515:45Annapolis 1Andre Clark
Application Development
CICS26
36
33523Making the Most of Your Mainframe Modernization2/26/20257:30Annapolis 1Eric Higgins
Application Development
CICS14
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99991Introduction to Open Telemetry in CICS2/26/202510:00Annapolis 1Darren Beard
Application Development
CICS22
38
99994
Is It Time to Exchange CICS Web Services (SOAP and JSON) for z/OS Connect?
2/26/202513:15Annapolis 1Kenishia Callaway
Application Development
CICS25
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99996CICS TS and Kafka2/26/202517:00Annapolis 1Chris Hodgins
Application Development
CICS14
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99998BYOD Lab: Modernizing CICS Applications With Java2/26/20258:45Annapolis 2Eric Higgins; Leigh Compton
Application Development
CICS11
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99999BYOD Lab: Connectivity and Interoperability for CICS Applications2/26/202510:00Annapolis 2Eric Higgins; Leigh Compton
Application Development
CICS9
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11113CICS Problem Analysis and Performance Tuning Methodology2/27/202512:30Annapolis 1Ezriel Gross
Application Development
CICS29
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11114CICS Question Box and Pot Luck2/27/202515:00Annapolis 1Ezriel Gross; Glenn Schneck
Application Development
CICS
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11118CICS TS Nuts Bolts and Gotchas2/27/202513:45Annapolis 1Andre Clark
Application Development
CICS21
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99989Improving Resilience and Scalability with the All New CICS TS 6.22/27/202510:00Annapolis 1Darren Beard
Application Development
CICS22
46
99995
CICS Configuration Simplification With Ansible and Our New CICS Configuration Language
2/27/20258:45Annapolis 1Stewart Francis
Application Development
CICS27
47
99997Optimizing Your Use of Java in CICS TS - Update Good Practices and DevOps2/26/20258:45Annapolis 1
James Edward Davies (Software Engineer)
Application Development
CICS; DevOps13Jerry Edgington
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99993
Using CICS Security Discovery to Enforce Zero Trust and Implement Resource Security
2/24/202513:15Annapolis 1Stewart Francis
Service Delivery; Application Development
CICS; Security and Compliance22
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20878z/OS Communications Server Technical Update: Winter 2025 Edition2/24/202513:15Baltimore 1
Sam Reynolds; Michael Fitzpatrick
Core PlatformCommunications Server18Angela Schmitz
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56722z/OS Communications Server Tips and Tricks from a 30-year SHARE Veteran2/24/202514:30Baltimore 1Angela SchmitzCore PlatformCommunications Server15Sam Reynolds
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78140Shared Memory Communications Version 2 - Multiple IP Subnet Support2/24/202515:45Baltimore 1
Randall Kunkel; APARNA VANKAMAMIDI
Core PlatformCommunications Server10Angela Schmitz
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34567Understanding z/OS Communication Server Storage Usage2/25/202510:30Baltimore 1
Michael Fitzpatrick; CHRISTOPHER NYAMFUL
Core PlatformCommunications Server12Angela Schmitz
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99096Introduction to z/OS Communications Server2/25/20259:15Baltimore 1Sam Reynolds; Paul GartmanCore PlatformCommunications Server20Angela Schmitz2/26/202510:15Azalea 2
Christina Del Nano; Christina LaRow
Application Development
Languages, API's, & Framework
33862
What Can Python Do For You?
2/27/202511:15Azalea 3
Christina Del Nano; Christina LaRow
Application Development
Languages, API's, & Framework
33863
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32026z/OS Communications Server Performance Update2/26/202513:15Baltimore 1
Michael Fitzpatrick; CHRISTOPHER NYAMFUL
Core PlatformCommunications Server10Angela Schmitz
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34085Configuring Networking for z/OS Container Platform2/26/202517:00Camellia 1
Michael Fitzpatrick; Ben Hicks; Paul Gartman
Core PlatformCommunications Server21Angela Schmitz
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51345z/OS Communications Server Diagnostic Trace Variety2/26/20258:45Baltimore 1
Karthik Sundaresan; Panit Nakajitti
Core PlatformCommunications Server19Angela Schmitz
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69472Introduction to IBM z/OS FTP2/26/20257:30Baltimore 1
Sam Reynolds; Navya Ramanjulu
Core PlatformCommunications Server6+6Angela Schmitz
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37684Sysplex Network Technologies and Considerations2/27/202513:45Baltimore 1
Michael Fitzpatrick; Paul Gartman
Core PlatformCommunications Server12Angela Schmitz
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89740Hints and Tips from z/OS Communications Server L2 Support2/27/202512:30Baltimore 1
Karthik Sundaresan; Panit Nakajitti
Core PlatformCommunications Server10Angela Schmitz
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95518
Getting the Most Out of OSA and HiperSockets With z/OS Communications Server
2/27/202515:00Baltimore 1
Randall Kunkel; APARNA VANKAMAMIDI
Core PlatformCommunications Server11Angela Schmitz
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51341DORA Compliance and Your Recovery Systems2/24/202515:45Magnolia 1
Rebecca Levesque; Chris Walker
Service Delivery
Data Center Management and Resiliency
19Cliff Koch
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70009
Unlocking Operational Intelligence: A Case Study in Security, Efficiency, and Cost Savings
2/24/202513:15Camellia 2
Paulo Henrique Gomes Cruz Junior; Libor Cerny
Service Delivery
Data Center Management and Resiliency
13Jason Broisus
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93066World-Class High Availability and Disaster Recovery With IBM GDPS 4.72/24/202514:30Magnolia 1David PetersenService Delivery
Data Center Management and Resiliency
27Chris Walker
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70019
Continuous Workload and Application Profiling With WatchTower Application Profiler
2/25/202514:15Camellia 2Michal Kramaric; Mario BezziService Delivery
Data Center Management and Resiliency
20Jason Brosius
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70006
BYOD Lab: Scale Observability for a Panoramic View of Your Systems With WatchTower
2/26/202514:30Annapolis 2
Aaron Young; Santiago Ortega
Service Delivery
Data Center Management and Resiliency
3Jason Brosius
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70029A Day in the Life of an Enterprise Site Reliability Engineer2/26/202514:30Camellia 2Angelika HeinrichService Delivery
Data Center Management and Resiliency
20Michael Kiehl
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70031
From Doubt to Clarity: How 15-Minute Automated Assessments Fast-Track Resilience
2/26/202517:00Camellia 2
Libor Cerny; Harish Vellore Yuvaraj
Service Delivery
Data Center Management and Resiliency
6Jason Brosius
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73340How to Achieve HA and DR Across Multiple Geographic Regions2/26/202510:00Azalea 2John ThompsonService Delivery
Data Center Management and Resiliency
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85360Streamlining Operational Resiliency Across Departments2/26/202515:45Azalea 2
Rebecca Levesque; Chris Taylor
Service Delivery
Data Center Management and Resiliency
10Chris Walker
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97644Cyber Resilience for Enterprise Data - Protection From Logical Corruption2/26/20258:45Azalea 2Beth PetersonService Delivery
Data Center Management and Resiliency
25Jason Brosius
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38172Helping Clients Implement a Solution to Recover From a Cyber Event2/27/202515:00Magnolia 1John ThompsonService Delivery
Data Center Management and Resiliency
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64186What a z/OS Guy Learned About AWS in 10 Years2/27/202512:30Magnolia 1Scott ChapmanService Delivery
Data Center Management and Resiliency
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70045Get A Head Start: Map Your Mainframe to CMDB and Make It Self-Service2/27/202512:30Azalea 3Michal Kramaric; David HelsleyService Delivery
Data Center Management and Resiliency
6Jason Brosius
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32952Revival of the SQL Tuner2/24/20259:15Annapolis 4Sheryl larsen
Application Development
DatabasesCancelledAndrew Badgley
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41364"Db2 for z/OS SWAT Team All New "SWAT Tales"2/24/202513:15Annapolis 4Anthony Ciabattoni
Application Development
DatabasesCancelledPatric Becker
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7002340 Years of Battle Scars From Managing Db2 for z/OS2/24/202510:30Annapolis 4Steen Rasmussen
Application Development
Databases17Andrew Badgley
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78577A Storage Manager's View of Db22/24/20259:15Azalea 1Martin Windischmann
Application Development
Databases17Pat Zakhar
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70028Turn APIs Into Your Most Valuable Asset2/25/202514:15Annapolis 4
Toine Michielse; Samantha Buhler
Application Development
Databases22Patric Becker
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80184Database Recovery With Help From Above2/25/202515:30Annapolis 4Chad Reiber; Shari Killion
Application Development
Databases16Patric Becker
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96432An Overview of the Evolution of Db2 Objects: UTSs, NPSIs, and DPSIs, Oh My!2/25/202510:30Annapolis 4Craig Friske
Application Development
Databases15Patric Becker
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17987Db2 13 for z/OS Migrations, Function Levels and Continuous Delivery2/26/202510:00Annapolis 4John Lyle
Application Development
Databases23Patric
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25950Unleashing Db2 Utility Performance With IBM Db2 Automation Expert for z/OS2/26/20257:30Annapolis 4Perry Shindle; Tim Willging
Application Development
Databases14Patric Becker
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70018Recovery Compliance: A Simple Recipe for Success2/26/20258:45Annapolis 4
James Endler; Samantha Buhler
Application Development
Databases10Pat Zakhar
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70038Automate Management of Db2 With Profile Tables2/26/202517:00Annapolis 4
Toine Michielse; Samantha Buhler
Application Development
Databases20Andrew Badgley
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32361Key Features of Db2 13 for z/OS Delivered Since General Availability2/27/202510:00Baltimore 1Mark Rader
Application Development
Databases19Patric Becker
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70042
Optimize Test Data Management for Db2 for z/OS: Best Practices and Solutions
2/27/202512:30Annapolis 4Denis Tronin; Toine Michielse
Application Development
Databases6Andrew Badgley
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75947Db2Pardy: Learning About Db2 in a Game Show Format2/27/202513:45Annapolis 4
Mark Rader; Keziah Knopp; John Lyle
Application Development
Databases8Andrew Badgley
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70002Platform Engineering Use Cases: The Self-Service Wave2/24/20259:15Azalea 2
Venkat Balabhadrapatruni; Vishy Ramaswamy
Application Development
DevOps36Jerry Edgington
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70013Patterns for Mainframe AppDev Modernization2/24/202510:30Azalea 2
Vaughn Marshall; Thomas McQuitty
Application Development
DevOps26Jerry Edgington
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70020Turbocharge Development With DevOps-Style Unit Testing2/24/202514:30Azalea 2Dan Kehn
Application Development
DevOps12Jerry Edgington
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70030BYOD Lab: Experience Modern COBOL Development2/24/202513:15Azalea 2Brian Jagos; Sandeep Sirivolu
Application Development
DevOps21Jerry Edgington
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81095DevOps Customer Perspectives2/24/202510:30Baltimore 5Rosalind Radcliffe
Application Development
DevOps21
Rosalind Radcliffe
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96790
Hands-On-Lab: Accelerating Mainframe Program Test Creation, From Unit to Integration!
2/24/202515:45Annapolis 2
Gerald Mitchell; Randall Campbell
Application Development
DevOps8Gerald for Jerry
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18345
Learn by Experience: An Insider's View of Optimizing Your Mainframe Application Development
2/25/20259:15Azalea 2
Anthony Anter; Michael Davis; Mark Schettenhelm
Application Development
DevOps24Gerald for Jerry
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53174
User Experience - How IBM’s CIO Office is Working to Scale the Adoption of DevOps
2/25/202514:15Azalea 2Daniel Mulick; David Rice
Application Development
DevOps12Jerry Edgington
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70025Understanding the Mainframe Developer Experience: Survey Results2/25/202510:30Azalea 2Ekaterina Tumanova
Application Development
DevOps29Gerald for Jerry
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70034From DevOps to Platform Engineering2/25/202515:30Azalea 2
Dana Boudreau; Sandeep Sirivolu
Application Development
DevOps30Jerry Edgington
98
17536
Building Performance Testing Into Your Automated Mainframe Development Workflow - Three Examples Demonstrated
2/26/202517:00Azalea 1Tim Ceradsky
Application Development
DevOps8Gerald for Jerry
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32756Prepare for the Future Workforce With Git Workflows and Modern IDEs2/26/202513:15Annapolis 3Joe Huang; Jack Billings
Application Development
DevOps23Gerald for Jerry
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70039CICS API Health Checks: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly2/26/202510:00Annapolis 3Russell Teubner; Scott Brod
Application Development
DevOps15Gerald for Jerry