Exploiting your zPotential

 
8:30 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast

8:45 a.m.
Analyst Session — System z: the right platform for new applications and data
Your mainframe is at the heart of your business, providing you with the core basis you need to deliver upon the requirements expected by your management infrastructure. Richard Ptak, of Ptak, Noel & Associates, will discuss the evolving application environment, including the need for rapid development, process controls and how System z is the right choice for new applications. He will discuss the cost advantages of deploying applications on the mainframe.

9:45 a.m. REFRESHMENT BREAK

10:00 a.m.
Using Rich UI and Web 2.0 on/for System z
Getting the most out of your applications requires that you leverage modern application architectures. This means knowing which applications run best on System z, when to reuse and leverage existing processes and data and how to apply techniques such as Rich User Interfaces and Web 2.0. This session will tell you what is important and demonstrate how to build agile, efficient, modern applications.

11:00 a.m.
Using Jazz, Rational Developer and other tools to develop new applications
The goals of application development are simple: ease of development, controlled
deployment, high throughput and scalability. Achieving these goals requires a holistic approach to building the development environment and choosing the right tools to keep you on track. This session will show how to build this environment and provide a demonstration of how IBM® solutions such as Jazz™, Rational Developer™ for System z, ClearQuest® and ClearCase® can help integrate applications, control costs and deliver modern applications on time and under budget.

12:00 p.m. LUNCH

12:45 p.m.
Build, deploy and manage SOA applications with CICS and WebSphere solutions
Application integration requirements have grown steadily since the early 1990s. Supporting integration links is a considerable expense that consumes skilled developer and support resources. That’s because homegrown solutions also require support for their software, scripting, operating processes and increasing demands to support new releases, third-party vendor products, new protocols, new hardware and protection against software failures. Hear how the new CICS® Transaction Server v4.1 can help you compete in the marketplace, comply with regulations and standards, and control costs and resources. You will learn how your upgrade to this new version can be simplified using the CICS Tools. You will also discover how the CICS Transaction Gateway can give you a secure, transactional and highly available connectivity solution to WebSphere® Application Server for enterprise modernization. WebSphere Application Server for z/OS® as an enterprise integration platform blends many parts of the existing application portfolio that allows incremental improvement over the existing integration solution, provides an SOA migration path for On Demand business transformation and new technologies, and helps you tackle new integration needs in addition to maintaining regulatory compliance.

1:45 p.m. REFRESHMENT BREAK

2:00 p.m.
Reduce complexity with SOA connectivity and integration solutions on System z
Across every industry today, businesses require more agility and improved cost optimization to help address the rapid changes of everyday market conditions, not just to survive but succeed. Clearly, IT must reduce its complexity, improve security and management, as well as offer increased return on investments — including System z systems. This session highlights IBM’s leading enterprise service bus messaging and enrichment offerings for enabling fast, flexible and reliable access to z/OS business information across the organization. This enables you to address dynamic business requirements and reduce resources, maintenance and integration costs. It also enables IT to seamlessly bridge to new connectivity technologies like REST or Web services that are in such high demand today.

3:00 p.m.
Using SOA as a framework for continuous process improvement
Business process changes are inevitable. When they occur, you need the most efficient means possible to respond to those changes in a timely manner. Business Process Management provides a combination of business process "points of agility" so you can in effect change with speed and minimal disruption. This session will show you how Business Process Management enabled by SOA is not just to design and automate a business process, but to create processes designed for continuous optimization, driven by a continuous feedback loop, with tools and capabilities to support collaboration across multiple business and IT stakeholders within your organization.

4:00 p.m.
Wrap up / Closing