Common Europe, in collaboration with FAQ400 (Italy), is delighted to be holding its annual flagship event, Common Europe Congress, in the fashionable city of Milan offering extensive education, networking and relaxation opportunities. It’s also a great opportunity for exploring the city… so why not take a family mini-break as well.
Congress education areas targeted are IBM Power hardware, Application Development, Advanced RPG, Open Source tools and Languages, System Management, Db2 and SQL, IBM Storage, IBM i services and microservices, Security and Compliance and much more.
There will be two AIX / Linux tracks, to emphasize the Power Systems character of Common Europe. Top IBM Business Architects and industry experts have already agreed to share their knowledge on the latest announcements, customer cases as well as practical subjects.
Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i, IBM
Tim Rowe is the Business Architect responsible for Application Development and Systems Management for the IBM i operating system. His responsibilities include helping to make sure that the IBM i has what is needed to be successful both today and into the future. He sends much of his... Read More →
Today, recommender systems are widely used in various industries such as video streaming services, online shopping, and content creation and sharing. Thanks to the development of deep learning and artificial intelligence (AI), recommender systems can use the large amount of data that is generated by users' everyday selections and make high-quality recommendations. If your company has user purchase history and ratings data, and you hope to use that data to recommend new products to users so that the user is more likely to buy the products you recommend, then this workshop can help you to build and deploy a working system on your IBM i. The workshop will guide you step-by-step to build a movie recommender system with a simple virtual assistant chatbot user interface: train, deploy, and integrate a model using python on IBM i, your IBM i Db2 database, IBM Watson Assistant, and Node-RED.
Koen Decorte is owner of CD Invest, an international IBM business partner with offices in Belgium andSpain. CD-Invest is specialized in innovating and modernizing IBM i applications.Koen studied philology and computer linguistics.His focus is mainly on integrating and using open source... Read More →
In this interactive workshop, we will take a look at how we can use watsonx Assistant, Watson Discovery, NeuralSeek and watsonx.ai to create a complete, intelligent customer care assistant that solves user queries without the need for a human agent.
I am a Junior Solutions Architect with a passion for designing, building and implementing creative digital solutions. I enjoy solving complex problems, finding interesting use-cases for technologies and products that already exist, as well as making things from scratch. I am currently... Read More →
A series of hands on labs to gain experience deploying multiple .NET capabilities on Power. I will provide attendees with their own OpenShift Cluster running on IBM Power. I have several hands-on lab exercises guiding students to deliver .NET applications on IBM Power with RHEL & OpenShift. Please register in advance, as I need to provide you VPN access to your OpenShift cluster running on IBM Power. You need Admin permissions for your laptop to install the Cisco VPN, which I will share the week before. Let me know if you have any questions!
Firstly, I love creating memories with my family and dog, Buddy. Previously I enjoyed European motorcycle tours and track days and still own an Aprilia RSV1000. I spend my recreation time SCUBA diving or anything else adventurous. I have participated in Project Shark in the Red Sea... Read More →
SQL is great for accessing data located in a relational database. But in a modern world it is also necessary to consume data that is located in the IFS (Integrated File System) or provided by web services With each Technology Refresh IBM introduces and enhances Db2 for i Services. With Release 7.4 Technology Refresh 3 IBM provides new SQL Stored Procedures for reading data from and writing Data into the IFS. In composition with other SQL Functions it is easy to scan through IFS files or decompose *.csv files or JSON files or XML documents located in the IFS.
Database and Software Architect, IBM Champion, Independent Consultant
Birgitta Hauser worked on the IBM i and its predecessors since 1992. She graduated with a business economics diploma, and started programming on the AS/400 in 1992. She worked and works as traditional RPG Programmer but also as Database and Software Engineer, focusing on IBM i application... Read More →
The Navigator for i is enhanced several times a year, it is hard to keep up the pace. In this deep dive session you will learn what is possible where these latetst enhancements are all about.
After having started as a System/38 programmer in 1986. In 1989 the switch was made to system programming and systems management.Being passionate about systems management he founded van Helvoirt Automatisering in 1993.Rudi enjoys helping IBM i customers ever since for running their... Read More →
Take an Open Source E-commerce solution written initially for x86 and make it run on Power with OpenShift, using Go, Java, Node.js and .NET microservices, plus an opportunity to learn about OpenShift Multi-Arch with demonstration.
Firstly, I love creating memories with my family and dog, Buddy. Previously I enjoyed European motorcycle tours and track days and still own an Aprilia RSV1000. I spend my recreation time SCUBA diving or anything else adventurous. I have participated in Project Shark in the Red Sea... Read More →
The question is not “whether open source” can work on the IBM i – The question is: what is best for you? Find out how to secure them and what open source can do for you. This workshop will focus on how ILE programs interact with various open source tools, including sending data to programs as parameters, retrieving results, and harnessing the power of open source tools to use results. in an innovative way. By the end of the workshop, you should have a better idea of how traditional IBM i programs can interact with open source tools.
Koen Decorte is owner of CD Invest, an international IBM business partner with offices in Belgium andSpain. CD-Invest is specialized in innovating and modernizing IBM i applications.Koen studied philology and computer linguistics.His focus is mainly on integrating and using open source... Read More →
SQL is for more than just doing database things. With the invention of IBM i Services, there are many options for accessing and managing your IBM i. This workshop will look to explore the many already existing examples shipped in Access Client Solutions. We will learn how to modify and enhance these to take your system management capabilities to the next level. Additionally, there are many examples that Scott has created to help IBM i clients accomplish modern system management.
Come with your laptop loaded with the LATEST level for ACS. This will get you rolling on the road to managing your environment.
Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i, IBM
Tim Rowe is the Business Architect responsible for Application Development and Systems Management for the IBM i operating system. His responsibilities include helping to make sure that the IBM i has what is needed to be successful both today and into the future. He sends much of his... Read More →
Scott Forstie is a Senior Technical Staff Member within IBM i development and spends most of his time working as the Db2 for i Architect. He has worked on IBM operating system development since joining IBM in 1989.Scott is a frequently published author, speaker at industry events... Read More →
In this workshop we learn to deploy Ansible on three major IBM Power operating systems (Linux, AIX, IBM i) and develop our first playbooks. We also automate some common 2nd day operations on the systems and provide the interface to operations team using Ansible Automation Platform.
To participate on the workshop you need: - your laptop. You must connect to the systems and do some exercises. - your hands. You must type a lot of text. Be prepared! - your brains. You must find solutions and troubleshoot problems.
Depending on how fast you progress you can do more or less exercises. I will be there to help you with each exercise.
I help companies build standardized, completely automated and agile IBM Power infrastructure.➤ It minimizes your time to market for new apps and features.➤ It optimizes your IT operational costs.➤ It enhances your security.WHAT HAVE I ACHIEVED?➤ POWER DevOps (https://www.power-devops.com... Read More →
This workshop covers everything you need to know about using Visual Studio Code with IBM i - from editing, to compiling, to accessing the database, using the RPGLE linter, database tools, and many other features. This is a bring your own device AND bring your own IBM i workshop. Neither are provided for this workshop.
IBM Champion for Power since 2016, love the IBM i platform since my very first contact with it in 1997. Today I am the CEO for Load System in Sweden. An IBM business partner with focus on IBM Power, IBM Storage, IBM Z and LinuxONE. Also Vice President for Common Europe.
Steve Sibley is the Vice President of Offering Management for IBM Cognitive Systems Infrastructure. Steve has held a variety of position in his 30 years at IBM and is passionate about bringing new technology to offerings that help customers transform their business for competitive... Read More →
In this session, I shall discuss how IBM AIX has grown and has new skills! IBM AIX has a strong, published roadmap out beyond 2038 and aligns to the IBM Technology Atlas that shows IBM’s technical direction. In this session, I shall focus on how AIX particularly delivers for Security, Hybrid Cloud and AI. Join us to learn more!
As the Global Principal IBM Power, David is the primary evangelist for IBM Power in IBM Technology Sales. He regularly meets and presents to a range of audiences, from CxO to new graduates, articulating the value of our solutions. Whether the topic is the existing IBM Power offerings... Read More →
I will describe the delivery of a complete Enterprise Hybrid Cloud for an MSP. The customer plans to co-present with me, and we will demonstrate the solution. The desire was to deliver an Enterprise Hybrid Cloud for CSI to use as their own Cloud Management Platform & resell to customers Offer an as a Service Offering. The Solution Simplifies deployment and lifecycle of cross-platform (x86 & Power) Containers and Virtual Machines to both Public and Private Clouds, provides observation and monitoring at both infrastructure and application layers, offers analysis and optimization recommendations for x86 & Power OpenShift environments, plus x86 Virtual Machines. (++ Security, Multi-Arch OpenShift, W4AIOPs, Instana, Turbonomic, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Manager, IBM Defender, x86, Power, ESS, Scale)
Firstly, I love creating memories with my family and dog, Buddy. Previously I enjoyed European motorcycle tours and track days and still own an Aprilia RSV1000. I spend my recreation time SCUBA diving or anything else adventurous. I have participated in Project Shark in the Red Sea... Read More →
Why not use Rest for all connections to the IBM i ? With the new Remote System Explorer, you can establish a secure connection with any IBMi, and request and interact with the IBM i using only Rest as the method. The RSE support allows custom request (CL, SQL) as well as some predefined actions leveraging only the Rest protocol. We will leverage Live demos to show this support in action to help you understand the possibilities.
Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i, IBM
Tim Rowe is the Business Architect responsible for Application Development and Systems Management for the IBM i operating system. His responsibilities include helping to make sure that the IBM i has what is needed to be successful both today and into the future. He sends much of his... Read More →
IBM i clients around the world are transforming their businesses with the integrated technology available in the IBM i portfolio. In this session, Steve Will, Distinguished Engineer and CTO of IBM i; Brandon Pederson, IBM i and Power Product Marketing Manager; and Douglas Gibbs, IBM i Product Manager, will highlight the business value clients are getting in application modernization, cloud, availability and more. Come hear what others are doing, and get inspired to innovate with IBM i!
Steve is the CTO and Chief Architect for the IBM i Operating System. Spending the past fourteen years of his IBM career in this position, he has become an award-winning speaker, author of the influential blog "You and i," (https://bit.ly/You-and-i-blog) and is one of the most sought-after voices at customer briefings and events. Steve has worked on IBM i and its predecessors since before the creation of the AS/400, and is currently responsible for setting the strategy of the IBM i operating system, as well as deciding which enhancements will be implemented. In his role, he talks to clients and pa... Read More →
Douglas Gibbs is the offering manager for IBM Power Systems I/O and works closely with the overall Offering Management, Sales and Development teams regarding all manners of I/O. Douglas has worked in the IT Industry for more than 25 years and has been in a variety of positions at... Read More →
Brandon Pederson is the Product Marketing Manager for IBM i and Modernization within the IBM Power business. Prior to this role, Brandon was Content Marketing Manager for IBM WebSphere and Content and Community Manager for IBM Power. He has a degree in Marketing from Concordia University... Read More →
Is the production user the best tester or is the test user the best producer? If you get a headache with this sentence it is a good sign. In any case, in this session we will provide aspirins together with the explanation on how to transform test to value and time to value. We will go through together the following aspects:
Through a broad range of products, services and infrastructure optimization, Pascal Polverini leads his international team to face complex business challenges, solve problems, manage critical issues and grant results with innovative IT solutions for all those companies running on... Read More →
AI has become an unstoppable and unavoidable force in the industry. When you integrate IBM i with a powerful AI stack, the potential is indescribable! In this session, we will learn about some key AI technologies and how to integrate IBM i with them.
Jesse Gorzinski works for the IBM i development lab in Rochester, MN. He is a Senior Business Architect and Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM) responsible for open source technologies on the platform. Jesse, who was doing RPG programming at the age of 18, is an expert on application... Read More →
This session explores the fascinating world of AI, demonstrates its possibilities and how it can be used to improve our lives. We will discuss some of the latest available technologies and work with them in real time. This session is perfect for anyone looking to learn more about AI and the potential it has to offer.
Charles Guarino believes in the “power” of IBM Power Systems. His career reflects his dedication and interest in bringing the platform and its solutions to others and as a result has been recognized as an IBM Champion.He is a member of COMMON’s Speaker Excellence Hall of Fame... Read More →
This session reviews the history of innovation driven by the Power platform and explores how Power innovations fit strongly into current and future industry trends
William Starke is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and Chief Architect for Power microprocessors. Since graduating from Michigan Tech University, Bill has been employed by IBM for over 30 years in several roles, spanning mainframe and Power systems performance analysis, logic design... Read More →
Did you know you can leverage IBM Power in IBM Cloud? Join us for this exciting session to learn about the latest advances in Power Virtual Server and how you can get started today!
Joe is an IBM Distinguished Engineer within the IBM Power software development organization. In his current role as Chief Architect, Power as-a-Service and Hybrid Cloud, he has worldwide technical responsibility to enable hybrid cloud solutions on IBM Power and drive application modernization... Read More →
Uptime of your Oracle Database is critical for your business but you do not want to deploy complex and expensive solution (such as Oracle RAC). IBM VM Recovery Manager (VMRM) enables you to deploy a VM restart-based HA solution across a group of servers to help you achieve better business continuity. Moreover, You get an automated disaster recovery solution that enables IBM Power Systems users to achieve very low recovery times for both planned and unplanned outages for your critical Oracle Database. This session demonstrates how VMRecovery Manager protects your Oracle Database from various failure scenarios. VMRM recommendations settings are also provided with regards to Oracle Workloads management.
Red Hat Ansible is a mighty Configuration Management System that can help you to automate all IT processes. This capability is foundational for the success of Ansible, since automating all processes, end-to-end, with the same tools is the key to highly efficient and effective automation. One of the less-known capabilities of Ansible is its ability to manage Power systems. Now Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform can run on your IBM Power systems, so you can use it to automate without compromises!
EMEA Associate Principal Solution Architect, Red Hat
Fabio Alessandro Locati - commonly known as Fale - is an EMEA Associate Principal Solution Architect at Red Hat, public speaker, author, and Open Source contributor. His main areas of expertise are Linux, containers (ie: Kubernetes), automation (ie: Ansible), security, cloud (mainly... Read More →
IBM I 7.5 was packed with lots of new features and function, since GA, Every 6 months, the IBM i development team delivered new features. In this sessino Scott and Tim will review their facotite new features in 7.5 and the TRs since.
Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i, IBM
Tim Rowe is the Business Architect responsible for Application Development and Systems Management for the IBM i operating system. His responsibilities include helping to make sure that the IBM i has what is needed to be successful both today and into the future. He sends much of his... Read More →
Scott Forstie is a Senior Technical Staff Member within IBM i development and spends most of his time working as the Db2 for i Architect. He has worked on IBM operating system development since joining IBM in 1989.Scott is a frequently published author, speaker at industry events... Read More →
A real case study from Diners Club Spain: the history of how the company delivered a new model of cloud applications keeping the business logic on IBM i in a record time.
This insightful session explores the compatibility and integration of Apache Camel, an established open-source framework, with IBMi systems. Apache Camel, known for simplifying the interconnection of various applications and systems, has a substantial track record since its inception in 2007, evidenced by its extensive community support and numerous releases. The core discussion revolves around Camel's architecture, particularly CamelContext, which is the heart of the framework, orchestrating routes, endpoints, and processors. We will briefly overview Camel's core and non-core components and their roles in facilitating efficient system integrations. The session also touches upon Camel Processors, showcasing their utility in data transformation and enrichment with concise examples. A significant focus is on the fusion of Apache Camel with Spring Boot, highlighting how this combination streamlines the creation of self-contained applications and simplifies configuration across various environments. The JT400 component's role in this integration is crucial, especially for program calls and data queue operations within IBMi. Additionally, the session will cover the SQL Component in Camel, discussing its configuration and application in executing SQL queries. The capabilities of the HTTP and REST components will also be explored, demonstrating their effectiveness in handling web requests and responses. Lastly, the session applies these concepts to a real-world scenario: leveraging Apache Camel for smart home automation, particularly in managing IoT devices through IBMi systems. This example aims to illustrate the practical and modern applications of Apache Camel in diverse technological environments. The session concludes with a lighthearted segment, humorously affirming the compatibility of Apache Camel with IBMi, symbolizing the successful and dynamic integration of these two technologies in today's digital landscape.
Threads on IBM i. SMT8, SMT4, SMT2 - what do they really mean and what are they? Multithreading programming allows maximizing the server's capabilities. This presentation practically illustrates the intricacies of multithreading programming. Thread attributes, starting a thread, canceling a thread, suspending a thread, waiting for a thread, thread-private data, thread-specific data, and thread local storage. All aspects of multithreading supported by program examples. You are very welcome to join my session.
Founder of the DeLab company building a specialized midware applications.Rafal has begun his app-dev adventure in 80’s enchanted with processors of the time.He has been working for telcom as well as financial institutions. Former IBMer supporting IBM i clients, universities and... Read More →
Insights into developing slide decks to best represent your presentation topics, suit your presentation style, and facilitate the delivery of your message without distraction and more effectively than ever before.
This session will teach keynote speakers, breakout speakers, and business presenters to uplift their slide decks to match the level of their topic and message.
The philosophy espoused follows three tenets for slide decks – that they should be clean, concise, and consistent. You’ll leave with a newfound respect for your slides and be a more stunning presenter!
Storyteller | Instigator | Agitator, The Extraordinary Company L.L.C.
Trevor Perry is a technologist by trade and a motivational speaker by passion. His keynote speeches and breakout sessions are in demand across the globe at technology conferences and events. He is an Australian of Irish heritage who lives in America, and spent time faking an English... Read More →
Generative AI is IBM Power10's sweet spot for AI. Unique acceleration capabilities, a flexible orchestration, and safeguarding mechanisms all make AI reality in mission-critical contexts, acknowledging typical enterprise requirements and the need to effectively manage costs and ROI of AI solutions.
This session gives an overview, outlines the strategy and roadmap for, and aligns IBM's watsonx branding with AI on IBM Power. The session covers concrete client examples and live demonstrations of typical generative AI use cases on IBM Power10 based upon large language models such as IBM/Granite, Meta/Llama2, and Alphabet/Flan.
As world-wide leader for AI on IBM Power, Sebastian is the main product manager to drive design, development, and market success of AI offerings & capabilities on the IBM Power platform. Previously, he has brought the open-source AI portfolio (including technology such as Kubeflow... Read More →
Today an IBM i customer has more deployment choices than ever. From a traditional stand-alone server, to private or public cloud, or a move to hybrid cloud where private and public environments are combined. Back in 2019 IBM introduced Power Enterprise Pools (PEP) 2.0, offering customers the flexibility to tailor system configurations with a mix of purchased and pay-for-use consumption of processors and software. This offer dynamic, flexible consumption or cloud-like economics with on-prem servers. IBM Power Virtual Server offers fast, self-service provisioning of infrastructure and physical computing resources without the need to manage or operate them, and pay-as-you-use billing. Attend this session to learn more about your hybrid cloud options.
Dan Sundt is an IBM i product manager. He has the responsibility for the IBM i business, including defining and guiding future directions and strategies. He works with the IBM i sales, marketing, and development teams as well as customers and partners to ensure that the IBM i operating... Read More →
Join us on a cloud transformation journey as we explore the importance of secure Hybrid cloud architecture and a Multi-Cloud strategy for IBM. Learn how to seamlessly move existing applications/systems, originally designed for IBM ‘s stability, to establish low-latency connections to public cloud. We’ll demystify the concepts of assessment, migration, management and modernization and you’ll gain insights into:
1. Modernization Strategy: Assess, Migrate, Manage to Cloud 2. Hybrid Cloud Architecture: Explore the role of Cloud in enhancing resiliency, security, and compliance. 3. Business Benefits: Uncover three compelling reasons why cloud computing is vital for businesses, including a surprising revelation.
Richard is a recognized SME and award-winning industry speaker specializing in, Cloud Computing Architecture, Business Resiliency, Disaster Recovery Planning and Backup & Recovery Program Design. He leads organizations through the Cloud journey achieving the desired, successful business... Read More →
The Valence Framework for IBM i, available for free download, includes a browser-based low-code development utility called Nitro App Builder (NAB), through which anyone with a solid understanding of their IBM i database can create dazzling web or mobile apps, including dashboards and data grids with download-to-Excel functionality, all in a matter of minutes! Running entirely on IBM i, the NAB tool can also be used to create intricate file maintenance apps, through which users can adjust content in one or more physical files — you control which fields they can see and/or edit.
All of this can be achieved with no coding, though IBM i developers can easily extend the app's functionality with RPG or SQL code to handle business logic as needed. Advanced programmers comfortable with HTML5 and JavaScript code can take things even further, creating super elaborate data-entry apps that work hand-in-hand with server-side RPG logic through the Valence Portal.
The bottom line: With Valence, whether you're a seasoned RPG developer or a super user with intimate knowledge of your system's physical files, you can crank out highly functional web and mobile apps on IBM i in no time — no prior experience in web or mobile development required. Come to this quick demo session to see the latest release of the Valence framework, and how easy it is to quickly build and deploy such an app on your system.
Rob has worked as an in-the-trenches IBM i developer since 1992, with the past 15 years focused on developing modernization efforts for legacy systems written in RPG. Currently serving as Senior Partner for CNX Corporation in Chicago, Rob is a strong advocate of introducing highly... Read More →
Join FalconStor experts as they discuss strategies for optimizing your IBM Power environments and offer a journey to the cloud. FalconStor will present 5 use cases that StorSafe delivers for IBM Power, from on-premises backup optimization to hybrid cloud backup, migration to the cloud, and ransomware protection with IBM Cloud Object Storage. Customers with aging Data Domain systems will want to take note, as we’ll show how FalconStor delivers key functionality in critical areas where DD fails. For those familiar with StorSafe, we’ll be showcasing a new version that offers multi-tenancy, advanced analytics, single license management, and more.
Guy Berlo is the Managing Director for the EMEA Region. Prior to joining Falconstor, Mr.Berlo was the VP Sales & Operations for EMEA at ProphetStor Data Services active in the AImarket space. Previously, Mr. Berlo was the Vice President and General Manager EMEAafter starting up CEMEA... Read More →
Infor is the largest ISV on the IBM i platform. In this session we will show you how you can leverage two decades of our investment in our no code/low code framework, that makes application modernization faster and better.
You will learn how • IDF’s metadata driven approach to modernize applications provides enormous productivity gains for developers. • Applications modernized using IDF provides a fully customizable experience for business users, using clicks no code. • IDF security – Enterprise scale that encompasses SSO, content and more.
Hari Mangalam is the Product Manager for Infor XA, a global business software for discrete manufacturers that is deployed on the IBM i. His responsibilities include setting the product vision and roadmap. He spends much of his time also helping prospects and customers understand the... Read More →
Modernizing IBMi for small and medium companies is a strategic decision. Failing to do so may end up in a possible crash scenario. PHL Soft aims at making IBMi tools relevant again and easy for the end users. We will demonstrate that our solutions are simple to implement and cost effective, without the company having to take the risk of leaving the platform.
As security is getting more and more important and IBM i systems need to be integrated in a corporate wide security solution just as any other platform, we would like to show what needs to be considered to achieve that goal and which challenges will probably come up on the way to protect the basic infrastructure against cyber attacks. Within the presentation we will cover topics like MFA for the basic infrastructure as well as IBM i, QRADAR as SIEM solution to monitor relevant events, as well as the IBM Storage Solution “Safe Guarded Copy” to speed up the recovery process in worst case scenarios. In relation to security, it is also relevant for companies to cover the topic of privileged access management (PAM) in a secure and auditable manner. To address this topic, we will also present how to have a corporate wide PAM solution including IBM i. Speaker: Klaus Haderer, Wolfgang Pauer
I've been in in the IBM Power / IBM i world for more then 25 years. Most of the time I was working in the IBM i systems management area, with a very strong focus on performance, security and availability. Nearly 15 years ago I started to build up the IBM Business Partner IT-Power... Read More →
Join Sébastien, a passionate advocate for the IBM i platform, at this year's Common Europe Congress in Milan for an engaging and insightful workshop dedicated to the VSCode and Code for IBM i enthusiasts. This workshop promises a dynamic learning experience across two exciting sessions: 1. Code for IBM i: Go Above and Beyond! - Are you a fan of Code for IBM i? Do you use it regularly? If yes, this session will take your interest to the next level. Dive into the possibilities of contributing to the community and extending the capabilities of Code for IBM i. Sébastien will guide you through the steps to create your own extensions, empowering you to personalize and enhance your development environment. Get ready to transform your ideas into reality! 2. How Code for IBM i is Built (OSS Development Insights) - Ever wondered how open-source software (OSS) for a specialized platform like IBM i is developed? Join Sébastien along with Christian Jorgensen and Liam Allan in a multicultural discussion about the development process of Code for IBM i. This session provides a rare peek behind the curtains, showcasing the collaborative efforts and unique contributions that go into building the tools you love. Sébastien's debut at the Common Europe Congress is an opportunity for attendees to gain firsthand insights, network with fellow IBM i aficionados, and contribute to the future of this robust platform. Don't miss out on the chance to expand your knowledge and skills in an environment that celebrates innovation and community- driven development!
Lead developer & Technical Advisor | IBM Champion, ARCAD Software
Hi, I'm Seb! Let's talk about anything related to software development, on IBM i or not, it doesn't mater to me, I love it all 😁I'm actively contributing to Code for IBM i, and I'm very happy to be able to give back to the wonderful IBM i community.I've been working for ARCAD Software... Read More →
In this session we will discuss how to apply security best practices in new AIX and Linux deployments on Power10 with the help of PowerSC, and connect these systems within QRadar XDR or other SIEM tools used by customer SOCs.
I work at SIXE, my own company. We are a small boutique formed by engineers specialized in IBM technologoes, including advanced solutions for data centers and cybersecurity. We do it in the form of consulting, professional services, training and execution of turnkey projects. We... Read More →
Is it an LLM? Is it a platform? What is watsonx.ai? In this presentation, we will present the newest AI tool from IBM and talk about how it differs from other solutions currently on the market and how it differs from LLMs and individual models. We will also discuss how this great tool can be utilized to solve different business and technological challenges.
I am a Junior Solutions Architect with a passion for designing, building and implementing creative digital solutions. I enjoy solving complex problems, finding interesting use-cases for technologies and products that already exist, as well as making things from scratch. I am currently... Read More →
In this joint presentation tips and tricks are delivered in turns to check a server is healthy, using all the goodies currently available: IBM i Access Client Solutions, CLI, the HMC and even Physical Observations.
After having started as a System/38 programmer in 1986. In 1989 the switch was made to system programming and systems management.Being passionate about systems management he founded van Helvoirt Automatisering in 1993.Rudi enjoys helping IBM i customers ever since for running their... Read More →
I've worked in the IBM Business Partner world for over thirty years now and despite IBM's best attempts I still love them ;-)In 2008 I set up my practice (Rowton) and now spend my time supporting clients or designing new IT solutions using a combination of Power servers, Intel and... Read More →
IBM Navigator for i is the web based interface for accessing, managing, and monitoring your IBM i. A brand new versions has been released. This session will look at how to get started, how to best leverage this interface for one users or an entire company. We will look at some of the administrative features added to New Nav to help with rolling this out to many users. This include how to set up TLS for your connections, how to limit select users from working with areas within the interface, and much more.
Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i, IBM
Tim Rowe is the Business Architect responsible for Application Development and Systems Management for the IBM i operating system. His responsibilities include helping to make sure that the IBM i has what is needed to be successful both today and into the future. He sends much of his... Read More →
Using Code for IBM i to write code on daily basis is great; but how about making the most out of it and contributing to it? Giving feedback and reporting bugs is the first step toward contributing...but wait, there is more! Writing documentation and submitting code through Pull Requests is the next step. Then there is extending the extension, creating your own using the Code for IBM API to craft your own tools. This session is all about the different kinds of contributions that can be made to the Code for IBM i project and how you can extend it by writing your own VSCode extensions for IBM i.
Lead developer & Technical Advisor | IBM Champion, ARCAD Software
Hi, I'm Seb! Let's talk about anything related to software development, on IBM i or not, it doesn't mater to me, I love it all 😁I'm actively contributing to Code for IBM i, and I'm very happy to be able to give back to the wonderful IBM i community.I've been working for ARCAD Software... Read More →
With the last releases and technology refreshes IBM provided a lot of new SQL Services. A lot of these Services provide functionalities that are not directly available in RPG or can only be implemented in RPG by calling complex System APIs and by using pointer handling for accessing the data. However, now we have SQL services that can write data into the IFS or can delete old spool files or even better can convert a spool file into a PDF-Document. Since the last Technology Refresh it is also possible to send eMails or to generate *.csv files directly with SQL and IBM Services. This session will demonstrate how RPG Programs can be simplified by just using embedded SQL and IBM Services.
Database and Software Architect, IBM Champion, Independent Consultant
Birgitta Hauser worked on the IBM i and its predecessors since 1992. She graduated with a business economics diploma, and started programming on the AS/400 in 1992. She worked and works as traditional RPG Programmer but also as Database and Software Engineer, focusing on IBM i application... Read More →
As your career develops, your technical eminence can be a rocket propelling you forward. In this session, learn how you can build technical eminence, increase the visibility of your eminence through advocacy, and reach the heights of eminence through the IBM Champions program and IBM Rising Champions Advocacy badge program. Bring your ideas and questions to this interactive session. The session is for everyone - and all current IBM Champions are invited to share your stories with the attendees.
How does advocacy help you achieve technical eminence? Why are both advocacy and eminence vital to your career? From content creation to community engagement, I can help you build relationships, strengthen communities, increase eminence, tell and amplify your stories effectively... Read More →
Embark on an enlightening journey as we explore the landscape of Hybrid High Availability/Disaster Recovery (HA/DR) solutions within IBM PowerVS instances. Navigate through the complexities via a compelling real-world case study, gaining profound insights, adopting best practices, and embracing pragmatic strategies to fortify the resilience of your infrastructure.
SVP Global Channels, T.S.P. Gesellschaft fuer Informationssysteme mbH
IBM i Business Continuity - Real-time Data Protection, Disaster Recovery and High Availability, Software and Services.Migration and Consolidation Projects
As the Power System landscape evolves and focus on Hybrid Cloud strategy for organizations, there are lot of new enhancements and capabilities added for Infrastructure Management for Power Systems in the Hardware Management Console (HMC). As HMC Provides an upward integration layer for the management & monitoring of Power Servers to not only enable Cloud but also Availability Solutions and automation solutions, in this session, we will deep dive into the new features in Hardware management console, look Ansible automation capabilities with HMC to manage HMC and Power Systems.
Deploy an Open Source Ecommerce solution originally written for x86 on OpenShift to Multi-Arch (x86 & Power) environment. Deliver an e-commerce solution on mixed x86 & IBM Power OpenShift cluster, initially designed for x86 utilising Go, Java, Node.js and .NET microservices.
Firstly, I love creating memories with my family and dog, Buddy. Previously I enjoyed European motorcycle tours and track days and still own an Aprilia RSV1000. I spend my recreation time SCUBA diving or anything else adventurous. I have participated in Project Shark in the Red Sea... Read More →
Traditionally, many companies test their application and system changes thorouhgly before deploying them to an AIX production environment. This is a good practice. It is also a common practice to grant root access to many system and application administrators to the production systems. This introduces a huge risk of unauthorized change in program code and scripts. Many times file permission are changed to debug a problem and then left on the system in a wide open fashion granting all users full access to critical files. AIX provides a feature called Trusted Execution (TE) that can be used in different modes to check the integrity of files along with all security relevant attributes of a file. This session will show you how TE can be used to check in offline and online mode the integrity of AIX OS code but also how to add your own files into the TE compliance checking environment. The session also provides an excursion into the PowerSC integration of Trusted Execution.
IT consultant architecting and implementing security solutions mainly in the IBM i and AIX area. I am also a frequent speaker at technical conferences. Specialties: Cryptography, Single Signon, Security assessments, Access Control concepts and implementation, IBM i networking, IBM... Read More →
IBM Navigator for i is a powerful new tool to better manage your i environment. Get expert advice for installation and set up to make sure you get this powerful tool up and running at peak efficiency. Step through the functionality of this product and learn how to leverage the Performance Data Investigator to turn the collection services data into graphs you can use to identify performance issues. Learn ways to protect your system from intrusions, as well as close security holes such as FTP. See how this tool can help you select and install Logical files on your system to improve performance. Learn about the enhancements to this valuable tool in the latest release, while we see how this tool provides tips and techniques for better and more easily managing your IBM i.
Learning Objectives: 1) Learn how to close down various TCP/IP servers like FTP from intruders. 2) How to use the Index Advisor to improve performance. 3) Identify if someone is trying to access your IBM i with Intrusion Detection. 4) Performance Management graphs.
Pete Massiello has been working with the AS/400, iSeries, IBM i since 1989, focusing on systems management and technical support. He has held numerous technical positions through out his career. He is the President of iTech Solutions Group, an IBM Premier Business Partner delivering... Read More →
Abstract – Following the practice of the iSee video blog, Scott and Tim will dive into some brand new never before seen examples of solving real problems with SQL. Sure we will use ACS, but we will also venture into Code for i, showing how that can be used for running and perfecting your SQL. Find the latest iSee available to all at: https://learn.common.org/products/ibm-isee-video-blog
Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i, IBM
Tim Rowe is the Business Architect responsible for Application Development and Systems Management for the IBM i operating system. His responsibilities include helping to make sure that the IBM i has what is needed to be successful both today and into the future. He sends much of his... Read More →
Scott Forstie is a Senior Technical Staff Member within IBM i development and spends most of his time working as the Db2 for i Architect. He has worked on IBM operating system development since joining IBM in 1989.Scott is a frequently published author, speaker at industry events... Read More →
The first OLAP Functions were already introduced with Release 6.1, for building running numbers and ranks, in a specific sequence and even with the ability to restart numbering at a predefined level. At release 7.3 a bunch of additional OLAP functions and enhancements for existing OLAP functions are introduced. With these enhancements it is possible to easily build running totals or averages with or without level breaks. Data cannot only be accumulated over all rows, but also within a specific range. It is easy to access and compare the first, previous, next or last occurrence of the data within a partition. This session will give you an overview over the available OLAP functions and how they can be exploited.
Database and Software Architect, IBM Champion, Independent Consultant
Birgitta Hauser worked on the IBM i and its predecessors since 1992. She graduated with a business economics diploma, and started programming on the AS/400 in 1992. She worked and works as traditional RPG Programmer but also as Database and Software Engineer, focusing on IBM i application... Read More →
In this session I will explain the advantages of JWT-based authentication for your API over the basic authentication that is available out-of-the box on the Integrated Web Services Server on the IBM i. Then I will show you how to activate JWT authentication on the Integrated Web Services Server using the TAI feature, a TLS certificate, a little bit of Java and a few hidden gems in the Integrated Web Services server :) Finally I'll show a little demo of the authentication process in action on our own IBM i.
Microservices are perhaps the most hot design paradigm in this decade. It is easy to implement and runs on almost any platform today – also IBM i. In this session we will look at how to leverage this technology and give you a starting point when coding in node.js, JAVA, Python and RPG. So buckle up - lots of stuff in just one hour - Live of course !!
Chief Software Architect, Partner & IBM Champion, System & Method
Niels has developed IBM i middleware used in numerous applications worldwide. He is the architect of the IceBreak application server for IBM i. Over the years he has contributed to the IBM i community with presentations, demos, and loads of open source: ILEastic and noxDB to name... Read More →
The IBM i community is the centerpiece of the platform and the reason for its long-term success. The IBM Champions are the best of the best advocates for the platform, contributing so much of their time to mentoring others and providing feedback to IBM on future strategy and product requirements. But with so many active contributors in the IBM i community, how does one get recognized as an IBM Champion? In this session, Brandon Pederson, IBM i and Power Product Marketing Manager, will explain how IBM Champions are selected, the criteria nominating committees look for when selecting new IBM Champions, and how to get started applying to become an IBM Champion yourself.
Brandon Pederson is the Product Marketing Manager for IBM i and Modernization within the IBM Power business. Prior to this role, Brandon was Content Marketing Manager for IBM WebSphere and Content and Community Manager for IBM Power. He has a degree in Marketing from Concordia University... Read More →
IBM POWER Systems Principal Support Specialist, DHL
Bartlomiej Grabowski known as Bart, a B.A Computer Science. IBM Champion and Platinum Redbook author with over 15 technical publications. +18 years of experience in various worldwide solutions works for DHL IT Services - one of the biggest IBM i installations. He runs a personal blog... Read More →
WRKACTJOB, WRKDSKSTS, WRKSYSSTS—unfortunately, not available for Linux/AIX. Too bad! How does one survive as an IBM Power system administrator transitioning from the IBM i world? Featuring the most performant, safe, and flexible virtualization system (PowerVM), IBM Power systems are well-prepared to support a variety of workloads beyond IBM i. Artificial Intelligence, SAP Hana, Openshift, just to name a few. We will review the necessary steps to build a valid Linux configuration, analyze the tools available to make our lives easier, and establish a correlation between IBM i and Linux terminology. I'm not a Linux expert; I'm just an IBM i guy. But I managed to put in production some SAP Hana systems, DB2 Warehouse, and Openshift—all of them on IBM Power, of course. And Ansible was very useful in the process.
First I will provide current info and news about HANAonPOWER in such a hybrid cloud environment and will later present the experience of customers and service providers to provide sustainable and reliable Hybrid Cloud Services for their SAP customers on Power, SAP classic on AIX / Db2 and Oracle, HANAonPOWER in their private data center cloud as well as cloud services on PowerVS and in combination with Hyperscaler’s Azure, AWS and Google Cloud services. So their satisfied customers can rely on reliable end-to-end services for their current and future SAP landscapes (e.g. S/4HANA with BTP) hosted in a sustainable secure data center environment.
SAP on Power Systems Technology Architect, IBM Germany
SAP on Power Systems Technology Architect @ IBM Technology Sales, DACH, Technical Sales Power SystemsTrusted Technical Advisor & Technical Sales Consultant & Architect 4 IBM Hybrid solutions (infrastructure (HW/SW), Cloud, Security, Analytics, Watson, Services etc) for customers using... Read More →
SAP on Power Systems Technology Architect, IBM Germany
SAP sizing, technical architecture and concepts for infrastructure (server, storage, network), software and services,IBM cloud solution oriented competitive positioning of server platformsmBP Enablement for SAP infrastructure and sizing
In this session, you will discover how SQL and IBM i (SQL) Services can be used to bring order to the IFS. Whether you aim to further secure, manage, or utilize the IFS, SQL can help get the job done. The Db2 for i team has made consistent and noteworthy investments to bring SQL capabilities that can be used with the IFS. Come to this session to see, understand, and be ready to use SQL with the IFS.
Scott Forstie is a Senior Technical Staff Member within IBM i development and spends most of his time working as the Db2 for i Architect. He has worked on IBM operating system development since joining IBM in 1989.Scott is a frequently published author, speaker at industry events... Read More →
Cybersecurity is no longer seen as a problem to be solved – it is now a risk to be managed. Over the past decade, the cybersecurity landscape has proven itself to be a primary part of any agency's IT infrastructure. With today's malicious cyber actors constantly looking for vulnerabilities in networks to exploit, it is imperative that agencies strengthen their cybersecurity defenses and implement best practices for their IT infrastructures, such as adopting a zero trust framework. Learn how to hack and protect IBM i.
Koen Decorte is owner of CD Invest, an international IBM business partner with offices in Belgium andSpain. CD-Invest is specialized in innovating and modernizing IBM i applications.Koen studied philology and computer linguistics.His focus is mainly on integrating and using open source... Read More →
The world of Application Development is continually changing. New technologies, tools, and methodologies are always being talked about. The good news is the IBM i continues to be reshaped and updated to help you take advantage of these. Merlin is a product from IBM that pulls many aspects of modern application development into a fully support ecosystem. Leveraging Git for your source control, a Browser based VsCode IDE, converting RPG from fixed to fully free, intelligent build, as well as CI/CD based pipelines to automate your build and deployment.
Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i, IBM
Tim Rowe is the Business Architect responsible for Application Development and Systems Management for the IBM i operating system. His responsibilities include helping to make sure that the IBM i has what is needed to be successful both today and into the future. He sends much of his... Read More →
meet with the development team of Code for IBM i to talk about how we go from idea or bug to deployment. We’ll talk about how this international team builds the popular and free open source Visual Studio Code extension: Code for IBM i
Lead developer & Technical Advisor | IBM Champion, ARCAD Software
Hi, I'm Seb! Let's talk about anything related to software development, on IBM i or not, it doesn't mater to me, I love it all 😁I'm actively contributing to Code for IBM i, and I'm very happy to be able to give back to the wonderful IBM i community.I've been working for ARCAD Software... Read More →
IBM ChampionLong time experience with IBM i - since 1988.Member of Code for IBM i core team.IBM i and Open Source freak with public git repositories:https://github.com/chrjorgensenhttps://bitbucket.org/repo/all?name=christianjorgensenBlog with a few articles: http://ibmirules.blo... Read More →
The PowerSC (Security and Compliance) product helps ensuring the security of IT environments at the OS level. Compliance needs are increasing with the digitalization of the industries, new standards and standards asking for increasing security to manage data (who can access it, how can users access it...). PowerSC allows to centrally manage security and compliance on all endpoints (IBM i, AIX, Linux on Power & x86). In this way, you can get better support for compliance audits. PowerSC also belongs to the Zero Trust strategy, and can be implemented alongside the first steps of the strategy.
As Power10 servers are now in production since quite some time, we have done a couple of comparisons between Power9 and Power10. To give a good overview we have compared two different installations: 1) The first one is an Enterprise Power Customer with IBM i and SAP 2) The second one is also using an Enterprise Power Server, but AIX as operating system with Oracle and SAP In both cases “only” the Power Enterprise Server was changed, the External Storage system was not upgraded at the same time. Because of that all performance improvements were only gained through the change of the server.
In addition, we will cover the difference regarding the CPU utilization that is measured by the Operation System, compared to the hypervisor, in an upgrade scenario from Power9 to Power10. As soon as more then one partition is running on a Power Server, it is important to keep both values under control.
I've been in in the IBM Power / IBM i world for more then 25 years. Most of the time I was working in the IBM i systems management area, with a very strong focus on performance, security and availability. Nearly 15 years ago I started to build up the IBM Business Partner IT-Power... Read More →
Red Hat Identity Manager is modern Linux-based solution to manage users. It has a lot of different interesting features for enterprise environments and best of all - it is opensource and can be used for free as FreeIPA! Let's talk how to connect an AIX system to RH IdM to centralize users and groups management and see which problems you can encounter on the way.
I help companies build standardized, completely automated and agile IBM Power infrastructure.➤ It minimizes your time to market for new apps and features.➤ It optimizes your IT operational costs.➤ It enhances your security.WHAT HAVE I ACHIEVED?➤ POWER DevOps (https://www.power-devops.com... Read More →
Wednesday June 5, 2024 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
Sbarco 1
CIS benchmarks are free to download and use, but can be difficult to understand for the beginner. If you are looking for a free industry standard method of securing your IBM Power AIX and Linux systems using a proven methodology and go from security zero to security hero.
Mike has worked on IBM equipment in IT Operations since starting on the 4381 running VM/VSE as a trainee Operator in 1987. He's worked for blue-chip companies in global data centres and has a varied 30+ years’ experience of IBMi, AIX, VIOS, Linux, storage and disaster recovery... Read More →
Wednesday June 5, 2024 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
Sbarco 2
The main tools from IBM to manage your IBM i environment are Access Client Solutions (ACS) and the IBM Navigator for i. These are powerful interfaces that let you not only configure your system, but also interact with your IBM i database. Nowadays, it is a good practice to implement a Principle of Least Privilege (PoLP). According to this principle, users should only get as much access and authority that is required in their job role. In this session you will learn what mechanisms you can use on the client and server side to restrict access to ACS and Navigator for i functions. You will also get to know the DOs and DON'Ts to prevent unintenional backdoors into your system. Learning Objectives: - Learn the different client and server side options to restrict access for ACS and Navigator for i - Get to know the configuration specifics and best practices to secure the environment
IT consultant architecting and implementing security solutions mainly in the IBM i and AIX area. I am also a frequent speaker at technical conferences. Specialties: Cryptography, Single Signon, Security assessments, Access Control concepts and implementation, IBM i networking, IBM... Read More →
In this session we discuss securing IBM i assets and securing actions against these assets from threat actors, using both IBM provided tools as well as the types of support provided by ISVs. We discuss how industry standard security principles can be applied to IBM i. These principles include Zero Trust, Deny By Default, Least privilege, and Open Design. Topics include database field level encryption, Row and Column Access Control, Multi-factor authentication, Authorization, Authority Lists, and group profiles. We discuss how you can assure that you have secured your assets with industry standard approaches such as static and dynamic application security testing, penetration testing and threat modelling. Attending this session will give you a jump start on understanding your next steps in maxmimizing the security of your IBM i.
I have been working with the IBM i platform for 35+ years, initially at IBM Rochester for 9 years, working on DB2 and the Storage Management. Then onto ShowCase Corp. working on Essbase OLAP engine for IBM i. Currently I with Precisely, (formerly Syncsort, Vision Solutions, and Lakeview... Read More →
The big “new thing” on IBM i DB is using spatial data. Cartography is as old as civilization itself. From crossing oceans to planning cities, information was collected and transcribed onto paper. Just as we digitized text and numbers, cartographers started putting point, line, and polygon data into digital systems. DB2 for i now has spatial object support. The geospatial support is not only for use by spatial analysts. These special types of vector data and databases are somewhat esoteric for application developers. We will show you what you can already achieve today and the huge potential for your business by making your database more location-aware. Using geospatial technologies to gather location information provides us with data that can give a deeper understanding of a whole host of issues. This spatial data can answer questions, help with predictions, analysis and decision making. But also faster picking routes, easier layout management, ...
Koen Decorte is owner of CD Invest, an international IBM business partner with offices in Belgium andSpain. CD-Invest is specialized in innovating and modernizing IBM i applications.Koen studied philology and computer linguistics.His focus is mainly on integrating and using open source... Read More →
Wednesday June 5, 2024 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
Europa B
Jesse Gorzinski works for the IBM i development lab in Rochester, MN. He is a Senior Business Architect and Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM) responsible for open source technologies on the platform. Jesse, who was doing RPG programming at the age of 18, is an expert on application... Read More →
Wednesday June 5, 2024 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
Europa A
I am building bridges between people and generations and breaking down barriers between them. I analyze and create applications that precisely in order to meet the needs of the people who use them and support them in what they do. To do this, I talk to users at eye level, get to... Read More →
Planning is key for a successful implementation of Virtual I/O Server (VIOS). What to virtualize and how to size and install. How to plan for correct Storage virtualization What s the right network virtualization today. We will look at what to be aware of, in planning the installation of VIOS. We will see how NPIV is working and show different setups. How to virtualize network, both with and without VIOS. How can the HMC assist us ? Some useful tips for Console and Post install tasks Plan well before you start and you won't go wrong.
Steve is the CTO and Chief Architect for the IBM i Operating System. Spending the past fourteen years of his IBM career in this position, he has become an award-winning speaker, author of the influential blog "You and i," (https://bit.ly/You-and-i-blog) and is one of the most sought-after voices at customer briefings and events. Steve has worked on IBM i and its predecessors since before the creation of the AS/400, and is currently responsible for setting the strategy of the IBM i operating system, as well as deciding which enhancements will be implemented. In his role, he talks to clients and pa... Read More →
William Starke is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and Chief Architect for Power microprocessors. Since graduating from Michigan Tech University, Bill has been employed by IBM for over 30 years in several roles, spanning mainframe and Power systems performance analysis, logic design... Read More →
Douglas Gibbs is the offering manager for IBM Power Systems I/O and works closely with the overall Offering Management, Sales and Development teams regarding all manners of I/O. Douglas has worked in the IT Industry for more than 25 years and has been in a variety of positions at... Read More →
Joe is an IBM Distinguished Engineer within the IBM Power software development organization. In his current role as Chief Architect, Power as-a-Service and Hybrid Cloud, he has worldwide technical responsibility to enable hybrid cloud solutions on IBM Power and drive application modernization... Read More →
I have retired from IBM, where I was a Senior Power Systems Technical Specialist in Advanced Technology Support, Europe.My job was to promote IBM Power Systems, Power10 and AIX 7.3 Technology but was not an IBM spokesperson. Just a techie helping other techies understand advanced... Read More →
Power Systems Partner Technical Specialist, IBM Deutschland GmbH
Michael Perzl ist seit 2000 bei IBM und seitdem zuständig für Technical Sales, Proof of Concepts und Implementierung von AIX und Linux on Power auf Power Systems. In seiner Freizeit betreibt er die #1-Webseite (laut Google) für AIX-Open-Source-Software (http://www.perzl.org/aix... Read More →
IT consultant architecting and implementing security solutions mainly in the IBM i and AIX area. I am also a frequent speaker at technical conferences. Specialties: Cryptography, Single Signon, Security assessments, Access Control concepts and implementation, IBM i networking, IBM... Read More →
I help companies build standardized, completely automated and agile IBM Power infrastructure.➤ It minimizes your time to market for new apps and features.➤ It optimizes your IT operational costs.➤ It enhances your security.WHAT HAVE I ACHIEVED?➤ POWER DevOps (https://www.power-devops.com... Read More →
As the Global Principal IBM Power, David is the primary evangelist for IBM Power in IBM Technology Sales. He regularly meets and presents to a range of audiences, from CxO to new graduates, articulating the value of our solutions. Whether the topic is the existing IBM Power offerings... Read More →
Mike Leigh is a Systems Architect for CSI Ltd - a Platinum IBM BP and Cloud Service Provider based in the UK and the USA. MIke has been working around IBM Systems and solutions for 24 years. A keen interest in many aspects of technology and science but specialising in IBM Power Systems... Read More →
I work at SIXE, my own company. We are a small boutique formed by engineers specialized in IBM technologoes, including advanced solutions for data centers and cybersecurity. We do it in the form of consulting, professional services, training and execution of turnkey projects. We... Read More →
Firstly, I love creating memories with my family and dog, Buddy. Previously I enjoyed European motorcycle tours and track days and still own an Aprilia RSV1000. I spend my recreation time SCUBA diving or anything else adventurous. I have participated in Project Shark in the Red Sea... Read More →
SAP on Power Systems Technology Architect, IBM Germany
SAP on Power Systems Technology Architect @ IBM Technology Sales, DACH, Technical Sales Power SystemsTrusted Technical Advisor & Technical Sales Consultant & Architect 4 IBM Hybrid solutions (infrastructure (HW/SW), Cloud, Security, Analytics, Watson, Services etc) for customers using... Read More →
Toshaan Bharvani is a IT consultant, currently self-employed at VanTosh, with a interest in Open Source Software and Open Source Hardware. He started his IT interest at a very early age, when his father gave him his first own PC components. Ever since he has been interested in IT... Read More →
EMEA Associate Principal Solution Architect, Red Hat
Fabio Alessandro Locati - commonly known as Fale - is an EMEA Associate Principal Solution Architect at Red Hat, public speaker, author, and Open Source contributor. His main areas of expertise are Linux, containers (ie: Kubernetes), automation (ie: Ansible), security, cloud (mainly... Read More →
As executive associate director, my focus is on delivering essential technology stack and frameworks to help organizations reinvent themselves and realize their digital transformation, modernize their infrastructure and move mission critical workloads across clouds. I focus my time... Read More →
Mike has worked on IBM equipment in IT Operations since starting on the 4381 running VM/VSE as a trainee Operator in 1987. He's worked for blue-chip companies in global data centres and has a varied 30+ years’ experience of IBMi, AIX, VIOS, Linux, storage and disaster recovery... Read More →
SAP on Power Systems Technology Architect, IBM Germany
SAP sizing, technical architecture and concepts for infrastructure (server, storage, network), software and services,IBM cloud solution oriented competitive positioning of server platformsmBP Enablement for SAP infrastructure and sizing
Alex is an IT consultant and engineer with expertise in PowerVM virtualization and network performance. He provides support to clients globally through workshops, troubleshooting sessions, and training classes. With over 20 years of experience, he has assisted over 130 corporations... Read More →
Stephen Lutz is a Certified Leading Technical Sales Professional for Power Systems working at IBM Germany. He holds a degree in Commercial Information Technology from the University of Applied Science Karlsruhe, Germany. He has 25 years of experience in AIX, Linux, virtualization... Read More →
Wednesday June 5, 2024 10:50 - 11:50 CEST
Sbarco 2
Attacks of different kinds have unfortunately also affected IBM i systems of companies of all sizes. Therefore, it is important to leverage native IBM i security features to protect your business application environment. IBM i 7.5 has introduced many new security functions that can be used to lower the risk of successful hacking or intrusion attempts. Join this session to get a complete overview of the latest security enhancements.
IBM i is an amazing platform for running a business today, and its future is bright – innovative, integrated and incredible! Hear Steve Will, IBM i CTO, and Douglas Gibbs IBM i Product Manager talk about the strategy, roadmap and future of IBM i.
Steve is the CTO and Chief Architect for the IBM i Operating System. Spending the past fourteen years of his IBM career in this position, he has become an award-winning speaker, author of the influential blog "You and i," (https://bit.ly/You-and-i-blog) and is one of the most sought-after voices at customer briefings and events. Steve has worked on IBM i and its predecessors since before the creation of the AS/400, and is currently responsible for setting the strategy of the IBM i operating system, as well as deciding which enhancements will be implemented. In his role, he talks to clients and pa... Read More →
Douglas Gibbs is the offering manager for IBM Power Systems I/O and works closely with the overall Offering Management, Sales and Development teams regarding all manners of I/O. Douglas has worked in the IT Industry for more than 25 years and has been in a variety of positions at... Read More →
For many people, the term “Modernisation” means simply adding a pretty interface to an existing application. And while this can improve a system’s usability, we are finding now that companies are beginning to embrace new technologies and sources of information to enable them to add key functionality to their IBM i applications and add value to their business. And with modern programming languages this may be easier & less costly than we think. We will show several famous IBM cases studies live and demonstrate what we did to achieve them. Sometimes it is much easier than you think ...
Koen Decorte is owner of CD Invest, an international IBM business partner with offices in Belgium andSpain. CD-Invest is specialized in innovating and modernizing IBM i applications.Koen studied philology and computer linguistics.His focus is mainly on integrating and using open source... Read More →
Wednesday June 5, 2024 10:50 - 11:50 CEST
Europa B
The future of writing ILE languages is with git. Whether you've not heard of git, or you're an expert, we'll cover the basic concepts of git, how to get your ILE source code into git, how to develop and compile code from repositories, and many other concepts.
Using the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo initiatives we will explore what was learned from this epic process and what we can extrapolate to our current efforts today. This session covers stakeholder buy in, conscious building, transparency, disaster recovery, re-prioritization, and the establishment curve for projects returning investment.
Come to this session and dissect all the new components and concepts involved with partitioning your IBM Power Systems. Learn how all the pieces connect to each other, what you need to do to set them up, and how to manage and upgrade them. Get a handle on the various components of the Hardware Management Console (HMC), the Flexible Service Processor (FSP), and the Advanced Systems Management Interface (ASMI). Find out about the firmware in your machine, and how to make the required updates to it in an LPAR environment or on a standalone machine. Get tips for upgrading and setting up communications between the HMC and FSP as well as insight on where the ASMI fits in. Leave this session with up-to-date knowledge on these important hardware features of IBM PowerSystems & IBM i
Learning Objectives: 1) Understand how to upgrade & update your HMC. 2) Understand how to upgrade your FSP. 3) Learn how everything connects and interacts.
Pete Massiello has been working with the AS/400, iSeries, IBM i since 1989, focusing on systems management and technical support. He has held numerous technical positions through out his career. He is the President of iTech Solutions Group, an IBM Premier Business Partner delivering... Read More →
Wednesday June 5, 2024 10:50 - 11:50 CEST
Sbarco 1
This session explores the historical importance of Power's memory architecture, reviews recent developments in Power's memory roadmap, and highlights the strengths of Power's memory architecture going forward versus developments in industry memory architectures.
William Starke is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and Chief Architect for Power microprocessors. Since graduating from Michigan Tech University, Bill has been employed by IBM for over 30 years in several roles, spanning mainframe and Power systems performance analysis, logic design... Read More →
I embarked on a dynamic career journey leading me to IBM, where I've dedicated over two decades to diverse roles. Beginning as an intern in 2004, I've navigated through Sales Operations, IT Strategy Consulting, and leadership in Systems Technical Sales, making significant contributions... Read More →
Let's talk how we can deploy PowerHA clusters in automated way using Ansible. What you need to know, what can be done and how it looks like. The session requires understanding of basic Ansible concepts like playbooks, roles and modules.
I help companies build standardized, completely automated and agile IBM Power infrastructure.➤ It minimizes your time to market for new apps and features.➤ It optimizes your IT operational costs.➤ It enhances your security.WHAT HAVE I ACHIEVED?➤ POWER DevOps (https://www.power-devops.com... Read More →
Wednesday June 5, 2024 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Sbarco 1
Learn how to install Red Hat Single Node OpenShift on a single LPAR by watching a live demonstration with a step-by-step walkthrough using just 0.3 POWER9 processing units and four virtual processors.
Typically, a production-ready Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform installation requires three Control Plane Nodes, two or more Worker Nodes, and two additional LPARs for the bastion and bootstrap Nodes. However, only some have the necessary resources for this, but they still want to learn and develop using Red Hat OpenShift.
Attending this session will teach you how to install Red Hat Single Node OpenShift with minimal resources.
Firstly, I love creating memories with my family and dog, Buddy. Previously I enjoyed European motorcycle tours and track days and still own an Aprilia RSV1000. I spend my recreation time SCUBA diving or anything else adventurous. I have participated in Project Shark in the Red Sea... Read More →
Wednesday June 5, 2024 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Sbarco 2
The IBM i ISV ecosystem can be vast and tricky to navigate, we will admit it. With the sunsetting of the IBM Global Solutions Directory, this has not gotten any easier. However, the team has been hard at work creating ways to solve the problem and make it easier for you as an IBM i customer and user to find the solutions you need to run your business. In this session, Brandon Pederson, IBM i and Power Product Marketing Manager, will show you how to navigate the vast ocean that is the IBM i ISV ecosystem. You'll learn where to go to get information and resources, what ISVs are out there in the market building solutions for IBM i, and how to find what you need to run your business.
Brandon Pederson is the Product Marketing Manager for IBM i and Modernization within the IBM Power business. Prior to this role, Brandon was Content Marketing Manager for IBM WebSphere and Content and Community Manager for IBM Power. He has a degree in Marketing from Concordia University... Read More →
Back in 2017 the Wanna Cry ransomware attack affected thousands of companies around the globe. In the meantime several new ransomware attack versions have been introduced and ransomware attacks are even offered as a service called Ransomware as a Service (RaaS). Even though there are currently no known ransomware viruses that are running natively on IBM i, many IBM i systems have been affected by ransomware via external access resulting in system outages up to two weeks and thousands of encrypted objects. This session gives an introduction to ransomware and what you can configure in IBM i to lower the risk of successful ransomware attacks. Just remember, being hit by a ransomware attack is not a matter of "if", it is a matter of "when" it is going to happen. Learning Objectives: - Learn what Ransomware attacks are and how they work - Know the entrypoints into your system for Ransomware attacks - Get to know configuration best practices to lower the risk for Ransomware attacks
IT consultant architecting and implementing security solutions mainly in the IBM i and AIX area. I am also a frequent speaker at technical conferences. Specialties: Cryptography, Single Signon, Security assessments, Access Control concepts and implementation, IBM i networking, IBM... Read More →
VS Code is really built with developers in mind. IBM has been building a neat Visual Studio Code extensions that makes accessing and working with the database much simpler for developers. Not only can VS Code be used for writing in many different languages, but now it has great tools for working with Db2 for i. You might see exporting data, working with examples, browsing your schemas, or even managing multiple database configurations. There's a lot to see!
Scott Forstie is a Senior Technical Staff Member within IBM i development and spends most of his time working as the Db2 for i Architect. He has worked on IBM operating system development since joining IBM in 1989.Scott is a frequently published author, speaker at industry events... Read More →
If you've ever been tasked as a developer with creating complex responses for an internal or external web service, you've likely explored multiple avenues for generating JSON from your IBM i programs. From constructing responses manually in your RPG code, to using various publicly available toolkits like YAJL, RPG NextGen, etc., there are a myriad of ways to create JSON strings with all the requisite curlies, commas, colons, quotes and hard brackets. If you're on IBM i OS 7.2 or higher, there's yet another avenue you can explore in which you let SQL do the JSON construction work for you. The biggest benefit of this approach becomes most apparent when your JSON response requires arrays, and especially nested subarrays. Coding such responses can be a bit tedious when done on a record-by-record basis in your program, whereas by using some nifty functions you can can let SQL assemble your JSON response automatically. In this session we'll review the basics of JSON publishing functions such as JSON_Object, JSON_Array, JSON_ObjectAgg and JSON_ArrayAgg. We'll explore some practical use examples for publishing your business data in JSON, letting SQL do all the dirty work. Learning Objectives: 1. Learn the syntax of the most commonly used SQL JSON publishing functions 2. Understand the differences between a standard SQL select statement and an SQL statement constructing a JSON response 3. See how to integrate these SQL functions into an RPG program
Rob has worked as an in-the-trenches IBM i developer since 1992, with the past 15 years focused on developing modernization efforts for legacy systems written in RPG. Currently serving as Senior Partner for CNX Corporation in Chicago, Rob is a strong advocate of introducing highly... Read More →
Wednesday June 5, 2024 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
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With the rise in popularity of women in IT events many men have wanted to participate and learn. An ongoing debate in all professional environments has been balancing the needs of multiple generations. Using multiple points of research on the sociology of workplace compositions we will explore the impacts on our teams and environments.
I embarked on a dynamic career journey leading me to IBM, where I've dedicated over two decades to diverse roles. Beginning as an intern in 2004, I've navigated through Sales Operations, IT Strategy Consulting, and leadership in Systems Technical Sales, making significant contributions... Read More →
Let's discuss features we are missing or enjoying in PowerVM and HMC. You can ask about some insights and future topics, bugs and annoying "features". Don't forget to bring your positive feedback too! Do you like the new HMC dashboard? Did you already try Virtual I/O Server 4.1?
IBM POWER Systems Principal Support Specialist, DHL
Bartlomiej Grabowski known as Bart, a B.A Computer Science. IBM Champion and Platinum Redbook author with over 15 technical publications. +18 years of experience in various worldwide solutions works for DHL IT Services - one of the biggest IBM i installations. He runs a personal blog... Read More →
As an IBM i user you have to demand more: • To reduce drastically duration backups (of all kinds) from N hours to 1 or 2 minutes, • To create on-demand recovery/rollback copies (before important batch, or an upgrade, …) • To refresh as often as needed Test or Acceptance database, • To recover quickly your data after loss or corruption due to malware, human error, or malice (taking advantage of 'SafeGuarded Copies' of your disks), • To relieve Prod LPAR of heavy queries (SQL requests or Analytics tools), • To add new IBM i checks (in some little minutes, without any development) in your existing enterprise monitoring tool (e.g. Nagios, PRTG, Zabbix, etc), • To supervise IBM i system, backups, HA, but also all your Applications, EDI, ERP, transfers,… • To stop spending your evening or week-end to test the HA solution.
Our solutions are running on 1000+ LPARs, distributed by 48 resellers/CSP worldwide.
Pascal Ruckebusch has felt into the AS/400 since he was young … Many jobs: developer, product manager, system expert, technical manager always in the IBM i world…Pascal founded M81 editor because he detected that this platform still needs improvements in areas as important as... Read More →
In this session Consultha will explain the Precisely solutions for HA and Security implemented with its cloud partner Main Memory. From the protection of the server to the data protection and data and system audits.
Consultha - Protect your IBM i in the cloud. HA and Security in a cloud environment.Consultha is your best partner to protect your cloud investment protecting your IBM i. Consultha is Precisely partner specialized in HA projects and Security (access control, MFA, Audit and reporting... Read More →
Wednesday June 5, 2024 13:30 - 13:55 CEST
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Power Systems Partner Technical Specialist, IBM Deutschland GmbH
Michael Perzl ist seit 2000 bei IBM und seitdem zuständig für Technical Sales, Proof of Concepts und Implementierung von AIX und Linux on Power auf Power Systems. In seiner Freizeit betreibt er die #1-Webseite (laut Google) für AIX-Open-Source-Software (http://www.perzl.org/aix... Read More →
Wednesday June 5, 2024 14:05 - 15:05 CEST
Sbarco 2
I just wanted to update Virtual I/O Server. OK, we have at least two on each managed system. We have a lot of managed systems. It looks like I will need several months to update them all... NO! I automated it with Ansible and it took... Come and hear what you need to start with VIO automations, what you can automate and what not, and how much time did it take to update all the VIOSes.
I help companies build standardized, completely automated and agile IBM Power infrastructure.➤ It minimizes your time to market for new apps and features.➤ It optimizes your IT operational costs.➤ It enhances your security.WHAT HAVE I ACHIEVED?➤ POWER DevOps (https://www.power-devops.com... Read More →
Wednesday June 5, 2024 14:05 - 15:05 CEST
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Many IBM i administrators think of open source software running on IBM i a big black box. But that is not the case. IBM i has been handling multi-threaded, SQL centric open source style applications for decades. The performance tools you know and love will help you peer into open source workloads more than you think. Come and learn how to use your existing skills and tools to analyze the latest Node.js, PHP, etc. applications running on your IBM i partition. Learn how open source applications differ from traditional IBM i workloads. Also learn how to use existing tools and skills to analyze open source applications on IBM i.
Morten Buur Rasmussen is a performance Specialist at IBM Technology Services. Morten has 38 years of experience in the computing field. He started working with the S/38 and AS/400 in 1988 as programmer.Before joining the Lab Services, he worked for IBM Denmark and several European... Read More →
In this session I will share information which will make your life as a system administator easier and maybe evn less boring. Tip & Tricks I have learned and used over the years are shared.
After having started as a System/38 programmer in 1986. In 1989 the switch was made to system programming and systems management.Being passionate about systems management he founded van Helvoirt Automatisering in 1993.Rudi enjoys helping IBM i customers ever since for running their... Read More →
SYSTOOLS is a Db2 for i library of free tools sitting on your IBM i just waiting to be used. Come to this session to discover how easy it is to use SQL to….
Generate a spreadsheet Send an email Review kl Study the history of IBM i jobs Rename a file in the IFS Discover invalid data in a database file Send a message to the joblog Automate an index strategy Respond to inquiry messages Review PTF cover letters and much much more... https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=systools-services
Scott Forstie is a Senior Technical Staff Member within IBM i development and spends most of his time working as the Db2 for i Architect. He has worked on IBM operating system development since joining IBM in 1989.Scott is a frequently published author, speaker at industry events... Read More →
Wednesday June 5, 2024 14:05 - 15:05 CEST
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When your business grows, and you need speed and scalability, how do you find the best mix of open source technology and the integrated capabilities of IBM i? Learn from our years of experience how to optimize scalability and performance with open source and traditional IBM i programs and capabilities.
Do you find yourself speechless in front of an audience? Does your heart race, your mouth parch, and your perspiration gush? Do your hands shake, your palms sweat, and your knees knock?
You are not alone.
Your fear and nervousness is a natural phenomenon – and one that you can overcome. This session helps you understand your fears and shows you how to deal with them.
Trevor shares his experience gained while speaking around the world and what he has learned from his speaking mentors. This session explores specific, practical techniques that you can use to remove your fear of speaking. You can learn to speak with confidence!
Storyteller | Instigator | Agitator, The Extraordinary Company L.L.C.
Trevor Perry is a technologist by trade and a motivational speaker by passion. His keynote speeches and breakout sessions are in demand across the globe at technology conferences and events. He is an Australian of Irish heritage who lives in America, and spent time faking an English... Read More →
In this session, we will take you through an overview of Live Partition Mobility (LPM) and Remote Restart (RR) capabilities in IBM Power Systems , talk about how the technology works and can be leveraged, latest enhancements to these capabilities along with providing some best practices.
This session lifts the cover on network virtualization and performance in the 100 Gigabit era and discusses best practices for getting the most out of PowerVM technologies like Virtual Ethernet and Shared Ethernet Adapter as well as SR-IOV, vNIC and HNV on Power10 systems and before. With a lot of real-world examples from customer projects and results from lab performance testing, this session shows how to gain 100 Gigabit throughput or best packet rates and low latency in a fully virtualized environment. Attendees with also be walked through what's most important for different application workloads like SAP HANA, Oracle databases, LAN backup solutions or container workloads like Red Hat OpenShift and various tuning options for 100 Gigabit networks as well as lower network speeds.
Alex is an IT consultant and engineer with expertise in PowerVM virtualization and network performance. He provides support to clients globally through workshops, troubleshooting sessions, and training classes. With over 20 years of experience, he has assisted over 130 corporations... Read More →
I have retired from IBM, where I was a Senior Power Systems Technical Specialist in Advanced Technology Support, Europe.My job was to promote IBM Power Systems, Power10 and AIX 7.3 Technology but was not an IBM spokesperson. Just a techie helping other techies understand advanced... Read More →
Wednesday June 5, 2024 15:30 - 16:30 CEST
Sbarco 1
This presentation talks about how to use open source software on AIX and Linux and how the two operating systems use the same packages but they are different because of the difference in the software, packages usage and package creation or even compiling from source.
Toshaan Bharvani is a IT consultant, currently self-employed at VanTosh, with a interest in Open Source Software and Open Source Hardware. He started his IT interest at a very early age, when his father gave him his first own PC components. Ever since he has been interested in IT... Read More →
Wednesday June 5, 2024 15:30 - 16:30 CEST
Sbarco 2
The IBM i HA/DR portfolio covers the spectrum from storage-based solutions to host based Geographic Mirroring for both on premise and/or in PowerVS. The solution portfolio enables automated fail-over, provides off-line backups and ransomware protection while greatly reducing both CAPX and OPEX compared to the logical replication tools. We’ll cover the options, how they work and how you should position them as well as the latest enhancements. And new to the portfolio, VM Recovery Manager in PowerVS which is user installable!
Steve has spent several years in IBM with positions spanning basic research to product development, product offering and marketing. He is the product offering manager for IBM Power Systems with responsibility for PowerHA for AIX, PowerHA for IBM i and the CBU.
IBM i 7.5 offers an array of new performance metrics, updates to performance tooling, and access to previously chargeable performance features at no extra cost. Plus, Power10 brings significant capacity enhancements. Join us to discover these improvements and understand which ones are available to you even before upgrading to IBM i 7.5.
Morten Buur Rasmussen is a performance Specialist at IBM Technology Services. Morten has 38 years of experience in the computing field. He started working with the S/38 and AS/400 in 1988 as programmer.Before joining the Lab Services, he worked for IBM Denmark and several European... Read More →
Transflo's journey involves equipping over 400,000 truck drivers with essential tools 24/7, making it imperative to achieve near-zero downtime for seamless fleet operations. Join us in this engaging case study as we explore the roadmap from an IBM lab DB2 Assessment to building a robust reference architecture, successful implementation, rigorous failover testing, and the day-to-day management of DB2 Mirror—all from the customer's perspective.
Scott Forstie is a Senior Technical Staff Member within IBM i development and spends most of his time working as the Db2 for i Architect. He has worked on IBM operating system development since joining IBM in 1989.Scott is a frequently published author, speaker at industry events... Read More →
Richard is a recognized SME and award-winning industry speaker specializing in, Cloud Computing Architecture, Business Resiliency, Disaster Recovery Planning and Backup & Recovery Program Design. He leads organizations through the Cloud journey achieving the desired, successful business... Read More →
Wednesday June 5, 2024 15:30 - 16:30 CEST
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It sounds like an oxymoron - serverless architecture is normally said in conjunction with frameworks like FastAPI in Python, Spring-boot in Java or LoopBack in Node.JS. But what about RPG? Can you leverage the same features in ILE? – of course you can! The ILEastic framework was made exactly to be a player in the world of microservices and serverless architecture – and even better: it is 100% open source. If you need to modernize your RPG code and make it available as services on the web – If microservices is a business strategy or just curious about tools like yum, git and gmake? – then this session is for you.
Chief Software Architect, Partner & IBM Champion, System & Method
Niels has developed IBM i middleware used in numerous applications worldwide. He is the architect of the IceBreak application server for IBM i. Over the years he has contributed to the IBM i community with presentations, demos, and loads of open source: ILEastic and noxDB to name... Read More →
Wednesday June 5, 2024 15:30 - 16:30 CEST
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Is your presentation too often content driven? Do you rely on facts and figures to do the job for you? Telling your story and how you present it can have a far wider impact on your audience and what they remember. In this session you will discover the basics of storytelling and voice technique and some tips and techniques to enhance your presentation/speech. It's all in the 'How'.
Jonathon is a professional actor, writer, drama teacher, presenter and voice coach.He has several film and TV credits to his name, has appeared in numerous corporate films and advertisements as well as various corporate and commercial voice overs.He also works in the business sector... Read More →
PowerVC is an easy to use systems management tool based on OpenStack. This session will show how an administrator could use PowerVC as his preferred systems management tool for managing his servers and their virtual machines with AIX, Linux (including CoreOS) and IBM i on Power systems. A main part of this session will be live demo using the latest version of PowerVC. You will see how to deploy, resize or migrate virtual machines and how to work with disks from the SAN or a VIOS Shared Storage Pool.
Stephen Lutz is a Certified Leading Technical Sales Professional for Power Systems working at IBM Germany. He holds a degree in Commercial Information Technology from the University of Applied Science Karlsruhe, Germany. He has 25 years of experience in AIX, Linux, virtualization... Read More →
This session provides the latest update about SR-IOV, vNIC and HNV for Power10 based systems and what comes next with upcoming systems firmware releases. You will also learn about different deployment options and best practice to successfully implement SR-IOV technologies on Power9 and Power10. Furthermore, this session highlights performance aspects and shares customer project experiences like how to migrate from Shared Ethernet Adapter to SR-IOV with no downtime.
Alex is an IT consultant and engineer with expertise in PowerVM virtualization and network performance. He provides support to clients globally through workshops, troubleshooting sessions, and training classes. With over 20 years of experience, he has assisted over 130 corporations... Read More →
There are more demands than ever on business data, particularly from developers who want to build new applications around that data. As the IBM Power platform holds key repositories of business data, this session shows how this data can be made more easily accessible to developers using modern tooling and languages. We will be connecting in to data sources like Db2 (IBM i, AIX, Linux), Oracle Database (AIX), or other databases running on Power. We will be deploying new applications using modern tooling within Red Hat OpenShift, also running on IBM Power.
As a IDC survey showed, you can achieve better results by modernising rather than replatforming. This session will demonstrate examples of how you could modernise your interactions with core business services, with minimal effort and low costs. I shall demonstrate how I used a combination of OpenShift on IBM Power, Watsonx Assistant and more to address FAQs in my IBM Power world. Also, working with a copy of the IMDB inside Db2 on AIX, can we use natural language and other data sources to solve the Curse of the Bond Girls?
As the Global Principal IBM Power, David is the primary evangelist for IBM Power in IBM Technology Sales. He regularly meets and presents to a range of audiences, from CxO to new graduates, articulating the value of our solutions. Whether the topic is the existing IBM Power offerings... Read More →
Wednesday June 5, 2024 16:40 - 17:40 CEST
Sbarco 1
IBM is testing our patience regarding the Advanced Job Scheduler and BRMS. In this session you will learn what your options are to manage these products. We even might show you a glimpse of what is just around the corner. Learning Objectives - Learn what your options are to manage AJS and BRMS without a complete GUI.
After having started as a System/38 programmer in 1986. In 1989 the switch was made to system programming and systems management.Being passionate about systems management he founded van Helvoirt Automatisering in 1993.Rudi enjoys helping IBM i customers ever since for running their... Read More →
SQL becomes more and more the standard for accessing data in physical files or SQL tables. Contrary to native I/O where the programmer specifies a physical or logical file that is to be used, in SQL it is the Optimizer who decides whether an index is used or whether the complete table/file is read. Long running queries are a nuisance. ACS (Access Client Solutions) provide multiple interfaces for recording information about SQL queries and for analyzing the collected data, such as Visual Explain, SQL Plan Cache (Snapshots) or SQL Performance Monitors. All advised indices from both query engines (SQE and CQE) are recorded along with information about how often and when an index was used for the last time. With Access Client Solution this information can be accessed and necessary indexes immediately created.
Database and Software Architect, IBM Champion, Independent Consultant
Birgitta Hauser worked on the IBM i and its predecessors since 1992. She graduated with a business economics diploma, and started programming on the AS/400 in 1992. She worked and works as traditional RPG Programmer but also as Database and Software Engineer, focusing on IBM i application... Read More →
Sloppy code, beautiful code. They both produce the same results, so who cares how it looks? If you have heard this before, or are living with this scenario, this is a MUST ATTEND session. Learn about code refactoring (aka "modernization") and see how to rejuvenate old code into maintainable, flexible and scalable components.
Charles Guarino believes in the “power” of IBM Power Systems. His career reflects his dedication and interest in bringing the platform and its solutions to others and as a result has been recognized as an IBM Champion.He is a member of COMMON’s Speaker Excellence Hall of Fame... Read More →
Wednesday June 5, 2024 16:40 - 17:40 CEST
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There are many functions in QSYS2 that return valuable system information that only return commands or APIs that are very complex to implement and that now with a simple call to SQL from RPG they return said information for example, information obtained with WRKSYSSTS or WRKACTJOB. This presentation will show a list of the most useful and/or most modern ones explaining them along with a real-time demo of each of them.
An in-depth practical session to develop and build vocal delivery and confidence for public speaking. Following the content from The Voice and The Story part 1, this session allows you to practice the exercises and techniques using speeches and texts in a group environment and receive feedback on your 'performance'.
Jonathon is a professional actor, writer, drama teacher, presenter and voice coach.He has several film and TV credits to his name, has appeared in numerous corporate films and advertisements as well as various corporate and commercial voice overs.He also works in the business sector... Read More →
This session shows how to configure PowerVC from a fresh installed PowerVC instance. I will cover how to onboard HMCs, Power Systems and VMs. You will see how to configure the storage, network and the various templates for storage and compute.
Stephen Lutz is a Certified Leading Technical Sales Professional for Power Systems working at IBM Germany. He holds a degree in Commercial Information Technology from the University of Applied Science Karlsruhe, Germany. He has 25 years of experience in AIX, Linux, virtualization... Read More →
Do you know that you can reduce your TCO dramatically with Power Enterprise Pools 2.0? Power Enterprise pools 2.0 allows processor, memory, operating system (AIX, IBM i, RHEL, SLES and OCP) and PowerHA SystemMirror activations to be shared by the minute, enabling unmatched flexibility, resource elasticity and cost efficiency all the while activating all on-prem Power resources to be consumed at will? Join this session to hear about latest enhancements, understand behind the scenes dynamics of the PEP 2.0 solution and how can you optimize your investments.
Turgut Genc is the IBM Expert Labs EMEA team leader for IBM Power Virtual Server (PowerVS), Power Enterprise Pools, Power Performance and Migration workshops. He holds an MSc degree in Computer Science Engineering and he is a versatilist with 20 years of experience on IBM Power servers... Read More →
Power Systems Partner Technical Specialist, IBM Deutschland GmbH
Michael Perzl ist seit 2000 bei IBM und seitdem zuständig für Technical Sales, Proof of Concepts und Implementierung von AIX und Linux on Power auf Power Systems. In seiner Freizeit betreibt er die #1-Webseite (laut Google) für AIX-Open-Source-Software (http://www.perzl.org/aix... Read More →
This session will cover methods and recommendations on how to use IBM Power Virtual Server Cloud for AIX and IBM i resilient clusters spanning PVS Datacentres and/or Regions or spanning on-premise to PVS Datacentres. Topics included will be PVS networking technologies such as Transit Gateway and Power Edge Router, Automation options, plus PowerHA Enterprise Edition for AIX with GLVM, and an overview of IBM i options.
Mike Leigh is a Systems Architect for CSI Ltd - a Platinum IBM BP and Cloud Service Provider based in the UK and the USA. MIke has been working around IBM Systems and solutions for 24 years. A keen interest in many aspects of technology and science but specialising in IBM Power Systems... Read More →
nginx is one of the most underused open source packages on IBM i. It can add a layer of security and performance to web apps and APIs. Come see some tips and tricks to making your applications more durable and performant! Learning Objectives: Use Nginx to zoom zoom
Jesse Gorzinski works for the IBM i development lab in Rochester, MN. He is a Senior Business Architect and Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM) responsible for open source technologies on the platform. Jesse, who was doing RPG programming at the age of 18, is an expert on application... Read More →
When doing an upgrade to IBM i, there is more work involved in the planning of the upgrade than in the actual upgrade itself. When you have done the planning, the actual upgrade is simple. We will cover planning tips, pre-requisites, the upgrade, and then post-installation requirements. Your upgrade isn’t complete until this last step is done.
Pete Massiello has been working with the AS/400, iSeries, IBM i since 1989, focusing on systems management and technical support. He has held numerous technical positions through out his career. He is the President of iTech Solutions Group, an IBM Premier Business Partner delivering... Read More →
An automated build concept with git (version control) and GNU make (e.g. object dependencies, consider compile order, custom parameters & definitions) using RDi or Visual Studio Code. Example: https://github.com/andreas-prouza/ibm-i-build
When IBM i 6.1 was available for beta testing, I had my first presentation for Common Austria.I like the idea of knowledge transfer, so I continued with this and started to do it professionally.2006 I worked in a logistics company as an EDI developer and maintained the warehouse software.2009... Read More →
Are you ready to say goodbye to the *horrible fear* of updating your stable, time tested legacy software? Join us to explore the "Micro-Executor" paradigm, which can transform your legacy software into a cutting-edge "Serverless Engineering Platform." Powered by IBM Power and Openshift, this solution eliminates the need for the traditional methods of rewriting or endless refactoring. You will learn how by using interpreters, domain specific languages and polyglottism, and a DevOps approach, you can embrace new technologies and do magical things like running RPG & Cobol on Linux and Openshift while preserving legacy systems reliability and functionality. Your legacy software will never be the same again, are you ready for it?
CTO @smeup | GM @smeupLAB | IBM Champion | Fractional CTO | Startup Mentor | CTO @s2capital CVCI'm CTO for smeup, an important Italian ISV, building enterprise software.Throughout my whole life, I’ve been having a lot of fun with every single piece of the software development: from... Read More →
Hear tips on 10 simple techniques to improve your professional skills: design thinking, white-boarding, creating a compelling point of view, technical report writing, peer reviews, self-awareness, presentation skills, management styles, giving and receiving feedback. The session is ideal for technical experts that want to expand their value to their organization and build their professional networks.
A leader in the IBM Systems community, Ian has managed IBM's worldwide portfolio of IBM Power Systems software products, including IBM i, AIX, Linux, PowerVM and PowerHA. His specialties include worldwide brand and product management for enterprise IT systems, software and services... Read More →
Moving with IBM Power Systems to Cisco's Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) provides a lot of interesting possibilities. However, with moving to ACI certain fundamental rules we know very well from traditional networking are changing significantly and requires special attention. This session starts with an overview, explains the ACI concept and emphasizes how to successfully interconnect PowerVM virtualization technologies like Shared Ethernet Adapter or SR-IOV and vNIC with ACI and how to leverage features like Micro Segmentation. Also, best practices and lessons learned from real world experiences and certain projects will be covered and explained.
Alex is an IT consultant and engineer with expertise in PowerVM virtualization and network performance. He provides support to clients globally through workshops, troubleshooting sessions, and training classes. With over 20 years of experience, he has assisted over 130 corporations... Read More →
The presentation is about how to configure Backup& Restore of VIOS on IBM Power Systems VIOS backup commands and their meaning/difference Configuring VIOS backup from HMC GUI VIOS Restore from HMC GUI, HMC CLI differences Detail description of "installios" command Cover all HMC VIOS backup commands with examples Recovery steps if restore failed
Principal Support Specialist, DHL Information Services (Europe) s.r.o.
Hi, I am David, with over 25 years of practice in the IBM i world. I am working as a devoted system support engineer at DHL IT Services EMEA. The main areas I am focusing on are the migration of IBM i from on-premises to DHL IBM i private cloud, Power VM, Power HA with cluster and... Read More →
Share how and why .NET was ported to Power, what's available today (.NET8), and planned with potential for the future. Share customer use cases and demonstrate deployment and use of .NET with Power.
Firstly, I love creating memories with my family and dog, Buddy. Previously I enjoyed European motorcycle tours and track days and still own an Aprilia RSV1000. I spend my recreation time SCUBA diving or anything else adventurous. I have participated in Project Shark in the Red Sea... Read More →
This session aims to delve into the realm of High Availability (HA) on IBM Power Systems, focusing on the utilization of Pacemaker and VM Recovery Manager to ensure seamless continuity and resilience in critical workloads. The session commences with a comprehensive introduction to High Availability, elucidating its significance in mitigating downtime and ensuring uninterrupted operations in dynamic IT environments.
An in-depth exploration of Pacemaker follows, highlighting its role as a cluster resource manager for achieving HA in Linux-based systems. Attendees will gain insights into Pacemaker's architecture, configuration, and its adeptness in orchestrating HA for various components such as databases, IBM MQ, and critical SAP landscapes. Special emphasis will be placed on demonstrating the practical implementation of Pacemaker to maintain high availability in diverse scenarios, showcasing its adaptability and effectiveness across different workload types.
Furthermore, the session will elucidate the integration of VM Recovery Manager in replicating Pacemaker clusters, enabling swift and efficient recovery mechanisms for virtualized environments. Discussions will focus on strategies to utilize VM Recovery Manager for replicating Pacemaker clusters, ensuring data consistency and rapid failover in the event of system disruptions.
Attendees can expect to gain actionable insights, best practices, and practical guidelines for implementing robust High Availability solutions using Pacemaker on IBM Power Systems and IBM Power Virtual Server, empowering them to architect resilient infrastructures for mission-critical applications while minimizing downtime risks.
As executive associate director, my focus is on delivering essential technology stack and frameworks to help organizations reinvent themselves and realize their digital transformation, modernize their infrastructure and move mission critical workloads across clouds. I focus my time... Read More →
In this talk, we’ll look at everything from development tools, build systems, to deployment methods. Finally there is a complete open source stack from IBM to use git and easily deploy ILE code (RPG, COBOL, you name it!) and this will cover them. We will look at the end-to-end lifecycle for IBM i applications when stored in git - all the way from the developers, to the end users machine automatically.
This session is about explaining ESG and making new connections between this legal requirement for organizations and the change for IT leaders to attract young talent to the IBM i platform
Do you (or does your manager) doubt the value of refactoring your code into a modular design? This session goes in-depth about how you save time and create higher quality programs by refactoring into small, independent routines. We will discuss how this improves your ability to test and maintain your application over time, saving you tons of time in the long run. This session is co-presented by expert developer, Scott Klement, and expert tester, Yvonne Enselman to help you see it from both perspectives.
This presentation aims to unravel the importance of modernizing IBM i systems and how it paves the way for a more innovative and efficient future in technology. We will explore the latest trends, tools, and strategies essential for modernizing applications, infrastructure, and development practices on the IBM i platform. Learn how embracing modernization can enhance performance, increase competitiveness, and ensure the longevity of your IT investments.
Charles Guarino believes in the “power” of IBM Power Systems. His career reflects his dedication and interest in bringing the platform and its solutions to others and as a result has been recognized as an IBM Champion.He is a member of COMMON’s Speaker Excellence Hall of Fame... Read More →
Come learn about Work Life Intergration from someone who recently found out what he was doing wrong all these years. In addition, Pete will talk about his perspective on IBM i, Power Systems, Storage, and other issues affecting the IBM i community today.
Pete Massiello has been working with the AS/400, iSeries, IBM i since 1989, focusing on systems management and technical support. He has held numerous technical positions through out his career. He is the President of iTech Solutions Group, an IBM Premier Business Partner delivering... Read More →
How HANAonPOWER can be more sustainable than x86 - in terms of sized and used resources within the server (Memory, Cores) but as well as for saving floor space and energy and, in total, good for the environment but also very good for your budget!
SAP on Power Systems Technology Architect, IBM Germany
SAP on Power Systems Technology Architect @ IBM Technology Sales, DACH, Technical Sales Power SystemsTrusted Technical Advisor & Technical Sales Consultant & Architect 4 IBM Hybrid solutions (infrastructure (HW/SW), Cloud, Security, Analytics, Watson, Services etc) for customers using... Read More →
SAP on Power Systems Technology Architect, IBM Germany
SAP sizing, technical architecture and concepts for infrastructure (server, storage, network), software and services,IBM cloud solution oriented competitive positioning of server platformsmBP Enablement for SAP infrastructure and sizing
This presentation shows how you can use Icinga as your main monitoring, observability and rrd tool for all of your workloads, from Linux on Power, IBM AIX, IBM i and many other platforms, so you can monitor status, performance and logs to create an observability platform for your infrastructure.
Toshaan Bharvani is a IT consultant, currently self-employed at VanTosh, with a interest in Open Source Software and Open Source Hardware. He started his IT interest at a very early age, when his father gave him his first own PC components. Ever since he has been interested in IT... Read More →
nmon is baked in to AIX, it is also available to run on Linux, in this session you will learn how to create a centralised webpage to be able to view all of your performance data from a single site.
Mike has worked on IBM equipment in IT Operations since starting on the 4381 running VM/VSE as a trainee Operator in 1987. He's worked for blue-chip companies in global data centres and has a varied 30+ years’ experience of IBMi, AIX, VIOS, Linux, storage and disaster recovery... Read More →
We will discuss the options we have for using and operating Linux on Power10, including community distributions (alma, rocky, open suse), ppc64le emulation, cross-compilation, containers, kubernetes, and other fun (and free) things to try.
I work at SIXE, my own company. We are a small boutique formed by engineers specialized in IBM technologoes, including advanced solutions for data centers and cybersecurity. We do it in the form of consulting, professional services, training and execution of turnkey projects. We... Read More →
IBM i handles critical processes within our company. Therefore, a solution that enhances their security, operability, and stability would be highly valuable. Leveraging Ansible for automation addresses these needs and, when integrated with AAP, offers even more. In this session, we'll examine the features of RedHat AAP and guide you through the step-by-step implementation of a simple automation task. We'll delve into security capabilities, surveys (a prompt type in AAP) options, and workflow approval functionality, showcasing how AAP can significantly enhance your automation capabilities.
We're going to show with PowerSC how it's easy to manage your security on IBM i for your profile and apply some rules, check password policy and define actions. Also we're going to show how you can manage your PTFs levels on multi partition.
I joined IBM 18 months ago and spent 22 years working for business partners as a technical infrastructure consultant, pre-sales consultant and manager of a team of technical consultants.I specialize in infrastructure on Power and even more so on IBM i, where I have chosen to take... Read More →
Everybody is talking about the cloud. But where do IBM i workloads fit in, and what are the main considerations to consider to ensure that migrations to the cloud are a success? Join Ash Giddings as he breaks down both the benefits and complexity of moving workloads to the cloud.
Ash Giddings is an IT professional with over 30 years experience in and around IBM midrange servers. He is currently the Product Manager at Maxava, a leading provider of disaster recovery, high availability, and cloud-based monitoring solutions for IBM i and beyond. Ash is a member... Read More →
Agile (or Iterative) approaches to application management are a powerful and productive development model which is popular in many organizations. This session will explore the concepts including methods, lifecycle, pair programming, root-cause analysis, collaboration, collective ownership, planning, test- driven development, spike solutions, and exploratory testing. We will also cover the combination of agile development and traditional environment support. We will pay attention to this critical area of concern in many IBM i environment.
I will show you how to transform your existing RPG/Cobol applications into a modern service architecture without the risk of your company suddenly coming to a standstill
I start working with IBM POWER Servers and IBM i when I was 19 back in 1990 when it was called IBM AS/400 and from the beginning I was focused on Integrating the System with everything else (first of all DOS PC's, then Windows PC's and HP Unix and so on) and to modernize the existing... Read More →
I have retired from IBM, where I was a Senior Power Systems Technical Specialist in Advanced Technology Support, Europe.My job was to promote IBM Power Systems, Power10 and AIX 7.3 Technology but was not an IBM spokesperson. Just a techie helping other techies understand advanced... Read More →
The IBM AIX portfolio covers the HA/DR spectrum from storage-based solutions to the IP based solution (GLVM) for both on premise and in cloud deployments. We’ll discuss VM Recovery Manager and PowerHA for on premise and in PowerVS, how they work and how you should position them as well as the latest enhancements for both on premise and in cloud and Hybrid scenarios. We’ll take a look at the proposed roadmaps including plans for VMRM in PowerVS and get your feedback. Time permitting, we’ll cover how to license and discuss the options available today with non-expiring and subscription options.
Steve has spent several years in IBM with positions spanning basic research to product development, product offering and marketing. He is the product offering manager for IBM Power Systems with responsibility for PowerHA for AIX, PowerHA for IBM i and the CBU.
