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This session will cover recent announcements and latest news on Db2 12 for z/OS, as well as cover future product road map and investment areas. 

This session will go through the results of a survey of more than 1400 customer systems.  What zPARM values are being used by customers, and what values are not being used.  This session is aimed and helping you make sense of the data so that you can understand where your systems are relative to the customers in the survey.

Learn about Broadcom’s Open Mainframe initiatives including solutions built on Zowe, the Open Mainframe Project that facilitates a Cloud-like experience for developers and DevOps Engineers.

We’ll also share how Broadcom is spearheading the collaborative transformation of the mainframe software acquisition-installation-provisioning-maintenance process to be a consistent, standardized experience, regardless of vendor.

In the era of application economy, the demand for new applications accessing data on Db2 for z/OS is growing significantly. To support this trend Db2 12 for z/OS introduced several enhancements, some aimed on web and mobile application development. This presentation will introduce some of the Db2 12 for z/OS application enablement enhancements such as additional support for arrays, advanced triggers, SQL pagination support and more. 

There are multiple studies that show the relationship between an agile organization and its success in the marketplace. At the same time, the competitive marketplace is tougher than ever, with technology savvy innovators entering industries and challenging mainstay enterprises. DevOps encapsulates the efficiencies necessary for the rapid, quality delivery of the software that drives these innovators. The database portion of the application is just as important as the application code, and has been identified as a major contributor to DevOps friction. This presentation will position where the IBM Db2 DevOps Experience fits in the DevOps world. With that understanding, we will dive into the details of the architecture and workflows, along with information about what this means for companies. Develop your understanding of this solution to elevate Db2 for z/OS into the fast paced, innovative world of DevOps.”

This presentation describes the key technical aspects to develop new types of data scientist related applications on IBM Z, and provides sample analytical insight for IT Operational Analytics (ITOA) that is derived from various client engagements. It highlights the current and future integration of Machine Learning for z/OS with the Db2 Analytics Accelerator. The use case scenarios include anomaly detection from SMF data, correlation discovery among SMF measures, and predictive analytics for instance related to batch job elapsed times. The presentation is complemented with an introduction in Machine Learning for z/OS and a short demo with some use case scenarios.

Let's talk about how Db2 for z/OS implements native RESTfule data APIs and discuss how to use and maintain them.