mvs program opening...online and via conference call with ibm, isvs, colleagues and other industry...

Insert Custom Session QR if Desired.

MVS Program Opening

Ed Jaffe – Phoenix Software International, Inc Skip Robinson – Southern California Edison Co-Managers – SHARE MVS Program August 4, 2014 Session Number 16005

Our Purpose

The MVS Program is concerned with a broad spectrum of mainframe-related topics that provide in-depth exploration of IBM’s flagship business platform.

We focus on function, performance, installation, configuration, service, management, problem diagnosis, future directions, and tactical and strategic positioning of System z and attached peripheral hardware, the z/OS operating system, and beyond...

MVS Program Organization – Projects

MVS Program

MVS Core Technologies

MVS Storage

Enterprise-wide Capacity &

Performance

MVS Program Officers

Ed Jaffe – Phoenix Software

Program Manager edjaffe@phoenixsoftware.com

Skip Robinson – Southern California Edison

Program Manager jo.skip.robinson@sce.com

Bob Shannon – Rocket Software

Program Officer bob.shannon@rocketsoftware.com

Mary Anne Matyaz – DHS Project Manager – MVS Core Technologies

mary.a.matyaz@cpb.dhs.gov

Russell Witt – CA Project Manager – MVS Storage

russell.witt@ca.com

Norman Hollander – IBM Project Manager – Enterprise-wide Capacity

& Performance

norman@desertwiz.biz

MVS Program IBM Representatives

Harv Emery Lead IBM Representative – Washington Systems Center / Advanced Technical Support

emeryh@us.ibm.com

Glenn Anderson IBM Representative – IBM Lab Services and Training

grander@us.ibm.com

Greg Daynes IBM Representative – z/OS Installation & Deployment

gdaynes@us.ibm.com

Jerry Ng IBM Representative – z/OS Software Service

jerryng@us.ibm.com

Debbie Beatrice IBM Management Liaison debbiebe@us.ibm.com

• New Executive Director – Donna Hudi replaces Mary Beth Roman

• Updated Mission Statement – SHARE is an independent volunteer-run information

technology association that provides education, professional networking and industry influence.

• Updated Logo and Tagline – Educate: year-round engagement through face-to-face

events, webcasts and blog posts. – Network: year-round opportunities to connect in-person,

online and via conference call with IBM, ISVs, colleagues and other industry thought leaders.

– Influence: participants have unique access to industry thought leaders to offer insights to help shape the future.

SHARE Updates

6

New Conference Day Schedule

7

START END CONTENT 8:30AM 9:30AM 60-minute session 9:30AM 10:00AM 30-minute coffee break 10:00AM 11:00AM 60-minute session 11:00AM 11:15AM 15-minute break 11:15AM 12:15PM 60-minute session (75 mins allowed) 12:15PM 1:30PM LUNCH 1:30PM 2:30PM 60-minute session 2:30PM 3:00PM 30-minute coffee break 3:00PM 4:00PM 60-minute session 4:00PM 4:15PM 15-minute break 4:15PM 5:15PM 60-minute session (75 mins allowed)

• Wednesday, 8am-6pm, next to registration booth • One vote per member company.

– If present, your company’s official “Installation Representative” should cast the vote. Otherwise, multiple company representatives decide between them who will cast the vote. If you are the only person here from your company, you should cast the vote.

• President: James Vincent (Nationwide Insurance) • Vice President: Harry Williams (Marist College) • Secretary: Aron Eisenpress (City University of New York) • Treasurer: Choose between Justin Bastin (EMC Corporation)

or Buzz Woeckener (Nationwide Insurance) • Director: Choose two from Gail Bymun (Fiserv), Martha

McConaghy (Marist College), and Rich Smrcina (Velocity Software)

• More details: http://www.share.org/p/cm/ld/fid=198

SHARE Election

8

• #SHAREorg, @SHAREHQ • #mainframe, #systemz

• List of active Twitter Accounts: – https://twitter.com/SHAREhq/shareorg-

engagement/members

• SHARE on Facebook: – https://www.facebook.com/SHAREonSocial

• SHARE Mobile App (Apple Store and Google Play) –Search on SHARE Inc http://m.core-apps.com/share_inc

Pittsburgh Social Media Blitz

9

Project Openings Today

• 15572: MVS Core Technologies Project Opening and WSC Hot Topics,11:15am, Room 406

• 16140: MVS Storage Project Opening – 50 Years of Mainframe Storage Management, 11:15am, Room 305

• 15841: EWCP Project Opening and IBM ATS Hot Topics, 1:30pm, Room 303 – Preceded by 15714: Workload Management (WLM) Update

for z/OS 2.1 and 1.13 – Horst Sinram, 11:15am, Room 303

Special Events Tomorrow (Tuesday) • Keynote Session: Security Trends – Looking to Future

Threats – Rob Andrews, 8:30am, Allegheny Ballroom (Westin)

• SHARE Evening Reception, 5:15-7:30pm, Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom

Special Events Today (Monday) • General Session: Beyond Silicon; Cognition, and Much,

Much More – Bernard Meyerson, 8am, Allegheny Ballroom (Westin)

• SHARE Welcome Reception, 5:15-7:30pm, Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom

Special Events Thursday • SHARE Farewell Happy Hour, 5:15-6:45pm, South Terrace

Special Events Wednesday • Project Dinners are typically scheduled for Wednesday

evening. Enjoy comradery and networking over dinner!

SHARE Technology Exchange Hours

• Location: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom • 4-7:30pm Monday • 4-7:30pm Tuesday • 10:30am – 1:30pm Wednesday

Requirements

• z/OS Requirements: Influencing IBM Development – Cheryl Watson, Mon 12:25pm (lunch break), Room 406

• IBM Responses to SHARE MVS Storage Requirements – Jim Erdahl, Mon 12:25pm (lunch break), Room 305

Experts Q&A • MVS Storage Free-for-All, Wed 5:45pm, Room 305 • z/OS Ask the Experts Panel, Wed 5:45pm, Room 406

50-Year Mainframe Anniversary

• MVS Storage Management Project Opening - 50 years of Mainframe Storage Management, Michael Friske, Mon 11:15am, Room 305

• Celebrating 50 Years of Mainframe, John Eells, Mon 3pm, Room 306

• The Mainframe's Golden Anniversary, Bob Rogers, Wed 4:15pm, Room 406

MVS Program Survey

• The MVS Program recently conducted another survey of the SHARE membership. – Thanks to all of you that participated!

• Our intention was to determine which z/OS enhancements have been exploited by the MVS community, and which need additional training or support through SHARE conferences or other offerings.

• Cheryl Watson will present the results of the survey in session 15567: Exploiting z/OS - Tales From the MVS Survey, Fri 10:00am, Room 406

SHARE MVS Community Blogs • The MVS Program has its own “Community” on the

SHARE web site at http://www.share/org • Among many other items of interesting information you will

find the following three (now public) blogs: – The MVS Program Blog: Mary Anne Matyaz (aka “z/OSSY

girl”) and her guest bloggers keep you informed about all things MVS. They have fun writing it; we have fun reading it!

– The MVS EWCP Project Blog: Meral Temel and guest bloggers discuss performance-related topics affecting the System z platform.

– Marna’s Musings: Marna Walle entertains and educates her many followers in a unique and whimsical way.

• Sign up and add these blogs to your “favorites” to get automatically notified when there are new postings.

Our Speakers Today

• Jerry Ng, from z/OS Software Service, will provide his Level 2 update on important recent z/OS APARs

• Jeff Magdall, IBM z/OS Product Development Team Lead, will give us an update on IBM’s z/OS development activities and futures.