Author: Ulf Heinrich

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Screening in a Virtualized Production Environment

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Session title: Screening in a Virtualized Production Environment

Session abstract: Most IT experts know the catchphrase “Never change a running system” very well, especially once you experience that a small change can have a significant impact. Anyway, “The only constant is change” is very true as well. Even if we don’t touch an application for enhancements, we’ll face security updates, software updates, hardware updates, configuration changes and data growth. 

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Exploit Certificates and eliminate tiresome password-pains in z/OS and USS

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Session title: Exploit Certificates and eliminate tiresome password-pains in z/OS and USS

Session abstract: Certificates are a key technology these days for authentication, authorization and encryption. If you joined last year’s presentation “Understand, manage and love Certificates in z/OS and USS” you already know how certificates are used in z/OS and USS for secure connections. This presentation will start with a brief recap and I’ll introduce best practices for certificate lifecycle management.

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Understand, manage and love certificates in z/OS and USS

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Session title: Understand, manage and love certificates in z/OS and USS

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You can communicate with z/OS, USS, Db2, or any other server or service via “postcards”, or “sealed envelopes”. Even within a trusted network, unencrypted postcard communication isn’t state of the art and may compromise information you don’t intend to share.

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The zGui (r)evolution – First hands on experience and best practices

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Session title: The zGui (r)evolution – First hands on experience and best practices

Session abstract: The evolution of the mainframe had a variety of GUI approaches, some lasted for a while, some never took off at all. However, it was never THE COMMON ecosystem used by all products and all vendors. At the 2018 SHARE, IBM, Rocket Software and CA Technologies announced ZOWE – THE z ecosystem to securely manage, control, script and develop. Of course, an announcement is probably not the final truth, but from what I’ve already seen and used I’m more than enthused. Continue reading “The zGui (r)evolution – First hands on experience and best practices”

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Db2 12 – 12 months agile production experience

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Session title: Db2 12 – 12 months agile production experience with more focus on the Data and less on the base.

Session abstract: Migrating to Db2 12 is pretty much the same procedure every 3 years. Then we get introduced to a variety of levels that control new features and functions beig delivered and realize that the every-3-years-same-procedure is history. Continue reading “Db2 12 – 12 months agile production experience”

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Db2 12 Continuous Delivery – New challenges for deployment

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Session title: Db2 12 Continuous Delivery – New challenges for deployment

Session abstract: Fundamental changes in the Db2 z world often lead to concerns. Let’s face it – some changes force us to change! While a Db2 version migration usually took months, or even years, there will be no new Db2 version after 12, but continuous code drops. Continue reading “Db2 12 Continuous Delivery – New challenges for deployment”