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SUMMARY:Faster: How to Optimize a System - An Author Webinar
DESCRIPTION:CMG member Cary Milsap has published his book\, Faster: How to Optimize a System\, to help others with one of a technologists most challenging problems. Join us February 24th to hear from Cary and learn more! \n  \nRegister! \n  \nAbout Faster: How to Optimize a System: \nMaking things faster is about making things better. Making life better. The faster your tools can work\, the more time you have for doing the things you want to be doing. If your tools help you process information\, then the faster they work\, the better decisions you can make. \nOptimizing—whether a computer\, or a plow\, or anything in between—requires two separate skill sets: one\, asking the right questions; and two\, of course\, answering those questions. Most people who think about optimizing are well aware of this second skill set. Fewer seem aware of the first one. But this first one—the mere act of asking the right questions—is the skill you need to develop first\, especially if you’re a leader. You might be surprised at how quickly you’ll be able to learn it. \nThere’s a problem\, though. The questions I’ll teach you to ask are simple. But anyone who’s ever met an inquisitive child knows that simple questions aren’t always easy to answer. For example\, the people who look after your company’s computer may know exactly what the system’s CPU utilization looks like at 2:00 p.m. on a given Friday\, but they may not be able to answer how long it takes a clerk to enter an order. There’s a mismatch between the answers they’ll want to give and the questions you’ll want to ask. This mismatch itself hides opportunities to make things faster. I’ll teach you how to find them. \nOptimizing is often more political than technical. It’s curious\, then\, that books about optimizing are almost always only technical. It’s easy for technical people to regard the non-technical elements of a project as unnecessary and maybe even ridiculous disruptions. But the fact is\, the non-technical aspects of optimizing require understanding and effort\, just like the technical aspects do. To optimize something\, sometimes you have to confront the monsters created by panic and fear\, in addition to being productive technically. A strong track record of successes will help you win debates about what to do next\, but you’ll never be able to create that track record without exercising some political savvy. \nMy goal with this book is to help you improve both kinds of skills: the asking and the answering\, the political and the technical. The payoff potential is huge. When you understand both the science of performance and the art of navigating the desires and emotions of the people who care about it\, then you can optimize anything. \nAbout Cary \nCary Millsap spent the 1990s learning a lifetime’s worth of lessons about software performance as a consultant for Oracle Corporation. In his ten years at Oracle\, he personally helped over a hundred customers\, and he created an elite 85-person team who have helped hundreds more. \nCary left Oracle in 1999 to start a family and a new company. He spent the next two decades teaching\, consulting\, writing software\, and being there for some of the best baseball and volleyball games ever played. \nIn three decades\, he has educated thousands of IT professionals through his commitment to writing\, teaching\, and speaking at public events. His new book\, Faster: How to Optimize a System\, is for anybody who is curious about performance and how to improve it.
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/faster-how-to-optimize-a-system-an-author-webinar/
CATEGORIES:ONLINE,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="CMG Headquarters":MAILTO:cmghq@cmg.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211208T083000
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SUMMARY:St. Louis CMG’s Fall 2021 Virtual Conference
DESCRIPTION:STLCMG’s Fall 2021 Virtual Conference meeting will be held on Wednesday\, December 8th. This free virtual ½ day event.  Our sponsor is : ZETALY \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSTLCMG Quarterly Meeting Agenda\n\n\n\n\nTime\nTopic\n \nPresenter\n\n\n\n8:30 -8:50\nLogon and Virtual Networking\n\n\n\n8:50 – 9:00\nWelcome and Introductions \n  \nNote: All participants will be muted upon entry to Zoom. \nYou may unmute yourselves to ask questions anytime throughout the meeting or use “Chat” to post a question for the speakers. \n  \nAlso\, please turn off your PC video-cameras during the event.\n\n\n\n9:00 – 9:55\n10 tips to reach Mainframe Operational Excellence (or not)!\nMarc Beschi\, Zetaly \n\n\n10:00 – 10:55\nFinOps\, the prerequisite for mainframe modernization!\nRoberto Pacheco\, Zetaly\n\n\n\n11:00 – 11:30\nA Word from our Sponsor \nControl Costs & Keep Track of your Budget! \nBrian Hoare\, & Roberto Pacheco\, Zetaly \n \n\n\n\n11:30\nClosing Remarks \n \nMeeting Sponsored by:  ZETALY\n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\n REGISTER\n \nHope to see you virtually on December 8th. \nCheers\,\nWayne Allen\nChapter President – STLCMG\n2200 MasterCard Blvd.\nO’Fallon\, Missouri 63368-7263
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/st-louis-cmgs-fall-2021-virtual-conference/
CATEGORIES:ONLINE,Region,Virtual Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211207T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211207T150000
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20201221T172535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211018T133447Z
UID:24750-1638871200-1638889200@www.cmg.org
SUMMARY:Cloud and Containerization Virtual Conference
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/cloud-and-containerization/
CATEGORIES:Dell,ONLINE,Virtual Conference
ORGANIZER;CN="CMG Headquarters":MAILTO:cmghq@cmg.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211116T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211116T150000
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20201221T172255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210903T174442Z
UID:24749-1637056800-1637074800@www.cmg.org
SUMMARY:Monitoring and Observability Virtual Conference
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/monitoring-and-observability-virtual-conference-2/
CATEGORIES:Dell,ONLINE,Virtual Conference
ORGANIZER;CN="CMG Headquarters":MAILTO:cmghq@cmg.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211019
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211022
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20210902T145236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211006T145511Z
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SUMMARY:IBM PREVAIL 2021 Virtual Conference
DESCRIPTION:PREVAIL is an IBM technical conference hosted by technical people for a technical audience. Prevail is a space for technical people to speak openly about technical topics. \nSpeakers are welcome from within IBM and IBM Business Partners\, from Academia and also from other organizations including IBM’s competitors. \nAll speakers should leave their badge at the door and present a talk that covers technical aspects of a technology\, method or service that is important to them and is relevant to one of the PREVAIL tracks. \nTHE SAME\n• Virtual\, 24-hours follow-the-sun\n• 5 topical tracks (Performance\, Availability\, Security\, SRE\, Testing)\n• Keynotes\, Breakouts\, Posters\, Panels\, Workshops\n• Pre-Recorded sessions\, Live Q&A\n• Edition 2 of the DevQoSOPS workshop\nNEW\n• More focus on external outreach\n• Advertisement on LinkedIn\n• Partnerships inside and outside of IBM\n• External speakers \n 
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/ibm-prevail-2021-virtual-conference/
CATEGORIES:Conference,ONLINE,Training,Virtual Conference
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ORGANIZER;CN="CMG Headquarters":MAILTO:cmghq@cmg.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210916T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210916T150000
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20201221T172001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210903T174443Z
UID:24748-1631786400-1631804400@www.cmg.org
SUMMARY:PE and DevOps Virtual Conference
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/pe-and-devops-virtual-conference-2/
CATEGORIES:Dell,ONLINE,Virtual Conference
ORGANIZER;CN="CMG Headquarters":MAILTO:cmghq@cmg.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210826T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210826T150000
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20201221T171612Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210729T164117Z
UID:24747-1629972000-1629990000@www.cmg.org
SUMMARY:Mainframe Virtual Conference
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/mainframe-virtual-conference-2/
CATEGORIES:ONLINE,Virtual Conference
ORGANIZER;CN="CMG Headquarters":MAILTO:cmghq@cmg.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210819T093000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210819T110000
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20210726T173348Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210823T200348Z
UID:25587-1629365400-1629370800@www.cmg.org
SUMMARY:CMG Australia Virtual Event: Modern Observability Management
DESCRIPTION:Wed\, Aug 18\, 2021 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM EDT (Eastern Time Zone)\nor\nThu\, Aug 19\, 2021 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM AEST (Australia Time Zone)  \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin CMG Australia for this event on Modern Observability Management. We will feature two speakers talking about their own experiences with observability programs and how to manage outsourced observability. \nWatch These Videos:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMuch Observability\, Such Wow!\nPresented by Pranavi Chandramohan – Observability Platform Lead at Canva\nOver the last few years\, Observability has become a critical aspect of software development and systems design. Good Observability practices\, coupled with effective design and tools provide software development teams\, both large and small with a significant competitive advantage. Come learn about my experience with Observability as I went from being a software engineer to an SRE and most recently an Observability engineer. \n\nAbout the Presenter:\n \nPranavi Chandramohan is a professional software engineer with significant experience in web development\, infrastructure design and operation. She has more than 10 years’ experience in software engineering and development with companies like Intel Corporation and Campaign Monitor. In her current role at Canva\, she serves as a Technical Lead working on the company’s Observability Platform. Pravani enjoys presenting and writing about her work to share her knowledge with others. She resides in Sydney. \n  \n\n\nGreat! Your Mainframe is outsourced. What is next in a digital future? Your outsourcer is your partner. How can you avoid common expensive hiccups?\nPresented by Brian Hoare – Analytics Solutions Specialist at ZETALY\nOutsourcer’s do a good job\, but to make the business relationship work equally\, checks and balances must be conducted.\nIn most parts\, the relationship with the outsourcer is positive\, but do you receive all the cost savings expected?\nOnly regular due diligence with the outsourcer will ensure you do.\nCovid has changed the world we live in and companies have moved forward at a ferocious pace\, especially with digitalization\, your outsourcer is no different.\nIn this session\, we will explore the relevant checks and balances\, digitalization\, and some of the benefits that working closer to your outsourcer can bring to you. \nThe future is digital\, are you ready for the change? \n\nAbout the Presenter:\n \nBrian Hoare has seen the z platform grow from OS/390 to today’s z/OS. He has introduced new solutions into the USA and worked with several startups. He has presented at local/annual CMG’s\, Share and many other conferences discussing cost reduction (IBM/MLC)\, performance and is now his focused on analytical data on “z”. Mainframe analytics are his latest passion\, especially as Z is the richest source of data there is. So why not use the richest source of data we have for helping to run the business? Brian now lives in Florida\, but lived in Sydney and Melbourne for 20+ years and is a passionate fan of Rugby and Football (Soccer) with several refereeing and coaching badges. \n  \n\n\n\n\n  \nRegister Now!
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-australia-virtual-event-modern-observability-management/
CATEGORIES:Meetup,ONLINE,Region,Virtual Conference
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ORGANIZER;CN="CMG Headquarters":MAILTO:cmghq@cmg.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210622T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210622T130000
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20201221T171313Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210506T131844Z
UID:24746-1624356000-1624366800@www.cmg.org
SUMMARY:Observability Virtual Conference - June 22
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/monitoring-and-observability-virtual-conference/
CATEGORIES:Dell,ONLINE,Virtual Conference
ORGANIZER;CN="CMG Headquarters":MAILTO:cmghq@cmg.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/North_Dakota/Center:20210518T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/North_Dakota/Center:20210518T123000
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20210412T140012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210604T172704Z
UID:25426-1621326600-1621341000@www.cmg.org
SUMMARY:St. Louis CMG Spring 2021 Virtual Conference
DESCRIPTION:  \nSt. Louis CMG will be having a virtual ½ day event on May 18th! \nTime: 8:30 AM — 12:30 PM CDT\nThe theme of the meeting will be Data Center Resiliency.\nTopics will include: AI-Ops\, Capacity/Performance and Cyber Recovery. \nOur sponsor for the meeting will be : IBM \n  \n\n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\nTime\nTopic\n \nPresenter\n\n\n\n8:30 -8:50\nLogon and Virtual Networking\n\n\n8:50 – 9:00\nWelcome and Introductions \nNote: All will be muted on entry to WebEx but feel free to unmute (red microphone symbol) yourselves to ask questions throughout the day or use the “Chat” to post a question for a speaker.  Also\, please turn off your PC video-cameras today.\n\n\n9:00 – 9:55\nData Center Resiliency:  AI-OPs\nDan Wiegand\, IBM \n\n\n10:00 – 10:55\nData Center Resiliency:  Capacity & Performance Analytics\nChris Walker\, IBM\n\n\n11:00 – 11:55\nData Center Resiliency:  Cyber Recovery\nDiego Bessone\, IBM\n\n\n12:00 – 12:30\nA Word from our Sponsor   \nIBM Data Center Resiliency…Innovation that Matters \nCliff Koch\, \nIBM z Systems Software Leader\n\n\n12:30\nClosing Remarks \n \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n Closed\n \n\nContact: Wayne Allen\, Chapter President – STLCMG Email: stlcmg@cmg.org \n\n\n Abstracts and Bio’s\nChris Walker\nData Center Resiliency: Capacity & Performance Analytics \nThe modern needs for performance and capacity management on IBM Z \nThe role of the performance analyst has been critical to ensure capital and operational costs are accurately managed and performance is optimized. The skills required are often learned over many years and are dependent on multiple\, often homegrown\, tooling. In the modern hybrid cloud world\, the ability for a those responsible for performance management and capacity planning to understand and make informed decisions as workloads become interconnected and less predictable is essential. The session will cover the skills needed by the modern performance analyst and capacity planner on the IBM Z\, including how the increased use of analytics and machine learning technologies help inform decision making and ensure the mainframe remains a key part of the enterprise architecture. \nBio\nChris Walker is a Senior Offering Manager with IBM. Over 20 years at IBM he has cover many roles and products across the Z portfolio\, and currently responsible for multiple offerings within IBM’s Z AIOps covering performance analysis\, capacity planning and cost management. \n\nDan Wiegand\nData Center Resiliency: AI-Ops  \nToday’s application landscapes are increasingly hybrid\, complex\, and often include IBM Z in large enterprises. With limited staff\, how do you effectively sift through terabytes of data in real-time to identify an issue before it becomes an outage? That’s why organizations are drawn to the promise of AIOps to leverage AI-driven intelligence to make quick and accurate decisions to maintain resiliency. This session looks at how you can accelerate your journey to AIOps by leveraging the wealth of operational data on IBM Z. Cut through the noise to Detect problems faster\, determine root cause to Decide best course of action\, Act in collaborative and automated way to reduce customer impact. \nBio\nDan Wiegand is the Senior Offering Manager for IBM Z Common Data Provider and IBM Z Operations Analytics\, bringing visibility and insight into IBM Z.   In his 23 years at IBM\, he has performed multiple roles across development\, architecture\, and offering strategy for both IBM Z and IBM Cloud solutions.   Dan has an extensive background in IT Service Management. \n\nDiego Bessone\nData Center Resiliency: Cyber Recovery   \nIn 2020\, the Average Cost of Data Breach in USA was $8.64 million —Ponemon Institute Study\nEnhancing your data and operations security…Reduce the time to recovery from days to minutes\, by implementing a Data Corruption Mitigation solution as part of your HA/DR strategy \nBio\nWith over 34 years of experience in Mainframe environments acquired in data centers of multinational companies\, banks and government agencies\, Diego Bessone is currently an IBM Global Sales Business Unit Executive for IBM Z Systems Software. In his 22+ year career at IBM he has led the sales strategy for these products in Argentina\, then in Latin America\, and for the last 12 years worldwide\, growing market share for the platform year after year\, while helping our customers maximize the value they get from their mainframes. \n\nCliff Koch\nIBM Data Center Resiliency…Innovation that Matters  \nA series of quick hits with solution names that speak for themselves. \nBio\nCliff Koch has over 18 years of experience at IBM\, providing solutions that evolve\, expose\, optimize and manage System z and Linux systems\, spanning Hybrid Cloud & AI-Ops.  He has collaborated with numerous customers on DevSecOps\, Digital Transformation\, Data Center Resiliency\, Application Performance Management\, Automation\, Machine Learning\, and Storage/DR initiatives. \n 
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/st-louis-cmg-spring-2021-virtual-conference/
CATEGORIES:Meetup,ONLINE,Region,Virtual Conference
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ORGANIZER;CN="Wayne Allen":MAILTO:stlcmg@cmg.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210504T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210504T150000
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20201221T170950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T141725Z
UID:24745-1620122400-1620140400@www.cmg.org
SUMMARY:Mainframe Virtual Conference
DESCRIPTION:Details coming soon…
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/mainframe-virtual-conference/
CATEGORIES:Broadcom,Dell,ONLINE,Virtual Conference
ORGANIZER;CN="CMG Headquarters":MAILTO:cmghq@cmg.org
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210408T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210408T120000
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20210323T142409Z
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SUMMARY:Ohio Valley CMG 2021 Spring Teleconference
DESCRIPTION:Agenda\nOhio Valley CMG is planning a teleconference for April 8\, 2021. This meeting will be conducted over Zoom\, and will have two presentations and a panel discussion about how COVID-19 has changed IT. Admission is free but we do ask that you register. Zoom details will be sent out a day or two before our meeting. We expect to start at 9:00 EDT and finish by about noon. \n  \n08:30 Early gathering for those who want to network before the meeting \n09:00 Introductions and Kickoff \n09:05 What is possible for z/OS development\, even offline or remote? \n10:00 Predict Bad Things Before They Happen… Even if You Haven’t Seen Them Before \n11:00 How COVID-19 Has Changed IT (Panel Discussion) \n12:00ish Wrapup \n  \n\nSpeakers\nJerry Edgington (Western Southern Insurance): What is possible for z/OS development\, even offline or remote? \nIn this presentation we will explore what is possible in the day in the life of a modern programmer.  Showing how a developer might work\, even offline/remote from z/OS\, including testing.  How would they get their work? Where would they find problems or issues to fix? What can be developed and tested\, even when disconnected and only running locally.  Could the developer\, try some new “things” out\, without impacting anyone\, including in CICS\, DB2\, or IMS? What would the pipeline\, workflow or life cycle management\, look like? Could a developer\, develop an application from end to end? Could we remove all the manual steps from development to production deployment? How could multiple developers work on the same source code\, at the same time\, and not impact each other? \nThese are some of the questions\, I hope we will be able to answer or show a path to answering these questions\, but the end of the session. \nNigel Slinger (BMC) Predict Bad Things Before They Happen… Even if You Haven’t Seen Them Before \nBad things just happen. Whether it’s a performance slow down or a service disruption\, it has an impact on our enterprises whether it be revenue\, productivity or both. Over the decades we’ve built our monitors to help ease that problem\, but it is only most effective if we’ve experienced the problem before. Machine Learning solutions learn from past events including performance slowdowns and service disruptions much like humans would. In other words\, many machine learning solutions out there today would have to experience the problem at least once before it can predict it. What if there was a combination of machine learning components\, that when put together\, are able to see those bad things even if you’ve never encountered them before? We’ll talk about those machine learning components and examples of how they can deliver truly predictive machine learning solutions. \nPanel Discussion: How COVID-19 Has Changed IT \nHave you experienced changes in the way you manager performance and capacity for your systems as a result of the COVID-19 impacts?  Have you been wondering if other sites are seeing impacts?  Looking for additional ideas\, including what worked and what didn’t work\, on how to address the changes imposed by the pandemic?  Are recent changes just anomalies\, or will the future of IT be changed permanently? Join us for a panel discussion of the impacts and changes of COVID on IT.  Several IT professionals from organizations in our area will be answering these questions and more in this special session. \n\nAttendance is free\, so register now!\n\nQuestions\, please contact: Ann Knapik\, ann@ohvcmg.org
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/ohio-valley-cmg-2021-spring-teleconference/
CATEGORIES:ONLINE,Region,Virtual Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210330T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210330T150000
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20201221T170648Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201221T170648Z
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SUMMARY:Data Centers and Cloud Infrastructure Virtual Conference
DESCRIPTION:Details Coming Soon…
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/data-centers-and-cloud-infrastructure-virtual-conference/
CATEGORIES:ONLINE,Virtual Conference
ORGANIZER;CN="CMG Headquarters":MAILTO:cmghq@cmg.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210225T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210225T150000
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20201221T170256Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210204T140404Z
UID:24743-1614247200-1614265200@www.cmg.org
SUMMARY:PE and DevOps Virtual Conference
DESCRIPTION:On February 25\, CMG will host industry experts for keynote presentations and technical demonstrations designed to help companies understand the why\, when\, and how to integrate performance engineering and performance testing into their DevOps practice.\nSessions will be announced in the coming weeks. Check back often for speaker announcements and more.\n  \nPresentations & Interviews\nFebruary 22\, 2021Optimize for performance using MATLAB Profiler with flame graph – Sindhuja Parimalarangan and Neeraj Gangaraju :: Performance Engineers :: MathWorksRead moreFebruary 15\, 2021Automate performance pattern detection as part of your DevOps automation -Andi Grabner :: DevOps Activist :: DynatraceRead moreFebruary 3\, 2021Getting Started with OpenTelemetry -Austin Parker :: Principal Developer Advocate :: LightstepRead moreFebruary 3\, 2021Change Intelligence in Action – Parker Edwards :: Manager\, Solutions Engineering :: LightstepRead more\n\n  \nEvent resources are available to Virtual Conference Registrants and CMG members. To access these resources after the event\, register today!
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/pe-and-devops-virtual-conference/
CATEGORIES:ONLINE,Virtual Conference
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ORGANIZER;CN="CMG Headquarters":MAILTO:cmghq@cmg.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210216T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210216T124500
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20210210T175415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210210T195304Z
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SUMMARY:St. Louis CMG Winter 2021 Conference
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Enterprise Performance Strategies\, (EPS). \nLocation:  Zoom\nCost: $0 \nRegistration:\nAll attendees must use this link to register in order to receive the Zoom link to join the meeting. You will receive the Zoom join link closer to the day of the meeting st-louis-cmg.ticketleap.com/2021-winter-conference/ \n\nSTLCMG Quarterly Meeting Agenda\n\n\n\nTime\nTopic\n \nPresenter\n\n\n\n8:40 -9:00\nLogon and Virtual Networking: \nMembers of STLCMG\, prospective members and friends.\n\n\n\n9:00 – 12:45\nIntroductions\, Presentations and Closing Remarks\n\n\n\n9:05 – 10:00\nMeasuring z/OS Performance for Mainframe Rookies\nScott Chapman\n\n\n\n10:05 – 10:35\nA Word from our Sponsor   \nEPS says\, “But wait there is more about Performance and Capacity Analytics!” \nPeter Enrico\, Principal  \nEnterprise Performance Strategies\n\n\n\n10:40 – 11:35\nControversial z/OS Performance Topics and Guidelines\nPeter Enrico &  \nScott Chapman\n\n\n\n11:40 – 12:35\nMainframe Performance Metrics and Observations in the Real World\nScott Chapman\n\n\n\n12:40\nClosing Remarks \n 
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/st-louis-cmg-winter-2021-conference/
CATEGORIES:ONLINE,Region,Virtual Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kuala_Lumpur:20201215T143000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kuala_Lumpur:20201215T163000
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20201102T204641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201110T202513Z
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SUMMARY:CMG Malaysia International Webinar: Future of Finance
DESCRIPTION:Webinar: Future of Finance\nDecember 15\, 2020\n2:30 PM to 4:30 PM  (Kuala Lumpur Time Zone)\n1:30 AM to 3:30 AM (Eastern Standard Time Zone)\nAbout This Webinar:\nDo you know that almost all the US and European digital payment is dominated by Cards (Visa\, Mastercard\, American Express\, etc.)\, while their Asian counterpart is mostly dominated by Phone (Alipay\, Wechat Pay\, etc.)? \nWhat is Banking 4.0? \nWhat are the future digital banking and the financial issues? \nHow could blockchain help to solve said issues and who is adopting this technology and what’s in store down the line for it? \nLet find the answers in CMG Malaysia webinar\, “Future of Finance” presenting by Bin “Robin” Xie\, Chief Executive Officer\, TIDEiSun Group and Effendy Zulkifly\, Founder of Crypto Valley Malaysia / CEO of Blockworq.” \n\nKeynote Speakers\n  \n \nThe Digital Payment Divergence  Card or Phone?\nPresenter: Bin “Robin” Xie\, Chief Executive Officer\, TIDEiSun Group\nDo you know that almost all the US and European digital payment is dominated by Cards (Visa\, Mastercard\, American Express\, etc.)\, while their Asian counterpart is mostly dominated by Phone (Alipay\, Wechat Pay\, etc.)? As a global citizen as well as a FinTech executive\, Robin constantly experiences the difference and deeply understand the digital payment divergence. In this lecture\, she will walk you through the payment evolution from cash to cashless\, how and why there is such a distinctive divergence between the evolution of the west and the east. To understand the root cause\, we will need to trace back to the essentials\, which is\, how the banking system works\, where the true asset is physically and digitally stored in custody\, and how financial institutions choose to share or not to share individual’s information. \nAs of this moment\, Paypal with millions of users announce the adoption of bitcoin\, and the market capitalization of Square once exceeds that of American Express. Beyond divergence\, she foresees the trend as an emerging smarter and more credible digital payment integration. She explains how they started their payment startup\, iSunOne\, to enable digital payment on both smartphone and through debit card. Built on the immutable blockchain\, iSunOne realizes asset instant payment\, instant swap\, and instant investment. \nAbout the Presenter:\nBin “Robin” Xie \nBin “Robin” Xie specializes in turnkey solutions and startup success. Her experience includes FinTech\, strategic investing\, commodities and derivatives\, cryptocurrency and blockchain. She firmly believes that the financial services should not only benefit the elites\, but also the unbanked and underprivileged. That is the main reason she ventured into blockchain technology with an aim to create credibility in the erratic environment we live in. In TIDEiSun\, they utilize blockchain and cryptocurrency in a wide array of ways — to achieve financial inclusion for 2 billion underbanked population beyond borders\, to create smart contracts\, machine auditing and mutual insurance service\, to support time-based distribution of streaming and advertisement solutions\, and more. Currently\, TIDEiSun operates as one of the largest safest cryptocurrency to fiat currency exchange platform in Asia as TideBit. They build the global digital asset management platform\, iSunOne — Spend anywhere\, save anytime\, and send to anyone. https://isun.one \nBefore TIDEiSun\, she was in a hedge fund evaluating blockchain projects for investment. She has years of executive management experience in NYSE-listed Fortune 500 companies. \n  \n\n  \n \nBlockchain and Banking 4.0\nPresenter: Effendy Zulkifly\, Founder of Crypto Valley Malaysia / CEO of Blockworq\nOne of the industries that could especially benefit from blockchain is the financial world. This industry faces a range of problems that this technological innovation could mend to a great degree. \nSo\, in this lecture\, we are going to respond: What is blockchain ecosystem? What is Banking 4.0? What are the future digital banking and the financial issues? How could blockchain help to solve said issues? Furthermore\, who is adopting this technology and what’s in store down the line for it? \nAbout the Presenter:\nEffendy Zulkifly \nEffendy Zulkifly is holding Bachelor in Legal Studies and obtained Certificate of FinTech Program from Oxford University. He is Certified Blockchain Expert from The Frankfurt School Blockchain Center. He raised Diploma in Information Technology (IT) Management from ALISON Academy\, the e-learning provider and academy founded in Galway\, Ireland and learnt coding and programming languages such as Python and JavaScript from Codecademy (USA). \nIn December 2014\, he established ASEAN Youthpreneur Community (AYPC) as the Chairman. AYPC is the Non Profit Technology Chamber of Commerce that consists of the Technopreneurs from 10 ASEAN Countries promoting Blockchain and Digital Entrepreneurship. In January 2017\, he was appointed as Director of Blockchain Development for AGA Global Associate Holding based in Kuala Lumpur. In January 2018\, he founded Blockowrq Sdn Bhd and Blockchain Research Center Malaysia (BRCM) to build more professional and educated people in the Blockchain and IR4.0 Ecosystem. \nHe is also the Co-Founder of Crypto Valley Malaysia as a technology chamber of commerce with Blockchain and Emerging Technologies as the enabler for Industry 4.0. \nIn January 2020\, he founded the World Robotics and IoT Association (WORIA). World Robotics and IOT Association (WORIA) is the premier global organization dedicated to the advancement of Robotics and IoT Industry. \nAuthor of two books\, ‘The Techno Revolution\, Blockchain Manual 101’ and ‘ABCDs that are changing the world’.\nNow he actively promoting the value of Industry Revolution 4.0 (IR4.0)\, Blockchain and Emerging Technologies that involving the development of Halal Blockchain and Food Supply Chain\, Decentralized Mobile Wallet and Blockchain as a Service (BaaS)\, Industrial IoT and Emerging Technologies for Academic and Industry. \n\n\nRegister FREE Now
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-malaysia-international-webinar-future-of-finance/
CATEGORIES:ONLINE,Region,Webinar
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ORGANIZER;CN="CMG Malaysia":MAILTO:cmgmalaysia@cmg.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201110T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201110T140000
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20200901T214215Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200901T220211Z
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SUMMARY:Mainframe Fall 2020 Virtual Summit
DESCRIPTION:Speakers and schedule to be announced soon. \nNovember 10\, 2020 \n9 am to 2 pm Eastern
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/mainframe-fall-2020-virtual-summit/
CATEGORIES:ONLINE,Virtual Conference
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ORGANIZER;CN="CMG Headquarters":MAILTO:cmghq@cmg.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201105T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201105T190000
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20201102T174642Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201102T174829Z
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SUMMARY:Greater Boston CMG Online Event -  Monthly Roundtable: SRE\, Performance and Scalability in the Age of the Cloud
DESCRIPTION:This will be a roundtable discussion focused on modern day Site Reliability\, Performance and Scalability concerns including Analytics\, IOT\, Cloud\, Blockchain\, Machine Learning/Big data/AI \nRegister\, here. \n 
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/greater-boston-cmg-online-event-monthly-roundtable-sre-performance-and-scalability-in-the-age-of-the-cloud/
CATEGORIES:Expert Roundtables,Meetup,ONLINE,Region
ORGANIZER;CN="CMG Headquarters":MAILTO:cmghq@cmg.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201013T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201013T140000
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20200806T161825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200828T153800Z
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SUMMARY:The Guide to Distributed Tracing
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/distributedtracing/
CATEGORIES:Conference,ONLINE,Virtual Conference
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ORGANIZER;CN="CMG Headquarters":MAILTO:cmghq@cmg.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kuala_Lumpur:20201008T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kuala_Lumpur:20201008T223000
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20200727T163334Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201017T172423Z
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SUMMARY:CMG Malaysia Webinar: Digital World Skills
DESCRIPTION:Check out CMG’s Malaysia’s page for videos\n  \nA live webinar to find out more about the skills needed for Digital Careers.  7:30 PM to 10:30 PM  (Kuala Lumpur Time Zone) \nThe digital revolution in parallel with Covid 19 pandemic has greatly impacted the careers all over the world. CMG Malaysia looks at the changes brought about in the digitalization related competences and skills required by the main professional profiles\, to draw a map of the competence needs that will provide employees\, but also unemployed\, self-employed\, low-skilled employees and university students the opportunity to update their professional skills and knowledge. \nDuring this webinar\, the following points will be discussed: \n–       How universities can support young people in thinking about their career direction in a new digital world. \n–       What innovation means for career development in the age of Industry 4.0. \n–       What are the key digital and IT infrastructural required skills? \n–       The key suggestions for young generation and the successful roadmap ahead. \nDuring the online conference delegates will be able to discuss and sharing their ideas. \n\nRegister FREE Now\n \n\n\nOur Keynote Speakers\n  \n \nDigital Transformation in TIME dotCom\nTIME dotCom Berhad is a Malaysian-based telecommunications provider with an interesting transformation story and continues to grow domestically and regionally. In this lecture\, Mr. Afzal Abdul Rahim will discuss the digital transformation of TIME dotCom\, its priorities and the skills he considers important in a rapidly developing industry. \n  \nAfzal Abdul Rahim\, Chief Executive Officer\, Time Dotcom BHD\nMember of Digital Economy Task Force (DETF) \nAfzal holds a Degree in Mechanical Engineering with Electronics\, specialising in Acoustic Wave Theory from the University of Sussex\, United Kingdom. He started his career in the automotive industry culminating in a regional role with Group Lotus PLC. A technology entrepreneur\, he also founded the Malaysian Internet Exchange (MyIX)\, which was established in 2006. He currently sits on the Boards of CIMB Group Holdings Berhad\, Symphony Communication Public Company Limited\, CMC Telecommunication Infrastructure Corporation\, Megawisra Investments Limited\, Megawisra Sdn Bhd\, Global Transit International Sdn Bhd and Pulau Kapas Ventures Sdn Bhd. \n  \n7:30 pm to 7:55 pm (Kuala Lumpur Time Zone) / 7:30 am to 7:55 am (EDT Time Zone) \n\n \nThriving Digital Transformations Relies on Human Transformation\nTransforming leadership is an important ingredient in successful digital transformations. Too often digital transformation projects are considered as purely digital and then struggle with inspiring and engaging people in the implementation phase. What can we do to create a more holistic process\, where human transformation is considered and supported as part of the evolution? \n  \nHeidi Gutekunst\, CEO/Co-founder\, Amara Collaboration \nHeidi has a M.Sc. (Econ.). She has worked most of her career in traditional and digital advertising agencies. Heidi has several national and international awards in innovative advertising\, branding\, design and digital service design. She started her career working as a Human Resource Manager and continued from there to key account management\, strategic advertising and branding. \nThe last three years Heidi has served as a CEO for a digital advertising agency. During Heidi’s time as a CEO the company went through a transformation with results in financial performance\, employee satisfaction\, conquering new offerings\, turning customers into accounts and winning both national and international awards for the first time in years. \nIn 1997-1998 Heidi travelled with people around the world with 170 youth from 24 different countries. The group managed and performed a 2-hour musical\, did community service and lived in host families in each of the 90 places the group visited. This experience did not only result in contacts all over the world\, but also in becoming highly flexible and adaptive to new situations and cultures.\nHeidi is a regular speaker at Business Forums interested in her personal entrepreneurship and transforming ability. \n  \n8:00 pm to 8:25 pm (Kuala Lumpur Time Zone) /  8:00 am to 8:25 am (EDT Time Zone) \n\n \nIR 4.0 and its system application Issues and Challenges\nIR 4.0 represents the integration of tools already used in the past (big data\, cloud\, robot\, 3D printing\, simulation\, etc.) that are now connected into a global network by transmitting digital data. The implementation of this new paradigm represents a huge change for companies\, which are faced with big investments. In order to benefit from the opportunities offered by the smart revolution\, companies must have the prerequisites needed to withstand changes generated by “smart” system. \n  \nProf. Rusli Haji Abdullah\, Dean in the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology\, UPM \nProf. Rusli Abdullah is currently Professor of Knowledge Management at Software Engineering and Information System Department\, as well as the Dean of Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology\, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). \nSpecialized in Knowledge Management\, he has completed his PhD in Computer Science at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)\, Johor\, Malaysia in 2006. Starting his career as a lecturer in 2006 after serving as System Analyst for 8 years at UPM. He has published over 14 books and over 100 journal papers\, conference publications and other academic research publications. He has also received numerous awards and recognitions throughout his career that includes Silver Medal for University Research Invention in 2008 and 2009\, Gold Medal for University Research Invention 2005\, Silver Medal for Invention of Technology and Exposition I-TEX (2009)\, Silver Medal for Malaysian Research Invention and Exposition – MTE (2010\, 2012\, 2014) and Certification of University Excellent Services of Lecturer Service for many years since 1999. \n  \n8:30 pm to 8:55 pm (Kuala Lumpur Time Zone) / 8:30 am to 8:55 am (EDT Time Zone) \n\n \nFull Computer Automation in Enterprise Management in IR4.0\nTraditionally companies are being run based on departments and in fact many companies are still running in Silos. Industrial Revolution 4.0 will break these silos by having the computers to do almost all the transactions that were normally done by human. We are looking at full automation in the areas between sales and accounting\, marketing to sales\, purchasing to accounting\, online payment and automated payment\, B2C and B2B portals that are integrated to ERP system\, automated staff management\, integration of POS and online e-commerce and others. We are looking at re-organisation of human functions in companies due to the impact of IR4.0 \n  \nAziz Ismail\, Founder and CEO\, Authentic Venture Sdn Bhd \nIr Aziz Ismail is a Techpreneur focusing on enterprise management and automation. He is the past President of TeAM and VP of NEF in Malaysia. His working experience spans from working for Government GLC and Multination companies. He was also in the government committees for entrepreneur grant under MDEC and Cradle Fund. He was involved in automation of many major industrial plants in Malaysia in the early period of his work life.. For many years now he focuses on enterprise solutions to help SMEs and large companies to benefit fully from the advancements in internet and cloud technologies. He also contributes as Adjunct Professor and Advisor in a number of Universities in Malaysia. \n  \n9:00 pm to 9:25 pm (Kuala Lumpur Time Zone) / 9:00 am to 9:25 am (EDT Time Zone) \n\n \nFuture-Proof Your Technology Career\nIn this presentation\, Amanda Hendley will discuss the impact of advancing technologies on the workforce and employer needs. She will talk about shifts in infrastructure\, development methodologies\, skilled labor markets\, and consumers have changed the way companies must do business and the way technologists must evolve to stay in-demand. \n  \nAmanda Hendley\, President & Managing Director\, Computer Measurement Group (CMG) \nAs President and Managing Director of Computer Measurement Group\, Inc\, Amanda Hendley provides resources and facilitates connections to give CMG members a competitive edge. With her vast experience launching and refining events and programs\, Amanda is positioning CMG for exponential growth and supporting member companies in their digital transformations. \nPrior to her role at CMG\, Amanda Hendley was Chief Operating Officer of Technology Association of Georgia\, the nation’s fastest growing technology trade association. In her tenure at Technology Association of Georgia\, membership grew from 1\,800 members to 35\,000 and revenues quadrupled. \nMrs. Hendley is a graduate of Georgia Institute of Technology where she studied Business. She resides in Atlanta\, Georgia. \n  \n9:30 pm to 9:55 pm (Kuala Lumpur Time Zone) / 9:30 am to 9:55 am (EDT Time Zone) \n\nQ&A Session\n10:00 pm  to 10:30 pm (Kuala Lumpur Time Zone) / 10:00 am  to 10:30 am (EDT Time Zone) \n\n 
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-malaysia-webinar-digital-world-skills/
CATEGORIES:ONLINE,Region,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200917T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200917T150000
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20200824T154625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200826T161248Z
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SUMMARY:Legends Series: Fireside chat with Dr. Daniel Menasce
DESCRIPTION:Join CMG as we speak with Dr. Menasce on his work\, and self-managing computers. \n  \n \nDr. Daniel Menascé is a renowned performance expert and Professor at George Mason University. He is a Fellow of the ACM and of the IEEE\, a recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Award from the Commonwealth of Virginia in 2017\, and the recipient of the 2001 A.A. Michelson Award from the Computer Measurement Group. He has published over 270 articles and five books that received over 11\,560 citations. His areas of interest and expertise include autonomic computing\, software performance engineering\, security-performance tradeoffs\, cloud computing\, service-oriented computing\, modeling and analysis of computer systems\, and web and e-commerce systems. \n Register Here
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/legends-series-fireside-chat-with-dr-daniel-menasce/
CATEGORIES:ONLINE,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="CMG Headquarters":MAILTO:cmghq@cmg.org
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200915
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200916
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20200813T155421Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200826T181904Z
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SUMMARY:IBM Z Day 2020
DESCRIPTION:  \nThis is a one-day\, virtual conference focused on all things IBM Z. \n  \n5 reasons why you WON’T want to miss the free virtual IBM Z Community Day! \n\nReceive in-depth training on how everything IBM Z & LinuxONE\nWatch 45+ thought leaders share their first-hand knowledge with live Q&A\nLearn how IBM Z is embracing open technologies and fueling digital transformations\nHear from IBM clients & startups who are disrupting the era of IBM Z\nConnect with the local Z communities including many featured non-English sessions\n\nThe conference is happening live September 15th. Can’t attend live? No sweat! Replay access available for all the talks on the conference platform for 90 days. \n  \n For more info and to register for IBM Z Day\, click here.\n \n  \n\n\nIn conjunction with IBM Z Day\, CMG is proud to be a Friend of the Z Community! So CMG will celebrate Z Day too by recent Z content and special rates! \n\n\n  \n For more info about CMG's recent Z content & special rates\, click here.\n \n 
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/ibm-z-day-2020/
CATEGORIES:ONLINE,Virtual Conference
ORGANIZER;CN="CMG Headquarters":MAILTO:cmghq@cmg.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200730T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200730T150000
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20200629T205512Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200731T165909Z
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SUMMARY:Using “z” data for Mainframe analytics & The loss to your business if you do not
DESCRIPTION:  \nUsing “z” data for Mainframe analytics \n& \nThe loss to your business if you do not \n  \nAbstract \nDoes your organization use mainframe data to conduct mainframe analytics and include business data? \nIn most instances the answer is “No”\, or “kind of”. Considering 80%+ of production data touches the mainframe\, shouldn’t this very valuable resource be used? \nWhy is z data not included more for Analytical\, AI/BI machine learning requirements? Without z data\, is like flying a plane with no navigation system! \nThis 45-minute discussion will highlight the obstacles of why companies struggle in combing data from different platforms\, what data to collect & how to use it for analytical purposes. \nDo not under estimate the difference z data can make to your organizations analytical processes and the advantage this will bring over the competition. \nBrian Hoare’s Bio \nBrian Hoare has seen the z platform grow from OS/390 to today’s z/OS. He may speak with a “strange accent” and has introduced new solutions into the USA and worked with several startups. He has presented at local/annual CMG’s\, Share and many other conferences discussing cost reduction (IBM/MLC)\, performance and is now his focused on analytical data on “z”.  Mainframe analytics are his latest passion\, especially as Z is the richest source of data there is. So why not use the richest source of data we have for helping to run the business? \nBrian lives in Florida\, is a passionate fan of Rugby and Football (Soccer) and has several refereeing and coaching badges. \n 
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/using-z-data-for-mainframe-analytics-the-loss-to-your-business-if-you-do-not/
CATEGORIES:ONLINE,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200728T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200728T123000
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20200721T150809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200721T185503Z
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SUMMARY:St. Louis CMG’s Summer 2020 Virtual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:STLCMG Quarterly Meeting Agenda\n  \n8:30 am  – 8:50 am        Logon and Virtual Networking (WebEx)\n8:50 am  – 9:00 am        Welcome and Introductions\n9:00 am  – 9:55 am       Encryption Everywhere – Moving Data Safely in the Enterprise – by Roy Panting\, IBM\n10:00am  – 10:55 am    Java Performance and Managing Java Batch on zOS – by Joran Siu & David Follis\, IBM\n11:00 am  – 11:55 am    Key Metrics for z/OS System and Workload Performance – by Bradley Snyder\, IBM\n12:00pm  – 12:30 pm     A Word from our Sponsor\nIBM Data Privacy Passports\, JVM Monitoring on zOS\, and Performance and Capacity Analytics – Clifff Koch\, IBM z Systems Software Leader\n12:30 pm                          Closing Remarks\n  \nNOTE: All registrants will receive a link to the WebEx meeting a few days prior to the event.
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/st-louis-cmgs-summer-2020-virtual-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Meetup,ONLINE,Region,Virtual Conference,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200716T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200716T150000
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20200615T151729Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200720T173851Z
UID:24260-1594908000-1594911600@www.cmg.org
SUMMARY:Legends Series: A Fireside Chat with Dr. Neil Gunther
DESCRIPTION:Neil Gunther\, M.Sc.\, Ph.D.\, is a world-renowned expert\, the author of several books\, and the father of Universal Scalability Law (USL). During this virtual event\, Dr. Gunther will speak with Alex Podelko about his research and achievements. Among other topics\, they plan to talk about USL\, PDQ\, guerilla capacity planning\, and capacity planning for the cloud. \nCheck out the Recording!\nNote: To view the video you must have a CMG membership. Sign up today! Click here to join for as low as $20/month.\nWatch Now\n \n\nNeil Gunther is a computer information systems researcher best known internationally for developing the open-source performance modeling software Pretty Damn Quick and developing the Guerrilla approach to computer capacity planning and performance analysis. He has also been cited for his contributions to the theory of large transients in computer systems and packet networks\, and his universal law of computational scalability. \nPrior to starting his own consulting company in 1994 (http://perfdynamics.com)\,  Neil worked on the NASA Voyager and Galileo missions\, the Xerox PARC Dragon multiprocessor\, and the Pyramid/Siemens RM1000 parallel cluster. He is a consultant to Fortune 500 companies and their respective data centers. \nNeil is a Senior Member of both the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)\, as well as a member of the American Mathematical Society (AMS)\, American Physical Society (APS) and ACM SIGMETRICS. In 2008\, Dr. Gunther received the A.A. Michelson Award from CMG.
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/legends-series-a-fireside-chat-with-dr-neil-gunther/
CATEGORIES:ONLINE,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="CMG Headquarters":MAILTO:cmghq@cmg.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200714T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200714T150000
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20200618T180520Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200713T141955Z
UID:24279-1594735200-1594738800@www.cmg.org
SUMMARY:Solving the hidden costs of Kubernetes with distributing tracing- Presented by Lightstep
DESCRIPTION:Kubernetes has enabled software organizations to realize the benefits of microservices through its convenient and powerful abstractions. Deploying\, scaling\, and running distributed software at scale is much easier through the use of Kubernetes.\nHowever\, these benefits have not come without costs compared to traditional software operations. Spiraling monitoring expenses\, the creation of single points of human failure\, and a lack of understanding of service dependencies all contribute to significant hidden costs associated with running software with Kubernetes. \nIn this webcast\, we’ll discuss \n– How observability addresses these costs and helps you quantify and understand them.\n– How new open source tools such as OpenTelemetry can help you understand performance of cloud-native software.\n– How you can easily get started using them today. \nSpeaker: Ishmeet Grewal\, Solutions Architect at Lightstep <ishmeet@lightstep.com>\nAs a Solutions Architect at Lightstep\, Ishmeet partners with customers\, Sales and engineering teams to craft scalable and flexible observability solutions that address customer business problems and accelerate the adoption of Lightstep. Prior to Lightstep\, Ishmeet developed novel research solutions and patents at Accenture Labs\, notably a framework for operationalizing machine learning models at scale. Ishmeet is passionate about creating observability solutions that directly deliver business value for diverse cloud architecture systems.
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/solving-the-hidden-costs-of-kubernetes-with-distributing-tracing-presented-by-lightstep/
CATEGORIES:ONLINE
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ORGANIZER;CN="CMG Headquarters":MAILTO:cmghq@cmg.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200709T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200709T150000
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20200615T160658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200709T190816Z
UID:24264-1594303200-1594306800@www.cmg.org
SUMMARY:Collaborative performance tuning using free tools
DESCRIPTION:Performance tuning of real systems is no small feat and often costly. It requires expertise in many domains\, such as how to plan and design an experiment\, how to conduct load testing\, what to measure\, and having knowledge of the system design and configuration settings of the whole tech stack. In addition\, effective performance tuning over time requires persistence\, organization\, and the ability to collaborate with peers and receive their feedback. The good news is that some of these challenges can be dealt with using modern off-the-shelf free tools\, and we’ll dive into Concertio’s experiment management system and its Optimizer Studio automatic optimization software\, that are available for free in a community version. From this webinar\, you will walk away with several key understandings\, which you will be able to apply in your environment: \n1] How can performance tuning be automated\n2] How to keep track of performance experiments\n3] How to effectively share experiment results and collaborate with teammates\n4] How to embed performance tuning in CI/CD pipelines \n  \nGet the Video and Whitepaper \n\n\n \n  \nPresenters \n \nTomer Paz – VP of Product @ Concertio \nConcertio product and tuning domains are led by Tomer Paz\, who is a software and system architect with over 20 years of experience in both startups and enterprise companies. Prior to co-founding Concertio\, Tomer served as global system architect under the CTO at Verint. Before that\, Tomer led a lean startup in the Gaming field as CEO. Tomer also served as system engineering team leader in Comverse\, the world leader in value added services for mobile phones in the past\, serving over a billion end-users and defining the next generation platforms\, technology stack\, performance and delivery automation. Tomer holds a BSc degree from Tel Aviv University in statistics\, operation research and philosophy. Tomer is also a Mamram graduate (the Israel Defense Forces computing academy). Linkedin – https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomerpaz/ \n  \nDr. Tomer Morad – CEO @ Concertio\nConcertio is led by Tomer Morad\, a seasoned entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in management\, business development\, and technical leadership in the industry. Prior to co-founding Concertio\, Tomer co-founded and served as CEO of transSpot\, a provider of digital advertising solutions for the digital signage market. Before that\, Tomer served as CTO and Chairman of transSpot\, Chief Security Officer at Horizon Semiconductors\, and a technical team leader at an intelligence unit in the Israel Defense Forces. Tomer holds a PhD from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology\, which focused on energy-efficient system resource allocation. Linkedin – https://www.linkedin.com/in/morad/ \n  \n  \nSession Sponsor \n 
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/save-the-date-webinar-with-concertio/
CATEGORIES:ONLINE,Training,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="CMG Headquarters":MAILTO:cmghq@cmg.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200702T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200702T150000
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20200602T134849Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200602T134952Z
UID:24230-1593694800-1593702000@www.cmg.org
SUMMARY:Business Continuity and Contingency Planning Digital Badge - LIVE CLASS
DESCRIPTION:Completion of this live class and a passing score on the accompanying test will result in a digital badge. \nMore Information
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/business-continuity-and-contingency-planning-digital-badge-live-class/
CATEGORIES:ONLINE,Training
ORGANIZER;CN="CMG Headquarters":MAILTO:cmghq@cmg.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200630T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200630T140000
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20200528T231330Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200615T160335Z
UID:24208-1593514800-1593525600@www.cmg.org
SUMMARY:Business Continuity Exchange
DESCRIPTION:On June 30\, CMG will host industry experts for keynote presentations and technical demonstrations designed to help your company develop – or solidify – your business continuity plans.
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/business-continuity-exchange/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Conference,Dell,ONLINE,Virtual Conference,Webinar
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ORGANIZER;CN="CMG Headquarters":MAILTO:cmghq@cmg.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200625T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200625T160000
DTSTAMP:20260503T061933
CREATED:20200319T193243Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200804T162352Z
UID:23751-1593097200-1593100800@www.cmg.org
SUMMARY:ONLINE: Micro Frontend - Last Mile of Microservice
DESCRIPTION:“A long\, long time ago\, you had a Single Page Application using a Monolith Backend that is dependent on Database.As the users started using your app suddenly you needed multiple instances of your Monolith Backend and clone of your database.Your product was growing so was your team so you start splitting your backend to Microservices.Life goes on till you realize that the same problem you had on backed now exists on your front end.\n\nThis session will introduce Micro Frontends and what problems they solve\, Why we need them to scale the delivery of services and How to use it with examples of the implementations\,You will also get an introduction to single-spa \, and custom implementations.\nNote: This session is open to members and non-members but members get access to all recordings\, presentation decks\, and videos-on-demand. Click here to join for as low as $20/month.  (https://www.cmg.org/members/) \nWatch Now\n\n  \nSpeaker \n \nJyotsna Chatradhi is a Principal Software Engineer at Broadcom and currently part of engineering team for the product mainframe operational intelligence. Previously she worked for companies like Whamtech\, Thomson Reuters and Citrix. She has a deep expertise in full stack for more than 12 years with a focus on angular\, big data analysis \, distributed programming and machine learning. She volunteers for many organizations\, including Grace Hopper Conference and Boys and Girls club of America on importance of STEM education. Jyotsna Chatradhi received Masters in computer science from IIITB. She has been recognized for her work and published 5 patents in area of supply chain and management. She also has been nominated as women in open source for year 2017. In her spare time she is a machine learning evangelist @ Broadcom and also a F45 enthusiast.Jyotsna tweets at @jyotsnac. \n 
URL:https://www.cmg.org/event/online-last-mile-of-microservice-microfrontends/
CATEGORIES:ONLINE,Webinar
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