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- [CMG Toronto Regional: Mainframe & AI — Session Recordings](https://www.cmg.org/2026/08/toronto-regional-mainframe-and-ai/) - CMG’s Toronto Regional brought together mainframe experts, technology leaders, and practitioners at the IBM Canada Software Lab to explore how artificial intelligence is changing mainframe operations, observability, resilience, application development, and performance. Now you can revisit highlights from the July 28, 2026 event and watch available session recordings on demand. Log in to your CMG
- [CMG Be Curious Series | Featuring Art Gutowski, President of SHARE](https://www.cmg.org/2026/04/cmg-be-curious-series-featuring-art-gutowski-president-of-share-2/) - Join us for a conversation with Art Gutowski — mainframe engineer at Huntington National Bank and President of SHARE, one of the longest-running and most respected technical user communities in the industry. Art's path to mainframe leadership is rooted in curiosity. From writing JCL and Assembler as a college student to mentoring the next generation
- [CMG Honors Code Magus with the 2025 IMPACT Innovation Award](https://www.cmg.org/2026/01/cmg-honors-code-magus-with-the-2025-impact-innovation-award/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CMG Honors Code Magus with the 2025 IMPACT Innovation Award Recognized for Orkhestra V3: Innovation in Motion Tuesday, January 13, 2026 – Atlanta, Georgia — Computer Measurement Group (CMG), in partnership with the Mullen Foundation, today announced Code Magus as the recipient of the 2025 IMPACT Innovation Award, awarded December 11, 2025,
- [Where Innovation Meets Collaboration –  CMG Atlanta 2025](https://www.cmg.org/2025/10/where-innovation-meets-collaboration-cmg-atlanta-2025/) - Join us for the CMG Atlanta Regional Event hosted by IBM — a full day of learning, networking, and innovation focused on the evolving worlds of AI and mainframe technology. 📅 November 13, 2025 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET 📍 IBM | 1001 Summit Blvd. NE, Brookhaven, GA 30319 | Room 1540 (15th
- [Innovation, leadership, and the modern mainframe—up close with Vikas Sinha](https://www.cmg.org/2025/09/innovation-leadership-and-the-modern-mainframe-up-close-with-vikas-sinha-2/) - Join us for a special CMG Be Curious session featuring Vikas Sinha, Ph.D., Vice President of Engineering & Architecture at Broadcom Mainframe Software. In this candid conversation, Vikas shares lessons from his global career, including reshaping the perception of mainframes, leading cross-functional teams, and advancing data science education. In this interview with CMG board member
- [CMG Be Curious Presents "Championing Community Advocacy for IBM Z: An Interview With Shari Chiara"](https://www.cmg.org/2025/02/cmg-be-curious-presents-championing-community-advocacy-for-ibm-z-an-interview-with-shari-chiara-2/) - CMG Be Curious Presents "Championing Community Advocacy for IBM Z: An Interview With Shari Chiara" This interview-focused event spotlights Shari Chiara, Program Manager for IBM Champions and Community, IBM Z. Dive into her journey, insights on building thriving communities, nurturing IBM Champions, and her vision for the future. FEBRUARY 18 @ 10AM ET
- [CMG Be Curious Series: A Conversation with Anoush Najarian](https://www.cmg.org/2025/03/cmg-be-curious-series-a-conversation-with-anoush-najarian-2/) - Join us for a special CMG Be Curious Series session featuring Anoush Najarian, a dynamic leader in performance engineering and a passionate advocate for innovation in tech. In this engaging interview, Anoush will share insights from her career, discuss the evolving landscape of performance and reliability, and offer practical advice for engineers and IT professionals
- [Announcing CMG IMPACT 2025 – The Premier Event for Enterprise IT Professionals](https://www.cmg.org/2025/02/announcing-cmg-impact-2025-the-premier-event-for-enterprise-it-professionals/) - CMG IMPACT 2025 is set to take place on June 5-6 in Natick, Massachusetts, bringing together IT professionals, engineers, and technology leaders for two days of learning, networking, and innovation. For over 45 years, CMG has been a trusted source of vendor-agnostic expertise, providing IT professionals with insights into managing enterprise hardware, software, infrastructure, and
- [In Memory: Robert L. Morrison, Former National Director, Treasurer, and Conference Chairman](https://www.cmg.org/2025/01/in-memory-robert-l-morrison/) - Robert L. Morrison, age 90, of Poughkeepsie, NY, died at the White Plains Center for Nursing Care on January 5, 2025. Born on July 21,1934 in White Plains, NY, Mr. Morrison was the older of two sons of Nathan and Bertha Morrison. He graduated from White Plains High School in 1952 and from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts in
- [Benchmarking GenAI models - the ethical angle](https://www.cmg.org/2024/08/benchmarking-genai-models-the-ethical-angle-2/) - Benchmarking AI models from an ethical angle involves ensuring that the evaluation processes promote fairness, transparency, and accountability. Fairness is crucial, requiring benchmarks to evaluate AI models across diverse demographics to prevent discrimination and bias. This includes using fairness metrics to detect and mitigate biases in data and algorithms, ensuring equitable treatment for all groups.
- [Application Performance Benchmarking within a CI/CD Pipeline -  a CMG Be Curious session](https://www.cmg.org/2024/07/application-performance-benchmarking-within-a-ci-cd-pipeline-2/) - What is the traditional approach to performance monitoring on the Mainframe? Industry professionals know that performance and cost evaluations are usually done in final stages during integration level testing. The simple act of performance monitoring is significantly more challenging at this stage of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Furthermore, if there are performance anomalies,
- [Unleash Employee Productivity with Copilot -  a CMG Be Curious session](https://www.cmg.org/2024/06/unleash-employee-productivity-with-copilot-a-cmg-be-curious-session/) - The demands of modern work, the constant flow of information, and the expectation of being always available are challenging our ability to stay productive. A recent survey revealed that 30% of CIOs consider "growth driven by employee productivity" their top priority. Additionally, another survey found that "difficulty in accessing information" is among the top five
- [Submit to Speak for Software for Humanity](https://www.cmg.org/2024/06/submit-to-speak-for-software-for-humanity/) - There's IT in "humanity" but is there humanity in IT? Back by popular demand, this year’s Software for Humanity is a thought-provoking and immersive event that unites software engineers, developers, technologists, and industry leaders to explore the intersection of technology, humanity, and sustainability. This event aims to serve as a supportive community for tech leaders,
- [IMPACT 2024: Structuring the Frontier: Generative and Industrial AI Unveiled](https://www.cmg.org/2023/12/structuring-the-frontier-generative-and-industrial-ai-unveiled/) - Join ISG’s Chief Strategy Officer - Prashant Kelker - for a straightforward look at the latest advancements in Generative and Industrial AI. This session, based on a recent research study of over 50 enterprises and technology platforms, will deliver key insights into successful applications and evolving practices in the field. We’ll also discuss emerging architectures and governance patterns in this emerging technology area. Gain a clear, focused insight into the present status and future possibilities of Generative and Industrial AI, with access to practical strategies and information sourced directly from recent research and application.
- [IMPACT 2024: Connected devices in 16 critical infrastructure sectors are at risk - We need to act now](https://www.cmg.org/2024/01/connected-devices-in-16-critical-infrastructure-sectors-are-at-risk-we-need-to-act-now/) - In today's hyper-connected world, digital ecosystems are the lifeblood of businesses and organizations. From cloud-based applications to complex networks, ensuring that these digital landscapes operate at peak performance while efficiently managing capacity is crucial for success. This topic delves into the art and science of optimizing digital ecosystems. Explore cutting-edge strategies, best practices, and innovative techniques that empower businesses to deliver seamless user experiences, handle ever-increasing workloads, and stay agile in an evolving tech landscape. Discover how effective performance and capacity management can be a game-changer in achieving digital excellence and maintaining a competitive edge.
- [CMG Honors Legal & General with the IMPACT Innovation Award](https://www.cmg.org/2024/02/cmg-honors-legal-general-with-the-impact-innovation-award/) - The 2024 Winner follows previous winners Capital One and Broadcom Mainframe Software Wednesday, February 7, 2024 Atlanta, Georgia – Computer Measurement Group, with its partner Mullen Foundation, announced Legal & General company as the recipient of the 2024 IMPACT Innovation Award. With their iMpala Project, Legal & General set out to improve the use of
- [IMPACT 2024: Building a cloud agnostic Multi-tenant SaaS Applications: Challenges and Lessons Learned](https://www.cmg.org/2024/02/building-a-cloud-agnostic-multi-tenant-saas-applications-challenges-and-lessons-learned-2/) - Join ISG’s Chief Strategy Officer - Prashant Kelker - for a straightforward look at the latest advancements in Generative and Industrial AI. This session, based on a recent research study of over 50 enterprises and technology platforms, will deliver key insights into successful applications and evolving practices in the field. We’ll also discuss emerging architectures and governance patterns in this emerging technology area. Gain a clear, focused insight into the present status and future possibilities of Generative and Industrial AI, with access to practical strategies and information sourced directly from recent research and application.
- [Shaping the Future Together: Shared Insights at CMGIMPACT24](https://www.cmg.org/2024/02/shaping-the-future-together-shared-insights-at-cmgimpact24/) - By Prashant Kelker, Chief Strategy Officer, Information Services Group, Inc. Attending a conference with fellow practitioners is priceless – a great opportunity to share what works, learn new design principles, and network for mutual benefit. And the CMGIMPACT24 in Atlanta on Feb 6-7 was one such meeting of minds. Companies ranging from dental insurers to
- [Exploring the Impact of Generative AI in Performance Engineering Panel Discussion](https://www.cmg.org/2023/11/exploring-the-impact-of-generative-ai-in-performance-engineering-panel-discussion/) - Exploring the Impact of Generative AI in Performance Engineering Panel Discussion Moderated by Anoush Najarian, with special guest Maitreyi Chitale joining us as the Chat GPT moderator once again! This enlightening panel discussion, “Exploring the Transformative Impact of Generative AI in Performance Engineering,” was a dive deep into the world of artificial intelligence and its
- [Finalists Announced for 2024 IMPACT Innovation Award](https://www.cmg.org/2024/01/finalists-announced-for-2024-impact-innovation-award/) - CVS, Legal & General, Fidelity Investments selected as 2024 Finalists. Today, Computer Measurement Group (CMG) with its partner Mullen Foundation announced CVS, Fidelity Investments, and Legal & General as finalists for the 2024 IMPACT Innovation Awards. The awards program, which began in 2021, was created to recognize individuals and teams who have dreamed, designed, and
- [Unveiling the Excitement at the CMG IMPACT Conference: A Hub of Learning and Innovation in IT](https://www.cmg.org/2024/01/unveiling-the-excitement-at-the-cmg-impact-conference-a-hub-of-learning-and-innovation-in-it/) - In the heart of Atlanta, the CMG IMPACT Conference stands as a beacon for professionals navigating the dynamic seas of enterprise IT and digital transformation. This event is more than just a series of presentations; it's a confluence of ideas, innovations, and insights, promising an immersive experience for every attendee. The CMG IMPACT Conference is
- [Selecting a mainframe performance analytics platform](https://www.cmg.org/2023/12/selecting-a-mainframe-performance-analytics-platform/) - Almost ten years ago I started exploring the possibility of moving away from homegrown mainframe performance analytics at the Bank of Montreal. Over a few years I built a long list of possible products and vendors, put together a cross disciplinary team who shared my interest, and eventually selected a vendor and tool to work with. This is (mostly) the story of how we went from long list, to short list, to selecting a single vendor.
- [End-To-End Performance Testing, Profiling, and Analysis at Redis](https://www.cmg.org/2023/12/end-to-end-performance-testing-profiling-and-analysis-at-redis/) - This session is about best practices and lessons learned after building a cloud-agnostic multi-tenant SaaS application. It will cover topics related to tenant provisioning, passing context in microservices, tenant onboarding with AuthN and AuthZ, data partitioning, DevOps strategies, and cross-cutting concerns.
- [The future of AIOps on mainframe - data discovery, ServiceNow, and ChatOps](https://www.cmg.org/2023/12/the-future-of-aiops-on-mainframe-data-discovery-servicenow-and-chatops/) - While ServiceNow has a comprehensive and robust ecosystem for distributed data/components, there are still many challenges for organizations trying to marry IBM Z and ServiceNow. Enterprises infrastructure teams need the ability to discover and map IBM Z resources into ServiceNow to unlock better incident remediation, better visibility across teams, and reduced mean time to repair. In this session you will learn how IBM Z Discovery for ServiceNow CMDB works and why "ChatOps" is becoming so pervasive for AIOps. We'll discuss how ChatOps can be used for incident management in reducing the mean time to resolution, and why it can be a useful practice for Z shops wanting to leverage ServiceNow as a central source of truth tied to events stemming from mainframe.
- [Stormy Monday - Reactive and Preventive Capacity Management Processes](https://www.cmg.org/2023/12/stormy-monday-reactive-and-preventive-capacity-management-processes/) - Monday has been a typical day where application outages occurred. Often, due to the complexity of the enterprise, Tuesday and the rest of the week were just the same! We will discuss how effective capacity management reporting is used to quickly return the business to service. "What reporting should be reviewed and communicated in the first moments of an outage? -What additional performance reporting is critical to resolving an incident? -What reporting and capacity management processes contribute to improvements to the resiliency of the enterprise? -What are some of the forecast variances that occur in predicting future capacity? Who is responsible for resolution? -How should capacity management reporting be effectively used in the post-mortem process?"
- [Decoding Ethics: Navigating the Ethical Dilemmas of Artificial Intelligence](https://www.cmg.org/2023/12/decoding-ethics-navigating-the-ethical-dilemmas-of-artificial-intelligence/) - This presentation delves into the ethical complexities arising from artificial intelligence's (AI) integration into modern life. It highlights the gap between AI's rapid technological advancements and the development of corresponding ethical guidelines. The talk categorizes ethical issues into five domains, using real-world examples like the Cambridge Analytica scandal and AI in healthcare, to illustrate the tangible impacts and moral challenges these issues present. It then explores solutions, such as ethical guidelines and regulatory oversight, emphasizing the collective responsibility of policymakers, technologists, and users in fostering ethical AI. The session culminates in an interactive Q&A, encouraging audience engagement in ethical discourse and practical problem-solving. Attendees will gain a thorough understanding of AI's major ethical dilemmas, awareness of existing ethical frameworks, and insights into collaborative approaches to navigate the AI-augmented world responsibly.
- [Generative AI for Performance](https://www.cmg.org/2023/09/generative-ai-for-performance/) - Join us for this virtual, fast-paced event, where will hear from industry leaders on how they are modernizing mainframes across industries. Our guest vendor presentations will deliver quick, energized presentations and we’ll conclude our event with a panel discussion open to attendee questions. This event will appeal to the innovation-curious and expose attendees to groundbreaking solutions, new technologies, and novel approaches to address today’s biggest mainframe challenges.
- [Generative AI and Mainframes: The start of a bright new future](https://www.cmg.org/2023/11/generative-ai-and-mainframes-the-start-of-a-bright-new-future/) - Generative AI and Mainframes: The start of a bright new future In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, mainframes have long been the backbone of critical business operations. However, the advent of Generative AI has ushered in a new era of possibilities for these robust systems. This presentation delves into the transformative potential of Generative AI
- [The Future of Tech Jobs in 2024: Trends and Predictions](https://www.cmg.org/2023/11/the-future-of-tech-jobs-in-2024-trends-and-predictions/) - As the calendar pages turn, the technology landscape continues to evolve at a breakneck pace. As we edge closer to 2024, several emerging trends hint at the next wave of changes in tech employment. From the surging demand for cybersecurity professionals to the growth of AI-assisted roles, the future of tech jobs is set to
- [Evolution of SRE with Gen AI](https://www.cmg.org/2023/11/evolution-of-sre-with-gen-ai/) - Improving the stability and reliability of the application is of paramount importance in SRE engineering. It’s always a challenge for SRE engineers to achieve the same amongst the humongous volume of data that modular and dynamic applications produce today. Before tracking down the actual cause, it’s already time for tackling the next issue. Join us
- [Code Generation and Code Completion using Generative AI featuring Richa Naik - Generative AI for Performance](https://www.cmg.org/2023/10/the-3rd-wave-of-ai-2/) - Richa Naik (she/her) is a Machine Learning Engineer at MathWorks, specializing in the MATLAB Language and Software Foundations vertical. Her primary focus is on developing AI Assisted Coding and Generative AI capabilities for MATLAB, with prior experience in various deep learning projects. She holds an M.S. in Computational Science and Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of
- [The 3rd Wave of AI featuring Brons Larson, PhD - Generative AI for Performance](https://www.cmg.org/2023/10/the-3rd-wave-of-ai/) - AI has advanced in three waves: (1) Handcrafted knowledge, (2) Statistical learning, and (3) Contextual adaptation. This session will focus on the third wave of AI, discussing its motivation and its future impacts. Brons Larson, PhD (AI Strategy/Ecosystems Lead, Office Of The CTO at Dell Technologies) is an Applied Mathematician who helps develop strategies for exploiting
- [Planet Mainframe and Arcati announce the 2024 Mainframe Yearbook](https://www.cmg.org/2023/09/planet-mainframe-and-arcati-announce-the-2024-mainframe-yearbook/)
- [Performance Engineering in the Age of Cloud: Unlocking Scalability and Resilience](https://www.cmg.org/2023/09/performance-engineering-in-the-age-of-cloud-unlocking-scalability-and-resilience-2/) - August 31, 2023 | 2:00 PM ET See the Session Now In today's digital landscape, performance engineering plays a critical role in ensuring optimal system performance, scalability, and resilience. The rise of cloud computing has revolutionized the way we approach performance engineering, offering unique opportunities to unlock scalability and resilience in our systems. Cloud computing provides
- [Elevate Your Brand this Fall: Unveiling Exciting Sponsorship Opportunities with CMG!](https://www.cmg.org/2023/08/elevate-your-brand-this-fall-unveiling-exciting-sponsorship-opportunities-with-cmg/) - Are you ready to take your organization’s visibility and influence to the next level within the world of enterprise IT and performance measurement? Look no further than Computer Measurement Group, Inc. (CMG), a premier professional membership association dedicated to advancing the fields of IT performance, capacity management, and more. With a plethora of engaging opportunities
- [What are you doing to modernize your customers on the mainframe? They’re asking, and we’re answering!](https://www.cmg.org/2023/06/what-are-you-doing-to-modernize-your-customers-on-the-mainframe/) - Join us for this virtual, fast-paced event, where will hear from industry leaders on how they are modernizing mainframes across industries. Our guest vendor presentations will deliver quick, energized presentations and we’ll conclude our event with a panel discussion open to attendee questions. This event will appeal to the innovation-curious and expose attendees to groundbreaking solutions, new technologies, and novel approaches to address today’s biggest mainframe challenges.
- [Ensuring performance: How major retailers leverage user traffic to validate code changes](https://www.cmg.org/2023/07/speedscale-webinar/) - Software development and testing is ultimately all in preparation for go-live. But what if you could predict how your go-live could go wrong? Modern cloud engineering teams at organizations such as Uber, DoorDash, and Google ‘mirror’ or ‘shadow’ traffic to see if new builds are ready for primetime. They’ve found that leveraging their own production
- [MeasureIT – Issue 7.08 – Mind Your Knees and Queues](https://www.cmg.org/2023/06/measureit-issue-7-08-mind-your-knees-and-queues/) - Responding to Hyperbole with Hyperbole Original Publish Date: August, 2009 Author: Neil J. Gunther Abstract How do you determine where the response-time “knee” occurs? Calculating where the response time suddenly begins to climb dramatically is considered by many to be an important determinant for such things as load testing, scalability analysis, and setting application
- [MeasureIT – Issue 7.07 – Does the Knee in a Queuing Curve Exist or is it just a Myth?](https://www.cmg.org/2023/06/does-the-knee/) - Original Posting: July, 2009 Author: Michael Ley Recently I attended a session at a conference entitled “An Introduction to Capacity Management“. Not that I needed it you understand, no perish the thought, but I was interested to see how a distinguished capacity-performance expert from a global consultancy would describe the discipline. As a teaser,
- [The Next Wave of AI](https://www.cmg.org/2023/06/the-next-wave-of-ai-2/) - AI has advanced in three waves: (1) Handcrafted knowledge, (2) Statistical learning, and (3) Contextual adaptation. This session will focus on the third wave of AI, discussing its motivation and its future impacts. Presented by: Brons Larson, PhD (AI Strategy/Ecosystems Lead, Office Of The CTO at Dell Technologies) is an Applied Mathematician who helps develop
- [Stay Sharp in today’s knowledge economy! Develop your skills with self-study online education.](https://www.cmg.org/2023/06/online-training-courses-2/) - New Online Courses and a Free Course Offer CMG is excited to announce that we have partnered with MindEdge Learning to bring you more than 300 self-paced online courses and certificates to help you expand your skill set and earn professional credits. You may choose from over 300 courses and certificates in a variety of
- [Hybrid World, Hybrid Architecture.](https://www.cmg.org/2023/06/hybrid-world-hybrid-architecture-2/) - Business as usual needs rapid cycle, rapid process and be in the moment. So many processes like “scrum” elevate many types of architecture (software and hardware) as they come online. The only consistent is change. During this session, we will explore how to put mainframe in this cycle and process through Capacity Planning on Zetaly
- [Hybrid World, Hybrid Architecture](https://www.cmg.org/2023/01/hybrid-world-hybrid-architecture/) - Business as usual needs rapid cycle, rapid process and be in the moment. So many processes like “scrum” elevate many types of architecture (software and hardware) as they come online. The only consistent is change. During this session, we will explore how to put mainframe in this cycle and process through Capacity Planning on Zetaly
- [Job Alert: Principal Engineer Research & Development z/OS ](https://www.cmg.org/2023/05/job-alert-principal-engineer-research-development-z-os/) - Principal Engineer Research & Development z/OS STAMFORD / RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT – US / FULL-TIME / REMOTE The global data privacy software market is projected to grow from $2.36 billion in 2022 to $25.85 billion by 2029. So, if you are searching for an innovative career, then the cybersecurity industry might just be the one for
- [The Most Recession-Proof Jobs in the Tech Industry](https://www.cmg.org/2023/05/the-most-recession-proof-jobs-in-the-tech-industry/) - Discover the most recession-proof jobs in the tech industry, including software developers, cybersecurity analysts, data scientists, cloud architects, IT project managers, and AI/ML engineers. Explore stable career paths that thrive regardless of economic conditions and ensure long-term success in the ever-evolving tech world.
- ["Perfomalies". Change and Anomaly Detection in Performance data](https://www.cmg.org/2023/05/perfomalies-change-and-anomaly-detection-in-performance-data-2/) - The MASF/SETDS method of detecting changes and anomalies in performance data, its recent implementation and the way to use and interpret the results will be presented with real examples against MangoDB testing data. Since 1995, a time when the CMG conference published a very influential paper about the MASF method of anomaly detection, this topic
- [AI in Incident Response: Opportunities and Risks](https://www.cmg.org/2023/04/ai-in-incident-response-opportunities-and-risks/) - Large Language Models provide an unprecedentedly powerful “sidekick” in resolving incidents. Our talk opens by exploring what LLMs can do when things go wrong: from parsing your codebase to assist with debugging, to writing ad-hoc testing scripts, to simply brainstorming solutions alongside engineers, and more. These features, which are being rapidly developed and explored, ought
- [The Next Wave of AI](https://www.cmg.org/2023/05/the-next-wave-of-ai/) - AI has advanced in three waves: (1) Handcrafted knowledge, (2) Statistical learning, and (3) Contextual adaptation. This session will focus on the third wave of AI, discussing its motivation and its future impacts. Presented by: Brons Larson, PhD (AI Strategy/Ecosystems Lead, Office Of The CTO at Dell Technologies) is an Applied Mathematician who helps develop
- [Operationalizing AI Virtual Conference - May 9, 2023](https://www.cmg.org/2023/03/operationalizingai2023/) - CMG Presents: Operationalizing AI On Tuesday, May 9th from 10 AM – 2 PM ET, CMG will host an event about operationalizing AI where you can expect to learn about: The basics of operationalizing AI, including what it means, why it is important, and the benefits of integrating AI into business operations. Deploying your AI
- [Catching Fire: Autonomous Drones to Detect and Track Wildfires](https://www.cmg.org/2023/04/catching-fire-autonomous-drones-to-detect-and-track-wildfires/) - Can drones help prevent natural disasters? Wildfires have become highly destructive in the recent years, ravaging the environment and human lives. In this hands-on workshop, build a wildfire detection system with autonomous drones. We will explore cutting-edge methods to detect fire outbreaks and predict their direction of spread. Gain skills in simulation and AI that
- [A Perspective on AI](https://www.cmg.org/2023/04/a-perspective-on-ai/) - The session is about AI in the context of an historical perspective of IT. The current buzz about AI has been applied to IT before. The concerns and skeptism with regard to programming and writing are also not new. They have just changed focus. I will use several examples of this to illustrate the point,
- [Operationalizing AI Panel Discussion](https://www.cmg.org/2023/04/operationalizing-ai-panel-discussion/) - Operationalizing AI involves the practical implementation of AI technologies in real-world business operations. This panel will explore the challenges and opportunities of operationalizing AI, including issues related to data quality, model accuracy, and ethical considerations. The panelists will share their experiences and perspectives on successfully integrating AI into various business processes, including marketing, finance, and
- [Generative AI for Enterprises](https://www.cmg.org/2023/04/generative-ai-for-enterprises/) - There is a growing demand for generative AI and related applications that allow enterprises to create and own their models without paying API access fees or sharing data with LLM providers. This is because the usage of models, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, is dependent on APIs. For some enterprises, this dependence can cause compliance, governance
- [AIOps on Cloud](https://www.cmg.org/2023/04/aiops-on-cloud/) - AIOps—i.e. artificial intelligence for IT operations—is the application of artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, such as natural language processing and machine learning models, to automate and streamline operational workflows. In this session, we will be talking about the basics of AIOps and how it is performed on AWS Cloud. Presented by: Praveen Kumar Jeyarajan, Senior DevOps
- [Why should you care about open source licenses - Open until 5/16](https://www.cmg.org/2023/05/why-should-you-care-about-open-source-licenses-2/) - Developers do not often pay attention to licenses when using various open-source projects. As a result, we can often use open source projects/parts of a project or functions for our applications and programs without thinking about how it might affect the future. In the session, we highlight the issue of choosing licenses, discussing the compatibility
- [Introduction to Live Optics – An IT Environment Analysis Tool [WEBINAR]](https://www.cmg.org/2023/04/introduction-to-live-optic/) - In this webinar session, our speaker will guide you through the powerful capabilities of Live Optics, demonstrating how it can help you gain a better understanding of your customer’s IT environment and develop informed, data-driven projects Speaker: Leandro Baruffi, Product Technologist, Dell Technologies As a Computer Science graduate from 2006 with 20 years of experience in
- [Performance (and load) testing in production!](https://www.cmg.org/2022/11/performance-and-load-testing-in-production/) - Since ancient times we have heard the phrase “you do not ever test in production.” That phrase, at a point, was reasonably accurate for all QA endeavors, especially for performance testing. This taboo came partly from the misconception that performance testing meant loading and determining the system’s limits by bringing it down with load tests.
- [Mainframe Modernization 2023:  Databases and Open Source Software](https://www.cmg.org/2023/03/mainframe-modernization-databases-and-open-source-software/) - The use of Open Source software helps users and administrators of databases gain significant value in analyzing the functionality and performance of their specific database products. By establishing a connection to the database itself via a REST API with optional Open Source ZOWE features and combining it with an Open Source time-series database along with
- [Mainframe Modernization 2023: Modernization Overview Panel](https://www.cmg.org/2023/03/modernization-overview-panel/) - Starting 10:50 AM ET We invite you to join us for our “Why Modernization?” executive panel discussion. During this 40-minute discussion, our panelists will discuss modernization biggest drivers within their own organizations and the impact on pillars such as security, cost, and talent. RegisterLog In to the Event Panelists: Tracy Hutcheson, Head of User Experience,
- [Mainframe Virtual Conference - March 30, 2023](https://www.cmg.org/2023/01/mainframe2023-2/) - Mainframe Modernization 2023: What does modern even mean? Once again, CMG, with some partners and friends, will explore what mainframe modernization looks like in 2023. Among other revelations, this event will explore the impact of automation, AI/ML, and talent on infrastructure modernization. We hope you will join us on March 30th from 10 AM ET to 2 PM
- [Mainframe Modernization 2023: Frenemies Panel Discussion](https://www.cmg.org/2023/03/frenemies-panel-discussion/) - For this 40-minute panel discussion, we’re hosting the biggest “frenemies” in mainframe modernization. Our panelists will be discussing industry trends and challenges that are driving their businesses. The discussions will cover Artificial Intelligence, Green Tech, Mainframe-as-a-Service, and talent. RegisterLog In to the Event Panelists: JD Bagnell, Offering Manager, Broadcom Mainframe Software JD has spent 30
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- [Panel: Roadmap for Cultivating Performance-Aware Software Engineers](https://www.cmg.org/2022/02/panel-roadmap-for-cultivating-performance-aware-software-engineers/) - The performance implications of software design choices are often only incidentally mentioned in undergraduate courses and are rarely taught in a systematic way. Most undergraduate students lack awareness of the performance implications for designing and constructing software as well as the associated quantitative skills for planning for and analyzing typical performance issues. Cultivating Performance-Aware Software
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- [Modernizing Mainframe using Cloud](https://www.cmg.org/2021/11/modernizing-mainframe-using-cloud/) - The modernization of the mainframe is not lift and shift. It does not mean a complete replacement of the mainframe. It is moving the applications to a cloud, migrating the database to a cloud-based database, and replacing the part of the mainframe applications in an evolutionary way. You can use low code platforms and no-code
- [A Hybrid Approach to Performance Testing](https://www.cmg.org/2022/09/a-hybrid-approach-to-performance-testing/) - The golden rule of web performance states that for most web pages, less than 10–20% of the end-user response time is spent getting the HTML document from the web server to the browser while 80-90% of the end user response time is spent on the frontend. When we talk about performance testing, the most common
- [JMeter scripting: the missing piece](https://www.cmg.org/2022/09/jmeter-scripting-the-missing-piece/) - The presentation will first dive into the main pros and cons of JMeter usage comparing it to other main OSS alternatives (like Gatling, Taurus & K6).Then we will present jmeter-java-dsl (https://abstracta.github.io/jmeter-java-dsl/) as a new alternative for JMeter users and performance engineers in general. JMeter DSL significantly improves JMeter’s experience and moves performance testing closer to
- [Application Performance Benchmarking within a CI/CD Pipeline](https://www.cmg.org/2022/10/application-performance-benchmarking-within-a-ci-cd-pipeline/) - What is the traditional approach to performance monitoring on the Mainframe? Industry professionals know that performance and cost evaluations are usually done in final stages during integration level testing. The simple act of performance monitoring is significantly more challenging at this stage of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Furthermore, if there are performance anomalies,
- [Security Foundations](https://www.cmg.org/2022/09/security-foundations/) - Gain an understanding on where to start on developing a security package for small business. Talking points will cover the current landscape of security threats and how the remote/COVID environment has changed our need secure our companies and customers more. Additionally, “why security matters and where to start” will be addressed with opportunities to ask
- [Performance Engineering and DevOps - October 18 2022](https://www.cmg.org/2022/06/performance-engineering-and-devops-october-2022/) - This October, 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. Sessions will be announced in the coming weeks. Check back often for speaker announcements and more. Event resources are available to
- [Modeling, Animation & Observability](https://www.cmg.org/2021/12/modeling-animation-observability/) - Modeling has been a valuable tool for evaluating application performance during design, test and production for the last 40+ years. However, there are challenges with model construction and usage. This presentation will (a) demonstrate how animation can improve the utility of modeling and (b) how leveraging distributed traces can reduce the time and effort required
- [Key considerations for managing and optimizing under Tailored Fit Pricing](https://www.cmg.org/2021/12/key-considerations-for-managing-and-optimizing-under-tailored-fit-pricing/) - Tailored Fit Pricing is a new means of paying for hardware and software consumption on the mainframe, however at a technical level there may be changes in how operators and capacity planners will need to work. This session will explain some of challenges, provoke some thoughts within the audience and suggest strategies to optimize performance
- [ICPE's Call for Workshop Proposals ends October 17th](https://www.cmg.org/2022/10/icpes-call-for-workshop-proposals-ends-october-17th/) - Call for Workshop Proposal --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICPE 2023 14th ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering Sponsored by ACM SIGMETRICS, SIGSOFT, and SPEC RG
- [The Guide to Observability Virtual Summit - May 19, 2020](https://www.cmg.org/2020/05/observability-emerging-trends-virtual-summit/) - Observability Virtual Summit focuses on topics, methodologies, and education surrounding monitoring and observability. This event features high-level discussions, technical demonstrations, and Q&A sessions from practitioners who work in the field. Learn about the newest approaches in monitoring and observability and which tools and techniques are being used in companies today. Resources The Complete Guide to
- [Observability Virtual Conference - June 22-23, 2021](https://www.cmg.org/2021/02/observability-virtual-conference-june-22/) - Modern architectures require new techniques for monitoring and observability. These sessions will cover new techniques and tools to support modern distributed and hybrid systems. Sessions will be announced in the coming weeks. Check back often for speaker announcements and more. Event resources are available to Virtual Conference Registrants and CMG members. To access these resources
- [Observability Virtual Conference - September 13, 2022](https://www.cmg.org/2022/06/observability-virtual-conference-sept1322/) - Join us for “OBSERVABILITYCON” where we will discuss the key areas of observability – logs, metrics, and traces – as well as the practices and tools that can be implemented to make for better, more observable systems. Schedule and Sessions Join us 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Eastern time. Check back for more session information.
- [IMPACT2020 | Business Continuity & Contingency Planning or, Who Turned out the Lights -Jonathan Gladstone](https://www.cmg.org/2022/09/impact2020-business-continuity-contingency-planning-or-who-turned-out-the-lights-jonathan-gladstone/) - In the early days of IT, it was enough to get our very expensive processors and code to run efficiently, when they worked at all. Over the past few decades, our concerns have grown from reliability, availability, serviceability (RAS) to also include scalability and security for each IT workload. As part of all this, there
- [Observability, Incident Response, and Common Ground that Binds](https://www.cmg.org/2022/08/observability-incident-response/) - During incident response it is critical that responders communicate and update shared mental models. Mutual understandings and assumptions must be constantly updated to maintain effective coordination. This is known as Common Ground. It consists of all efforts required to manage coordination for the incident. This work is secondary to the incident itself: it is a
- [Is the mainframe at the heart of your cyber resiliency strategy?](https://www.cmg.org/2021/12/is-the-mainframe-at-the-heart-of-your-cyber-resiliency-strategy/) - With cyber-attacks continuing to grab headlines, many enterprises are re-evaluating their resiliency posture, including the role the mainframe needs to play due to the criticality of the data and applications running on the platform. The focus is to discuss cyber resiliency at a high level and the techniques that can be applied to address these
- [IMPACT 2022 - Your Mess Needs a Mesh](https://www.cmg.org/2021/10/your-mess-needs-a-mesh/) - With cloud-native container-based microservice deployments, there can be challenges with consistent and reliable support for L7 metrics, rate limiting, traffic load splitting, circuit breaking, canary deployments, etc. Service Meshes address these issues. The Service Mesh framework takes care of the service discovery, service identity, security, traffic flow management, and policy enforcement of each service. Microservices
- [IMPACT 2022 - Work less and save more](https://www.cmg.org/2021/10/work-less-and-save-more/) - Most z/OS environments have thousands of jobs , hundreds of started tasks, millions of CICS, IMS , DDF or WEB transactions , tens of service classes and reports classes that run everyday. While most computer centers get the big picture of how everything is running and the main problem areas , they still have many
- [Panel: Observability in Practice](https://www.cmg.org/2022/08/observability-in-practice/) - Our panelists are expert technology practitioners that hail from MathWorks, EPAM Systems, Capital One, and Red Hat. During this discussion, we will hear directly from the experts as they discuss their own engineering work with observability in mind. Our conversation will explore the evolution of APM, the importance of monitoring and observability, and the, sometimes
- [Observability: APM Rebranded?](https://www.cmg.org/2022/08/observability-apm-rebranded/) - In this session, Scott and CMG’s CEO Amanda Hendley will chat about the evolving practice of observability, the key outcomes from good observability practices, and the impact that observability and APM are having on engineering, teams, culture, and budget. About The Speaker: Scott Moore is a performance expert and trusted technology industry advisor with over
- [Why Observability is THE vehicle to manage resources and spend strategically... and to ensure you have the keys to switch to efficient data-driven decisions making.](https://www.cmg.org/2022/08/why-observability-is-the-vehicle-to-manage-resources-and-spend-strategically-and-to-ensure-you-have-the-keys-to-switch-to-efficient-data-driven-decisions-making/) - It’s time to get back control and to offer the most efficient and reliable solution that answers to the three crucial needs any organization: The loss of mainframe experts and the necessary replacement by more standard IT profiles, in near future. The costs management between required reductions and research of new profits. The integration of
- [The OpenTelemetry Hero’s Journey: Correlating Application & Infrastructure Context](https://www.cmg.org/2022/08/context-with-opentelemetry/) - See the Session Having correlated metrics, traces, and logs from our services and infrastructure is a vital component of observability. We will discuss what’s possible with OpenTelemetry and where the gaps are with today’s open source tools. About The Speakers Edwin Onattu, is a Product Manager working on Infrastructure, Metrics and OpenTelemetry at Instana. Josh
- [IMPACT 2022 - The Freedom of Kubernetes requires Chaos Engineering to shine in production](https://www.cmg.org/2021/11/the-freedom-of-kubernetes/) - Like any other technology transformation, k8s adoption typically starts with small “pet projects”. One k8s cluster here, another one over there. If you don’t pay attention, you may end up like many organizations these days, something that spreads like wildfire: hundreds or thousands of k8s clusters, owned by different teams, spread across on-premises and in
- [Access the Event](https://www.cmg.org/2001/09/access-the-event/) - Please use these instructions to join the Event App from your laptop or desktop computer. We recommend using the Google Chrome browser for the best experience. Follow this link: https://app.socio.events/MTg2MDQ%3D/overview Enter the email address you used to register for the event or use one of the social sign-in options. If you use social sign-in, the
- [IMPACT 2022 - System Recover Boost: Hitting the Turbo Button on z/OS](https://www.cmg.org/2021/10/system-recover-boost-hitting-the-turbo-button-on-z-os/) - SRB is one of the more interesting things that IBM has introduced with the z15 and certainly can help certain installations, shut down, start-up, and recover faster. But what are the practical implications of using SRB? How does enabling the different flavors of SRB influence both the performance and measurement of the systems, even potentially
- [WEBINAR: Predicting carbon footprint for Cloud Data Platforms](https://www.cmg.org/2022/08/webinar-predicting-carbon-footprint-for-cloud-data-platforms/) - Differences in architecture, scalability, the efficiency of optimizer plans, and workload management of Cloud data platforms all directly impact the power consumption and carbon emissions associated with running workloads in the cloud. Gartner predicts that by 2025, the carbon emissions of Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) will be one of the top criteria in cloud purchase
- [IMPACT 2022 - Physical data center capacity planning - Performance management at scale](https://www.cmg.org/2021/09/physical-data-center-capacity-planning-performance-management-at-scale/) - This session discusses how to create a capacity management plan that includes public, private, and legacy workloads, accounting for how the plan changes over time to accommodate increasing public cloud content. IT executives have targeted moving workload to public cloud over time. It is important the the capacity planner understand the adoption of public clouds,
- [IMPACT 2022 - Perspectives on the USL](https://www.cmg.org/2021/10/perspectives-on-the-usl/) - This session is based on the speaker's book entitled "Information Technology Performance" that contains fundamentals of computer performance from a fresh perspective. This session will cover scaling models which reinterpret Dr. Gunther's USL and expand upon some of his examples. This talk additionally covers fundamental ideas to the USL model and methods. Specifically, the session
- [IMPACT 2022 - Managing 50 Billion Things](https://www.cmg.org/2021/10/managing-50-billion-things/) - Today, each IT person in the enterprise manages, on average, less than 250 devices. With the advent of IoT, that ratio needs to grow closer to a million to one to be manageable. And as enterprises find more and more devices connecting to their networks, the challenges for administrators grow. This presentation will discuss how
- [IMPACT 2022 - Mainframe innovation: unlock any data for any application](https://www.cmg.org/2021/10/mainframe-innovation-unlock-any-data-for-any-application/) - Discover how to manage data complexity and access to mainframe unstructured data and external data sources (e.g. Oracle, Teradata) through a virtualization layer with IBM Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS. Find out how to exploit this solution to innovate traditional mainframe applications to adapt to new business requirements and trends in a data gravity model.
- [IMPACT 2022 - Lessons Learned from a Ransomware Attack](https://www.cmg.org/2021/09/lessons-learned-from-a-ransomware-attack/) - This talk covers a ransomware attack on a medium-size school district (23K students, 4K staff). We start with the timeline of the attack that was determined by forensic analysis, cover what was damaged in the attack, and then cover the attack recovery process. Then we'll discuss changes that were made to avoid and mitigate any
- [IMPACT 2022 - Finding Your Way in the Cloudy DBMS Jungle](https://www.cmg.org/2021/10/finding-your-way-in-the-cloudy-dbms-jungle/) - Driven by research and adopted by the industry, two major IT domains have experienced a tremendous increase in service offers over the last few years: database management systems (DBMS) and cloud computing. Since the one-size-fits-all paradigm is no longer valid, the relational DBMS landscape has been extended with over 250 (and still growing) of NoSQL
- [IMPACT 2022 - Cloud Servers Rightsizing with Seasonality Adjustments](https://www.cmg.org/2021/11/cloud-servers-rightsizing-with-seasonality-adjustments/) - When the cloud servers rightsizing algorithm calculates the baseline level for the current year application server's usage, the seasonal adjustment needs to be calculated and applied by adding the additional anticipated change, which could be increasing or decreasing the capacity usage. We describe the method and illustrate it against the real data. The cloud servers
- [IMPACT 2022 - Balancing Kubernetes performance, resilience & cost by using ML-based optimization - a real-world case](https://www.cmg.org/2021/11/balancing-kubernetes-performance-resilience-cost/) - Properly tuning Kubernetes applications is a daunting task, often resulting in reliability and performance issues, as well as unexpected costs. We describe how ML-based optimization enabled a digital service provider to automatically tune Kubernetes pods and dramatically reduce the associated cost. Properly tuning Kubernetes microservice applications is a daunting task even for experienced Performance Engineers
- [Global Cloud Environment: Data Analysis and Management Workload](https://www.cmg.org/2021/12/global-cloud-environment-data-analysis-and-management-workload-2/) - Often IT companies are facing with multiple challenges in case if they decide to create globally distributed cloud based environment, like well-known problem of big data, including storing client accounts in a database, protocoling user activity in the logs, transferring real time dataflow, processing big data analytics, etc. The session addresses the challenges of a
- [Five design patterns to build more resilient applications](https://www.cmg.org/2021/12/five-design-patterns-to-build-more-resilient-applications/) - To deal with uncertainty, you have to design your software to be resilient. This session will review the most useful patterns for building resilient applications such as graceful degradation, timeouts, exponential backoff, and circuit breakers. It will also explore how we can test our assumptions by injecting failure into our applications and uncovering our weaknesses.
- [First experiences with Docker on zCX](https://www.cmg.org/2021/12/first-experiences-with-docker-on-zcx/) - zCX is one of the most exciting functionalities recently introduced in z/OS. With zCX, it is now possible to run distributed applications on z/OS with no changes. We will discuss the first experiences of configuring this environment and running a Linux app that interprets SMF data in it. We'd like to show: zCX installation and
- [Hybrid Cloud AIOps from Mobile to Mainframe](https://www.cmg.org/2022/03/hybrid-cloud-aiops-from-mobile-to-mainframe/) - Today’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
- [IBM Z16: Roadmap to secure hybrid cloud and AI](https://www.cmg.org/2022/04/ibms-znext-z16/) - The IBM Z platform is recognized for its security, resiliency, performance, and scale. It is relied upon by businesses around the globe for mission-critical workloads and as an essential element of their hybrid cloud infrastructure. IBM z16, the first IBM Z system built with the IBM Telum Processor, extends the platform's capabilities and adds new
- [How to Socialize Like a Mainframer](https://www.cmg.org/2022/05/how-to-socialize-like-a-mainframer/) - Did you know that there is a mainframe culture? If you're involved with mainframe-relevant user groups such as CMG, SHARE, GSE and the like, or online communities such as the IBM-MAIN listserv or various social media groups, you may think that these are the essence of mainframe culture - and in some ways, you wouldn't
- [Are you sure to have evaluated the best strategies for the future of your mainframe workload?](https://www.cmg.org/2022/05/are-you-sure-to-have-evaluated-the-best-strategies-for-the-future-of-your-mainframe-workload/) - The mainframe is constantly changing and evolving and according to the data, “z” is not going away. It is still strategic for many key industries. So, what does this mean to your mainframe strategies? The mainframe is becoming less of a silo, but now part of the armory for the business. As the technology evolves,
- [Fireside chat featuring BMO Capacity Planner Jonathan Gladstone and Senior Product Manager Andrew Bowker](https://www.cmg.org/2022/05/fireside-chat/) - About The Speakers: Jonathan Gladstone is a senior information systems professional, educator, planner and team leader with over thirty years of applied experience in capacity management, business continuity management, ITIL process management, development & implementation (including change & problem management), and project initiation for large corporate I/T infrastructures. Andrew Bowker is Senior Product Manager at IBM where
- [Performance and Financial Governance Optimization in Hybrid Multi-Cloud World](https://www.cmg.org/2022/02/performance-and-financial-governance-optimization-in-hybrid-multi-cloud-world/) - ABOUT THE SESSION For most organizations, the journey to the cloud is well underway. Unfortunately, many cloud migration decisions are made without options evaluation and realistic performance and financial expectations. Financial stakeholders are concerned with an annual budgeting process that might need un-planned revisions. IT stakeholders are concerned with selecting the right cloud data platforms
- [CMG - Your Technology Community](https://www.cmg.org/2020/03/cmg-your-technology-community/) - We are happy to announce our new tagline: “Your Technology Community.” Why did we change our tagline? More than 40 years ago, CMG was founded by a community of technology practitioners who wanted to educate and support each other. Today, as we are all experiencing a new world of work during this global pandemic, CMG want
- [IMPACT 2021 Proceedings](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact-2021-proceedings/) - AllAIopsArtificial IntelligenceCapacityCareersCloudData CenterDevopsEngineeringImpactInfrastructureInnovationLeadershipMachine LearningMainframeObservabilityPerformanceResource PlanningSecuritySite Reliability EngineeringSoftwareTestingAll AIops Artificial Intelligence Capacity Careers Cloud Data Center Devops Engineering Impact Infrastructure Innovation Leadership Machine Learning Mainframe Observability Performance Resource Planning Security Site Reliability Engineering Software Testing IMPACT2021 | A Mainframe Security Rosetta – Reg HarbeckWhat’s an ESM on z/OS? Why are there three of them? Why does each have […] Read moreIMPACT2021 | Anomalies Detection and Cloud Platform Selection During DevOps – Boris Zibitsker, Alex Lupersolsky, Pavel Pratasevich,
- [Drones 2 GNSS](https://www.cmg.org/2022/01/drones-2-gnss/) - Learn about the project Drones 2 GNSS. In a nutshell, the project uses an aerial platform (Drone) to acquire high precision mapping coordinates of the ground by using a novel set of integrated sensors and algorithms, with great applications in most fields of Geo-sciences and Engineering. Nowadays, Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS/GPS) constitute the standard
- [Do You See What I See? Using AR and AI](https://www.cmg.org/2022/02/do-you-see-what-i-see-using-ar-and-ai/) - In this hands-on workshop, we explore the challenges of real-world applications of augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) through experiments that demonstrate interactions with an augmented world. We interrogate applications of AR and AI, their limitations, social impact, and ethical considerations. You will walk away with code and ideas for your own projects. About
- [The New Mainframe - May 24, 2022](https://www.cmg.org/2022/02/the-new-mainframe/) - Join us for “The New Mainframe” virtual event as we hear from experts and explore how mainframe technology continues to evolve to meet the needs of an ever-changing tech ecosystem. Sessions will cover hybrid computing, AIOps, zNext, quantum computing, security, and much more. Schedule and Sessions Join us 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Eastern time.
- [DevOps Worked… Why Hasn't Security Kept Up?](https://www.cmg.org/2021/12/devops-worked-why-hasnt-security-kept-up/) - DevOps has changed the way software is built, delivered, and operated. Behind the improvements are DevOps teams, cultural shifts, and tooling built to serve engineers. Let’s look at why security has remained stagnant while a best-in-class standard has been developed for the rest of engineering. DevOps has changed the way software is built, delivered, and
- [Beyond Picture Perfect Diversity: How to Create a Sense of Inclusion](https://www.cmg.org/2021/12/beyond-picture-perfect-diversity-how-to-create-a-sense-of-inclusion/) - Many organizations view diversity as a statistical goal, achieved by strategic hires and exemplified by a picture-perfect workplace. However, a diverse team without ties of inclusion fails to fully harness the advantages of diversity. In this keynote, Dima Ghawi shares information she has gleaned from hundreds of interviews and workplace surveys to teach leaders how
- [Continuous Performance Testing: Challenges and Approaches](https://www.cmg.org/2021/12/continuous-performance-testing-challenges-and-approaches/) - The way we develop software is changing – and performance engineering is changing too to remain relevant. Integrating into agile development (shift-left / continuous performance testing) becomes a must when performance risks need to be mitigated. Automation and Continuous Integration (CI) become necessary as we get to multiple iterations and shrinking times to verify performance.
- [Create Your Lasting Legacy](https://www.cmg.org/2021/12/create-your-lasting-legacy/) - We all have a story to tell and a person waiting to hear it so that it may set them free. As professionals, we are inundated with many responsibilities that often derail us from staying in alignment with our talents & ultimately our purpose. Every day we meet with challenges waiting to rob us from
- [Containers Beyond Expectations: Managing Physical Desktop Computers with Containers and Kubernetes](https://www.cmg.org/2021/12/containers-beyond-expectations-managing-physical-desktop-computers-with-containers-and-kubernetes/) - Just before the pandemic, a colleague and I were looking at taking over the management of our workshop computers for the conferences we put on with our company. After using our Edge computing and cloud native experience, we came up with a solution where we would use fully loaded desktop linux distro containers to run
- [Webinar: “Securing Challenging Opportunities" -Donna Ceriani, Leadership Success Coach](https://www.cmg.org/2022/04/webinar-securing-challenging-opportunities-donna-ceriani-leadership-success-coach-2/) - Securing Challenging Opportunities -Donna Ceriani, Leadership Success Coach You’re good at what you do but sometimes it feels like you can do it blindfolded. You’re wondering what to do differently to get more interesting work assignments. It would be great to feel energized about what you’re doing. And make an even bigger impact in the
- [JOB FLASH! Senior Performance Engineer, Audio/Video](https://www.cmg.org/2022/04/job-flash-senior-performance-engineer-audio-video/) - Senior Performance Engineer, Audio/Video COMPANY: Tempus Ex Remote About Us Tempus Ex Machina is the technological vanguard for the sports and entertainment industry. Utilizing unprecedented access, we R&D at the world’s biggest sporting events. Merging sports, video, and data with innovation and accessibility, Tempus Ex technology enables the creation of new interactive experiences
- [Cloud Decisions Optimization](https://www.cmg.org/2021/12/cloud-decisions-optimization/) - Organizations moving and managing workloads in the cloud face similar challenges of selecting the cloud data platform and managing a Hybrid Multi-Cloud environment. This presentation will review the case study of applying our modeling and optimization technology in addressing these challenges. Organizations moving and managing workloads in the cloud face similar challenges of selecting the
- [Inclusion, Diversity, Equity in Action (IDEA) Certification Course](https://www.cmg.org/2021/09/inclusion-diversity-equity-in-action-idea-certification-course/) - When you hear the words “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion”… Do you get excited? Are you curious to learn more? Do you fear you don’t know how to help, even though you want to? Do you feel passionate about leading change? Does this sound like you? Download the Flyer Building a culture that fosters
- [IBM PREVAIL 2021 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE](https://www.cmg.org/2021/10/ibm-prevail-2021-virtual-conference/) - CMG is partners with IBM Academy of Technology 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. In recent times we have seen a growing interest in Agile ways of working, DevOps pipelines and toolchains, microservices development
- [Featured Opportunity: Performance Engineer at MathWorks](https://www.cmg.org/2022/04/featured-opportunity-performance-engineer-at-mathworks/) - Performance Engineer Job Summary We are seeking a highly motivated Performance Engineer to help us drive performance analysis and optimization across the MATLAB platform. The MATLAB Performance Team nurtures growth, appreciates diversity, encourages initiative, values teamwork, shares success, and rewards excellence.” You will be responsible for developing methods and tools to measure, and improving
- [All Hands on Deck! Come Together with the Fab Four: Capacity, Performance, Cost and AI](https://www.cmg.org/2021/12/all-hands-on-deck-come-together-with-the-fab-four-capacity-performance-cost-and-ai/) - In today’s world, your ‘deck’ needs more hands! It takes skilled people, an effective capacity management process, and focused tools to support mergers, acquisitions, outage recovery, and application changes within an infrastructure. Considering the realization that no organization can properly support an “All Hands Event” with just using “Eyes on Glass” and that it takes
- [What's that VM Doing? The Sequel](https://www.cmg.org/2022/01/whats-that-vm-doing-the-sequel/) - Server/VM-level measurements notify the capacity/performance analyst of resource usage patterns during (1) capacity threshold breaches (2) SLA breaches (3) other significant changes, but not how/why these occurred. Inside guest measurements of the individual processes running on the server are the implementation of everything from the operating system, tools, utilities, and application(s). How can these be
- [5G Wireless Networks and beyond with AI/ML adaption](https://www.cmg.org/2021/11/5g-wireless-networks-and-beyond-with-ai-ml-adaption/) - This presentation provides valuable architecture and business insights when planning to deploy new generation wireless networks based on Service Based Architecture(SBA). Emphasis on business verticals convergence with business and operational support (B/OSS) systems highlighted. Business value propositions with AI strategies are covered. Key technology enablers are outlined with concepts include AI/ML models adaption on 5G
- [Cloud Cost Savings with APEX](https://www.cmg.org/2022/03/cloud-strategist-customer-centric-cloud-containers/) - ABOUT THE SESSION Join one of our Cloud Strategist to understand how to lower your total costs and improve the efficiency of your cloud spending. During this session we will cover a high level cloud strategy, provide an easy to use Cost Model to use for comparison, showcase some examples and touch upon Dell Technologies
- [10 tips to reach Mainframe Operational Excellence (or not)!](https://www.cmg.org/2022/01/10-tips-to-reach-mainframe-operational-excellence-or-not/) - Operational excellence, what does it mean in this digital world? As with Covid, we have to embrace change, to not only stay competitive, but to not get left behind. At the heart of everything mainframe, “SMF records”. Understand them and what they can bring to your company. Ignore or not use them is at your
- ["Game Day" Production Testing](https://www.cmg.org/2021/11/game-day-production-testing/) - In the IT industry, testing in production has always been considered a "bad word". However, we in Capital One have been doing it for over a year and realized a lot of benefits! "Game Day" is a concept that Capital One has been utilizing to test in production in order to validate the capacity and
- [AI in the Cloud](https://www.cmg.org/2022/02/ai-in-the-cloud/) - ABOUT THE SESSION During this session, audience will be introduced to the topics related to involvement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Cloud Computing. The objective of this session is to elaborate how AI plays a role in cloud computing , how AI becomes affordable through cloud computing while boosting productivity, benefits of deploying AI in
- [Business Continuity Exchange - June 30, 2020](https://www.cmg.org/2020/05/business-continuity-exchange/) - With a global pandemic hitting businesses of all shapes and sizes, disaster recovery and business continuity have again become the greatest areas of IT investment for companies. The conversation is no longer about disaster recovery and planning data center backups for a couple of days. COVID-19 has shown all of us the importance of business
- [Performance Engineering in the Time of DevOps - August 18, 2020](https://www.cmg.org/2020/06/pe-and-devops/) - When Waterfall was the performance methodology of the day, performance testing at the end of development was the accepted best practice. If the performance criteria were met, the system was ready to go into production. But Waterfall is being increasingly replaced by Agile development methodologies requiring performance to be considered from day one in development.
- [Mainframe Emerging Trends Virtual Summit - April 7, 2020](https://www.cmg.org/2020/04/mainframe-emerging-trends-virtual-summit/) - Resources Using Multifactor Authentication to Authorize Mainframe Access The Micro Focus Modernization Maturity Model Innovation in Modernization Please login here to download resources Resources Allocating Mainframe CPU Costs with ITBI Achieving Cost Savings by Optimizing Z/OS Systems with ITBI Achieving Cost Savings by Rightsizing Servers with ITBI Presentations & Interviews April 8, 2020Virtual Conference 2020 – Q&A Session with Reg
- [AIxchange - November 27, 2018](https://www.cmg.org/2018/11/aixchange/) - Join us for this virtual conference all about artificial intelligence on November 27th! Conference rooms and office stand-ups are all buzzing. Artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging to represent one of the largest technological shifts across countless industries in recent history. From driving manufacturing to supporting marketing to improving customer retention to improving ITops, AI is
- [cloudXchange - July 19, 2018](https://www.cmg.org/2018/05/from-uber-to-netflix-and-more-introducing-cloudxchange-2018/) - By Amanda Hendley, CMG Managing Director If there is one constant in our collective business lives, it is that the proverbial cloud has come to represent the majority of IT processes for all of us. The cloud, after all, now accounts for seemingly everything, from our personal lives and how we interact with each other
- [Cloud’s  Top Trends for 2022 - March 22, 2022](https://www.cmg.org/2022/02/clouds-top-trends/) - Since its introduction, Cloud Computing has been leaned upon for its availability and scalability among other attributes. Today, cloud is poised for exponential growth as more companies move to cloud-first and more innovators are exploring a world of possibilities in cloud. For our session on March 22nd, CMG is exploring Cloud’s Top Trends for 2022.
- [Lessons from the field](https://www.cmg.org/2022/03/lessons-from-the-field/) - Properly tuning Kubernetes microservice applications is a daunting task even for experienced Performance Engineers and SREs. As a consequence, companies often face reliability and performance issues, and unexpected costs even after weeks of manual tuning efforts. In this session, we present results from real-world cases that demonstrate how ML techniques make it possible to automatically
- [Gaming in the Cloud](https://www.cmg.org/2022/03/gaming-in-the-cloud/) - During this fireside chat, Amanda Hendley will interview Susan Romera, Solutions Engineer – Infrastructure modernization, Google Cloud for Games. During their discussion, Susan will talk about the exponentially-growing cloud-gaming industry, the technology that supports it, and how these evolving technologies will impact other industries. Session Video: To view the video you must have a CMG
- [Building a Full Stack Observability Solution using Distributed Tracing](https://www.cmg.org/2022/01/building-a-full-stack-observability-solution-using-distributed-tracing/) - As more and more organizations start using a combination of cloud and third-party APIs, monitoring & troubleshooting applications has become increasingly challenging. In this session, we will describe how to use distributed tracing to correlate metrics, logs, and events to troubleshoot microservices-based applications effectively. We will also explore the must-haves for a full-stack observability solution.
- [Capital One announced as winner of the IMPACT Innovation Award](https://www.cmg.org/2022/02/capital-one-announced-as-winner-of-the-impact-innovation-award/) - MongoDB, Capital One, and Softcity Group were recognized during the 2022 CMG conference. Atlanta, GA USA February 8, 2022 - The Computer Measurement Group, CMG, with its partner Mullen Foundation announced last week that Capital One was the recipient of the 2022 IMPACT Innovation Award for its Opticloud invention (patent pending). The awards program, which
- [Monitoring and Observability - November 16, 2021](https://www.cmg.org/2021/02/monitoring-and-observability-november-16/) - Modern architectures require new techniques for monitoring and observability. These sessions will cover new techniques and tools to support modern distributed and hybrid systems. Event resources are available to Virtual Conference Registrants and CMG members. To access these resources after the event, register today! Schedule 10:00 AM ET to 12:00 PM ET Session Abstracts and
- [Cloud and Containerization - December 7, 2021](https://www.cmg.org/2021/02/data-centers-and-cloud-infrastructure-december-7/) - This virtual conference explores the latest in development, containerization, systems engineering, and cloud. Sessions will be announced in the coming weeks. Check back often for speaker announcements and more. Event resources are available to Virtual Conference Registrants and CMG members. To access these resources after the event, register today! Schedule and Sessions 10:00 AM ET
- [Performance Engineering and DevOps - September 16, 2021](https://www.cmg.org/2021/02/performance-engineering-and-devops-september-16/) - On September 16, 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. Sessions will be announced in the coming weeks. Check back often for speaker announcements and more. Event resources are available
- [Performance Engineering and DevOps - February 25, 2021](https://www.cmg.org/2021/02/performance-engineering-and-devops-february-25/) - 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. Sessions will be announced in the coming weeks. Check back often for speaker announcements and more. Event resources are available
- [Mainframe Modernized - August 26, 2021](https://www.cmg.org/2021/02/mainframe-modernized-august-26/) - Big Blue has changed drastically in recent years. There are multiple ways that companies have modernized their mainframe-based infrastructure to meet today’s development and deployment demands. This conference will talk about cost maintenance, modern interfaces, and more. Sessions will be announced in the coming weeks. Check back often for speaker announcements and more. Event resources
- [Mainframe Modernized -  May 4, 2021](https://www.cmg.org/2021/02/mainframe-modernized-may-4/) - Big Blue has changed drastically in recent years. There are multiple ways that companies have modernized their mainframe-based infrastructure to meet today’s development and deployment demands. This conference will talk about cost maintenance, modern interfaces, and more. Sessions will be announced in the coming weeks. Check back often for speaker announcements and more. Event resources
- [Data Centers and Cloud Infrastructure - March 30, 2021](https://www.cmg.org/2021/02/data-centers-and-cloud-infrastructure-march-30/) - This virtual conference explores the latest in systems engineering and planning, data center management, capacity management, and cloud. Sessions will include talks on design and cost management for data center managers. Sessions will be announced in the coming weeks. Check back often for speaker announcements and more. Event resources are available to Virtual Conference Registrants
- [AIXCHANGE Event Recording](https://www.cmg.org/2018/11/aixchange-event-recording/) - Presentations A Practical Guide for Information Discovery for an IT Professional Using Machine Learning and Visualization | Quin Gregor Close The Machines are Talking - The Future of AI and Chat for the Enterprise | Stephen Mallik Close AIOps: Why Now & Where do I Start? | David Myers Close Soon AI will Test Everything
- [IMPACT 2009 Proceedings](https://www.cmg.org/2008/01/impact-2008/) - Late Breaking: Accessing DB2 for z/OS onSolid State Disks Jeff Berger Late Breaking: Case Study: Report on a Network Convergence/Virtualization Demonstration at CWID 2008 Robert Johnson Late Breaking: Low Cost Accurate Batch Modeling Neil McMenemy Late Breaking: Technical Overview of and User Experiences with HiperDispatch and the IBM z10 processors Bernie Pierce 10 Ways to
- [IMPACT2021 | Sogei’s experience with IBM Db2 Analytics Accelerator - Chiara Baldan](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-sogeis-experience-with-ibm-db2-analytics-accelerator-chiara-baldan/) - Overview of Sogei’s main software application running on accelerator. Challenges and benefits. Migration to v7. Monitoring of the accelerator. The outcome of taking part in the InSync Early Support Program. Speaker Chiara Baldan Data Engineer Sogei Rome, Italy Track Mainframe Modernized IMPACT Session Video:
- [IMPACT2021 | Visibility into Loggers, Tracers, and other Low Level Services - Danny Chen](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-visibility-into-loggers-tracers-and-other-low-level-services-danny-chen/) - With the growing popularity of logging and distributed tracing for observability into our systems, attention needs to be paid to the overhead and impact of the logging and the tracing itself. In this session, we make the case for attention to logging, tracing, and other low-level services. We also discuss reasons why these low-level services
- [IMPACT2021 | Managing application SLAs using Traces and Metrics - Jonah Kowall](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-managing-application-slas-using-traces-and-metrics-jonah-kowall/) - Observability is most often accomplished with open source technologies to handle logs, metrics, and traces. Most vendor tools collect lots of data across the various data sets. The challenge is that very few tools provide good guidance and capabilities around SLA management. When the tools provide this, they are often missing additional data types. In
- [Roundtable Discussion Recap: Observability](https://www.cmg.org/2020/04/roundtable-discussion-recap-observability/) - We hosted an Observability Roundtable where we discussed monitoring vs observability, legacy systems, metrics and tagging, and how AI ties into all of it. Joining in on the conversation were technologists and developers representing the software, FinTech, government, talent, and consulting industries. Q1. There are a lot of differing opinions about observability and monitoring
- [CMG Journal Winter 2018](https://www.cmg.org/2018/01/19832-2/) - Contents: System Utilization: Keeping the Glass Half Full Machine Learning for Predictive Performance Monitoring Achieving CPU (& MLC) Savings through Optimizing Processor Cache FICON CUP Diagnostics and the IBM Health Checker for z/OS Book review of Greg Schulz’s Software-Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials CMG Journal 2018 Issue #1: Letter from the Editor Welcome to the first
- [Guide to Distributed Tracing - October 13, 2020](https://www.cmg.org/2020/09/distributedtracing/) - With the accelerated use of microservices and the speed at which development and deployment is happening within organizations, the need for new methods of observation is greater than ever. As a diagnostic technique, distributed tracing can provide endpoint-to-endpoint visibility, revealing and differentiating the microservices impacted by, or more importantly, causing performance issues. On October 13,
- [Mainframe and the New Normal - November 10, 2020](https://www.cmg.org/2020/09/mainframe-fall-2020/) - On November 10, CMG will host industry experts for keynote presentations and technical demonstrations discussing Mainframe and the New Normal. Sessions will explore advances in z technologies, the impact of the pandemic on mainframe management, and what’s next for mainframe. Sessions will be announced in the coming weeks. Check back often for speaker announcements and
- [Workforce Transformation: Defining your Digital Workplace](https://www.cmg.org/2022/02/workforce-transformation-defining-your-digital-workplace/) - Today we want to not focus on what products you need to be productive in today’s environment but instead what are some of the biggest things that you need to think about when creating a model that works in a remote environment or hybrid environment where your employees can work from anywhere. We will look
- [The XCHANGE: Infrastructure Virtual Conference - June 18, 2019](https://www.cmg.org/2019/05/the-xchange-infrastructure-virtual-conference-google/) - Oops... Slider with alias events not found. The XCHANGE: Infrastructure Virtual Conference June 18 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm EDT Join us for the next conference in our virtual event series. This next event is all about scalability and reliability. THEXCHANGE will explore how IT infrastructure is evolving to keep pace with digital
- [IMPACT2021 | Practical Ways to Leverage AI in your IT Operations - Machhindra Nale](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-practical-ways-to-leverage-ai-in-your-it-operations-machhindra-nale/) - Join this session for a technical deep dive on practical ways to leverage AI in your IT operations, including discussions on topology, Cassandra, Kafka bus, graph database and more. Speaker Machhindra Nale Broadcom Inc. IMPACT Session Video:
- [IMPACT2021 | Dell’s purpose-built Data Science Workstations: For AI Developers and Their Users - Kyle Harper](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/dells-purpose-built-data-science-workstations-for-ai-developers-and-their-users-kyle-harper/) - Join this session to get a deeper dive on solutions for the modern enterprise by Dell. Speaker Kyle Harper AI Strategist Dell Technologies Track Modern Enterprise IT IMPACT Session Video:
- [IMPACT2021 | Anomalies Detection and Cloud Platform Selection During DevOps - Boris Zibitsker, Alex Lupersolsky, Pavel Pratasevich, Justin Bleuel](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-anomalies-detection-and-cloud-platform-selection-during-devops-boris-zibitsker-alex-lupersolsky-pavel-pratasevich-justin-bleuel/) - In this session, the presenters will review the challenges of anomaly detection during DevOps and discuss the methodology and use case of cloud platform selection for the application. There will be a focus on applying iterative modeling and gradient optimization to determine the minimum configuration and cost required to support new applications Service Level Goals
- [IMPACT2021 | Recruiting and retaining the new generation of Z System specialists - Greg Caliri](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-recruiting-and-retaining-the-new-generation-of-z-system-specialists-greg-caliri/) - As many Z Systems specialists approach retirement, the issue of their successors arises. While younger analysts may find working with other platforms more appealing, several facets of Z Systems may be shown to convince them of their stability, reliability, and career security. Speaker Greg Caliri Senior Systems Consultant (mainframe) SVA Software, Inc. Bradford, Massachusetts Speaker
- [IT Leaders Survey](https://www.cmg.org/2019/08/our-own-executive-insights/) - Through the registration process of our Executive Insights program, we’ve been able to capture insights from our executive target audience (IT leadership, director-level and above) on their current projects and what they would like to learn more about in the future. This data was captured from more than 100 respondents. Overwhelmingly, projects related to infrastructure,
- [Executive Insights Atlanta | The Future of IT and the Human Element - Jason James :: Chief Information Officer, Net Health](https://www.cmg.org/2019/08/executive-insights-atlanta-the-future-of-it-and-the-human-element-jason-james-chief-information-officer-net-health-2/) - Digital transformation brings with it many rewards for organizations. From modernizing technology, reducing risks and improving the availability of systems to delivering better customer experiences—digital transformation represents a competitive advantage and a profound culture shift. In this session, Jason James will present real-world examples of how Optima Healthcare Solutions is leveraging digital transformation and how
- [Executive Insights Atlanta | Driving Digital Transformation with Intention - Jeff Clement :: Director, Client Services at Metasource IT](https://www.cmg.org/2019/07/executive-insights-atlanta-driving-digital-transformation-with-intention-jeff-clement-director-client-services-at-metasource-it/) - You can only enable Digital Transformation through an intentional redesign, remix, and reimagining of these three critical components: people, process, and technology. We are exceptional in implementing technology—so much so, we lean towards surgically precise. People and process are the components that cause any difficulty and confusion. In this session, we will discuss the relationship
- [Executive Insights Atlanta | Building Your Cloud-Ready DX Roadmap - Rockford Lhotka :: CTO, Magenic](https://www.cmg.org/2019/07/executive-insights-atlanta-building-your-cloud-ready-dx-roadmap-rockford-lhotka-cto-magenic/) - Cloud migration and modernization is the topic on nearly everyone's mind these days. Whether you are planning to move to a public cloud, a private cloud, or a hybrid cloud, the future is pretty clearly centered around cloud-native technologies. Of course we all have portfolios of existing apps that need evaluation: Replace? Lift-and-shift? Modernize? Rewrite?
- [Executive Insights Atlanta | The Role of a Chief Data Officer and How It Supports Boards of Directors - James Howard :: Independent Advisor and Published Author](https://www.cmg.org/2019/07/executive-insights-atlanta-the-role-of-a-chief-data-officer-and-how-it-supports-boards-of-directors-james-howard-independent-advisor-and-published-author/) - Companies are increasingly looking to leverage data as a new revenue stream and to increase efficiency. However, risks related to data breaches continue to figure prominently on board agendas. A chief data officer acting as an advisor can help boards and executive leadership understand the opportunities and risks associated with data, ensuring that boards ultimately
- [Executive Insights Atlanta | 4 Habits of digital transformation titans - Joel Beasley :: Modern CTO + LeaderBits.io](https://www.cmg.org/2019/07/executive-insights-atlanta-4-habits-of-digital-transformation-titans-joel-beasley-modern-cto-leaderbits-io/) - What do the CTOs of Microsoft, Verizon and NASA do to accelerate digital transformation? Learn how these industry titans navigate the digital transformation landscape in this engaging high energy talk. You’ll leave this talk with: Clarity - Clear path to thrive in an ever-changing ecosystem. Certainty - Actionable steps to implement today. Confidence - To
- [IMPACT2021 | Finetune your mainframe performance through the analysis of WLM and HIS - Roberto Pancheo](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-finetune-your-mainframe-performance-through-the-analysis-of-wlm-and-his-roberto-pancheo/) - Mainframe performance is not only limited to the amount of available resources but strongly depends on how well you organize the work running on your machine. The Workload Manager helps you organize your workloads depending on business priorities while Hardware Instrumentation Services (HIS) give you insights on the performance of your current LPAR configuration. Understanding
- [IMPACT2021 | Mainframe Modernization, a trusted comprehensive approach - Howard Hinman](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-mainframe-modernization-a-trusted-comprehensive-approach-howard-hinman/) - The Mainframe applications that are critical to many of the businesses and governmental functions that support everyday lives require significant enhancement to meet the need for flexible and cost-effective deployment, on the mainframe, on distributed systems, in the Cloud. Application Modernization has become an increasingly important model to drive the level of change. To make
- [IMPACT2021 | Automated Data Visualization - Jyotsna Chatradhi](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-automated-data-visualization-jyotsna-chatradhi/) - As a user, we are very confined to watching different data in tables, charts, and graphs format. But the right visualizations can and should help you enabling you to analyze even larger data sets. While moving from antiquated excel sheets is a step in the right direction, determining the right visualization for your data can
- [IMPACT2021 | Enable Your DevOps Transformation - Bob Yates](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-enable-your-devops-transformation-bob-yates/) - Rapid delivery of core business systems needs to be enterprise-wide, and DevOps is now mainstream, even on the mainframe. Your mainframe DevOps tool chain needs to integrate and communicate all aspects of the delivery lifecycle. Using REST-based APIs, ChangeMan ZMF can drive your mainframe deliveries faster than ever, while retaining rock-solid reliability and visibility. Join
- [IMPACT2021 | Determining the Best Use of AI to Meet Your IT Ops Needs - Chris Spence, Dave Helsley](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-determining-the-best-use-of-ai-to-meet-your-it-ops-needs-chris-spence-dave-helsley/) - There is a misconception that AI is about replacing people, but it’s more about using technology to assist us in accomplishing objectives more efficiently. When it comes to applying AI to IT operations (AIOps), a primary focus is shifting from reactive fire-fighting to proactively avoiding issues that could negatively impact the business. But each organization
- [Digital Transformation Panel Discussion - Executive Insights 2018 Tampa](https://www.cmg.org/2019/01/digital-transformation-panel-discussion-executive-insights-2018-tampa/) - In this panel discussion from the 2018 CMG Executive Event, Varma Kunaparaju and Mariano Maluf talk about the future of business and IT. Members, Login to view video.
- [Digital Transformation – The Good, the Bad, and the Vulnerable](https://www.cmg.org/2018/10/digital-transformation-the-good-the-bad-and-the-vulnerable/) - It is no wonder that we love technology. Who does not love opening their car doors on a cold day and already have the engine running to warm up your car? Who does not love opening their garage door when it is raining and heaven forbid you should get wet getting out of the car
- [Enterprise Dilemmas: Innovation on Legacy](https://www.cmg.org/2018/03/enterprise-dilemmas-innovation-on-legacy/) - Jonah Kowall Innovate or die, digital transformation, move quickly or be beaten. These are all key phrases we've been hearing since the digital revolution during the last decade. Although there are clearly good examples of this, whether it is Uber, Amazon, or Airbnb. We've heard it all before. These new natively digital models clearly have
- [Do This, Not That--A Guide For Job Seekers & Job Keepers](https://www.cmg.org/2018/03/do-this-not-that-a-guide-for-job-seekers-job-keepers/) - Denise P Kalm The job market can be an unforgiving ground if you don't get every interaction right. If you're new to job hunting or haven't been looking in a while, learn some of the tips that can give you the edge in the market. It can be easier, saner and faster—a little performance planning
- [Cloud Capacity Management](https://www.cmg.org/2018/03/cloud-capacity-management/) - Charles W. Johnson, Jr. and Gautam Thockchom Capacity Management continues to evolve as a practice with new environments in IT. The inclusion of the Cloud infrastructure within IT requires the Capacity Management discipline to be extended. There are several variables in dealing with Cloud Capacity Management. Many of them depend on where the Cloud infrastructure is hosted
- [IT & Shadow IT (Embrace or Squash)](https://www.cmg.org/2018/03/it-shadow-it-embrace-or-squash/) - Charles W. Johnson, Jr. Shadow IT is used to describe IT systems and applications built and used inside departments without explicit organizational approval. It is also used to describe solutions specified and deployed by departments other than the IT department. Shadow IT has been garnering press these days as departments or services within organizations are
- [IOT Analytics at the Edge](https://www.cmg.org/2018/03/iot-analytics-at-the-edge/) - Alan Clark IoT deployments typically incorporate a simple analytics framework in which sampled data is sent from "Things", either devices or sensors, to the Cloud for storage and analysis. This approach does not scale well either for large numbers of devices or for data that is sampled at high frequency. Embedded Device Analytics or Edge
- [Benchmarking Deep Learning](https://www.cmg.org/2018/02/benchmarking-deep-learning/) - Rohith Bakkannagari How to measure performance and scalability of key use cases: prediction and training from scratch, for Deep Learning frameworks: MATLAB, TensorFlow, MXNet, Caffe, and Theano. We will share performance metrics we obtained, and what we learned from this effort. Presenter bio: Speaker Rohith Bakkannagari is a Performance Engineer at The MathWorks, Inc., focusing on
- [DevOps: Reliability, Monitoring and Management with Service Asset and Configuration Management](https://www.cmg.org/2018/02/devops-reliability-monitoring-and-management-with-service-asset-and-configuration-management/) - Yuri Ardulov and Dmitry Shchemelinin Many organizations, focus on how to ensure the reliability, manageability and security of both their critical infrastructure and their core application base. To stay competitive, these organizations need to minimize the risk of service interruptions when they upgrade systems, introduce new features or retired the old one. These interruptions can affect the
- [The World of Private and Hybrid Cloud](https://www.cmg.org/2018/07/the-world-of-private-and-hybrid-cloud/) - While most professionals across multiple industries all agree that cloud solutions are beneficial around instant provisioning, virtualized resources, server expansion, and scalability; debates do surface around public, private, and hybrid cloud decisions … let’s also add private cloud hoisting and virtual private cloud as well. What questions need to be answered to understand cloud decisions
- [A Q&A Session with R3SOLV](https://www.cmg.org/2018/07/a-qa-session-with-r3solv/) - Q&A Session with our cloudXchange partner, R3SOLV. R3SOLV is a professional team of technology executives, with over 64 years of collective experience and expertise, who are passionate about solving problems around data, storage, computing and security. They hold the advantage of having launched, secured and managed tens of production and disaster recovery cloud models.
- [Performance Anomaly Detection & Forecasting Model PDFM for eRetailer Web Applications](https://www.cmg.org/2018/04/performance-anomaly-detection-forecasting-model-pdfm-for-eretailer-web-applications/) - By 2017 Mullen Award Winner - Rayma Moorthy
- [Performance and Capacity Insights for your Outsourced z/OS Mainframe](https://www.cmg.org/2018/02/performance-and-capacity-insights-for-your-outsourced-z-os-mainframe/) - A Joint IntelliMagic and Edge Solutions and Consulting Webinar: Brent Phillips, Managing Director, IntelliMagic, Charles Hinkle, Edge Solutions and Consulting & Cheryl Watson, President, Watson & Walker
- [Speaker Announcement: Varma Kunaparaju for Executive Insights Conference](https://www.cmg.org/2018/10/speaker-announcement-varma-kunaparaju-for-executive-insights-conference/) - CMG is pleased to announce the addition of Forbes Technology Council member Varma Kunaparaju, the CEO/Co-Founder of OpsRamp to the speaking Agenda. Varma will talk about and expound on his article, The Three New Transformations Driving IT Today. Limited spots remain for this event sponsored by CA Technologies and Syncsort. Th event is scheduled for
- [Executive Insights Event Update](https://www.cmg.org/2018/09/executive-insights-event-update/) - CMG is pleased to announce another speaker for the CMG Executive Insights Event. Joining us from event sponsor CA Technologies is Greg Lotko. Greg is General Manager, Mainframe at CA Technologies where he is responsible for the P&L of his software business unit that helps customers drive their Enterprise digital transformation, while depending on mission-critical
- [Nominations for CMG Executive Conference - October 28-29](https://www.cmg.org/2018/08/nominations-for-cmg-executive-conference-october-28-29/) - This fall, on October 28 and 29, CMG will be hosting the first CMG Executive Conference o bring together a select group of the top executives in the country to discuss ongoing digital transformation topics—Blockchain; AI and Machine Learning; Security; IoT; Digital Process; and Hybrid Infrastructures—and will feature several renowned industry experts, including best-selling author
- [Interview with Dell's Gary Radburn, Leveraging VR/AR and Virtualization Technologies for Business Continuity in Turbulent Times](https://www.cmg.org/2020/06/interviewleveraging-vr-ar-and-virtualization-technologies-for-business-continuity-in-turbulent-times/) -  Presenter: Gary Radburn, Director, VR/AR and Client Virtualization globally, Dell Inc. Abstract: With the landscape of business changing almost overnight it is challenging to keep the business operating in an efficient way in the world of working from home and new communication paradigms. This session will focus on what can be done in a
- [Interview with Zayed Khan, Keynote for Business Continuity Exchange](https://www.cmg.org/2020/06/the-role-of-rpa-in-business-continuity-planning-2/) - RPA has come into its own over the last five years and we are seeing mass global Adoption. Every day, companies are leveraging this technology to solve systemic issues within the organization. This session will set the state for a discussion on RPA and Business Continuity. Attendees will learn about the history of RPA, the
- [The Role of RPA in Business Continuity Planning](https://www.cmg.org/2020/06/the-role-of-rpa-in-business-continuity-planning/) - RPA has come into its own over the last five years and we are seeing mass global Adoption. Every day, companies are leveraging this technology to solve systemic issues within the organization. This session will set the state for a discussion on RPA and Business Continuity. Attendees will learn about the history of RPA, the
- [IMPACT2021 | Digital Twins in a Pandemic: Use Simulation Data for Quadcopter Mission Planning -  Anoush Najarian, Sindhuja Parimalarangan](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-digital-twins-in-a-pandemic-use-simulation-data-for-quadcopter-mission-planning-anoush-najarian-sindhuja-parimalarangan/) - Learn how drones aid in COVID-19 medical deliveries. In this hands-on workshop, you will use a digital twin of a quadcopter to collect simulation data, analyze collision avoidance controls and test scenarios to ensure the drone can accomplish its critical mission. The digital twin uses a physics-based modeling approach and incorporates the drone’s environment by
- [IMPACT2021 | AI Data Acquisition and Governance: Considerations for Success - Kirsten Gokay](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-ai-data-acquisition-and-governance-considerations-for-success-kirsten-gokay/) - Data is the new IP - AI can’t exist without a strong data acquisition and curation strategy. Planning the data pipeline, governance, and for growth and updating models regularly need to be part of the AI strategy from the outset. This session will cover: Defining AI governance: What this means and how definitions of subjects
- [IMPACT2021 | Fireside Chat with Harry Moseley, CIO, Zoom Video Communications](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-fireside-chat-with-harry-moseley-cio-zoom-video-communications/) - During this one-on-one discussion, CMG President Amanda Hendley speaks with Harry Moseley, CIO, Zoom Video Communications about the technology behind one of the fastest-growing tools in the technology and communications industry. Speaker: Harry Moseley, CIO, Zoom Video Communications IMPACT Session Video: [/mepr-show]
- [Performance Unit Testing - Why and When They Work](https://www.cmg.org/2018/07/performance-unit-testing-why-and-when-they-work/) - This presentation introduces the concept of performance unit tests: small performance tests that are suitable for use in a continuous integration or continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline. We introduce three performance problem categories, the concept of "code efficiency" and how this impacts capacity, costs and performance. We compare these issues, how frequently they are caused by
- [Dealing with Performance Challenges of IT systems for ‘Load Burst’ Scenarios - PART 2](https://www.cmg.org/2017/06/dealing-performance-challenges-systems-load-burst-scenarios-part-2/) - Part-2 In continuation to my previous blog title ‘Dealing with Performance Challenges of Load Burst scenarios’, I would like to share few thoughts around how to deal with performance challenges of Load Burst situation in this blog. Let’s start with figuring out if assessing performance for load burst is any different from traditional performance testing.
- [Demystifying Performance Assessments in Scaled Down Environments](https://www.cmg.org/2017/03/performance-testing/) - Many a times, I came across typical questions from various clients regarding application performance assessments and validation: “we have 30% scaled-down version of production for an enterprise application and how can you benchmark application performance? How can you peruse these results and predict performance for production hardware and provide performance sign-off?” In my view, it’s
- [Analyzing High CPU Utilization Issues on an IIS WebServer hosting multiple Web Applications & Services Using Crash/Thread Dumps](https://www.cmg.org/2016/05/analyzing-high-cpu-utilization-issues-on-an-iis-webserver-hosting-multiple-web-applications-services-using-crash-thread-dumps/) - Published Spring 2016 in MeasureIT 16.1 By Murthuha Shaik (Infosys, Hyderabad) and Madhu Tanikella (Infosys, Hyderabad) Abstract For one of the enterprise applications hosted on a cluster of IIS servers, very high CPU utilization was observed for a business process, even when there were no requests to be serviced. Analysis of performance counters such as
- [Featured Training: Computer Performance Modeling](https://www.cmg.org/2018/09/featured-training-computer-performance-modeling/) - In this CMG-exclusive training, Michael Salsburg teaches the underlying concepts and assumptions used by commercial modeling software. In addition, will explore how various tools and techniques can be used to construct custom models to explore specific computer performance cases. CMG members should login to obtain their promotional code and head to https://www.cmg.org/2020/06/computer-performance-modeling/ to sign up
- [Waiting & Queues People vs. Computers](https://www.cmg.org/2018/09/waiting-n-queues-people-v-computers/) - Contents: Examine three “equivalent” queues Choose the one has the lowest response time Confirm our intuition with queuing theory Get secondary confirmation from a “load test” Hands-on modeling to solve a real queuing problem Use R to model an application processing trades at “market open” Demonstrate efficiency of this modeling approach Log in
- [IMPACT2021 | Dynamic Capacity Management for Hybrid Multi-Cloud Environment - Boris Zibitsker, Alex Lupersolsky](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-dynamic-capacity-management-for-hybrid-multi-cloud-environment-boris-zibitsker-alex-lupersolsky/) - IT Managers, Architects, DBAs and Systems Analysts involved in Cloud Selection often perform POC projects to compare clouds performance, scalability, security and other criteria. After finishing POC project they realize that they still can’t determine the minimum cloud configuration and the budget required to meet Service Level Goals (SLG) for business workloads. Application Development and
- [Alibaba Cluster Data Available for Research in Data Center Efficiency](https://www.cmg.org/2017/09/alibaba-cluster-data-available-research-data-center-efficiency/) - Alibaba Cluster Data Available for Research in Data Center Efficiency By Zhen Zhang, PhD and Kingsum Chow Introduction Several studies have raised the importance of data center efficiency. However, the lack of access to data center performance data has inhibited the progress of improving data center efficiency. To address that problem, Google opened its cluster data
- [Data Science Tools for Infrastructure Operational Intelligence](https://www.cmg.org/2017/06/data-science-tools-infrastructure-operational-intelligence/) - For those of us working in the areas of performance management and capacity planning, we frequently use basic statistical procedures to detect patterns, explain current usage, and forecast future capacity requirements. Often we only need basic descriptive statistics in our work, but on occasion may need to take advantage of more complex toolsets such as
- [Building Observability into Your Engineering Processes](https://www.cmg.org/2022/01/building-observability-into-your-engineering-processes/) - Engineering leaders recognize the importance of building observability into their software systems. Through testing, monitoring, and detailed reporting, it’s possible to thoroughly understand what’s working and what isn’t. But what about engineering processes? Despite putting a lot of time and energy into the organizational design, development processes, hiring practices, and team composition, leaders have a
- [15 Artificial Intelligence Technologies to Look Out For In 2020](https://www.cmg.org/2020/01/15-artificial-intelligence-technologies-to-look-out-for-in-2020/) - The AI revolution has arrived, and the demand for AI-powered technologies keeps growing. The demand for these technologies, as shown by different stats, proves that AI is no longer just a buzzword: By 2025, the global AI market will reach $60 billion; AI will contribute to the growth of global GDP, which is expected to
- [CMG is pleased to announce Mariano Maluf as Executive Conference Speaker](https://www.cmg.org/2018/09/cmg-is-pleased-to-announce-mariano-maluf-as-executive-conference-speaker/) - Mariano Maluf Principal & Founder, The Nexial Group Fellow, Georgia Institute of Tehcnology, Center for Deliberate Innovation Mariano Maluf has over 28 years of progressively responsible experience, including Fortune 100 segment leaders in Consumer Goods, Retail, Telco & Wireless. Throughout his career, also spanning Healthcare IT, Cloud Hosting and Consulting, he has been responsible for
- [CMG is pleased to announce Ben Pring as Executive Conference Speaker](https://www.cmg.org/2018/09/cmg-is-pleased-to-announce-ben-pring-as-executive-conference-speaker/) - Ben Pring co-founded and leads Cognizant’s Center for the Future of Work. Ben is a co-author of the best-selling and award winning books, What To Do When Machines Do Everything(2017) and Code Halos; How the Digital Lives of People, Things, and Organizations are Changing the Rules of Business(2014). Ben sits on the advisory board of
- [The Purposeful Innovator](https://www.cmg.org/2021/12/the-purposeful-innovator/) - The Purposeful Innovator is an invitation to game-changing business leaders and entrepreneurs to bring their whole and higher selves to ideas that create transformation in that thriving space where integrity and innovation meet. I share a proven framework and process for a purposeful approach to creating technology-based products that solve with compassion some of the
- [Still researching the needle in the haystack on the mainframe?](https://www.cmg.org/2022/01/still-researching-the-needle-in-the-haystack-on-the-mainframe/) - Adopt an accessible, comprehensive and chargeable solution and keep calm & observe, now! The role of the mainframe is changing and there are lots of new demands on “z”. This could be, FinOps, Analytics AI/BI, Mainframe Modernization, Mainframe Observability or any number of these topics. Fundamentally, there are 3 topics that we need to focus on, “Accessibility,
- [Retrospectives: Do We Need Them & Why?](https://www.cmg.org/2022/01/retrospectives-do-we-need-them-why/) - A retrospective (or post-mortem) is a critical part of Incident Response. If you don’t document, share, and learn, everyone misses out on a critical learning opportunity. Retrospectives are designed to help teams collectively learn, iterate, and improve. It involves taking the time to story-tell exactly how an incident took place and discussing how to do
- [Get the business views you need to keep the mainframe profitable](https://www.cmg.org/2022/02/get-the-business-views-you-need-to-keep-the-mainframe-profitable/) - In this TechDemo Session, you will discover a solution to make sense of your operational data and how to transform your data fuel into business value. Through ZETALY Service Intelligence, ZETALY Cost Control and ZETALY resource Planning, you will discover how to gain visibility into your mainframe activity, understand the general organization and dependencies of
- [Don't Let Incidents Burden You. The Right Way to do Incident Response. (Tech Demo)](https://www.cmg.org/2022/01/dont-let-incidents-burden-you-the-right-way-to-do-incident-response-tech-demo/) - Learn how to do proactive incident response, streamline your workflows, and improve reliability with Blameless. About The Speakers: Paul Chu is Head of Customer Success and John Weil is Sales at Blameless IMPACT 2022 Session Video:
- [Boosting Engineering Speed with Cycle Time](https://www.cmg.org/2022/01/boosting-engineering-speed-with-cycle-time/) - Your engineering speed is your organization’s competitive advantage. A fast Cycle Time will help you out-innovate your competitors, keep your team nimble and motivated, shorten feedback loops, and maintain the agility necessary to respond to issues quickly. Tracking Cycle Time – rather than more subjective measures of engineering speed – can reduce bias and provide
- [IMPACT2021 | A Guide to Event-driven SRE-inspired DevOps: The end of your monolithic release process - Andreas Grabner](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-a-guide-to-event-driven-sre-inspired-devops-the-end-of-your-monolithic-release-process-andreas-grabner/) - While software architects have broken their monoliths into event-driven service architectures, many DevOps architects are still building monolithic inspired release pipelines. This results in complex pipeline code, tight integration of process and tools, lengthy diagnostics sessions to fix broken pipelines and puts strains on the underlying resources that build, deploy, test and validate. In this
- [Dealing with Performance Challenges of IT systems for ‘Load Burst’ Scenarios](https://www.cmg.org/2017/06/dealing-performance-challenges-systems-load-burst-scenarios/) - Of late, while trying to adapt to digital wallets for bill payments and online shopping, I came across promotional offers across newspapers, media and TV channels for one of the popular digital wallets in India. Thinking to get myself benefitted from those promotions, tried to open up their Mobile App and found it unresponsive with
- [Cyber Attack Risk, Performance, and Capacity - New Webinar Program for CMG Members!](https://www.cmg.org/2018/01/new-webinar-program-cmg-members/) - Next month, on February 8th , CMG will host a special webinar presentation by cyber security expert, Christopher Greco. This special online seminar session, Cyber Attack Risk, Performance, and Capacity, will run from 2pm – 3pm EST on Thursday, February 8th and is free to current CMG members. The discussion focuses on the two elements
- [CMG Announces MeasureIT Issue 4, 2014](https://www.cmg.org/2014/09/cmg-announces-measureit-issue-4-2014/) - CMG Announces MeasureIT Issue 4, 2014 About This Issue by David Halbig, Joint Editor Following a tradition of well-written, relevant, and timely articles, we have another great line-up this month. In addition to series we’ve been running for a while (a great offering from Dr. Tom Wilson), we’re bringing back some folks we haven’t heard
- [IMPACT 2022 Proceedings](https://www.cmg.org/2022/01/impact-2022-proceedings/) - AllArtificial IntelligenceCapacityCareersCloudContainersData CenterDevopsDiversityEngineeringImpactInnovationLeadershipMachine LearningMainframeObservabilityPerformanceSecuritySite Reliability EngineeringTestingzOSAll Artificial Intelligence Capacity Careers Cloud Containers Data Center Devops Diversity Engineering Impact Innovation Leadership Machine Learning Mainframe Observability Performance Security Site Reliability Engineering Testing zOS 10 tips to reach Mainframe Operational Excellence (or not)!Operational excellence, what does it mean in this digital world? As with Covid, we have […] Read moreAll Hands on Deck! Come Together with the Fab Four: Capacity, Performance, Cost and AIIn today’s world, your ‘deck’
- [Redefining a Lean IT Support Team in 2022](https://www.cmg.org/2022/01/redefining-a-lean-it-support-team-in-2022/) - Is your business currently handling IT with a small in-house team tackling most needs, and using an MSP to plug away at any gaps? Or even handling everything in-house? With remote work, a modernized tech stack, and scaling organizations at the forefront, maneuvering day to day tasks with a lean team is never easy, but
- [Velocity: Align, Deliver, and Improve with Engineering Intelligence](https://www.cmg.org/2022/01/velocity-align-deliver-and-improve-with-engineering-intelligence/) - It’s no secret that engineering powers today’s business success. But with a history of relying on subjective metrics and a persistent lack of visibility across fragmented toolchains, how can technology leaders effectively accelerate results? In this demo, Sherianne Bolling will explain how Code Climate’s Engineering Intelligence Platform, Velocity, contextualizes data from DevOps and project management
- [IMPACT2021 | Concurrent Users - An analytical approach to proper workload simulation - Xiaosong Lou](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-concurrent-users-an-analytical-approach-to-proper-workload-simulation-xiaosong-lou/) - Concurrent User is one of the key performance metrics in a system. Many performance issues that can only be exposed under load are related to the increased number of concurrent users. In the context of load test, we often hear phrases such as “test the system under x concurrent users”. This is a common misunderstanding
- [IMPACT2021 | Java performance in 2021: How AI optimization will debunk 4 long-standing Java tuning myths - Stefano Doni](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-java-performance-in-2021-how-ai-optimization-will-debunk-4-long-standing-java-tuning-myths-stefano-doni/) - Java is ubiquitous in online services, yet ensuring Java applications’ availability and performance remains a challenging task. In this talk, we show how established industry approaches and widely-accepted beliefs about Java tuning are wrong and how AI breaks through long-standing limitations. Speaker Stefano Doni Co-Founder, CTO Akamas Italy Track Performance Engineering and DevOps IMPACT
- [Customer Experience and the Journey to Digital Experience Optimization](https://www.cmg.org/2018/07/customer-experience-and-the-journey-to-digital-experience-optimization/) - In this 20-minute Q&A format, we will walk through the key points of Digital Experience Optimization and how those points were implemented at Carnival Cruise Line.
- [Modern Data Analytics: CICS & Db2 Performance Analytics Based on SMF Data](https://www.cmg.org/2018/11/cics-db2-performance-analytics-based-on-smf-data/) - Mainframe performance analysts find themselves in the very fortunate position of having access to more extensive metrics than on any other platform but often find themselves facing an uphill battle trying to sift through gigabytes and terabytes of SMF produced daily at their sites. This task of deriving value from massive quantities of data can
- [Digital Transformation and the Reality of the New Customer Experience](https://www.cmg.org/2019/01/digital-transformation-and-the-reality-of-the-new-customer-experience/) - Presented by Allan Zander, CEO, omNovos at the 2018 CMG Executive Insights Event Digital Transformation and the Reality of the New Customer Experience - Presented by Allan Zander, CEO, omNovos Listed as one of the top influencers in his industry by the likes of IBM and more, Allan has spent more than 20 years following
- [Video: The Three New Transformations Driving IT Today](https://www.cmg.org/2018/12/video-the-three-new-transformations-driving-it-today/) - Non-members: Register for this presentation on December 18 Members: Login to See the Session on Demand Startup CEO and founder Varma Kunaparaju presents “The Three New Transformations Driving IT Today.” In his talk, Varma addressed the increasing complexity of IT infrastructure and how the changing roles and responsibilities of modern IT operations teams are creating a
- [What to do when Machines do Everything](https://www.cmg.org/2019/01/what-to-do-when-machines-do-everything/) - Presentation by Ben Pring, Vice President, Director of the Center for the Future of Work, Cognizant Technology Solutions at 2018 Executive Insights Event. Ben Pring co-founded and leads Cognizant’s Center for the Future of Work. Ben is a co-author of the best-selling and award winning books, What To Do When Machines Do Everything (2017) and
- [Serverless In Production, An Experience Report](https://www.cmg.org/2018/07/serverless-in-production-an-experience-report/) - As engineers, we're empowered by advancements in cloud platforms to build ever more complex systems that can achieve amazing feats at a scale previously only possible for the elite few. The monitoring tools have evolved over the years to accommodate our growing needs with these increasingly complex systems, but the emergence of serverless technologies like
- [Faster: How to Optimize a System – An Author Webinar](https://www.cmg.org/2022/03/faster-how-to-optimize-a-system-an-author-webinar/) - 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! About Faster: How to Optimize a System Making things faster is about making things better. Making life better. The
- [Hot Tip: Federal Reserve System is HIRING!](https://www.cmg.org/2022/02/hot-tip-federal-reserve-system-is-hiring/) - Federal Reserve System is actively hiring. Below are 3 openings for you to check out: Storage Planner https://rb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/FRS/job/Remote/IT-Capacity-Planner---Storage-Infrastructure_R-0000007333-1 Network Planner https://rb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/FRS/job/Remote/IT-Capacity-Planner---Network-Infrastructure_R-0000007334-1 Compute Planner https://rb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/FRS/job/Remote/IT-Capacity-Planner---Compute-Infrastructure_R-0000007331-1
- [Orchestration and Cloud Services](https://www.cmg.org/2017/08/orchestration-cloud-services/) - Orchestration has become a hot topic for Infrastructure and Operations (I&O) Datacenter folks. While there were promises of Orchestration in the private cloud environment, in the past year these promises are becoming reality. What’s interesting in this space is that the public cloud players don’t have an attractive Orchestration layer (i.e., Azure) as they prefer
- [Mainframe Caps for this Summer!](https://www.cmg.org/2017/05/mainframe-caps-summer/) - Yes, mainframes have caps - several kinds and yes caps exist year around including summer! Today’s mainframe run top industries mission critical workloads. This includes large financial institutions like banks, insurance companies, healthcare, utilities, government, military, and a multitude of other public and private enterprises. The beauty of the mainframes lays in its flexibility, stability
- [Survey of New Age tools - IT Platform Performance: The Bodhi (Tech) Tree…](https://www.cmg.org/2017/05/survey-new-age-tools-platform-performance-bodhi-tech-tree/) - The Bodhi Tree… Dr. Abhijit S. Ranjekar A large tree under which Lord Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment while meditating underneath … The Tree is recognizable by its prominently displayed bright, heart-shaped leaves, with winds resulting in charming rustling tune… King Ashoka was most diligent in paying homage to the Bodhi tree, and held a
- [Mainframes on Autopilot!](https://www.cmg.org/2017/05/mainframes-on-autopilot/) - Yes, mainframes are now on autopilot not just Tesla automobiles! While everyone is chasing the next big, disruptive unicorn like Uber or Airbnb, bright mainframe engineers are quietly disrupting the industry with new customer-driven innovations. If you are into capacity planning, then you would be thrilled to learn about these latest trends and innovations in
- [2002 IMPACT Proceedings](https://www.cmg.org/2002/12/global-and-application-levels-exception-detection-system-based-on-masf-technique/) - Accounting / Chargeback Chargeback Challenges in a Web-Based Environment David B. Adams Enabling the Strategy-Focused IT Organization with Balanced Scorecard Robert S. Gold Architectural / Technology .NET - What Is It And What Does It Mean To Enterprise Computing? Dr. Bernard Domanski .NET Server: An Overview Odysseas Pentakalos, Ph.D. An Introduction to the InfiniBand Architecture
- [5 Things Staff MUST Know about Cybersecurity](https://www.cmg.org/2017/09/5-things-staff-must-know-cybersecurity/) - 5 Things Staff MUST Know about Cybersecurity By Ben Taylor Regardless of the efforts companies make to shore up and secure their IT systems, there’s always a serious threat that remains. That threat is that any one of the system users could make a mistake that results in a cyber-attack or data breach. Countless studies
- [An Introduction to Open Source Application Performance Monitoring (APM)](https://www.cmg.org/2018/06/an-introduction-to-open-source-application-performance-monitoring-apm/) - Andreas is founder and co-owner of RETIT. His work focusses on performance evaluations of enterprise applications using performance modeling techniques. Andreas gained more than 10 years experience in the field of software performance engineering in his various roles at IBM and while leading a research group focused on software performance at an institute of the
- [Southwest CMG September 19 Meeting Recap - Cloud, APM, and Modeling](https://www.cmg.org/2018/12/southwest-cmg-september-19-meeting-recap-cloud-apm-and-modeling/) - Thank you for attending... Members log in to get the papers below. September 19, 2018 Meeting - Presentations The Public Cloud and its Challenges: Cloud Capacity & Cost - Mike Bell, BMC Performance Practices - Open Forum/Panel Waiting & Queues - People vs. Computers - Richard Gimarc
- [A Message From Our Editor: In this Issue of the CMG Journal](https://www.cmg.org/2017/10/message-editor-issue-cmg-journal/) - [et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.0.77" background_layout="light" border_style="solid"] In a couple of weeks, CMG will release its 3rd CMG Journal issue of 2017. This issue will feature 3 articles on Performance Audits, Application Slowness, and ICT Service Management. We’re also posting about the journal on our blog here. From Steve Guendert, CMG Journal editor: Our first paper
- [Have you heard about the Performance and Capacity Hackathon?](https://www.cmg.org/2017/10/heard-performance-capacity-hackathon/) - On November 4th and 5th, CMG will host its first Performance & Capacity Hackathon in New Orleans. This event is for tech professionals, developers, builders, designers, and entrepreneurs who want to create solutions that address one of three challenges focused around performance, capacity, or security while getting the chance to experiment with new technology and
- [IMPACT2021 | Mainframe Modernization Challenges and Strategy - Brian Hoare](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-mainframe-modernization-challenges-and-strategy-brian-hoare/) - The Mainframe is still strategic and will exist for a long time to come ... The projection of the Mainframe in the IS evolution roadmaps requires the implementation of a modernization and optimization strategy to meet the following challenges: Visible costs in the ISD budget and increasing due to the opening of the Mainframe (APIzation)
- [IMPACT2021 | Strategic Modernization Business Use Cases - Andrew Wickett](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-strategic-modernization-business-use-cases-andrew-wickett/) - Every journey is different, and theoretically ongoing. Smart Digital Transformation is strategic, avoids the sharp turns that threaten business continuity, and is programmed to address the three transformational challenges of application, process, and infrastructure. These are incremental steps, delivering new value along the way, and unique to every customer. Some will need to prioritize process—how
- [IMPACT2021 | Using an Open Architecture to Accelerate AIOps Value - Per Kroll, Nicole Fagen](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-using-an-open-architecture-to-accelerate-aiops-value-per-kroll-nicole-fagen/) - Use of AIOps to augment IT functions such as event correlation and analysis, anomaly detection, and root cause analysis is growing rapidly. However, limited access to data, lack of skills, and operations maturity can sometimes slow AIOps adoption and time to value. Hear real-world case studies on how leading organizations have overcome the barriers and
- [In this Issue of the CMG Journal: Using AHP for Performance Audits](https://www.cmg.org/2017/10/issue-cmg-journal-using-ahp-performance-audits/) - The CMG Journal Fall will be released soon. In it is a paper by Ashutosh Shinde which applies a simple concept, Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) to a very complex problem. Imagine a smaller – or younger - organization with performance problems, you know the business, the stack, you know when the issues started, you remember
- [ITIL Capacity Management for the Newbie](https://www.cmg.org/2018/02/itil-capacity-management-for-the-newbie/) - Jamie Baker Capacity Management is a daunting task for a newbie or newly formed groups involved in the process. This assists in the basic concepts of Capacity Management and provides practical examples to help the newbie get started. The items to be covered in the presentation are: ITIL Definition of Capacity Management How Capacity Management
- [Are you planning a career change for 2019? CMG is here to help!](https://www.cmg.org/2018/12/are-you-planning-a-career-change-for-2019-cmg-is-here-to-help/) - You know about our training opportunities and webinars, but have you checked out our career center yet? These are just a few of the latest postings: Sr Site Reliability EngineerGeneral Electric – Atlanta, GA, United States Application Developer - GIS - 5 months fixed term contract - PerthIBM – WEST PERTH, WA, Australia Transformation Software ArchitectRaytheon – Boston, MA, United States For more
- [Open Source on Steroids by Larry Strickland](https://www.cmg.org/2017/12/open-source-steroids-larry-strickland/) - Open Source on Steroids by Larry Strickland The words “digital transformation” are on the lips of every person in technology and tech media, as well as many business leaders – from company CIOs and CTOs to technology to business line managers to writers in news publications and tech blogs. At its core, a digital transformation
- [CMG Expert Roundtable on DevOps](https://www.cmg.org/2019/07/cmg-expert-roundtable-on-devops/) - CMG hosted an expert roundtable on DevOps and had an engaging, hour-long conversations with 5 technology professionals “in the trenches” at their companies. Our goal with the Expert Roundtables series is to connect technology professionals for education and knowledge-sharing. What new technologies are currently driving DevOps practices and why? [Mark B. Friedman, Demand Technology
- [IMPACT2021 | Surfacing Mainframe Hidden Costs and Operational Gaps - Libor Cerney](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-surfacing-mainframe-hidden-costs-and-operational-gaps-libor-cerney/) - Help! My management wants yet another opex report”. With all of the data that’s available in your mainframe environment, it’s challenging to figure out what you should focus on. Being able to rapidly understand what data is most important for your unique mainframe environment isn’t just a nice-to-have need, it’s mission-critical. Learn how you can
- [Technology Careers in the Esports Industry](https://www.cmg.org/2017/10/technology-careers-esports-industry/) - Technology Careers in the Esports Industry By Marcus Clarke Are you a technology professional who might be considering a new career move? You would do well to consider a career in the Esports industry. Never heard of Esports before, or have a mental image of a few lonely teenage boys holed up in their bedrooms
- [CMG Members Save 20% on Transformation to QA Performance Engineers Training](https://www.cmg.org/2018/07/cmg-members-save-20-on-transformation-to-qa-performance-engineers-training/) - CMG has partnered with QA Elite Souls to offer its members 20% off their online training programs. These sessions are produced in part by Mullen award winner Ramya Ramalinga Moorthy. Members can access the discount code by logging in at https://www.cmg.org/members/member-benefits/ There are multiple sessions available for the discount but we recommend Transformation to QA PErformance
- [2017 BEST PAPER: Continuous Availability: From the Shift Paradigm to Unmanned Operation. Is it Still a Dream?](https://www.cmg.org/2018/02/2017-best-paper-continuous-availability-from-the-shift-paradigm-to-unmanned-operation-is-it-still-a-dream/) - by Silvio Orsini, Marco Capotosto and Pietro Tiberi imPACt 2017
- [Mainframe Specialty Engines](https://www.cmg.org/2017/07/mainframe-specialty-engines/) - Do you know that mainframe has several kinds of engines i.e. processors not just Central Processor (CP)? The mainframe has several flavors of processors that perform various functions. Early mainframes had only one processor – Central processing unit(CPU). As mainframe industry evolved over the decades, today’s mainframes have Central Processor Complex(CPC) consisting of several kinds
- [IMPACT Session Announcement: Performance, Capacity, and Risk](https://www.cmg.org/2018/09/impact-session-announcement-performance-capacity-and-risk/) - The IMPACT Conference Task Force is pleased to announce the addition of two more speakers and a Keynote presentation to the IMPACT line-up. has now made a decision on the first additions to its IMPACT 2019 speaker lineup. We are delighted to make this announcement and to offer some truly great sessions at the February event.
- [Queuing Theory: Usage Limitations in IT from MeasureIT Issue 16.2 (2016)](https://www.cmg.org/2016/08/queuing-theory-usage-limitations-in-it/) - By Dr. Terry Critchley The theory of queuing, as we have seen in many articles and books, assumes particular types of distributions for the arrivals at a server in order to calculate the parameters of interest in service performance analysis. Get the distribution wrong and you have the calculation based on this fact, that is,
- [Hybrid IT: The Conflict of Availability, Accessibility, and System of Record](https://www.cmg.org/2018/02/hybrid-it-the-conflict-of-availability-accessibility-and-system-of-record/) - by Jeff Andrews and Subodh Singh imPACt 2017
- [Key Performance Metrics: How to grade your mainframe?](https://www.cmg.org/2017/06/key-performance-metrics-grade-mainframe/) - Performance management is one of the key focus of any platform. A system may have several resources (CPU, I/O, storage, network etc.) that collectively work together to process a mission critical workloads. To assess overall health of the system, mainframe system reports can be reviewed on certain key performance metrics on these resources. These metrics
- [Did you miss the National Capital Area CMG Meeting? Check out the video!](https://www.cmg.org/2017/12/miss-national-capital-area-cmg-meeting-check-video/) - The new National Capital Area CMG held their first event on December 6th and had a great turnout. They were able to live stream most of their event out and the video is now available. Check out these presentations in the video below: (0:02:17) Capacity Planning for Pervasive Encryption with zBNA - Kathy Walsh, IBM Distinguished
- [The Economics of Cloud Computing](https://www.cmg.org/2018/06/the-economics-of-cloud-computing/) - Charting the trends in cloud pricing over the last three years based upon Cloud Price Index data.
- [The Public Cloud and its Challenges](https://www.cmg.org/2018/09/the-public-cloud-and-its-challenges/) - Session Agenda: Why Move to the Public Cloud? How do I Migrate to the Public Cloud/Where do I Start? What Challenges do I Have in the Public Cloud? Log in to access the Deck!
- [Standards for protection of data on storage device are emerging from both the US and EU](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/standards-for-protection-of-data-on-storage-device-are-emerging-from-both-the-us-and-eu/) - At the March 14, 2019 meeting of Minneapolis/St. Paul Regional CMG, the chapter hosted a number of speakers on the topic of "Storage - The Final Frontier of Innovation." Henry Newman, CTO for Seagate Government Solutions, was a keynote presenter and his talk covered current and emerging standards for the protection of data on storage
- [IMPACT2021 | SMF & RMF; how to use it, make it effective, and what to do with it - Greg Caliri](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-smf-how-to-use-it-make-it-effective-and-what-to-do-with-it-greg-caliri/) - Newer mainframe performance analysts and activity trackers may be unfamiliar with the ocean of knowledge provided by IBM System Management Facilities (SMF) and Resource Management Facility (RMF). This is a primer, as to what is contained in the data, how to access it, and how to glean relevant information from the data that these two
- [Improved IT Operations Management for IT Managers and Capacity Planners](https://www.cmg.org/2018/02/improved-it-operations-management-for-it-managers-and-capacity-planners/) - About your IT data • What keeps you up at night? • You have the answer – your own IT data • Understanding cost & capacity usage • Better tools • Using your data • IT data transparency • With business data • Change the perception of IT with Andrew Armstrong imPACt 2017
- [Screaming into the Void](https://www.cmg.org/2018/03/screaming-into-the-void/) - Phillip Bell Did you ever tell someone that something was going to go wrong? Repeatedly? But they didn't act on it? Did you feel like you were screaming into a void where nobody could hear you? You know it doesn't have to be this way, right? We could just Quit, or perhaps you're fantasizing about
- [Demonstrating Return on Investment for Capacity Management](https://www.cmg.org/2018/02/demonstrating-return-on-investment-for-capacity-management/) - Dale Feiste As environments grow larger and more complex, problems related to a lack of capacity management continue to expand. When a company finally realized that it has a created, a large distributed and virtualized environment for which there is little visibility, it can be difficult to implement processes and software to manage its capacity.
- [JOB ALERT! Director: Mainframe Capacity Planning](https://www.cmg.org/2021/08/job-alert-director-mainframe-capacity-planning/) - JOB ALERT! for Director: Mainframe Capacity Planning The Enterprise Infrastructure organization is looking for strong team leader for the Stability Engineering Mainframe Capacity and Performance team. The team consists of senior mainframe performance analysts and capacity planners. The Expertise and Skills You Bring Provide leadership and direction for the mainframe capacity and performance team.
- [Improved IT Operations Management for IT Managers and Capacity Planners](https://www.cmg.org/2017/02/improved-it-operations-management-for-it-managers-and-capacity-planners-2/) - Andrew Armstrong and John Baker IT and business managers are increasingly concerned with the rising costs associated with their highly complex and ever-growing mainframe and distributed systems datacenters. They are also concerned about controlling outages, and mitigating the lack of transparency the various business units have into capacity and cost drivers - including their outsourced environments. New
- [Meeting Web Application Performance Service Level Requirements Head-on ](https://www.cmg.org/2018/02/meeting-web-application-performance-service-level-requirements-head-on/) - James Brady Performance service level requirements are often included in web application development contracts and SLAs without much thought given to the measurements and analysis needed to demonstrate compliance with those requirements. Many times specifications are so vague they lead to customer and vendor disagreeing over what data should be used to determine compliance, or
- [The road to Actionable Intelligence is paved with Minimum, Average, 95th Percentile and Maximum](https://www.cmg.org/2018/02/the-road-to-actionable-intelligence-is-paved-with-minimum-average-95th-percentile-and-maximum/) - Benjamin Davies Using a real-world example, we will explore how reliance on average on 15 second data slices, failed to reveal actionable intelligence. We will encourage the use of other metrics that seem neglected such as minimum, maximum, and 95th Percentile. The example data is minimum idle workers, an overlooked JVM metric that caused problems
- [Adventures with Charge Back and the value of a useful consistent lie](https://www.cmg.org/2018/02/adventures-with-charge-back-and-the-value-of-a-useful-consistent-lie/) - Benjamin Davies This is a summary of our adventures with chargeback, and the value of "useful consistent lies". Let's start with stating that change back is easy. Trivial even. It is simple math. What is your recovery target divided by the number of items expected to be 'sold'. There you have it. That is it.
- [Incorporating Weather Data into Capacity Planning Analysis](https://www.cmg.org/2018/02/incorporating-weather-data-into-capacity-planning-analysis/) - Benjamin Davies and Andrea Vasco Incorporating 'non-capacity' data into capacity planning efforts expands the capacity analysts view and understanding. Business metrics vs. hardware metrics make compelling capacity models, but external forces may have a measurable effect as well. This is a conversation about Incorporating weather data to determine if and how weather conditions affect customer interaction, employee
- [Removing Silos While Developing A Comprehensive Hybrid Cloud Resiliency Solution](https://www.cmg.org/2018/02/removing-silos-while-developing-a-comprehensive-hybrid-cloud-resiliency-solution/) - Kim Eckert CAP Kim Eckert works under Global Technology Services which is an end user of IBM and other vendor's technologies. As such, this presentation will explain some of the components needed for a successful Enterprise Architecture Business Transformation. Kim will demonstrate the value of a technology roadmap and how analytics can produce quicker outcomes
- [Actionable Intelligence, Capacity Optimization, and Modeling – Sessions from St. Louis CMG](https://www.cmg.org/2018/07/actionable-intelligence-capacity-optimization-and-modeling-sessions-from-st-louis-cmg/) - St. Louis CMG's meeting on July 17th was sponsored by Moviri and featured sessions on actionable intelligence and capacity optimization. The event also included two lectures on Computer Performance Modeling by Dr. Michael Salsburg. For your information, the presentations are available for download below. For additional information about Dr. Salsburg's course on Computer Performance Modeling as
- [5 Takeaways from Collision's #WomeninTech Session](https://www.cmg.org/2017/06/5-takeaways-collisions-womenintech-session/) - I had the opportunity to attend the Collision Conference which was held in New Orleans the first week of May. This tech conference, which is a spinoff of the annual WebSummit conference, has been growing each year since its inception just 4 years ago and this year was reported to host over 11,000 attendees with
- [Getting Schooled in IT Security](https://www.cmg.org/2022/02/getting-schooled-in-it-security/) - Can IT practitioners apply the knowledge and skills they’ve learned from one industry to another? During his time supporting students, Luis Martinez, IT Systems Specialist, learned how to stay nimble in his approach to IT security. Today, he is able to apply this quality successfully in the corporate space through his work at Gong. During this episode we cover:
- [JOB ALERT! IT Capacity Planner](https://www.cmg.org/2022/01/job-alert-it-capacity-planner/) - IT Capacity Planner Company Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond The Richmond Fed is the proud home of the Federal Reserve’s National IT organization—a nationwide team delivering technology solutions and support across the Federal Reserve System. Many National IT employees are located in Richmond, while others are based across the U.S. at other Federal
- [Resource: Data Sets](https://www.cmg.org/2021/12/resource-data-sets/) - www.Perfomalist.com This is a test/demo data set for the Perfomalist tool. Download Input Data Sample *Please credit Perfomalist and www.perfomalist.com as the source if you use this for published models. Thank you, Igor Trubin, for supplying this information MongoDB This Challenge Dataset was provided by MongoDB for ICPE Details can be found at https://icpe2022.spec.org/tracks-and-submissions/data-challenge-track/ *Please
- [Change Intelligence in Action - Parker Edwards :: Manager, Solutions Engineering :: Lightstep](https://www.cmg.org/2021/02/change-intelligence-in-action-parker-edwards-manager-solutions-engineering-lighstep/) - Slow dashboards got you down? With our latest release of Change Intelligence, the Lightstep platform can do wonders for you and your team's performance (not to mention, your sanity). Join us as we dive into change intelligence - the easiest way for DevOps and SRE teams to understand complex systems. Change intelligence is a means
- [Roadmap to achieve full mobile-to-mainframe hybrid cloud visibility with Instana](https://www.cmg.org/2021/11/roadmap-to-achieve-full-mobile-to-mainframe-hybrid-cloud-visibility-with-instana-2/) - Summary: IBM’s recent acquisition of Instana will help businesses better manage the complexity of modern applications that span the hybrid cloud landscape. Special attention is being paid to ensure that IBM Z workloads can participate as first-class citizens in this journey to true observability. In this session, leaders from Instana and IBM Z will showcase what
- [Making the case for cloud and containers to non-engineers in your organization](https://www.cmg.org/2021/09/making-the-case-for-cloud-and-containers-to-non-engineers-in-your-organization/) - Abstract: As an engineer, the reasons for embarking on the journey towards containerization and cloud-native architecture might seem obvious. But for organizations with existing applications, moving towards a more cloud native architecture requires a massive investment of human and financial resources. In this talk, Emily Omier will discuss how engineering leaders can translate the reasons
- [Everything I know about Cloud I Learned From a Dog](https://www.cmg.org/2021/10/everything-i-know-about-cloud-i-learned-from-a-dog/) - Abstract: Understanding how to align expectations and reality of cloud deployments to deliver on your business outcomes. Why you should consider a real cloud strategy consisting of an overarching purpose, a well-thought-out plan, executed through meaningful actions and activities, with clearly defined and measurable outcomes. Speaker: Matthew Rotkis The Enterprise Technolgist role at Dell is
- [Building End-to-End Observability using Distributed Tracing](https://www.cmg.org/2021/12/building-end-to-end-observability-using-distributed-tracing/) - Abstract: Modern environments such as Kubernetes and containers, have made it easy to manage and scale microservices but observability into these environments is still a challenge for developers and operators. In this session, we will describe how to use request flows to build intuition about your architecture for development, troubleshooting, and monitoring. We will also
- [So. Many. Vulnerabilities. Why are containers such a mess and what to do about it.](https://www.cmg.org/2021/09/why-are-containers-such-a-mess-and-what-to-do-about-it/) - DECEMBER 7 // 10:00 AM ET Abstract: If you’ve even run a vulnerability scan on a container you’ve probably seen it: the dreaded list with 100s, maybe even 1000s of issues on it. Containers have made life simpler in so many ways, but security sometimes doesn’t feel like one of them. So what can we
- [Dark Sky Camping: Reducing Alert Pollution with Modern Observability Practices](https://www.cmg.org/2021/10/dark-sky-camping-reducing-alert-pollution-with-modern-observability-practices/) - Abstract: In spring 2021, several factors converged to create an amazing problem at Campspot – more traffic!! – and therefore more load on the system. Pieces of our application and infrastructure that held together at the end of the 2020 camping season began to tremble and we experienced some unpleasant customer-facing incidents. In response, we
- [Cyber Resiliency: Protecting our Clients using Assessments and Data Protection Best Practices](https://www.cmg.org/2021/11/cyber-resiliency-protecting-our-clients-using-assessments-and-data-protection-best-practices/) - Abstract: We will cover Data Protection best practices for businesses facing ransomware and other cyber threats, including, an assessment to help guide clients determining their protection priorities and gaps. Speaker: Adam Brittin leads Product Strategy for Dell Technologies ISG SB Strategy Team and previously served as the Product Line Manager for Data Protection in North
- [Solving Mysteries with Observability: Adding Additional Context to Distributed Tracing](https://www.cmg.org/2021/11/solving-mysteries-with-obs-2/) - Abstract: Everyone loves a good mystery, but not when it involves operating our services. When investigating a production issue, a software engineer can feel like a detective — digging through dashboards and combing through log stores to gather evidence and reconstruct the scene of a crime. During this investigation, every second counts! Time researching an issue
- [IMPACT2021 | Locating CICS Abnormal Reponse times - Mark Cohen Austrowiek](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-locating-cics-abnormal-reponse-times-mark-cohen-austrowiek/) - Most of z/OS sites run CICS to serve transactional applications. These CICS environments are often very complex with thousands of different transaction codes running in hundreds of CICS regions hosted in multiple production systems. A lot of measurements providing all the needed performance metrics and allowing to analyze in detail CICS transactions elapsed time are
- [JOB ALERT! Data Engineer, Infrastructure Strategy](https://www.cmg.org/2021/10/job-alert-data-engineer-infrastructure-strategy/) - Data Engineer, Infrastructure Strategy How would Facebook scale to the next billion users? The Infrastructure Strategy group is responsible for the strategic analysis to support and enable the continued growth critical to Facebook’s infrastructure organization. We are looking for a Data Engineer to not only build data pipelines but also extend the next generation
- [JOB ALERT! Research Data Scientist](https://www.cmg.org/2021/10/job-alert-research-data-scientist/) - Research Data Scientist Bellevue, WA The Infrastructure Quantitative Engineering group is responsible for the strategic analysis to support and enable the continued growth critical to Facebook’s infrastructure organization. We are applied quantitative and computational experts using math, statistics and machine learning to measure & optimize cost, performance, reliability and efficiency of Facebook’s infrastructure &
- [SRE’s Evolution- Introduction to Technical and Cultural Practices](https://www.cmg.org/2021/09/sres-evolution-introduction-to-technical-and-cultural-practices/) - Abstract: DevOps is a mindset change that tries to balance release velocity with system reliability. It aims to increase an organization’s ability to continuously deliver reliable applications and services at a high velocity when compared to traditional soft ware development processes. A common misconception about DevOps is that it is a technology. Instead, DevOps is a set
- [SRE’s Evolution- Introduction to Technical and Cultural Practices](https://www.cmg.org/2021/10/sres-evolution-introduction-to-technical-and-cultural-practices-2/) - Abstract: DevOps is a mindset change that tries to balance release velocity with system reliability. It aims to increase an organization’s ability to continuously deliver reliable applications and services at a high velocity when compared to traditional soft ware development processes. A common misconception about DevOps is that it is a technology. Instead, DevOps is a set
- [JOB ALERT! Senior Software Engineer, Observability](https://www.cmg.org/2021/09/job-alert-senior-software-engineer-observability/) - Senior Software Engineer, Observability New York, NY Job Description About the Team The Delivery Engineering team is an essential part of The New York Times' engineering organization. Its responsibilities are profoundly technical and include system cloud architecture, developer tooling, observability, and development process, to name a few. You will be a part of the
- [Optimize for performance using MATLAB Profiler with flame graph - Sindhuja Parimalarangan and Neeraj Gangaraju :: Performance Engineers :: MathWorks](https://www.cmg.org/2021/02/optimize-for-performance-using-matlab-profiler-with-flame-graph-sindhuja-parimalarangan-and-neeraj-gangaraju-performance-engineers-mathworks/) - Attendees of this session will see a walk through of the redesigned MATLAB® Profiler, now featuring a flame graph. Use the Profiler to measure the time it takes to run your code and identify opportunities for performance optimization. Sindhuja Parimalarangan Sindhuja works as a Performance Engineer at MathWorks and is involved in diverse activities concerning
- [Automate performance pattern detection as part of your DevOps automation -Andi Grabner :: DevOps Activist :: Dynatrace](https://www.cmg.org/2021/02/automate-performance-pattern-detection-as-part-of-your-devops-automation/) - In 2020, I helped several teams analyze performance and architectural issues in their distributed applications. In this session, I present a handful of the common patterns we found - such as N+1 Call & Query, Too Granular or Tight Coupling, Bad Timeouts/Retries/Backoff, and Inefficient Dependencies. I then show you how to derive SLIs & SLOs
- [Getting Started with OpenTelemetry -Austin Parker :: Principal Developer Advocate :: Lightstep](https://www.cmg.org/2021/02/getting-started-with-opentelemetry-austin-parker-principal-developer-advocate-lightstep/) - This talk introduces OpenTelemetry to developers and operators. First, learn about each OpenTelemetry component, the core concepts, and how they all fit together to provide flexible and robust observability. Then learn the easiest way to set up and deploy OpenTelemetry across your entire system. About the Speaker Austin Parker has been solving - and creating
- [Creating Unity Between your APM Application Owners and Z SMEs in a Truly Hybrid World](https://www.cmg.org/2021/08/creating-unity-between-your-apm-application-owners-and-z-smes-in-a-truly-hybrid-world/) - Abstract: With rapid adoption of complex hybrid cloud applications spanning mobile devices, public cloud and on-premise environments, an application-centric view has never been more critical to quickly isolating application issues and avoiding war rooms. Until recently, APMs have had minimal visibility into application components running on IBM Z. What typically appears is a mainframe black
- [In a World of Cyber-attacks, Is Data Safe on a Mainframe?](https://www.cmg.org/2021/08/in-a-world-of-cyber-attacks-is-data-safe-on-a-mainframe/) - Abstract: Regardless of the computing platform, thieves can compromise data. In 2020, cyber-attacks were estimated to be occurring every 39 seconds1. In 2019, Accenture forecasted that over $5T of global value would be at risk over the next 5 years2 due to cybercrime. And, unfortunately, 2020 kept this prediction on track. This virtual event will give you
- [Mainframe Modernized Panel](https://www.cmg.org/2021/08/mainframe-modernized-panel/) - Moderator: Jeanne Glass, BIO and headshot attached Panelists: Misty Decker Vince Re Moderator: Jeanne Glass is Founder and CEO of VirtualZ Computing and the visionary behind the company’s mission to deliver new levels of modernization, cloud optimization, and cost savings for mainframe customers. Elected to the Board of Directors, Jeanne chairs the Industry Influence and
- [Mainframe Modernization Challenges](https://www.cmg.org/2021/07/mainframe-modernization-challenges/) - Abstract: Typical digital transformation and Mainframe modernization programs in an enterprise have issues with business processes and rules hidden in legacy systems. In these enterprises, analysts do not document business processes and rules in detail. The goal of the transformation initiatives is to extract the business processes, business rules, business policies, and compliance rules. Inability
- [The Dell Hybrid Cybersecurity Framework](https://www.cmg.org/2021/09/the-dell-hybrid-cybersecurity-framework/) - Abstract: During this session you will be introduced to the Dell Hybrid Cybersecurity Framework (DHCF), a unique use case to demonstrate how Dell is contextualizing Cyber Security within Enterprise Architecture. Ed will also provide insights into future innovations to align the (DHCF) to MITRE Attack and Shield, NIST 800-53 and more. Attendees will find great
- [Using Distributed Tracing to Change the Observability Outlook](https://www.cmg.org/2021/09/using-distributed-tracing-to-change-the-observability-outlook/) - Abstract: As more and more organizations start using a combination of cloud and third-party APIs, monitoring & troubleshooting applications has become increasingly challenging. In this session, we will describe how to use distributed tracing to correlate metrics, logs, and events to troubleshoot microservices-based applications effectively. We will also see how we can build an end-to-end
- [Apps, Stacks, and Frameworks: Avoiding “Shiny Object” Syndrome](https://www.cmg.org/2021/09/apps-stacks-and-frameworks/) - Abstract: Technology is fast moving, and devops tools pop up like wildfire. Teams are desperate to solve their problems & often make implementation decisions based on word of mouth, “kick the tires” syndrome or superficial evaluations. In some cases we justify our stack decisions based on project deadlines, the product’s marketing materials, and occasionally, the
- [The Case for Observability](https://www.cmg.org/2021/09/the-case-for-observability/) - Abstract: In this talk, we’ll explore the motivations, benefits, and hurtles many groups encounter along the way as they launch and develop an Observability practice. With a focus on framing outcomes and benefits, we’ll make a case for Observability that is more root in people and culture than in libraries and line protocols. Speaker Jason
- [How Everyone Learns From Incidents (If you’re on-call or not).](https://www.cmg.org/2021/09/how-everyone-learns-from-incidents/) - Abstract: On call doesn’t have to suck. Right? Some vendors even have this as a tagline. Truth is some on-calls do suck (a little) especially if it’s a Sev0. Ever been in a chaotic on-call environment? Unclear on who’s doing what and how to run the playbook. Is there a playbook? This session shares approaches
- [Create a Unified and Collaborative AIOps Experience for IBM Z](https://www.cmg.org/2021/07/create-a-unified-and-collaborative-aiops-experience-for-ibm-z/) - Abstract: Do you face challenges collaborating across teams that increase the time to resolve problems in your IT environment? Do you leverage collaboration platforms like Microsoft Teams, Slack or Mattermost in your enterprise? Does your organization face skills issues as you go through a generational shift? Learn how you can use web-based and highly customizable
- [JOB ALERT! Software Engineer, Observability](https://www.cmg.org/2021/08/job-alert-software-engineer-observability/) - Software Engineer, Observability New York, NY Remote Job Description About the Role: The New York Times is looking for an experienced engineer to work on our Observability/Software Quality initiative. You will promote and implement observability strategy across 100+ microservices at The New York Times. From collecting telemetry data to making system health visible, you will
- [Observability: Working with your Partner - Presented by Brian Hoare, Analytics Solutions Specialist at ZETALY](https://www.cmg.org/2021/08/observability-working-with-your-partner/) - Great! Your Mainframe is outsourced. What is next in a digital future? Your outsourcer is your partner. How can you avoid common expensive hiccups? Outsourcer’s do a good job, but to make the business relationship work equally, checks and balances must be conducted. In most parts, the relationship with the outsourcer is positive, but do
- [Much Observability, Such Wow!  - Presented by Pranavi Chandramohan, Observability Platform Lead at Canva](https://www.cmg.org/2021/08/much-observability-such-wow-presented-by-pranavi-chandramohan-observability-platform-lead-at-canva/) - Over 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
- [How to collect ebpf metrics in Prometheus?](https://www.cmg.org/2021/05/how-to-collect-ebpf-metrics-in-prometheus/) - Abstract: Prometheus has become THE standard for collecting observability metrics in Kubernetes and cloud-native environments. Prometheus sheds light on the inner workings of Kubernetes clusters and workloads by supporting a vast number of technologies. Lots of Kpi (CPU, IO, network. Etc) in our On Premise environment are less precise when we start to work
- [Modern Observability with OpenTelemetry](https://www.cmg.org/2021/06/modern-observability-with-opentelemetry/) - Abstract: Tracing, Metrics, and Logging are often presented as three different tools. But that is actually just an accident of history. In this talk, we’ll show that events and aggregates are really one and the same, and explain how all of these tools function better when they are combined into a single system. The
- [Monitoring Dell EMC PowerEdge servers and modular infrastructure with iDRAC9 and OpenManage Enterprise Console](https://www.cmg.org/2021/06/monitoring-dell-emc/) - Abstract: In this session, discover how two of the key components of the Dell EMC OpenManage portfolio – iDRAC and OpenManage Enterprise. The integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) and OpenManage Enterprise offer a wide variety of robust and secure methods to monitor PowerEdge Servers. Topics will include basic items such as SNMPv3 traps and
- [Keep Calm and Observe. Prepare your Mainframe for the Relentless Digitalization](https://www.cmg.org/2021/06/keep-calm-and-observe-prepare-your-mainframe-for-the-relentless-digitalization/) - Abstract: In the last 15 years, 52% of companies from the Fortune 500 disappeared. What do the survivors have in common? They embraced digitalization. But becoming fully digital is a true IT challenge that reshapes application development strategies and analytics needs. It also leaves the question of the mainframe platform and its place in all
- [Service Level Objectives with actionable insights](https://www.cmg.org/2021/06/service-level-objectives-with-actionable-insights/) - Abstract: In this session, you will learn how Service Level Objectives (SLOs), with Error Budgets are key to gaining production engineering excellence. When SLOs are combined with an Observability platform that allows users to ask any question of their granular data, we have actional insights. Honeycomb will explain what an SLO is and its
- [Observability: Challenges and Opportunities](https://www.cmg.org/2021/05/observability-challenges-and-opportunities/) - Abstract: The Observability landscape has been fast changing with the push towards more and more business moving to cloud, it’s becoming an essential service like water and electricity to operate your business reliably. There are some unique challenges that need to be solved, starting with data collection standards, building the reliable data pipelines along
- [Redefining Enterprise Cloud Transformations:  How Fidelity Investments is establishing a new foundation for Observability and Reliability](https://www.cmg.org/2021/06/redefining-enterprise-cloud-transformation/) - Abstract: As enterprises start to adopt cloud components, redefining the observability needs is an important category of work to define, implement, and ultimately govern at scale. Fidelity’s approach to SRE and the journey with Observability provides insight into the people, processes, and technology that will support and enable your cloud journey. Back to Event
- [Building Intuition About Your Architecture using Observability](https://www.cmg.org/2021/06/building-intuition-about-your-architecture-using-observability/) - Abstract: Abstract: Modern environments such as Kubernetes and serverless, have made it easy to manage and scale microservices but observability into these environments is still a challenge for developers and operators. In this session, we will describe how to use request flows to build intuition about your architecture for development, troubleshooting, and monitoring. We will
- [Cyber Recovery for Data Resiliency and Wrap-up - Diego Bessone, IBM](https://www.cmg.org/2021/05/cyber-recovery-for-data-resiliency-and-wrap-up-diego-bessone-ibm/) - In 2020, the Average Cost of Data Breach in USA was $8.64 million ---Ponemon Institute Study Enhancing 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 Bio With over 34 years of experience in Mainframe environments acquired in
- [Capacity Analytics and Performance for Data Center Resiliency - Chris Walker, IBM](https://www.cmg.org/2021/05/capacity-analytics-and-performance-for-data-center-resiliency-chris-walker-ibm/) - The modern needs for performance and capacity management on IBM Z The 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
- [AIOps for Data Center Resiliency - Dan Wiegand, IBM](https://www.cmg.org/2021/05/aiops-for-data-center-resiliency-dan-wiegand-ibm/) - Today’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
- [Cloud Resources Workload Profiling - Igor Trubin](https://www.cmg.org/2021/03/cloud-resources-workload-profiling-igor-trubin/) - Updated for 2021 How to be sure a cloud object’s (e.g, AWS EC2, RDS or EBS) workload fits the rightsized resources (Compute, RAM, IO/s and Network traffic)? It is very difficult to do using raw system performance data from monitoring tools. The best way to do that is using a weekly workload profile, which is a
- [Fireside Chat with Andy Green - Andy Green](https://www.cmg.org/2021/03/fireside-chat-with-andy-green-andy-green/) - In this fireside chat, we will hear from Andy Green, PRGX’s VP of Global Infrastructure and IT Operations. PRGX is a 50-year-old company that supports 75% of top global retailers and a third of the largest companies in the Fortune 500. We will discuss the current IT organization and how the company is changing its
- [The Vital Role of an SRE and how it’s Evolving](https://www.cmg.org/2021/04/the-vital-role-of-an-sre-and-how-its-evolving/) - Abstract: Site reliability engineering continues to grow and evolve, serving an increasingly vital role in assuring business objectives are being met in response to digital transformation initiatives. This session explores the mainframe SRE role and how to be successful using: Anomaly detection to shift-left impact avoidance Centralized alert management Automating root cause analysis and ‘fixing’
- [The evolution of the mainframe in a hybrid cloud world](https://www.cmg.org/2021/04/the-evolution-of-the-mainframe-in-a-hybrid-cloud-world/) - Abstract: The mainframe remains as critical as ever for enterprises and is reflected in many users reporting growing workloads year-on-year. This is in part driven by leveraging the mainframe as part of a hybrid cloud architecture exploiting API-enabled resources. The patterns of today’s workloads can be quite different to the past and it is essential
- [What happened to mainframe reporting?](https://www.cmg.org/2021/04/what-happened-to-mainframe-reporting/) - Abstract: When Performance and Tuning monitors were first released back in the 80’s and 90’s, each monitor had a reporting component or an add on. There were even additional separately sold solutions for reporting. Whilst there are some still around, most have disappeared or are being retired. Why is reporting still so important and instead
- [Enabling Mainframe Cyber Data protection - A more efficient use of DASD without impact to overall capacity](https://www.cmg.org/2021/04/enabling-mainframe-cyber-data-protection/) - Abstract: Today, there are options beyond simple clones that enable more efficient storage usage which can then be utilized to add cyber data protection capability to your mainframe storage infrastructure. This session provides some basic education and best practice examples to enable storage administrators to offer cyber data protection at a zero to very small
- [When Modernization is Actually an Improvement: Building on Success](https://www.cmg.org/2021/04/when-modernization-is-actually-an-improvement-building-on-success/) - Abstract: What is modernization, why does it matter, and how do you know it’s a good investment? We’ve been doing IT for long enough that we have begun to learn that age-old lesson that newer isn’t always better. Yet, the world is rapidly changing, and there’s a need for technology that can enable the newest
- [How to transform faster by solving modernization challenges - Rob Jahn and Rod Kruetzfeld](https://www.cmg.org/2021/03/how-to-transform-faster-by-solving-modernization-challenges-rob-jahn-and-rod-kruetzfeld/) - Whether you’re just getting started or already underway with migrating and modernizing your application portfolio, there are proven approaches, blueprints, and best practices available that you can use today to successfully accelerate your platform development. This break-out will delve into the challenges commonly found with modernization initiatives and review the key design considerations during the
- [Start, Keep-Doing, Stop](https://www.cmg.org/2021/04/start-keep-doing-stop/) - In software development, agile practices involve discovering requirements and developing solutions through the collaborative effort of self-organizing and cross-functional teams and their end-users. It advocates adaptive planning, evolutionary development, early delivery, and continual improvement, and it encourages flexible responses to change. One practice for retrospective review used in Agile is called Start, Stop, Continue. A
- [Thriving through Technology: Current Technology Trends of Small/Medium Businesses](https://www.cmg.org/2021/03/thriving-through-technology/) - In this presentation, Dell’s Ryan Hillanbrand will examine the top three challenges that businesses are facing due to the pandemic and will explore proven technology solutions that can overcome those challenges. Additionally, he will discuss how these technology solutions can accelerate business and grow revenue. To view the video you must have a CMG membership
- [The State of Infrastructure- Ashish Nadkarni](https://www.cmg.org/2021/03/the-state-of-infrastructure-ashish-nadkami/) - In this “State of Infrastructure” report, we will hear from IDC Vice President Ashish Nadkarni. Ashish’s research centers around both traditional and emerging infrastructure technologies. He will provide an update of the current state of the industry and share some insights about what is to come. To view the video you must have a CMG
- [Cloud Cost Optimization at Spotify - Scott Meyer](https://www.cmg.org/2021/03/cloud-cost-optimization-at-spotify-scott-meyer/) - Spotify is the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service with over 345m users. We’re cloud native and scaling fast – we’ll describe our challenges and approaches on balancing speed and costs at scale. Our Cloud Optimization team focuses on applying FinOps principles to understanding cloud costs, where it’s beneficial to optimize, and how to
- [Chat with Dell Technologies](https://www.cmg.org/2021/04/chat-with-dell-technologies/) - In this video, Whitney Brundage, VP, Programming and Strategy at Computer Measurement Group, Inc., discusses the CMG/Dell partnership with Amy Henry, Strategic Partnerships Account Executive at Dell, and Ryan Hillanbrand, Technical Sales Manager at Dell EMC. 
- [Performance Anomaly Detection](https://www.cmg.org/2020/06/performance-anomaly-detection/) - The Power of Control Charts: How to Use Them, Read Them, and Build Them In this course designed by performance and capacity expert Dr. Igor Trubin, learners will participate in lectures and hands-on activities to become familiar with: Machine learning based Anomaly Detection techniques Classical (SPC) and MASF (For system performance data) Control Charting Control
- [Computer Performance Modeling](https://www.cmg.org/2020/06/computer-performance-modeling/) - Techniques, Tools and Thoughts to Model Computer Performance for your environment and use cases This course, in eight sections, covers the basic concepts of Computer Performance Modeling, including probability models as well as simulation models. You will learn the underlying concepts and assumptions used by commercial modeling software. In addition, sufficient details, thoughts, tools and
- [Let’s Get Real About Self Driven IT Ops - Jeff Henry, CA Technologies](https://www.cmg.org/2018/07/lets-get-real-about-self-driven-it-ops-jeff-henry-ca-technologies/) - Jeff Henry is a Vice President of Product Management at CA Technologies. Jeff is responsible for the Workload Automation across distributed and mainframe systems, and the IT Operations and Automation mainframe portfolio of products. Jeff is passionate about blending the disciplines of Product Management, Engineering and Design, placing results-based customer experiences as the primary target
- [The Journey to Cloud Through the Eyes of a Chief Architect](https://www.cmg.org/2018/07/the-journey-to-cloud-through-the-eyes-of-a-chief-architect/) - In this presentation, Kim Eckert will talk about a client's journey to cloud where they can enter the journey at different points. She will talk about six different entry points: Plan and Deploy, Migrate, Refactor, adopt, extend, and scale. And she will also mention business drivers that drive adoption: 1. Business Transformation – Customer’s want
- [Presentation on Perfomaly and CMG Online Training](https://www.cmg.org/2018/07/presentation-on-pernomaly-and-cmg-online-training/) - In this video, Igor Trubin talks about the topic of his CMG training, Performance Anomaly Detection.
- [Lessons from Automating Cloud Clients Installation and Testing](https://www.cmg.org/2018/07/lessons-from-automating-cloud-clients-installation-and-testing/) - This session is for those who want to get going with cloud computing quickly on their Mac laptops. It is now frustrating to get cloud clients configured to work. The need to create AWS IAM users and AZ tenants and principals with pem files, ssh files, gdp files, etc. takes dozens of manual steps. Most
- [Continuous Load Testing Using Real Browsers from the Cloud](https://www.cmg.org/2018/07/continuous-load-testing-using-real-browsers-from-the-cloud/) - Tim Koopmans, Director of Load Testing at Tricentis, is a performance testing expert dedicated to making load testing accessible to everyone. Tim is co–founder of Flood IO, a cloud load testing platform designed for DevOps (Flood IO is now part of Tricentis). He also developed Ruby JMeter, a Ruby–based DSL for building JMeter test plans.
- [The Machines are Talking: The Ride of Anomaly Detection](https://www.cmg.org/2018/07/the-machines-are-talking-the-ride-of-anomaly-detection/) - There is renewed interest in Anomaly Detection today due to the expanding universe of sensors that monitor everything from your pulse and home temperature to large complex industrial machines, all of which generate time series data. For Industrial use cases, the interest is in preventive and predictive maintenance to cut down on maintenance costs and
- [Business By The Numbers: Embedded Analytics for Devices, Edges and Servers](https://www.cmg.org/2018/07/business-by-the-numbers-embedded-analytics-for-devices-edges-and-servers/) - This presentation describes an Embedded Analytics architecture and programming language for devices, edge systems and servers. This enables sophisticated analytics functionality to be created in minutes, has a tiny memory footprint and considerable flexibility. Applications range from Internet of Things through to server and application monitoring. The presentation will include a live demonstration and review
- [Measuring Client Performance & Inventing Teleportation](https://www.cmg.org/2018/07/measuring-client-performance-inventing-teleportation/) - In this talk I'll present some work we a doing to try and measure the experience our customers see when using Netflix. I'll also talk about how we can use the date we have collected to enhance the experience for our developers by helping them understand what our customers are experiencing with the service.
- [Exposing the Cost of Performance Hidden in the Cloud](https://www.cmg.org/2018/07/exposing-the-cost-of-performance-hidden-in-the-cloud/) - Whilst offering versatile elastic capacity, the cloud also introduces an old mainframe concept: chargeback, which rejuvenates the need for performance analysis and capacity planning. Combining JMX performance data with an appropriate performance model, we show how to assess fee-based EC2 configurations for a mobile-user application running on a linux-hosted Tomcat cluster. The performance model also
- [Are you still paying the 4% IBM/MLC increase? Why?](https://www.cmg.org/2021/02/are-you-still-paying-the-4-ibm-mlc-increase-why/) - On January 1 of each year, your IBM MLC increases by 4%. Whilst the new hardware is much more efficient and IBM has done a fabulous job in improving performance and reducing costs, we are still slugged by an annual software increase. During this session, we are going to discuss ways to reduce or eliminate
- [IMPACT2020 | Bitcoin Mining & The Capacity Planning Stack - Richard Gimarc & Amy Spellmann](https://www.cmg.org/2020/02/impact2020-bitcoin-mining-the-capacity-planning-stack-richard-gimarc-amy-spellmann/) - Bitcoin mining is one of the ways to make money from the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. Mining calculators are available that enable you to estimate your earning potential. This presentation will show that the mining calculators use the same process as we do today for enterprise capacity planning. Presented by Richard Gimarc Amy Spellmann
- [IMPACT2021 | Proactive Capacity Management is dead; long live Capacity Management! - Bob Torz](https://www.cmg.org/2021/02/impact2021-proactive-capacity-management-is-dead-long-live-capacity-management-bob-torz/) - The long held notion that a proactive Capacity Management strategy is IT’s nirvana is no longer relevant. Business and Technology are moving too fast and it is seen as a blocker. However, all is not lost…….. Speaker Bob Torz Senior Solutions Specialist Helpsystems Kent, United Kingdom Track Data Centers and Cloud Infrastructure IMPACT Session Video:
- [COMPUTER MEASUREMENT GROUP, INC. ANNOUNCES 2021 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE SERIES](https://www.cmg.org/2021/02/computer-measurement-group-inc-announces-2021-virtual-conference-series/) - Computer Measurement Group, an international association for technology practitioners, today announced its 2021 Virtual Conference Event Series which kicks off on February 25th. Continuing on the well-received conference series of last year, these 8 conferences will explore topics relevant to modern enterprise IT and technologists driving digital transformations.
- [IMPACT2021 | Fireside Chat with Harry Moseley, CIO, Zoom Video Communications](https://www.cmg.org/2021/02/impact2021-fireside-chat-with-harry-moseley-cio-zoom-video-communications-2/) - During this one-on-one discussion, CMG President Amanda Hendley speaks with Harry Moseley, CIO, Zoom Video Communications about the technology behind one of the fastest-growing tools in the technology and communications industry. Speaker: Harry Moseley, CIO, Zoom Video Communications IMPACT Session Video: [/mepr-show]
- [IMPACT2021 | How Deep Learning Model Architecture Impacts Optimal Training Configuration in the Cloud - Eugene Protasenko](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-how-deep-learning-model-architecture-impacts-optimal-training-configuration-in-the-cloud-eugene-protasenko/) - This session is part of a long research program aimed at scrutinizing how different components of server hardware and software stack affect deep learning model's training time and cost. Even a very simple set up where one needs to choose a cloud VM with a single GPU secondary parameters (like RAM, CPU performance, disks, etc.)
- [IMPACT2021 | The Golden Era of AI and Machine Learning: The case for on-premise AI resources - Kyle Harper](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-the-golden-era-of-ai-and-machine-learning-the-case-for-on-premise-ai-resources-kyle-harper/) - We truly are experiencing AI’s golden era. The confluence of AI algorithms coming to reality, performance and economics of computational infrastructure, and explosion of IoT-fueled Big Data has kicked it off. It’s a great time for AI/Data Science experimentation, with a business’ competitive advantage and leap-frog opportunities up for grabs. As AI is being infused
- [IMPACT2021 | Technical methods to solve performance issues - Kevin Luey](https://www.cmg.org/2021/02/impact2021-technical-methods-to-solve-performance-issues-kevin-luey/) - Based on a case study that involves reporting and automation with zWR and zGuard, this session will explore how to avoid MSU MLC costs overrun and deploy tuning in a mainframe environment. Speaker Kevin Luey Mainframe Senior Technical Solutions Consultant/Team Leader SVA Software Inc Track Mainframe Modernized
- [IMPACT2021 | Capacity and performance before and after a major infrastructure transition - Steven Thomas](https://www.cmg.org/2021/02/impact2021-capacity-and-performance-before-and-after-a-major-infrastructure-transition-steven-thomas/) - Major infrastructure transitions like moving to a new data center, outsourcing or changing outsourcers, or simply upgrading your mainframe often involve a lot of educated guesses about capacity and performance. What are the potential costs, benefits, and tradeoffs when you initiate the transition? What optimization should be done before, during, or after the transition? What
- [IMPACT2021 | Overcoming Automation Fear in Infrastructure as Code - Andre Agostinho](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-overcoming-automation-fear-in-infrastructure-as-code-andre-agostinho/) - Following the same research line (IaC), this year I would like to address how to deal with the main challenges in the adoption of dynamic infrastructure and the use of automated configuration tools. Speaker Andre Agostinho SindicoNet CTO São Paulo, Brazil Track Data Centers and Cloud Infrastructure IMPACT Session Video:
- [IMPACT2021 | Finding the right Use Cases for AI - Kanwar Gaurav Paul](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-finding-the-right-use-cases-for-ai-kanwar-gaurav-paul/) - AI is more of an art than just a technology. Finding the right use cases is key and design thinking is crucial to determine what your customers need. We will walk through how to identify customer-focused use cases and the importance of stakeholder management to bring the product vision to life. Speaker: Kanwar Gaurav Paul
- [IMPACT2021 | Controversial z/OS Performance Topics Debated - Scott Chapman, Peter Enrico](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-controversial-z-os-performance-topics-debated-scott-chapman-peter-enrico/) - Not all performance topics and recommendations simply cut and dry. Many are controversial. These are the recommendations that tend to generate discussion amongst peers, need careful consideration, or may depend on which ‘performance camp’ you belong to. During this presentation, we will explore some of these topics. Speaker Scott Chapman CIO Enterprise Performance Strategies, Inc.
- [IMPACT2021 | Failing over without falling over - Adrian Cockcroft](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-failing-over-without-falling-over-adrian-cockcroft/) - In this keynote presentation, Adrian Cockroft will talk about failing over without falling over; using chaos engineering and cloud to build resilient systems. Currently serving as VP Cloud Architecture Strategy at AWS, Adrian Cockcroft has had a long career working at the leading edge of technology. He’s always been fascinated by what comes next, and
- [IMPACT2021 | Transforming humanity with Lean, Agile and DevOps methodologies during a global pandemic - Gautham Pallapa](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/transforming-humanity-with-lean-agile-and-devops-methodologies-during-a-global-pandemic-gautham-pallapa/) - COVID19 has become a compelling event for many organizations to rapidly transform their businesses, but that has put a lot of stress on the workforce. In this session, I explore how this impacts us and demonstrate how Lean, Agile, and DevOps methodologies are helping humanity adapt and transform. Throughout our history, existential crises have driven
- [IMPACT2021 | Turning the Lights on in Capacity Management - Daniel Ruehl](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-turning-the-lights-on-in-capacity-management-daniel-ruehl/) - Capacity Management process maturity includes aligning capacity, performance, and cost. This process alignment are critical goals in determining business service levels constrained by capacity and cost. Audiences today request their reporting to be up to the minute along with consumption history to forecast future business demand activity. We will review the capacity management process necessary
- [IMPACT2021 | Python Performance And Other Non-Functional Testing Techniques - Steven Lott](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-python-performance-and-other-non-functional-testing-techniques-steven-lott/) - We'll look at the extremely popular Python language and a specific misconception -- Python is slow. This session will cover how to make Python efficient and how to monitor that performance and how to make that performance visible (e.g., via Datadog). It will also explore Tuning and Non-functional testing for Python. Speaker Steven Lott CapitalOne
- [IMPACT2021 | Cost-to-Serve: Computing Transaction Efficiency - Tuli Nivas](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-cost-to-serve-computing-transaction-efficiency-tuli-nivas/) - In a cloud operating environment, it is of utmost importance to understand performance, capacity and scale needs. It is also equally critical to identify areas of optimization and improvement before performance, capacity or customers get impacted negatively. This session talks about how to compute transaction efficiency and thereby find optimization opportunities proactively. It’s 2:00am Saturday
- [IMPACT2021 | When your site fails it can be great for business! - Thomas Ballard](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-when-your-site-fails-it-can-be-great-for-business-thomas-ballard/) - The site crash was and still is their best sales day, ever. The platform failing over caused people to keep trying and trying to get through. The site failing over made them more desirable. They didn’t just keep trying for 5-10 mins and give up. They were trying all day. People had a fear of
- [IMPACT2021 | Using Machine Learning for Software Capacity Planning - Vivek Koul](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-using-machine-learning-for-software-capacity-planning-vivek-koul/) - In this session, I would be sharing some insight into how machine learning is impacting the areas of Software Capacity Planning. I will share my insight into using Machine Learning Algorithms to predict Software Capacity Usage. Speaker Vivek Koul Engineering Manager, Mcgraw-Hill Columbus, OH United States Track Performance Engineering and DevOps Speaker Interview IMPACT Session Video:
- [IMPACT2021 | Three Tricky Performance Problems Solved with Oracle Trace Data - Cary Millsap](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-three-tricky-performance-problems-solved-with-oracle-trace-data-cary-millsap/) - The Oracle Database kernel has a rich tracing feature built into it, but many analysts choose tracing as only a last resort. This session tells three stories of how we helped solve a tricky performance problem that would not relent until we traced it. Speaker Cary Millsap Method R Corporation Owner and President Southlake, Texas
- [IMPACT2021 | Performance Engineering Maturity Model: The Four Stages of Performance Culture - Simone Gaiera, Michele Follo](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-performance-engineering-maturity-model-the-four-stages-of-performance-culture-simone-gaiera-michele-follo/) - As organizations shift towards agile and CI/CD approaches, performance engineering must change. Success cannot be achieved without a shift in the organization’s culture, where all teams participate in the creation and delivery of reliable, performant and high-quality products. The focus of our maturity model is to highlight the benefits of an effective performance culture not
- [IMPACT2021 | Natural Language Generation: Creating human readable text with machines - Mohammed Jalil](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-natural-language-generation-creating-human-readable-text-with-machines-mohammed-jalil/) - Not all performance topics and recommendations simply cut and dry. Many are controversial. These are the recommendations that tend to generate discussion amongst peers, need careful consideration, or may depend on which ‘performance camp’ you belong to. During this presentation, we will explore some of these topics. Speaker Mohammed Jalil Co-founder Metapair Kuala Lumpur, Selangor
- [IMPACT2021 | Capacity Planning for Edge and Cloud computing - Chris Molloy](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-capacity-planning-for-edge-and-cloud-computing-chris-molloy/) - With more data and processing occurring outside the data center, edge computing must now be part of the overall capacity management discipline. ITIL V3 added physical data center power, space, and cooling to capacity management. ITIL V4 added Dev/Sec/Ops and containers to capacity planning. This session discusses how edge computing complements cloud computing in being
- [IMPACT2021 | z14 and z15 Pipelines - Luiz Carlos Orsoni](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-z14-and-z15-pipelines-luiz-carlos-orsoni/) - The z13 can execute about 12% more [1.695/1.514] Instructions than the zEC12, although its Cycle Time is about 9% higher [5/5,5 GHz], but its Execution Units have almost 2x of Circuits, compared to the zEC12. With almost the same quantity of Circuits than the z14, and having the same Cycle Time [5,2 GHz], how can
- [IMPACT2021 | The Past, Present, and Future of Performance Engineering - Alexander Podelko](https://www.cmg.org/2021/02/impact2021-the-past-present-and-future-of-performance-engineering-alexander-podelko/) - The way we develop and operate software is changing – and performance engineering should change too to remain relevant. It is not happening the first time in history – performance engineering has a long history that can be traced at least to 1960s – and we will discuss what changes we had in the past,
- [IMPACT2021 | MythBusters vs. Queuing Theory – Reality Trumps Theory  - Richard Gimarc](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-mythbusters-vs-queuing-theory-reality-trumps-theory-richard-gimarc/) - This presentation will examine one of the myths busted by MythBusters®. The myth had to do with the most efficient way to queue customers checking out of a grocery store; a single line for all customers or one line per checker. Queuing theory tells us that a single line provides the best response time. However,
- [IMPACT2021 | Detection of Performance Anomaly in Mobile Network Node Entities in Evolved Packet Core Network Using Deep Embedded Self Organizing Map (DESOM) - Jayanta Choudhury, Anila Joshi](https://www.cmg.org/2021/02/impact2021-detection-of-performance-anomaly-in-mobile-network-node-entities-in-evolved-packet-core-network-using-deep-embedded-self-organizing-map-desom-jayanta-choudhury-anila-joshi/) - Deep Embedded Self Organizing Map (DESOM), a hybrid Deep Neural Network based Autoencoder-Decoder (AE-DE) with an embedded Self Organizing Map (SOM), is applied successfully for the first time to detect anomaly in the performance metrics of mobile network entities with over 94% accuracy. SOM has been widely used in many areas for anomaly detection such
- [IMPACT2021 | Life Cycle of a Query in SQL Server - Deepthi Goguri](https://www.cmg.org/2021/02/impact2021-life-cycle-of-a-query-in-sql-server-deepthi-goguri/) - Many Developers work with SQL Server but don’t fully understand how it really works behind the scenes. Join Deepthi on her dive into the internals of SQL Server to explain why knowing what goes on under the covers will help you make better decisions quickly when solving performance problems in SQL Server. This session will
- [IMPACT2021 | Introduction to Precision Time Protocol (PTP) on IBM Z - Steve Guendert](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-introduction-to-precision-time-protocol-ptp-on-ibm-z-steve-guendert/) - To help IBM Z clients in the financial industry better comply with increasingly stringent time synchronization accuracy regulations, IBM Z introduced support for Precision Time Protocol on the z15 in May 2020. The session will briefly review those regulations, and then cover the technical features of PTP that enables it to help better comply with
- [IMPACT2021 | Improving Forecasting for Capacity Management Using Segmented Regression - John Greenwood, Charles Johnson, Jamie Baker](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-python-performance-and-other-non-functional-testing-techniques-steven-lott-2/) - One problem with the use of linear regression for capacity planning forecasting is that step changes in the data can lead to false predictions. This session demonstrates how delegates can apply segmented regression to performance data to make improved predictions. Speakers John Greenwood Technology Architect Precisely Charles Johnson Solutions Engineer Precisely Jamie Baker Director of
- [IMPACT2021 | DevOps: Delivering Relationships and Solutions - Cotishea Anderson](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-devops-delivering-relationships-and-solutions-cotishea-anderson/) - In this talk, I will discuss novel deliverables from a DevOps perspective; delivering people skills, relationships and community through a DevOps lens. It is particularly important, especially now, to not deliver just a technology but a culture. Due to COVID-19, teams must come together to deliver the same caliber of work, but also the same
- [IMPACT2021 | Capacity Analysis Techniques for VMware VM I/O - Debbie Sheetz](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-capacity-analysis-techniques-for-vmware-vm-i-o-debbie-sheetz/) - The methodology previously presented for VMware capacity/performance analysis is extended to I/O analysis (memory analysis, 2013, and CPU analysis, 2019). The methodology demonstrates a holistic approach that analyzes groups of metrics from each layer of the virtualization, i.e. ESX datastore, VM, the VM’s operating system (Linux or Windows), and the application in order to determine
- [IMPACT2021 | A Mainframe Security Rosetta - Reg Harbeck](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-a-mainframe-security-rosetta-reg-harbeck/) - What's an ESM on z/OS? Why are there three of them? Why does each have such a different personality from the other two? And if I know how to use one of them, is there a way for me to understand the other two more easily? Come to this session, and get ready for a
- [IMPACT2021 | Bringing AI Out of the Lab: Realizing Real-World Deployments of Deep Learning on Edge Devices, at Scale - Dr. Eli David](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-bringing-ai-out-of-the-lab-realizing-real-world-deployments-of-deep-learning-on-edge-devices-at-scale-dr-eli-david/) - As far as research is concerned, deep learning works seamlessly in the lab today. However, businesses are running into trouble when trying to commercialize deep learning into a product or real-world application. Deep learning deployment today is limited mostly to cloud, and even there, involves huge costs for expensive processors, large amounts of memory, and
- [IMPACT2021 | Everything I Need To Know About AIOps I Learned From My Rice Cooker - Austin Parker](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-everything-i-need-to-know-about-aiops-i-learned-from-my-rice-cooker-austin-parker/) - It seems you can’t throw a rock these days without it glancing off a shiny new application of ‘artificial intelligence’ or ‘machine learning’. Indeed, the promise of ‘AIOps’ proposes a transformational effect on our lives as operators and developers of complex systems. What, though, is AIOps? This is a question that many people are happy
- [IMPACT2021 | DevOps: Delivering Relationships and Solutions - Cotishea Anderson](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-devops-delivering-relationships-and-solutions-cotishea-anderson-2/) - In this talk, I will discuss novel deliverables from a DevOps perspective; delivering people skills, relationships and community through a DevOps lens. It is particularly important, especially now, to not deliver just a technology but a culture. Due to COVID-19, teams must come together to deliver the same caliber of work, but also the same
- [IMPACT2021 | Observability for microservices - Nočnica Fee](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-observability-for-microservices-nocnica-fee/) - For the last few years, the buzzword of 'observability' has stood in for heavy, expensive Service solutions really only workable for enterprises. With the rise of microservices has come a new breed of open-source observability tools that means almost anyone can observe complex web architectures. Nica will go over current tools available, as well as
- [IMPACT2021 | Cloud Resources Workload Profiling - Igor Trubin](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-cloud-resources-workload-profiling-igor-trubin/) - How to be sure a cloud object’s (e.g, AWS EC2, RDS or EBS) workload fits the rightsized resources (Compute, RAM, IO/s and Network traffic)? It is very difficult to do using raw system performance data from monitoring tools. The best way to do that is using a weekly workload profile, which is a graphical visualization
- [IMPACT2021 | New Millennial in Mainframe - Hasnain Attarwala](https://www.cmg.org/2021/01/impact2021-new-millennial-in-mainframe-hasnain-attarwala/) - During this session, our presenter will talk about his own journey as a young person graduating majoring in computer science and selecting Mainframe as a career path. Attendees will gain insights to help them attract younger talent and minorities and be challenged to rethink hiring practices to attract future mainframers. Speaker: Hasnain Attarwala Systems Engineer
- [IMPACT2020 | Among a Billion Configurations, How Would You Find the Best One? - Stefano Doni, Akamas](https://www.cmg.org/2020/02/impact2020-among-a-billion-configurations-how-would-you-find-the-best-one-stefano-doni-akamas/) - The complexity of modern IT stack optimization, across both on-premises and hybrid cloud environments, has grown exponentially with the interplay of hundreds of tuning parameters across each layer of the stack. The full grasp of this complexity is beyond the reach of even the most experienced and skilled IT professionals. Join us to learn how
- [IMPACT 2021:  Hasnain Attarwala and New Millennial in Mainframe](https://www.cmg.org/2020/01/impact-2021-hasnain-attarwala-and-new-millennial-in-mainframe/) - During this session, our presenter will talk about his own journey as a young person graduating majoring in computer science and selecting Mainframe as a career path. Attendees will gain insights to help them attract younger talent and minorities and be challenged to rethink hiring practices to attract future mainframers. We interviewed Hasnain about his
- [MF AIOps Solution Brief](https://www.cmg.org/2020/11/mf-aiops-solution-brief/) - In order to compete, enterprises must deliver digital experiences that perform flawlessly in seconds and delight their customers. The challenge is that behind each digital app is massive complexity: hundreds of interwoven services, developed by a mix of proprietary and open source contributors, connect mainframe and multi-cloud infrastructures with billions of end user devices. Read
- [Modern Enterprise IT - Featured Sessions at IMPACT 2021](https://www.cmg.org/2020/11/modern-enterprise-it-featured-sessions-at-impact-2021/) - These are just a few of the sessions featured in our Modern Enterprise IT Track at IMPACT! When your Site Fails it can be Great for Business The site crash was and still is their best sales day, ever. The platform failing over caused people to keep trying and trying to get through. The site
- [A Legacy of Promise for the Future](https://www.cmg.org/2020/09/a-legacy-of-promise-for-the-future/) - Abstract: Have we really been in the desert of reputed deprecation for forty years? Certainly, since the beginning of the 1980’s, the “legacy mainframe” has had a reputation for imminent extinction, while continuing to be the system of record for the most critical business and personal data on Earth. The time has come to come
- [How to mitigate the impact of increased digital workloads due to COVID-19 on mainframe costs](https://www.cmg.org/2020/10/zetalyfall2020/) - Abstract:General lockdowns around the world had a significant impact on the urge to offer new digital services to customers. As a highly scalable platform, the mainframe played a key role in maintaining a good experience for users despite an unfortunate skill shortage. Nonetheless, organizations: Were mostly not prepared for this surge and in a period
- [The Digital Dilemma](https://www.cmg.org/2020/10/the-digital-dilemma/) - We always hear how the mainframe “runs the world”. But 2020 is a year unlike any other. COVID in particular has changed much of how we operate – how and where we work, how we shop, and has rapidly changed our association with cash. It’s clear that digital transformation is occurring and accelerating exponentially across
- [Mainframe AIOps eBook](https://www.cmg.org/2020/11/mainframe-aiops-ebook/) - In today’s hyper-connected world, the demand to deliver excellent digital experiences is greater—and more difficult—than ever before. Customers expect apps to work flawlessly, ALWAYS be available, respond in seconds, and remain ultra-secure. Read the eBook
- [The New Normal: Mainframe Modernization](https://www.cmg.org/2020/10/the-new-normal-mainframe-modernization-2/) - Why do organizations that modernize instead of re-platform report paying less on hardware, software, and staffing, while reporting higher end user satisfaction? Why does IDC project that organizations who modernize their mainframes will realize average benefits worth more than 6x what they invest to transform their mainframe platforms? Even with these compelling data points, industry
- [A Mainframe Modernization Maturity Model](https://www.cmg.org/2020/09/a-mainframe-modernization-maturity-model/) - Abstract: The Mainframe applications that are critical to many of the businesses and governmental functions that support everyday lives require significant enhancement to meet the need for flexible and cost effective deployment, on the mainframe, on distributed systems, in the Cloud. Application Modernization has become an increasingly important model to drive the level of change.
- [AIOps: New Demands Create New Opportunities](https://www.cmg.org/2020/10/aiops-new-demands-create-new-opportunities/) - Abstract: The explosion of data and evolving computing models are poised to take AI from niche use cases to widespread adoption, including on the mainframe. Improved algorithms and deeper experience are leading to in-depth diagnostics, better predictions, and greater opportunity to automate routine processes across your hybrid IT environment. This opens opportunities for AIOps to
- [What to Do When Resources Go Down and Demand Goes Up: A Pandemic Story](https://www.cmg.org/2020/10/what-to-do-when-resources-go-down-and-demand-goes-up-a-pandemic-story/) - During the pandemic, some enterprises have seen demand increase (securities trading processors, wine club home delivery, media streaming providers); others have seen demand decline. Leaders in both camps tell ASG that resources are remaining fixed or declining, while customer and business demands continue to rise. The burden is magnified by a workforce that is now remote and
- [What to Do When Resources Go Down and Demand Goes Up: A Pandemic Story](https://www.cmg.org/2020/11/what-to-do-when-resources-go-down-and-demand-goes-up-a-pandemic-story-2/) - During the pandemic, some enterprises have seen demand increase (securities trading processors, wine club home delivery, media streaming providers); others have seen demand decline. Leaders in both camps tell ASG that resources are remaining fixed or declining, while customer and business demands continue to rise. The burden is magnified by a workforce that is now remote and
- [Micro Frontend – Last Mile of Microservice](https://www.cmg.org/2020/06/micro-frontend-last-mile-of-microservice/) - "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
- [IMPACT2020 | Self-Healing Trifecta – Earlier Warning, Faster RCA, Automated Resolution – Jyotsna Chatradhi](https://www.cmg.org/2020/02/impact2020-self-healing-trifecta-earlier-warning-faster-rca-automated-resolution-jyotsna-chatradhi/) - Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics are changing the way enterprises manage their IT operations by helping to automatically find hidden insights and data relationships faster. But by itself, machine learning is only an enabler, technology needs to be trained and tuned using domain specific expertise – helping to “augment” existing processes on the path
- [IMPACT 2019: Machine Learning the demise of static thresholds - Tom Quinn, Broadcom](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-machine-learning-the-demise-of-static-thresholds/) - Few mainframe shops can afford the luxury of a dedicated performance monitoring team. Those that do, dedicate their time to learn system behaviors and set meaningful thresholds to watch for out of bounds metrics indicating a problem has or is about to occur. This is a very time-consuming effort that requires regular review and maintenance
- [Getting started with OpenTelemetry](https://www.cmg.org/2020/09/getting-started-with-opentelemetry/) - Abstract: This talk introduces OpenTelemetry to developers and operators. First, learn about each OpenTelemetry component, the core concepts, and how they all fit together to provide flexible and robust observability. Second, learn the easiest way to set up and deploy OpenTelemetry across your entire system. Speaker bio: Ted Young is one of the founders of
- [Distilling the Monolith to Microservices Journey](https://www.cmg.org/2020/10/distilling-the-monolith-to-microservices-journey/) - To view the video you must have a CMG membership. Sign up today! For existing members sign in here. Username or E-mail Password * Remember Me Forgot Password Speaker bios: Sanjay Nagaraj: Prior to co-founding Traceable, Sanjay was VP Engineering for AppDynamics (acquired by Cisco). At AppDynamics his product teams were responsible for
- [OpenTelemetry and Kubernetes](https://www.cmg.org/2020/09/opentelemetry-and-kubernetes/) - Abstract: Learn how to configure OpenTelemetry for apps deployed in kubernetes. Starting with the best practices on how to get started and set up a reliable telemetry pipeline all the way to configuring telemetry signals specific to kubernetes. We will also discuss other ways OpenTelemetry may be used in your app and future development around
- [Solving Mysteries with Observability: Adding Additional Context to Distributed Tracing](https://www.cmg.org/2020/09/solving-mysteries-with-obs/) - Abstract: Everyone loves a good mystery, but not when it involves operating our services. When investigating a production issue, a software engineer can feel like a detective — digging through dashboards and combing through log stores to gather evidence and reconstruct the scene of a crime. During this investigation, every second counts! Time researching an issue
- [Demystifying Distributed Tracing](https://www.cmg.org/2020/09/demystifying-distributed-tracing/) - Abstract: Applications, and the teams that build them, have changed. In lieu of monolithic services and complex deployments, the software industry is moving towards smaller and more composable services that can be deployed more rapidly by independent teams. This paradigm shift in development style and strategy calls for new tools and techniques in order to
- [Distributed Tracing at Facebook- A Case Study](https://www.cmg.org/2020/10/facebookdt/) - Abstract: Facebook’s tracing system is used for both broad scale, distributed traces, as well as in-depth traces of critical pieces of infrastructure. In this talk, I’ll give an overview of both our tracing architecture and the value that Facebook gets from distributed tracing. To view the video you must have a CMG membership. Sign up today!
- [CMG Malaysia: Digital Transformation in TIME dotCom](https://www.cmg.org/2020/10/cmg-malaysia-digital-transformation-in-time-dotcom/) - Digital Transformation in TIME dotCom TIME 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. Afzal Abdul
- [CMG Malaysia: Thriving Digital Transformations Relies on Human Transformation](https://www.cmg.org/2020/10/cmg-malaysia-thriving-digital-transformations-relies-on-human-transformation/) - Thriving Digital Transformations Relies on Human Transformation Transforming 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
- [CMG Malaysia: IR 4.0 and its system application Issues and Challenges](https://www.cmg.org/2020/10/cmg-malaysia-ir-4-0-and-its-system-application-issues-and-challenges/) - IR 4.0 and its system application Issues and Challenges IR 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
- [CMG Malaysia: Future-proof your Technology Career](https://www.cmg.org/2020/10/cmg-malaysia-future-proof-your-technology-career/) - Future-Proof Your Technology Career In 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. Amanda
- [CMG Malaysia: Full Computer Automation in Enterprise Management in IR4.0](https://www.cmg.org/2020/10/cmg-malaysia-full-computer-automation-in-enterprise-management-in-ir4-0/) - Full Computer Automation in Enterprise Management in IR4.0 Traditionally 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
- [Monitoring has changed: Observability with open source](https://www.cmg.org/2020/08/monitoring-has-changed/) - Today’s monitoring systems, designed for different times, to maintain availability and performance of traditional applications and architectures. Digital business has forced monitoring of the past to transform into observability of today. Choices have progressed significantly for both small teams and large enterprises. These observability signals encompass logs, metrics, and traces which create the monitoring tooling
- [Legends Series: A Fireside Chat with Dr. Neil Gunther](https://www.cmg.org/2020/08/legends-series-a-fireside-chat-with-dr-neil-gunther-2/) - 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.
- [Panel Discussion: Performance Engineering in the Time of DevOps](https://www.cmg.org/2020/08/pe-devops-panel-discussion/) - For this interactive session, we will talk with three technology professionals whose daily work is all about performance engineering in DevOps. We’ll talk strategies, testing, monitoring, and teams while we outline 10 key best practices for Performance Engineering in DevOps. Videos are available to Virtual Conference Registrants and CMG members. To access these resources, sign
- [Interview with Vivek Koul, Software Engineering Manager, McGraw Hill](https://www.cmg.org/2020/08/interview-with-vivek-koul/) - Today’s business dynamics have changed the way software is developed and shipped, especially within the Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline in a DevOps world. This means software teams are pushed harder and harder to increase software velocity, which is directly impacted by the speed of testing software performance and quality. The teams responsible
- [Solving the ‘Need for Speed’ in the World of Continuous Integration](https://www.cmg.org/2020/08/solving-the-need-for-speed/) - Today’s business dynamics have changed the way software is developed and shipped, especially within the Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline in a DevOps world. This means software teams are pushed harder and harder to increase software velocity, which is directly impacted by the speed of testing software performance and quality. The teams responsible
- [Interview with Jonah Kowall, CTO, Logz.io](https://www.cmg.org/2020/08/interview-with-jonah-kowall/) - Today’s monitoring systems, designed for different times, to maintain availability and performance of traditional applications and architectures. Digital business has forced monitoring of the past to transform into observability of today. Choices have progressed significantly for both small teams and large enterprises. These observability signals encompass logs, metrics, and traces which create the monitoring tooling
- [Interview with David Maillet, IT Director, DevOps, Performance & Quality Engineering, American Tire Distributors](https://www.cmg.org/2020/07/case-study-performance-engineering-agile-and-devops-at-atd-2/) - David Maillet, IT Director with American Tire Distributors (Huntersville, NC), seeks to provide as much automated, self-service capabilities to other teams as possible, freeing humans to focus on the really interesting and creative stuff. He is a technology professional focusing on software engineering and process improvement, largely within the B2C and B2B domains. David currently
- [The AI Workstation](https://www.cmg.org/2020/08/ai-workstation/) - Presenter: Mike Boros, AI STrategic Alliances, Dell Technologies About the Presenter: Mike oversees strategic alliances around Artificial Intelligence, for Dell’s Workstation product line. Prior to this, Mike held AI & solutions marketing positions at IBM and Cray. Mike has also held analytics product marketing and management roles at Oracle, Informatica. He’s an AI zealot, and is
- [Applying Performance Testing and Modeling for Selection of the Appropriate Cloud Platform During DevOps](https://www.cmg.org/2020/08/applying-performance-testing-and-modeling-for-selection-of-the-appropriate-cloud-platform-during-devops/) - Traditional load testing (optimized for the waterfall software development process) was mostly focused on pre-production realistic tests – so the main goal was to make load and environment as similar to production as possible. Drastic changes in the industry in recent years – agile development and cloud computing probably the most – opened new opportunities
- [Oncall or not oncall: using distributed tracing to improve reliability and performance](https://www.cmg.org/2020/08/oncall-or-not-oncall-using-distributed-tracing-to-improve-reliability-and-performance/) - Microservices and other loosely coupled architectures create a new set of challenges for engineers who are responsible for reliability and performance: not only is the performance of each service important on its own, but understanding the way services interact is also a critical part of improving end-user experience. And while adopting DevOps practices creates tighter
- [Case Study: Performance Engineering, Agile, and DevOps at ATD](https://www.cmg.org/2020/08/case-study-performance-engineering-agile-and-devops-at-atd/) - A plan-driven (waterfall) approach to projects often relegates performance testing to the end of a project. This can lead to significant surprises, especially when we discover that slow performance requires some significant architectural changes, rework, additional regression testing, and more. All that affects the overall project delivery and often will delay an important release. This
- [Advancing to the Future of Service Management – Part 2: Key Considerations](https://www.cmg.org/2020/07/advancing-to-the-future-of-service-management-part-2-key-considerations/) - Written by: Imran Khan, Senior Vice President of Customer Success at BMC Software, Inc. Download the PDF In Part 1 of this series, I shared the core components for advancing to future-ready service management. In Part 2, I will go into the five considerations that are key to your analysis before kicking off your fulfillment
- [10 Listings of Recent Member’s Only Content at Your Fingertips!](https://www.cmg.org/2020/08/10-listings-of-recent-members-only-content-at-your-fingertips/) - Performance Engineering: DevOps to NoOps Panel Discussion - Alex Podelko, Andreas Grabner and Wilson Mar What’s with the Resurgence of Mainframe In-Memory Processing? Do we need Software Performance Engineering when we have the Cloud? - Alex Podelko, Andre Bondi and Connie Smith EA Driven IT Technology Rationalization - Dennis Holinka, Senior Enterprise IT Architecture Micro
- [What’s with the Resurgence of Mainframe In-Memory Processing?](https://www.cmg.org/2020/05/whats-with-the-resurgence-of-mainframe-in-memory-processing/) - Many companies face a conundrum when it comes to their mainframe. They need to continue to innovate and build new apps at the same time as they feel they are constrained by capacity and performance. There is no magic bullet. It takes a combination of tools, people, and processes to truly extract maximum value out
- [Do we need Software Performance Engineering when we have the Cloud?](https://www.cmg.org/2020/05/do-we-need-software-performance-engineering-when-we-have-the-cloud/) - A part of our Legends Series Join Alex Podelko as he moderates a roundtable discussion with Andre Bondi and Connie Smith on “Do we need Software Performance Engineering when we have the Cloud?” During this session, we will hear from software performance engineering experts Andre Bondi and Connie Smith in a discussion moderated by Alex
- [EA Driven IT Technology Rationalization](https://www.cmg.org/2020/05/ea-driven-it-technology-rationalization/) - In this session, Dennis Holinka, an accomplished senior enterprise IT architecture professional with experience in software systems design, technology strategy, and technical debt planning will discuss: What is technical debt and how does it affect budget and business Establishing digital inventories The importance of Rationalization & Standardization Review Boards
- [Advancing to the Future of Service Management – Part 1: Core Components of Future-Ready Service Management](https://www.cmg.org/2020/07/advancing-to-the-future-of-service-management-part-1-core-components-of-future-ready-service-management/) - Written by: Imran Khan, Senior Vice President of Customer Success at BMC Software, Inc. Download the PDF If you do not have a plan for future-ready service management in place, you probably should—it can mean the difference between meeting or beating the competition. To help you get started and learn from our experience, this two-part
- [LEGENDS SERIES: A FIRESIDE CHAT WITH DR. NEIL GUNTHER](https://www.cmg.org/2020/07/legends-series-a-fireside-chat-with-dr-neil-gunther/) - 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.
- [Amy Carolyn Spellmann](https://www.cmg.org/2020/08/amy-carolyn-spellmann/) - We were saddened to learn of the recent passing of Amy Spellmann. Amy was an active volunteer and frequent speaker for CMG. In addition to her active role with Southwest CMG, she was always willing to share and teach and presented at IMPACT regularly. She will be greatly missed. AMY CAROLYN SPELLMANN February 28,
- [Using “z” data for Mainframe analytics & The loss to your business if you do not](https://www.cmg.org/2020/07/using-z-data-for-mainframe-analytics-the-loss-to-your-business-if-you-do-not/) - Sponsored by Does your organization use mainframe data to conduct mainframe analytics and include business data? In 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? Why is z data not included more for Analytical, AI/BI machine
- [Interview with Spoons, CTO, Lightstep](https://www.cmg.org/2020/07/spoons-interview/) - About Spoons Daniel "Spoons" Spoonhower, CTO and Co-Founder at Lightstep Daniel “spoons” Spoonhower is a co-founder at Lightstep, where he’s building performance management tools for deep software systems. Previously, Spoons spent almost six years at Google where he worked on developer tools as part of both Google’s internal infrastructure and Cloud Platform teams. He has
- [Five Elements for Enabling Digital Transformation](https://www.cmg.org/2020/07/five-elements-for-enabling-digital-transformation/) - Written by: Imran Khan, Senior Vice President of Customer Success at BMC Software, Inc Download the PDF Digital transformation (DX) can take many forms, depending on the industry and sector, public or private, within which it is undertaken. Some definitions of DX are limited to the IT department’s use of new technology to radically improve its
- [Optimizing Your Public Cloud for Maximum Efficiency](https://www.cmg.org/2020/07/optimizing-your-public-cloud-for-maximum-efficiency/) - CMG Board Member, Igor Trubin, Master Data Engineer, Cloud Engineering, is a contributor to Capital One's technical blog. You can read more from Igor and the rest of the technical team here. Best practices for tracking and reporting on cloud usage The public cloud has unlimited capacity if you have an unlimited budget. But the
- [Leveraging VR/AR and Virtualization technologies for business continuity in turbulent times- Gary Radburn, Director, VR/AR and Client Virtualization globally, Dell, Inc.](https://www.cmg.org/2020/07/leveraging-vr-ar-and-virtualization-technologies-for-business-continuity-in-turbulent-times-gary-radburn-director-vr-ar-and-client-virtualization-globally-dell-inc/) - Presenter: Gary Radburn, Director, VR/AR and Client Virtualization globally, Dell Inc. Abstract: With the landscape of business changing almost overnight it is challenging to keep the business operating in an efficient way in the world of working from home and new communication paradigms. This session will focus on what can be done in a business
- [Solving the hidden costs of Kubernetes with distributing tracing- Video](https://www.cmg.org/2020/07/solving-the-hidden-costs-of-kubernetes-video/) - Download the Whitepaper:The complete guide to distributed tracing 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. However, these benefits have not come without costs compared to traditional software operations. Spiraling
- [Solving the hidden costs of Kubernetes with distributing tracing](https://www.cmg.org/2020/07/solving-the-hidden-costs-of-kubernetes-request/) - 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. However, these benefits have not come without costs compared to traditional software operations. Spiraling monitoring expenses, the creation of single points of
- [7 tips for finding a new job in a post-pandemic world](https://www.cmg.org/2020/07/7-tips-for-finding-a-new-job-in-a-post-pandemic-world/) - Reprinted with permission from Bankrate.com. Find the original article here. By Sarah Foster, U.S. Economy Reporter Just three months ago, jobseekers were used to having all the power in the U.S. labor market. That’s all been flipped upside down in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Before the virus-induced recession, employers had for years been
- [Collaborative performance tuning using free tools - Video](https://www.cmg.org/2020/07/collaborative-performance-tuning-video/) - 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
- [Collaborative performance tuning using free tools](https://www.cmg.org/2020/07/collaborative-performance-tuning-request/) - 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
- [Business Continuity: The Cornerstone to Resiliency in a Pandemic](https://www.cmg.org/2020/06/the-cornerstone-to-resiliency-in-a-pandemic/) - Presenter: Michael Puldy, Former Director of Business Continuity Management, IBM. Abstract: With COVID-19, the sleepy discipline of business continuity has become the central point of discussion for every chairman, for every board member, and for clients and partners. Every business suddenly wants to know what their program looks like, and every client wants confirmation their business
- [Business Continuity: Leveraging VR/AR and Virtualization technologies for Business Continuity in Turbulent Times](https://www.cmg.org/2020/06/leveraging-vr-ar-and-virtualization-technologies-for-business-continuity-in-turbulent-times/) - Presenter: Gary Radburn, Director, VR/AR and Client Virtualization globally, Dell Inc. Abstract: With the landscape of business changing almost overnight it is challenging to keep the business operating in an efficient way in the world of working from home and new communication paradigms. This session will focus on what can be done in a business
- [Interview with conference speaker Michael Puldy](https://www.cmg.org/2020/06/interview-with-conference-speaker-michael-puldy/) - "My session is going to really talk a little bit about some of the various activities of what's going on today. So we're gonna look at what, what is required to set up a business continuity program, Some of the critical concepts that people should look at in creating a successful program. I'm going to spend
- [IMPACT2020 | Netflix Performance Tales in One Take - Ed Hunter, Engineering Leader, Netflix](https://www.cmg.org/2020/02/impact2020-netflix-performance-tales-in-one-take-ed-hunter-engineering-leader-netflix/) - At Netflix we’re focused on running our service as efficiently as possible to serve our more than 150 million members around the world. We are always looking for ways to highlight and fix performance-related efficiency problems. This talk will provide an overview of several problems we have found and fixed using tools we developed in-house. We’ll
- [Virtual Conference 2020 - IBM Z, Enterprise Computing and Precision Time Protocol (PTP)](https://www.cmg.org/2020/01/virtual-conference-2020-ibm-z-enterprise-computing-and-precision-time-protocol-ptp/) - Presenter: Steve Guendert, Ph.D., IBM Z Hardware Systems Architect, IBM Abstract: The latest generation of IBM Z Systems family of mainframes is used by over 90% of the worlds 100 largest global banks as the computing platform they run their businesses on. The IBM Z also is heavily used in other financial, insurance, and retail
- [Insider Risk and Remote Work](https://www.cmg.org/2020/06/insider-risk-and-remote-work/) - Remote Threats: Insider Risk and the Remote Work Paradigm It’s a new world for businesses everywhere. For small and medium sized companies who thrive on in-person relationships and customer interaction, it’s a difficult transition to an all remote- stay at home workforce. That’s on top of whether your business model can sustain some level of
- [Observability Virtual Conference - Q&A Report from Slack](https://www.cmg.org/2020/06/observability-virtual-conference-qa-report-from-slack/) - Be a part of the conversation on CMG's Slack workspace Thomas Cesare-Herriau asked speaker Austin Parker about his presentation: “I'm curious - how did you arrive to the factor of 5 for efficient observability?” Speaker Austin Parker replied: “We did user research with our customers and found that the average time reduction was usually around
- [CMG and Dell Partnership](https://www.cmg.org/2020/06/cmg-and-dell-partnership/) - Amy Henry, Strategic Partnerships Account Executive at Dell Technologies talks to us about the benefits of this partnership for CMG members.
- [IMPACT2020 | Changing the Rules of Engagement: Supporting Business Growth through Capacity Planning at Cerner - Andrea Gallo & Justin Martin](https://www.cmg.org/2020/02/impact2020-changing-the-rules-of-engagement-supporting-business-growth-through-capacity-planning-at-cerner-andrea-gallo-justin-martin/) - The IT operations team at Cerner, a leading supplier of health information technology, faced many challenges including a growing user base, new IT environments, constantly changing application stacks, and new collaborative and agile processes. Business Service Owners and Information Technology Operations teams needed to collaborate to define a new capacity strategy for virtualization, storage, and
- [IMPACT2020 | Real Stories about Cloud Migration - Andrea Gallo and Genci Jajka](https://www.cmg.org/2020/04/impact2020-real-stories-about-cloud-migration-andrea-gallo-and-genci-jajka/) - In the rush to control costs and deliver faster, many companies look to the cloud as the go-to strategy to support DevOps. Unfortunately, market research shows that some organizations start the process ill-prepared, resulting in failed migrations, wasteful spending, compliance challenges, budget overruns, and general mayhem. During this session, participants will learn how Acadian, a
- [Observability Virtual Conference 2020 - Providing Business Value Through Observability](https://www.cmg.org/2020/05/observability-virtual-conference-2020-providing-business-value-through-observability/) - Presenters: Chris Bailey Abstract: When we look at business value, we often assume that the product we are building, that app which is going to revolutionize the world, that change in the infrastructure of a complex process, will provide endless benefits to users and consumers. What we do not expect are changes which can sometimes
- [Observability Virtual Conference 2020 - Solving the Hidden Costs of Kubernetes with Observability](https://www.cmg.org/2020/05/observability-virtual-conference-2020-solving-the-hidden-costs-of-kubernetes-with-observability/) - Presenters: Austin Parker Abstract: 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. However, these benefits have not come without costs compared to traditional software operations. Spiraling monitoring expenses, the creation of
- [Observability Virtual Conference 2020 - Q&A for the AI Workstation](https://www.cmg.org/2020/05/ideal-platforms-for-developing-ai-solutions-2-2/) - Presenter: Mike Boros, AI Strategic Alliances, Dell Technologies About the Presenter: Mike oversees strategic alliances around Artificial Intelligence, for Dell’s Workstation product line. Prior to this, Mike held AI & solutions marketing positions at IBM and Cray. Mike has also held analytics product marketing and management roles at Oracle, Informatica. He’s an AI zealot, and is
- [Observability Virtual Conference 2020 - Interview with Mike Boros, Strategic Alliances - AI, Dell Technologies](https://www.cmg.org/2020/05/ideal-platforms-for-developing-ai-solutions-2/) - Presenter: Mike Boros, AI Strategic Alliances, Dell Technologies About the Presenter: Mike oversees strategic alliances around Artificial Intelligence, for Dell’s Workstation product line. Prior to this, Mike held AI & solutions marketing positions at IBM and Cray. Mike has also held analytics product marketing and management roles at Oracle, Informatica. He’s an AI zealot, and
- [Observability Virtual Conference 2020 - Ideal platforms for developing AI solutions](https://www.cmg.org/2020/05/ideal-platforms-for-developing-ai-solutions/) - Presenter: Mike Boros, AI STrategic Alliances, Dell Technologies About the Presenter: Mike oversees strategic alliances around Artificial Intelligence, for Dell’s Workstation product line. Prior to this, Mike held AI & solutions marketing positions at IBM and Cray. Mike has also held analytics product marketing and management roles at Oracle, Informatica. He’s an AI zealot, and
- [Observability Virtual Conference 2020 - Democratizing Observability and demystifying common myths!](https://www.cmg.org/2020/05/democratizing-observability-and-demystifying-common-myths/) - Presenters: Venkat Maddali, Director SRE – Observability & Service Ops, Ellie Mae Abstract: In the current SaaS world, customers have an option to switch the offering with a single mouse click. Two of the main KPIs that everyone is very sensitive today like never before are “Customer experience and availability of the platforms”. Today I
- [Observability Virtual Conference 2020 - The Human Side of Observability](https://www.cmg.org/2020/05/observability-virtual-conference-2020-the-human-side-of-observability/) - Presenters: Melanie Cey, Senior Systems Reliability Engineer Abstract: Dashboards are an analyst’s interpretation of the state of a system or one of the system’s components. Good analysts know that complex systems are constantly degraded, and that no amount of dashboards will solve all their problems. We need humans to interpret data and make decisions, especially
- [Observability Virtual Conference 2020 - Dungeons and DevOps Starting your Serverless Adventure](https://www.cmg.org/2020/05/observability-virtual-conference-2020-dungeons-and-devops-starting-your-serverless-adventure/) - Presenters: Nočnica Fee Abstract: You’ve got your healing potions and your adventurers kit, but what else do you need to embark into the mysterious realm of serverless? I’ll show you how a bit of pre-planning and a well-architected approach can make serverless hassle free as you deploy your first production application. We’ll cover testing, CI/CD,
- [Observability Virtual Conference 2020 - Tradeoffs on the Road to Observability](https://www.cmg.org/2020/05/observability-virtual-conference-2020-tradeoffs-on-the-road-to-observability/) - Presenters: Liz Fong-Jones SRE and infrastructure engineering are about allocating adequate time to do project work that improves the long-term sustainability of our services. But what do we reward SREs for doing? Does your company have a culture of "not invented here" or the converse of "ask the consultants to design it for us"? We need
- [Observability Virtual Conference 2020 - Interview with Chris Bailey](https://www.cmg.org/2020/05/observability-virtual-conference-2020-chris-bailey-interview/) - Chris Bailey believes that everything should be data-driven and won’t stop relating his hobbies to observability, whether it’s driving race cars, working on his pilot’s license, or convincing his board gaming group to track plays and scores. He currently works as head of Reliability Engineering at Terazo where he works to create a culture of
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- [IMPACT2020 | z/OS Performance and Capacity Fundamentals - Scott Chapman](https://www.cmg.org/2020/02/impact2020-z-os-performance-and-capacity-fundamentals-scott-chapman/) - Are you new to the mainframe and interested in what makes a mainframe tick from a performance perspective? Confused about why certain capacity decisions are made? Not sure about what the different processor types are and why they are? This session is for you! In this session, Scott Chapman will explain basic terminology, describe various
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- [IMPACT2020 | Marrying Artificial Intelligence and Automation to Drive Operational Efficiencies - Priyanka Arora, Asha Somayajula](https://www.cmg.org/2020/02/impact2020-marrying-artificial-intelligence-and-automation-to-drive-operational-efficiencies-priyanka-arora-asha-somayajula/) - As performance practitioners we have always applied engineering principles to deliver value outside our organization. But with this growing technology landscape, companies are keen on driving process efficiency and maturity within engineering practices to gain that competitive edge. With the advancement of technology, growing and easily accessible compute power, concepts like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and
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- [IMPACT2020 | Computing System Congestion Management Using Exponential Smoothing Forecasting - James Brady, Capacity Planner](https://www.cmg.org/2020/02/impact2020-computing-system-congestion-management-using-exponential-smoothing-forecasting-james-brady-capacity-planner/) - An overloaded computer must finish what it starts and not start what will fail or hang. Our presenter developed a congestion control algorithm that manages overload with its unique formulation of Exponential Smoothing forecasting. Siemens filed for exclusive rights to this technique in 2003 and obtained US patent US7301903B2 in 2007 with this author, an
- [IMPACT2020 | Deep Learning: An Overview - Odysseas Pentakalos](https://www.cmg.org/2020/02/impact2020-deep-learning-an-overview-odysseas-pentakalos/) - Deep Learning is a branch of Artificial and Machine Learning that has surpassed the performance of traditional machine learning algorithms for specific applications by a considerable percentage. The combination of advances in the learning algorithms and architectures behind their design, the availability of vast amounts of data for training them, and low cost access to
- [IMPACT2020 | Building a Modern-Day Site Reliability Team - Anjeneya Dubey, Honeywell](https://www.cmg.org/2020/02/impact2020-building-a-modern-day-site-reliability-team-anjeneya-dubey-honeywell/) - In today’s fast-paced development environments, companies tend to focus on feature delivery speed so much that reliability can often be overlooked. Keeping up with reliability goals, however, is of the utmost importance. In this session, participants will learn how McGraw Hill experienced this first-hand when they fast-tracked development pipelines in AWS cloud environments, moved to
- [IMPACT2020 | Blockchain is the New Black: The Convergence of Blockchain, XR, AI and Emerging Tech – Amy Peck](https://www.cmg.org/2020/02/impact2020-blockchain-is-the-new-black-the-convergence-of-blockchain-xr-ai-and-emerging-tech-amy-peck/) - Are you prepared for the next wave of technology? We spend a lot of time following futurists and tech experts who “predict” the future. However, we are in the throes of an old concept: Life Imitates Art and Art Imitates Life. There is a lot of misconception (and fear) that future tech will consume us,
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- [J. William Mullen Award Winners](https://www.cmg.org/2017/12/j-william-mullen-award-winners/) - J. William Mullen Award Winners The J. William Mullen award is given in memory of past CMG president Bill Mullen. This award recognizes his contributions to CMG and the profession of information technology. The award recipient is an individual who exhibits both technical excellence and an engaging presentation style. The intent of this award is
- [zHyperlink: The Holy Grail of Mainframe I/O with IntelliMagic](https://www.cmg.org/2018/08/zhyperlink-the-holy-grail-of-mainframe-i-o-with-intellimagic/) - With the z14 processor, IBM introduced zHyperLink, a new way to connect processors and storage that provides very low latency I/O operations. This new technology comes with a set of promises and restrictions that will cause you to rethink the design of your storage and replication infrastructure. The days of distance limitations are back, which
- [RPA and IT](https://www.cmg.org/2020/04/rpa-in-the-real-world-2/) - Why Now As another day of working from home ends, I am reflecting on the changes over the last several weeks. As we go through these unprecedented times and changes to the workforce our priorities have been re-evaluated. In January my team and I were preparing productive year filled with new systems, technology and process
- [Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Parts 1, 2, & 3](https://www.cmg.org/2020/04/23788-2/) - Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) is a ‘SRE-ious’ movement that breaks down the traditional barriers and ends the age-old battles between Development & Operations teams. SRE essentially creates a hybrid role that tries to maintain an equilibrium between developing new features and running production systems reliably. This is a 3 part webinar series that attempts to explore
- [IMPACT 2020 Proceedings](https://www.cmg.org/2020/02/impact-2020-proceedings/) - IMPACT2020 | Bitcoin Mining & The Capacity Planning Stack – Richard Gimarc & Amy SpellmannBitcoin mining is one of the ways to make money from the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. Mining […] Read moreIMPACT2020 | Building a Modern-Day Site Reliability Team – Anjeneya Dubey, HoneywellIn today’s fast-paced development environments, companies tend to focus on feature delivery speed
- [IMPACT 2020: You can’t always get what you want. Or can you? An Evaluation of Cloud-Native Tools – Karen Hughes, BMC](https://www.cmg.org/2020/02/impact-2020-you-cant-always-get-what-you-want-or-can-you-an-evaluation-of-cloud-native-tools/) - As companies innovate with their infrastructure configurations, the variety of tools to manage these systems grows immensely. During this IMPACT 2020 session, participants will learn more about cloud-native tools from the major cloud players—Azure, AWS, and Google—and compare those to traditional management tools available on the market. There will also be a discussion on each
- [Enabling a Productive and Secure Workforce](https://www.cmg.org/2020/04/enabling-a-productive-and-secure-workforce/) - Watch this video with Dell CTO and Chief Digital Officer Jen Felch to here how Dell enables a productive and secure remote environment: Tips from Jen: Stay connected to your teams. Provide context and communicate priorities. See the Video at DellTechnologies.com here
- [Remote Workforce Security](https://www.cmg.org/2020/04/enabling-a-productive-and-secure-workforce-2/) - Watch this video with Dell SVP and Chief Security Officer and Chief Digital Officer, John Scimone. John discusses the broad range of security issues faced when supporting a remote workforce. Tips from John: Use virtualized apps and thin clients for greater security. Encrypt mobile devices to minimize impact if lost. See the Video at DellTechnologies.com
- [Comparing Software Development Lifecycles](https://www.cmg.org/2020/03/23788/) - Software development life cycle has evolved in the past few decades. Enterprises have been choosing the wrong models of the life cycle of development. This session of comparing SDLC's gives insight to the pros and cons of using various models that are used widely in the industry. The session also focusses on the considerations of
- [Virtual Conference 2020 - IBM Z Cost Modernization](https://www.cmg.org/2020/04/virtual-conference-2020-ibm-z-cost-modernization/) - Presenters: Jeanne Glass | Founder and CEO, VirtualZ Computing Vince Re | Co-founder and CTO, VirtualZ Computing Abstract: Is your mainframe strategy poised to realize average benefits worth more than 6x what you invest? That’s what IDC projects in a recent study of organizations that leveraged the capabilities of today’s mainframes and tools alongside new
- [Virtual Conference 2020 - How well is your mainframe outsourcer managing capacity and performance?](https://www.cmg.org/2020/04/how-well-is-your-mainframe-outsourcer-managing-capacity-and-performance/) - Presenters: Steven Thomas, CTO, SMT Data Abstract: Outsourced mainframe customers often lack transparency into how well their outsourcer is managing mainframe capacity and performance relative to what is optimal for the customer. The customer seldom has the data or the skills to communicate clearly with the outsourcer on capacity and performance issues. The outsourcer may
- [From the Job Board: Tech Internships](https://www.cmg.org/2020/04/from-the-job-board-tech-internships/) - Despite reports of the past few weeks, many companies are still hiring and looking for summer interns. Turn to jobs.cmg.org for job postings and career resources. These are just a few recent additions to our job board: Software Engineering Intern 2020 - Motorola Solutions - Chicago, IL, USA Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence Intern -
- [Virtual Conference 2020 - Q&A Session with Reg Harbeck - The Human Past, Present and Future of IBM Z](https://www.cmg.org/2020/04/virtual-conference-2020-the-human-past-present-and-future-of-ibm-z-2/) - Presenter: Reg Harbeck Abstract On April 7, 1964, IBM Announced System/360, the computing platform that changed history. And it was much more than mere technology. It was the culmination of humanity's journey to computing, the platform that got the Apollo missions to the moon, and the place where many of the great IT disciplines such
- [Virtual Conference 2020 - Save MSUs and Reduce Run-Times for Analytics and MXG Reporting](https://www.cmg.org/2020/03/virtual-conference-2020-save-msus-and-reduce-run-times-for-analytics-and-mxg-reporting/) - Presenter: Paul Massengill, Systems Engineer & Analytics Specialist Abstract: The mainframe team of a Fortune 500 Transportation Provider was tasked with conflicting goals: (1) increase the frequency and variety of reporting and analytics, and (2) avoid an upgrade of their already overtaxed mainframe. Learn how you can apply their success with off-host processing to your operations
- [DELL-CMG Partnership Annoucement](https://www.cmg.org/2020/04/enabling-a-productive-and-secure-workforce-2-2/) - April 8th, 2020 - Sicklerville, NJ - Computer Measurement Group (CMG) is pleased to announce that Dell, maker of laptops, workstations, monitors, servers, storage solutions and more, has joined as a CMG Foundation Partner. Through this partnership, CMG members have access to enhanced information, Dell specific resources and thought leadership, as well as events hosted
- [Services for Microsoft SharePoint and SharePoint Online - Whitepaper Download](https://www.cmg.org/2020/04/services-for-microsoft-sharepoint-and-sharepoint-online/) - Click to Download the Whitepaper
- [Security and the Modern Worker - Whitepaper Download](https://www.cmg.org/2020/04/security-and-the-modern-worker-whitepaper-download/) - Click to Download Security and the Modern Worker
- [The Right Monitor Makes All the Difference - Infographic](https://www.cmg.org/2020/04/the-right-monitor-makes-all-the-difference-infographic/) - Click to Enlarge Why_Dell_Monitors_Generic_Infographic
- [7 Tips for a Better Remote Work Experience](https://www.cmg.org/2020/04/7-tips-for-a-better-remote-work-experience/) - If working remotely full time is part of your new reality, know that we’re in this together. No matter where you are, we’re here to help you stay productive and balanced as you navigate our ever-changing world. Check out some of the essential tips that our team counts on for our ongoing work-from-home program. 1. Support
- [The Future of the Workplace in 1-5-10 Years](https://www.cmg.org/2020/04/the-future-of-the-workplace-in-1-5-10-years/) - Technology and innovation are constantly creating new opportunities and challenges that will impact how we work in 2020 and in the years to come. With that in mind, Dell Technologies recently invited an eclectic group of colleagues, partners, media, analysts and industry experts to help us explore the transformative trends reshaping the workplace. We explored
- [Virtual Conference 2020 - 2020 Mainframe Trends for Performance Analysts](https://www.cmg.org/2020/02/virtual-conference-2020-ibm-z-enterprise-computing-and-precision-time-protocol-ptp-2/) - Presenter: Scott Chapman, Enterprise Performance Strategies, Inc. Abstract: This session will focus on trends for Performance Analysts in the new decade. We will cover pricing metrics- TFP vs MLC and what CPU consumption matters. Pervasive encryption, including overhead expectations, compression options, and that it implies compressions. During the session we will also discuss large memory
- [Bank Sells Pension Business: Mainframe Open Heart Surgery!](https://www.cmg.org/2020/04/bank-sells-pension-business-mainframe-open-heart-surgery/) - When a major bank sold off one of their significant business units, they were presented with a unique IT problem. How do you pick up and move all of the applications, storage, and links that support that business unit to another enterprise? This is a classic ‘lift & shift’ scenario, where a business has to
- [Snail4j: Java Performance Education for All](https://www.cmg.org/2020/04/snail4j-java-performance-education-for-all/) - Snail4j is a load-test-in-a-box that aims to educate Java developers on software performance. It brings the data center performance firefight to developers’ own computers. Snail4j challenges the end user to solicit predictions1 on software performance experiments, encompassing four main categories of software defects: Persistence, Alien systems, Threads, and Heap (P.A.T.H.). In this session, live from
- [How Linux Containers Work](https://www.cmg.org/2018/07/how-linux-containers-work/) - Containers are rivaled only by "blockchain" and "machine learning" in recent years' hype trends, but they are still quite poorly understood. This talk exposes containers for what they are: ordinary processes, with a bit of isolation, resource quotas, and security sandboxing sprinkled on top. You will learn why containers are interesting and useful, how namespaces
- [Roundtable Discussion: Digital Transformation](https://www.cmg.org/2020/03/roundtable-discussion-digital-transformation/) - On Tuesday, CMG hosted a virtual roundtable discussion on Digital Transformation during which the participants discussed DX in the time of COVID-19: preparedness, innovation, and investments. Dave Krause, a client partner with Magenic; Seth Amyx, a performance engineering specialist at Nationwide Insurance; and Nabeel Mahmood, an executive strategist with expertise in AI, ML, and RPA; actively
- [Achieving Continuous Compliance at the Speed of Cloud](https://www.cmg.org/2020/03/achieving-continuous-compliance-at-the-speed-of-cloud/) - Using public clouds for enterprise datacenters has become mainstream and hybrid multi-cloud is the new norm. The advantages of public cloud are significant and the gained agility undisputable. However, securing cloud environments is different from securing traditional data centers and endpoints. One misconfiguration can put your entire organization at risk…or worse. According to Gartner, “Through
- [Who's Hiring - 3-24-2020](https://www.cmg.org/2020/03/whos-hiring-3-24-2020/) - The economy is on a roller coaster, but these companies are hiring! Check out these and more opportunities at the CMG Job Board. Network Detection and Response Analyst Bank Of America Addison, TX SAP Platform Engineering Lead BP Naperville, IL Service Owner Fuels North America Operational MI BP Chicago, IL Cloud Hosting Product Owner BP Denver, CO Sr Software
- [RPA in the Real World](https://www.cmg.org/2019/12/rpa-in-the-real-world/) - RPA WHAT A RIDE Today we are going to explore a real-world journey into RPA (Robotic Process Automation). This particular journey was taken with Mize Houser & Company, an accounting firm that services multiple lines of business including franchise owners. As many others have done, I researched RPA online and was left with more questions
- [Free and Discounted Training for CMG Members!](https://www.cmg.org/2020/03/free-and-discounted-training-for-cmg-members/) - Did you know that CMG members can access free and discounted training from CMG and our partners? Check out these great programs today! Performance Anomaly Detection Developed and Presented by Igor Trubin, Capital One Free for Members sign in or join today to register. Computer Performance Modeling Developed and Presented by Michael Salsburg, fmr
- [Announcing Online Programming Lineup](https://www.cmg.org/2020/03/announcing-online-programming-lineup/) - With so many event and training session cancellations, CMG wants to make sure you don't miss out on great professional education opportunities. In addition to our robust repository, we've spun up more than 30 online sessions for the coming weeks. On the Calendar Now: Comparing SDLCs with Eby Jacob, Technical Architect - March 18 @
- [An Interview with Reg Harbeck | Virtual Conference 2020](https://www.cmg.org/2020/03/an-interview-with-reg-harbeck-virtual-conference-2020/) - To learn more about Reg Harbeck's session and for more information about the 2020 Mainframe Emerging Trends Virtual Conference Click Here
- [An Interview with Scott Chapman | Virtual Conference 2020](https://www.cmg.org/2020/03/an-interview-with-scott-chapman-virtual-conference-2020/) - To learn more about Scott Champan's session and for more information about the 2020 Mainframe Emerging Trends Virtual Conference Click Here
- [IMPACT 2019: The new dimensions of cloud - IT infrastructure resource planning, optimization and cost - Karen Hughes, BMC Software](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-the-new-dimensions-of-cloud-it-infrastructure-resource-planning-optimization-and-cost/) - Capacity managers have been helping organizations plan and optimize the use of on-premises infrastructure resources for years. Cloud is adding a new dimension and new challenges to IT infrastructure resource planning, optimization and cost. Videos sponsored by:
- [IMPACT 2019: Enterprise transformation (and you can too) - Donavan Brown, Microsoft](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-enterprise-transformation-and-you-can-too/) - “That would never work here.” You’ve likely heard this sentiment (or maybe you’ve even said it yourself). Good news: change is possible. Donovan Brown explains how Microsoft’s Azure DevOps formerly VSTS went from a three-year waterfall delivery cycle to three-week iterations and open sourced the Azure DevOps task library and the Git Virtual File System.
- [IMPACT 2019: Hack your way to AI transformation! - Anoush Najarian, MathWorks](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-deep-learning-and-iot-workshop/) - Videos sponsored by:
- [IMPACT 2019: AI: Hype or Helpful - Bill Dunnion, Calian Group](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-the-new-world-order-of-cyber-security-data-encryption-iam-and-the-need-for-human-centric-monitoring/) - An overview of Artificial Intelligence and how this new technology can be leveraged by government and businesses to improve services ranging from social media tracking to IT security. Topics covered: - AI and Machine Learning: what is it and how does it work. - How the technology can be applied in various areas of government
- [IMPACT 2019: Perspectives on digital transformation - Michael Chadwell, Amanda Hendley, Anoush Najarian, Bryan Knouse, Allan Zander](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-perspectives-on-digital-transformation/) - This panel discussion that focused on digital transformation and the integration of digital technology into all areas of a business. The panel represented a cross section of the CMG community: a performance engineer, a tech company CEO, an IT professional working in performance and capacity, and a product designer and developer. Each panelist offered a
- [IMPACT 2019: An introduction to Chaos Engineering for enterprise cloud infrastructure - Gary Little, Nutanix Inc](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-an-introduction-to-chaos-engineering-for-enterprise-cloud-infrastructure/) - I have a flashy Powerpoint and a handful of colorful whiteboard markers. I want you to buy my new whizzy Hyper-Converged cloud thingy. Can you trust me to tell you what happens when things fail? Perhaps you would prefer to experiment yourself? In our presentation—“X-Ray” the chaos-monkey for enterprise clouds—we provide a variety of pre-packaged
- [IMPACT 2019: Common Traits of High Performing Websites – Paul Calvano, Akamai](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-a-quick-start-guide-to-web-performance-analysis/) - You need to optimize your site's performance, but where do you start? Do you focus on the backend or frontend? Which tools should you use? And what can you really expect out of 30 minutes? During this talk you will learn some techniques that will get your performance audit off to a productive start. Videos
- [IMPACT 2019: Catching Anomaly and Normality in Cloud by Neural Net and Entropy Calculation - Igor Trubin, Capital One Bank](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-catching-anomaly-and-normality-in-cloud-by-neural-net-and-entropy-calculation/) - The goal of the presentation is to demystify the technique in some simple terms and examples to show what it actually is and how that could be used for Capacity and Demand management. That is done by developing R code to recognize typical workload pasterns, like OLTP, or others in the time series performance data
- [IMPACT 2019: Embracing Blockchain - Best practices and recommendations for Blockchain implementation in the enterprise - Elisabeth Stahl, IBM](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-embracing-blockchain-best-practices-and-recommendations-for-blockchain-implementation-in-the-enterprise/) - How are organizations using Blockchain to reduce time, cost, and risk? How can they create a successful first project? This session describes best practices and gives recommendations for Blockchain implementation for the enterprise. Videos sponsored by:
- [IMPACT 2019: Empathy in modern business  - How compassion cannot be containerized - Kevin Crawley, Instana](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-empathy-in-modern-business-how-compassion-cannot-be-containerized/) - Businesses have begun the process of transforming their organizations in response to the demand that they deliver useful software that evolves with the needs of their customers. If you take away the software part of this statement, what we are left with is the notion that we must listen, understand, and become deeply engaged with
- [IMPACT 2019: Effectively using and managing container workloads - Per Bauer, HelpSystems](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-effectively-using-and-managing-container-workloads/) - Whether you are already using containers or haven’t even considered it, containers are becoming a popular way for organizations to manage workloads more efficiently. When a new technology like this breaks into the market, many organizations decide to adopt without a plan for managing performance and capacity. But just like with any other workloads, it
- [IMPACT 2019: How to analyze and plan for a mainframe upgrade - Scott Chapman, Enterprise Performance Strategies](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-how-to-analyze-and-plan-for-a-mainframe-upgrade/) - When considering upgrading the mainframe it is always best to conduct an analysis of the options instead of just relying on a business partner's recommendation. But since it is an analysis that is only done every few years, most sites are unfamiliar with the process. Videos sponsored by:
- [IMPACT 2019: An introduction to the world of AI and Machine Learning PART 1 - Odysseas Pentakalos, SYSNET International, Inc.](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-an-introduction-to-the-world-of-ai-and-machine-learning/) - Machine learning is a branch of AI that has finally started to deliver on the goals that the field of AI has been exploring for the past 50 years. Although some of the key algorithms behind Machine Learning have been around for decades, the convergence of the availability of enormous amounts of data and the
- [IMPACT 2019: Achieving continuous availability - The role of non-functional testing in assuring continuous operations - Silvio Orsini, Pietro Tiberi, and Marco Capotosto, Banca d'Italia](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-achieving-continuous-availability-the-role-of-non-functional-testing-in-assuring-continuous-operations/) - This session presents a concept of an automated NFT running on a H24/7D application and focuses on a couple of implemented cases —Disaster Recovery, Chaos Monkey—with the aim of building a predictive and repeatable model for operating conditions under disturbances. Videos sponsored by:
- [IMPACT 2019: Managing VMware virtual machines and CPUs - Debbie Sheetz, MBI Solutions](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-managing-vmware-virtual-machines-and-cpus/) - This paper extends the methodology presented in 2013—Capacity Analysis Techniques Applied to VMware VMs (aka When is a Server not really a Server?—to include deeper CPU analysis, compared with Memory analysis in 2013). This paper demonstrates a holistic approach that defines and analyzes the relevant group of metrics from each layer of the virtualization, i.e.
- [IMPACT 2019: Demystifying z/OS CPU measurements - Scott Chapman, Enterprise Performance Strategies](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-demystifying-z-os-cpu-measurements/) - z/OS CPU measurements seem to confuse many people, especially when trying to understand how all the different CPU metrics relate to each other. The truth is, it is all just CPU time and simple math. Videos sponsored by:
- [IMPACT 2019: Anomaly detection at scale for performance engineers - Tuli Nivas, Salesforce](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-avoiding-mistakers-in-large-scale-peformance-analysis-2/) - As performance engineers, we understand the importance of software testing during and after development to identify any and all performance bottlenecks. Due to various constraints, be it a scaled down test environment, data volume or code integration limitations, it is not always possible to catch all bugs in test. It is because of this that
- [IMPACT 2019: Context-driven performance testing - Alexander Podelko, Oracle](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-context-driven-performance-testing/) - The recent revolution in the industry opened new opportunities for performance testing; for example, to make it early or continuous. However, performance testing should be considered in full context. The question is not what technique is better, the question is what to use in a particular case. Videos sponsored by:
- [IMPACT 2019: The importance of maintaining capacity planning in the next era of the mainframe - Chris Walker and co-author Rebecca Levesque, IBM](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-the-importance-of-maintaining-capacity-planning-in-the-next-era-of-the-mainframe/) - Before the days of relatively inexpensive computing resources, Capacity Planning (particularly for mainframes) was a serious discipline that ensured that resource utilization was closely managed, hardware purchases were carefully forecasted and thoroughly justified. But as the cost of resources has continued to decline, the discipline of past Capacity Planning practices has relaxed. Even companies that
- [IMPACT 2019: How to mitigate slow run-time risk against in web applications - Mark B. Friedman, Demand Technology Software](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-how-to-mitigate-slow-run-time-risk-against-in-web-applications/) - This presentation focuses on the YSlow model of web application performance, named after the YSlow performance tool originally developed at Yahoo and associated with the work of Steve Souders, which has proved extremely influential. The session looks at how the YSlow scalability model influenced the development of other web application performance tooling, culminating in the
- [IMPACT 2019: Performance and the software development life cycle - Mark B. Friedman, Demand Technology Software](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-performance-and-the-software-development-life-cycle/) - This talk presents best practices for integrating performance into each phase of software development, from specifying performance requirements to instrumenting applications during development to track progress against performance goals, to stress testing during the QA, and through DevOps. Videos sponsored by:
- [IMPACT 2019: Java performance troubleshooting and optimization at scale - Kingsum Chow, Jonathan Lu, and Sanhong Li, Alibaba](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-java-performance-troubleshooting-and-optimization-at-scale/) - Alibaba is moving toward one of the most efficient cloud infrastructures for global online shopping. On the 2017 Double 11 Global Shopping Festival, Alibaba’s cloud platform achieved total sales of more than 25 billion dollars and supported peak volumes of 325,000 transactions and 256,000 payments per second. Most of the cloud-based eCommerce transactions were processed
- [IMPACT 2019: Building a representative, effective model to randomly generate valid sequences of web page visits for load testing - Andre B. Bondi, Consultants](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-building-a-representative-effective-model-to-randomly-generate-valid-sequences-of-web-page-visits-for-load-testing/) - Co‐written by Andre Bondi and Apeni Lotha: We used a compiler design technique to build an extensible, modifiable program and workload model to randomly generate valid sequences of web pages for load testing. We used mathematics to predict the relative counts of page visits before testing occurred. This method reduces perceived scripting efforts. Videos sponsored
- [IMPACT 2019: The move from monolith to microservices: an introduction to devops in saas tool set - Yuri Ardulov, RingCentral, IEEE](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-from-the-move-from-monolith-to-microservices-an-introduction-to-devops-in-saas-tool-sets/) - We will present the set of tools that are necessary for any global SaaS company. Monitoring and log collection, API traces and mesh control, alert processing and change requests, NOC and DevOps, and a few other things that are the nature of the everyday activities of any SaaS company. How to make it more efficient,
- [IMPACT 2019: An exploration of z/OS SYSTEM abnormalities  - Mark Cohen Austrowiek, EPV TECHNOLOGIES SRL](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-an-exploration-of-z-os-system-abnormalities/) - This presentation locates abnormalities in all z/OS areas and understands the correlation between them in seconds thanks to a simple methodology and enhanced view. Videos sponsored by:
- [IMPACT 2019: Deep Learning and IoT workshop - Anoush Najarian & Rohith Bakkannagar, MathWorks](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-deep-learning-and-iot-workshop-2-2/) - The world has billions of sensors and internet-connected devices that generate large quantities of data every second. Deep learning works in combination with the Internet of Things (IoT) across many industries and helps businesses analyze patterns in data, perform predictive maintenance, and design reliable and safe devices. In this hands-on workshop, we cover the basics
- [IMPACT 2019: Anomaly detection at scale for performance engineers - Tuli Nivas, Salesforce](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-anomaly-detection-at-scale-for-performance-engineers/) - As performance engineers, we understand the importance of software testing during and after development to identify any and all performance bottlenecks. Due to various constraints, be it a scaled down test environment, data volume or code integration limitations, it is not always possible to catch all bugs in test. It is because of this that
- [IMPACT 2019: How to build a productive cloud-native organization with OpenTracing - Kevin Crawley, Instana](https://www.cmg.org/2019/02/impact-2019-how-to-build-a-productive-cloud-native-organization-with-opentracing/) - In this session, we will cover how to install Prometheus, Grafana, and Jaeger on a Kubernetes cluster. We will then instrument a sample application composed of Java, Go, and NodeJS services using those technologies. We will show how developers can see transactions occurring between their applications and explore how these tools will help both developers
- [IMPACT 2019: Queueing laws and understanding weird performance test results - Andre B. Bondi, Software Performance and Scalability Consulting LLC](https://www.cmg.org/2019/04/impact-2019-queueing-laws-and-understanding-weird-performance-test-results/) - Strange features of performance test results can usually be diagnosed by examining how and why the performance measures deviate from standard queueing and performance laws. The structure of the test may also be informative. This is illustrated with some examples during this session. Videos sponsored by:
- [IMPACT 2019: What a Platform Engineering team can contribute to the end-to-end customer journey - Jeanie Zheng, GoDaddy, Inc.](https://www.cmg.org/2019/04/impact-2019-what-a-platform-engineering-team-can-contribute-to-the-end-to-end-customer-journey/) - Companies thrive on the success of their customers. As more and more customers are moving online, the definition and purpose of their online presence has shifted from static and channeling to dynamic and interactive. Deep customer engagement involves Brand that offers a consistent vision, Product that grows and continuously meets customer needs, and Care that
- [IMPACT 2019: Crushing It: Compression on the Web - Paul Calvano, Akamai](https://www.cmg.org/2019/04/impact-2019-crushing-it-compression-on-the-web/) - Less is more. Your customers want more information, more functionality and more engagement all in less time. Most websites use some sort of compression to help speed up their sites and reduce costs. With the average size of web pages growing over 3MB, gzip is no longer enough. In this session, the basics of modern
- [IMPACT 2019: Sushi, beer, and 24-hour work days - An inside view of startup best practices and recommendations - Elisabeth Stahl, IBM](https://www.cmg.org/2019/04/impact-2019-sushi-beer-and-24-hour-work-days-an-inside-view-of-startup-best-practices-and-recommendations/) - Interested in the culture at startups? Need to work with or market to a startup? Want to learn more about what makes startups successful? Attend this session for the inside view of startups and best practices and recommendations. This Lightning Talk will highlight the focus of startups including KPIs (key performance indicators), tools, and guiding
- [IMPACT 2019: The journey to self-driven  intelligent ops - Stuart McIrvine, Broadcom](https://www.cmg.org/2019/04/impact-2019-the-journey-to-self-driven-intelligent-ops/) - Advancements in the use of machine learning for IT management are leading to growing adoption of Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations (AIOps). This is not about “anything you can do, AI can do better” – it’s about augmenting operators, not replacing them, using operational intelligence, predictive analytics and automation. A reactive approach that uses siloed
- [IMPACT 2019: Real user performance monitoring at Netflix scale - Martin Spier, Netflix](https://www.cmg.org/2019/04/impact-2019-real-user-performance-monitoring-at-netflix-scale/) - Netflix runs on thousands of different devices, from smartphones to laptops, smart TVs and gaming consoles. These devices are spread all around the world, have a vastly different set of capabilities, resource constraints, and run under a multitude of network conditions. Understanding how real users perceive Netflix’s app performance is key to optimizing the right
- [IMPACT 2019: The past, present, and future of AI - Bryan Knouse, Rapidinfluence](https://www.cmg.org/2019/04/impact-2019-the-past-present-and-future-of-ai/) - Artificial Intelligence (AI): Where we came from, where we are, and where we are going with a particular focus on natural language technology. This talk is for everyone: non‐technical individuals will appreciate the conceptual breadth and CTOs will enjoy the dips into present theory powering the space. Videos sponsored by:
- [IMPACT 2019: The new world order of cyber security - Bill Dunnion, Calian Group](https://www.cmg.org/2019/04/impact-2019-the-new-world-order-of-cyber-security/) - The new world of cyber security is one of stark contrast from just a few years ago. With the advent of cloud applications, mobility, IoT, Platform-as-a-Service models, and the new digital economy as driving forces in everyone’s daily lives, there is no longer the concept of the traditional boundary for companies to protect. Videos
- [An introduction to the world of AI and Machine Learning -Odysseas Pentakalos and Alex Gilgur](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/an-introduction-to-the-world-of-ai-and-machine-learning-odysseas-pentakalos-and-alex-gilgur/) - Everything you Wanted to Know About Machine Learning but Were Afraid to Ask Machine learning is a branch of AI that has finally started to deliver on the goals that the field of AI has been exploring for the past 50 years. Although some of the key algorithms behind Machine Learning have been around for
- [IMPACT 2019: Digital transformation and the reality of the new customer experience - Allan Zander, omNovos](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-digital-transformation-and-the-reality-of-the-new-customer-experience/) - As consumers and end users become increasingly more connected—technologically and socially— the demand for a more personalized and individualized experience is forcing companies of all types to compete for market share like never before.It is this new forced competition that is compelling companies to look inward—at their business processes, systems, and technology as a whole—to
- [IMPACT 2019: Game AI Architecture: The Problem of Human Authored Behavior - Steve Rabin , DigiPen Institute of Technology](https://www.cmg.org/2019/05/impact-2019-game-ai-architecture-the-problem-of-human-authored-behavior/) - Over the last 40 years, game AI professionals have crafted many architectures to allow humans to program agent behavior in video games. These game AI architectures can be thought of as domain specific languages with the goal of being powerful, scalable, modular, expressive, concise, easy to debug, and easy to reason about. We’ll take a
- [IMPACT 2019: Capacity management for the digital and the agile world - Jamie Baker, Syncsort](https://www.cmg.org/2019/05/impact-2019-capacity-management-for-the-digital-and-the-agile-world/) - Is capacity management in a DevOps, cloud and agile dominated world still relevant? With Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning becoming ever more present and with speed to market being a necessity, do we still need it? And if we still do, how can we ensure that it delivers governance without slowing things down.
- [IMPACT 2019: The motivations and benefits of building a home-grown capacity management system - Len Wyatt, Blackbaud, Inc.](https://www.cmg.org/2019/05/impact-2019-the-motivations-and-benefits-of-building-a-home-grown-capacity-management-system/) - There are commercial capacity management tools out there, so why would anyone build their own? For Blackbaud, there were both technical and organizational reasons. There have been some surprising benefits. This talk surveys the motivations, the architecture, the benefits and the tradeoffs of creating your own Capacity Management Data Warehouse (CMDW). The primary uses for
- [IMPACT 2019: Avoiding Mistakes in Large Scale Performance Analysis - Kingsum Chow, Alibaba](https://www.cmg.org/2019/05/impact-2019-avoiding-mistakers-in-large-scale-peformance-analysis/) - The emergence of large-scale software deployments in the data center has led to several challenges: Measuring software performance in the data center Optimizing software for resource management We will share a few techniques that we developed to tackle some of these challenges. This session will describe how we compose common tools to develop solutions in
- [IMPACT 2019: Addressing load generators and how to reduce incorrect system performance results metrics - Jim Brady, State of Nevada](https://www.cmg.org/2019/05/impact-2019-addressing-load-generators-and-how-to-reduce-incorrect-system-performance-results-metrics/) - A web application load test performed correctly can be a valuable tool for identifying bottlenecks, determining resource consumption levels, and quantifying system capacity. One done incorrectly is revealed as a waste of time and effort when the system under test (SUT) goes live with completely different performance characteristics than the load test indicated. One problem
- [IMPACT 2019: IoT and the New Path to Business Success - David Cowden, AWS & Ashraf Souleiman, Cedrus](https://www.cmg.org/2019/05/impact-2019-iot-and-the-new-path-to-business-success/) - It’s no surprise that artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) have become the focus of businesses around the globe. The fact that this emerging technology will be the single greatest driver of business success in the decades to come is more than proven at this point—it’s a reality. More so, the numbers
- [IMPACT 2019: Leveraging HTTP Archive - for better web comparatives and analytics - Paul Calvano, Akamai](https://www.cmg.org/2019/06/impact-2019-leveraging-http-archive-for-better-web-comparatives-and-analytics/) - Have you ever thought about how your site’s performance compares to the web as a whole? Maybe you are curious how popular a particular web feature is and how fast the adoption rate is? How much is too much JavaScript? The HTTP Archive has been keeping track of how the web is built since 2010.
- [IMPACT 2019: Blockchain and the Benefits of Decentralized Systems - John deVadoss, Neo](https://www.cmg.org/2019/06/impact-2019-blockchain-and-the-benefits-of-decentralized-systems-john-devadoss-neo/) - Blockchain infrastructures and their inherent distributed ledger technologies promise a new era for companies to leverage decentralized processes. Blockchain technology does not have to rely on a central point of control because of its decentralized nature. For companies, this ensures that the system is fair and secure simply through the absence of a single authority.
- [IMPACT 2019: A new foundation in understanding AI's impact on business and IT - Rick Lebsack, IBM](https://www.cmg.org/2019/06/impact-2019-a-new-foundation-in-understanding-ais-impact-on-business-and-it/) - The AI/ML/DL domain has moved from HPC scientists to everyday conversation. The language and technology of Cognitive and AI solution flavors are spanning infrastructure options: System z, POWER and x86. Fold in the DL frameworks and algorithms and a whole new taxonomy and considerations need to be understood. There is a continuum where all of
- [IMPACT 2019: Capacity Planning Under Cloudy Skies - Brian Wong, Capital One](https://www.cmg.org/2019/04/impact-2019-capacity-planning-under-cloudy-skies/) - Much of the world is moving to cloud, and many significant parts of IT are changing at the same time. Capacity planning is far from obsolete, but practicing it in a rapidly changing environment will be very different from practicing it in the past. This session shows where the field is going. Videos sponsored by:
- [Pascal Foelix, VP, Citizens Bank - Managing Frameworks and Data for Business Insights](https://www.cmg.org/2020/02/pascal-foelix-implementation-migration-and-talent-how-top-local-companies-are-working-through-a-digital-transformation/) - Competitive markets drive companies to continuously improve and become faster, more efficient and deliver higher quality. To meet the demand for transformational improvement, executives must manage several frameworks (e.g. Agile, Design Thinking, Lean Six Sigma) and rely on multiple data sources to gain business insights for a competitive edge. This session will explain how the
- [How to Transform Your Leadership Approach in a Digital Transformation](https://www.cmg.org/2020/02/how-to-transform-your-leadership-approach-in-a-digital-transformation/) - A digital transformation of business has become a significant trend the recent years. Technology is constantly evolving, thus even some professions have been dramatically changed or become obsolete. But when speaking of digital transformation, people usually imply IT-development or implement new tools among employees. The idea that the leadership approach should also evolve and transform
- [Wrapping up IMPACT 2020](https://www.cmg.org/2020/02/wrapping-up-impact-2020/) - Last week, more than 120 technologists joined CMG in Las Vegas for IMPACT 2020. Over 4 days, attendees enjoyed tech demos, technical sessions, keynote speakers and tours of Black Fire Innovation and Flexential data center. We started our conference with a welcome reception and tech expo on Sunday afternoon. IMPACT 2020 sessions kicked off Monday
- [Design Best Practices for Upgrading Your Service Desk](https://www.cmg.org/2020/02/design-best-practices-for-upgrading-your-service-desk/) - With the rapid growth of cloud technologies, the Internet of Things and modern concepts like bring your own device, the role and purpose of the service desk has evolved. In previous generations, many organizations might consider mature IT service management tools and processes as ‘nice to haves’, often at the expense of higher profile and
- [Video: The Three New Transformations Driving IT Today](https://www.cmg.org/2018/12/video-the-three-new-transformations-driving-it-today-member/) - You are unauthorized to view this page. Username or E-mail Password * Remember Me Forgot Password
- [Understanding VMware Capacity – In Partnership with Syncsort](https://www.cmg.org/2018/08/understanding-vmware-capacity-in-partnership-with-syncsort/) - VMware remains the go-to option for virtualization for the majority of organizations and has been for some time. The longer it has been around, the more focus there is on making efficiency savings. This is where the Capacity Manager really needs to understand the technology, how to monitor it, and how to decide what headroom
- [CMG Tech Journal](https://www.cmg.org/2018/09/cmg-tech-journal-2/) - As you may have noticed, CMG has been incredibly busy over the past few months. A new brand, a dynamic and more forward-thinking positioning, and the addition of original and exciting topics—all aimed at helping businesses embrace the new world of digital transformation and all that it entails. With this new approach also comes our
- [Time to Come out of the Silo - The Impact of New Technologies on Mainframe Capacity](https://www.cmg.org/2018/10/time-to-come-out-of-the-silo-the-impact-of-new-technologies-on-mainframe-capacity/) - The mainframe has traditionally adhered to its own set of procedures, processes and reporting as it was a mature discipline within an organization. That maturity has led to a silo mentality in many cases not considering the new technologies outside it’s purview. These new technologies are Cloud, Hyper-Convergence computing and Big Data. Capacity Management for
- [Experiences with Blockchain](https://www.cmg.org/2018/10/experiences-with-blockchain/) - In this session, IBM Distinguished Engineer Elisabeth Stahl will discuss her experiences helping enterprises on their blockchain projects. She discusses applications, challenges, and best practices.
- [Wayne Allen Interview](https://www.cmg.org/2018/10/wayne-allen-interview/) - You have been at Mastercard for 33 years. When you started, what were you doing for the company? My first job was as Network Controller. This meant I would monitor our global network for circuit problems. I would report on, as well as troubleshoot, the circuits and processing equipment that the member banks used to
- [The Benefits and Growth of In-memory Database and Data Processing](https://www.cmg.org/2018/10/the-benefits-and-growth-of-in-memory-database-and-data-processing/) - You are unauthorized to view this page. Username or E-mail Password * Remember Me Forgot Password
- [Need For Speed](https://www.cmg.org/2018/04/need-for-speed/) - On April 7 and 8, CMG took to the beautiful city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, for our Need For Speed Hackathon— it was an event not to be missed. We welcomed 58 participants competing on 16 teams, who worked diligently throughout the days and overnight to bring us some of the best pitches and solutions we
- [Hybrid IT: The Conflict of Availability, Accessibility, and System of Record](https://www.cmg.org/2018/03/hybrid-it-the-conflict-of-availability-accessibility-and-system-of-record-2/) - Jeff Andrews and Subodh Singh Today's enterprise organizations, and some smaller companies are facing a fork in the road: The path to remaining on-prem where the System of Record is prevalent, or the yellow-brick road to Cloudland for availability and accessibility. The reasons to go down one path or the other are compelling, however at the end
- [Planning and Performance Study in the consolidation of Mainframe CECs (Best Paper-Brazil)](https://www.cmg.org/2018/03/planning-and-performance-study-in-the-consolidation-of-mainframe-cecs-best-paper-brazil/) - Gustavo F. Araujo The coexistence of LPARs in a single CEC can present advantages such as efficient use of resources (CPU and channels), reduced amount of CEC (consequently of energy, cooling and physical space), besides maintaining a single point of management. The objective of this study is to show the planning and the tools used
- [Invited: z/OS SMT: Deciding Whether to Enable](https://www.cmg.org/2018/03/invited-z-os-smt-deciding-whether-to-enable/) - Scott Chapman Should you enable Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) on your z13 or z13s for your zIIP workloads? That is an interesting question that doesn't have an easy answer. If you do enable SMT you should be prepared to review a number of SMT-specific measurements as well as your standard application measurements. Since there is some
- [SMF 99 - The Lost Gold of WLM Analytics](https://www.cmg.org/2018/03/smf-99-the-lost-gold-of-wlm-analytics/) - Peter Enrico The SMF 99 records contain a wealth of information related to WLM algorithm decisions. They were originally developed to trace WLM decisions, but over the years they have been expanded to provide insights into HiperDispatch, Capping, Group Capacity Limits, machine topology, and more. Most customers have the SMF 99 WLM decision records turned
- [Rosetta Stone – How to Speak the Language of Revenue in Performance](https://www.cmg.org/2018/03/rosetta-stone-how-to-speak-the-language-of-revenue-in-performance/) - Dan Boutin For years, web performance has been the domain expertise of the IT and technology organizations. Yet, this information, when coupled with the appropriate business metrics, can be a powerful asset to any business. This session will discuss and present how to use the language of web performance to speak with the business, especially
- [Performance Testing Approach to AWS Kinesis Stream and Loadrunner](https://www.cmg.org/2018/03/performance-testing-approach-to-aws-kinesis-stream-and-loadrunner/) - Devdutta Dasgupta In the wake of an increasingly digital economy, businesses are racing to build operational knowledge around the vast amounts of data they produce each day. Now with data at the center of almost every business function, developing practices that work with data is critical, regardless of your organization's size or industry. AWS Kinesis
- [Cost Savings While Increasing Capacity](https://www.cmg.org/2017/07/cost-savings-while-increasing-capacity/) - Andrew Armstrong IT organizations struggle with two seemingly divergent challenges within their mainframe shops: the need to control spiraling operational costs while also keeping ahead of the capacity curve to ensure their systems have the capacity to handle both planned growth and seasonal upswings. The bad news is that most organizations are faced with the
- [IMPACT 2013 Proceedings](https://www.cmg.org/2013/01/impact-2013/) - Combining Storage Performance and Capacity Metrics to Determine Best Array Front-end Port Allocation for SAN Storage Ralph Hennen, Sr. Performance Engineer, MetLife Transforming Time Series Data into Capacity Planning Information James F Brady, Capacity Planner for the State of Nevada The Capacity Manager as an IT Leader Rich Fronheiser, Metron SPEC: Standard Metrics for Changing
- [IMPACT 2012 Proceedings](https://www.cmg.org/2012/01/impact-2012/) - KEYNOTE SESSION: Web Performance, The Big Picture Pat Meenan, Google, Inc. An overview on web performance from the end user's perspective. What it is, how to measure it and changes in the browsers and standards that you should be aware of. Download handouts Introduction to Wavelets and their Application for Computer Performance Trend and Anomaly
- [IMPACT 2011 Proceedings](https://www.cmg.org/2011/01/impact-2011/) - Late Breaking: Measuring Processor Utilization in Windows and Windows Applications Mark Friedman This session discusses the legacy technique for measuring processor utilization in Windows that is based on sampling. This technique for measuring processor utilization is efficient and generally adequate for capacity planning. However, it lacks the precision performance engineers require for application optimization and
- [IMPACT 2010 Proceedings](https://www.cmg.org/2010/01/impact-2010/) - CMG-T: An In-Depth Look at the VMware vSphere Performance Analysis Tools and Application of those Tools - Part 3 Johnathan Paul CMG-T: An Introduction to VMWare vSphere 4 Performance Analysis: CPU and RAM - Part 1 Johnathan Paul CMG-T: An introduction to VMWare vSphere 4 Performance Analysis: Storage and Networking - Part 2 Johnathan Paul
- [IMPACT 2009 Proceedings](https://www.cmg.org/2009/01/impact-2009/) - Guidelines for Better Performance Testing Tuli Nivas International: CMG-UK Best Paper John Westnedge Measuring for Transaction Aware Performance Modelling Michael Kok, Andrej van der Zee Capacity Planning Analytic Modeling Techniques for Predicting Batch Window Elapsed Time Debbie Sheetz Beyond Operational Monitoring-Performance Management that Knows the Apps and Predicts the Future Garry Kremer Capacity Management of
- [IMPACT 2014 Proceedings](https://www.cmg.org/2014/01/impact-2014/) - Stack Metrics: A Taxonomy of Metrics Supporting the Capacity Planning Stack Richard Gimarc, CA Technologies Amy Spellmann, The 451 Group Adrian Johnson, CA Technologies Parameter Estimation of Asymptotically Improved Super-serial Scalability Law Dr. Jayanta Choudhury, TeamQuest Corporation Entropy-Based Anomaly Detection for SAP z/OS Systems Tim Browning, Kimberly-Clark Corporation Performance Measurements and Post Data Reduction: Using
- [2001 IMPACT Proceedings](https://www.cmg.org/2001/12/impact-2001/) - Architectural / Technology A Case for a New CIFS Benchmark Swami Ramany A Standard Test of I/O Cache Bruce McNutt, Steven Johnson Accuracy and Practicality of Techniques for Measuring Web Experience of Dial-Up Users Eric Siegel, Jing Zhi An Introduction to SAN Capacity Planning Mark B. Friedman Consolidation A Practical Methodology Vic Booysen SANs for
- [CMG 1977 Papers](https://www.cmg.org/1977/12/cmg-1977-papers/) - CMG 1977 Papers Computer Performance Evaluation Applications A Model of Virtual Storage Personal Computing (VSPC) Based on QNET4 R. X. Downs, H. E. Tweeden A Multicomputer System with Software Reconfiguration of the Architecture Steven I. Kartashev, Svetlana P. Kartashev A Stimulation Study of Timesharing Cost-Effectiveness Perry R. Hess, Jon C. Strauss A Study of
- [CMG 1978 Papers](https://www.cmg.org/1978/12/cmg-1978-papers/) - CMG 1978 Papers Capacity Planning Techniques Capacity Planning - SCAPE William R. Hersh Capacity Planning for MVS Computer Systems H. Pat Artis The Evaluation and Application of the Capacity Measurement Tachen Leo Lo Measurement Tools: Application and Design IMSMON: A Low Overhead Monitor for IMS Systems Bernard Domanski MVS LPA Optimization W. Kemp Clawson
- [CMG 1979 Papers](https://www.cmg.org/1979/12/cmg-1979-papers/) - CMG 1979 Papers Performance Management Program A Performance Management System Using SAS James A. Morris Allocating Data Processing Costs Thomas E. Bell An MVS Performance Data Base and Reporting System Using SAS James P. Curtin Computer Cost Accounting Panel (abstract) Thomas E. Bell Evolution of ADP Procurement Robert G. Dunn Experiences Measusing User Satisfaction
- [CMG 1980 Papers](https://www.cmg.org/1980/12/cmg-1980-papers/) - CMG 1980 Papers CPE Measurement Techniques An Analysis of the Standard Unit of Processing on the Sperry Univac Series 1100 Computer System Jerome W. Blaylock Analysis of a 2-D Code on the CRAY-1 Tim Rudy Measurement Event Equations Bob Irwin Keynote Session The Critical Need for Computer Measurement in the 1980's Seymour Kraut MIS
- [CMG 1982 Papers](https://www.cmg.org/1982/12/cmg-1982-papers/) - CMG 1982 Papers Management Papers A Capacity-Costing Methodology Michael S. Zambruski Charging for DP Services in the Federal Government: A Step-by-Step Developmental Methodology Dean Halstead, Kenneth W. Giese, Thomas F. Wyrick Management Concerns and Responsibilities in User Interview Projects Leilani E. Allen Organizational Structure for Effective Information Technology Planning Martin J. Michel The MVS
- [CMG 1983 Papers](https://www.cmg.org/1983/12/cmg-1983-papers/) - CMG 1983 Papers Advanced Tutorial Program Aspects of DASD Performance Alexandre Brandwajn Capacity Management - An Overview and Description Stephen L. Horne Effective Use of Cached DASD in a Data Base/Data Communication Environment Kirby G. Dahman, George L. Grossman Graphical Tools for Software System Performance Engineering James C. Browne, Doug Neuse Introduction to Computer
- [IMPACT 2001 Proceedings](https://www.cmg.org/2001/01/impact-2001-proceedings/) - Architectural / Technology A Case for a New CIFS Benchmark Swami Ramany A Standard Test of I/O Cache Bruce McNutt, Steven Johnson Accuracy and Practicality of Techniques for Measuring Web Experience of Dial-Up Users Eric Siegel, Jing Zhi An Introduction to SAN Capacity Planning Mark B. Friedman Consolidation A Practical Methodology Vic Booysen SANs for
- [2007 Conference Proceedings](https://www.cmg.org/2007/12/2007-conference-proceedings/) - Business Performance Management Adding Business Drivers to the Capacity Planning Process Linwood Merritt, Gil Reamy Application View Reporting Jane G. Fiala-Curry, Barbara L.. Johnson Building a Capacity Management Team – Lessons Learned Mary Anne Smith Everything You Know About Monitoring is Wrong Mazda T. Marvasti Future Big Iron Performance and Capacity Specialists – Where will
- [2006 Conference Proceedings](https://www.cmg.org/2006/12/2006-conference-proceedings/) - Business Performance Management A Methodology For Determining Response Time Baselines Charles Hoover A Technology Cost Model for Server Infrastructure Management Russell A. Rogers Accountability for System Performance Cary V. Millsap Achieving Business Agility with SOA: Governance & SLA Management of Shared Service Ecosystems Dr. Jeffrey P. Buzen, Annie W. Shum, PhD Adding Value to Performance
- [2005 Conference Proceedings](https://www.cmg.org/2005/12/2005-conference-proceedings/) - Fundamentals/Core Competency A Methodology for Predicting the Scalability of Distributed Production Systems Dr. Charles A. Letner, Richard Gimarc Analysis of Workload Alerts in Consolidated Servers Dr. James Bouhana, Mike Tsykin Bandwidth and Latency: Their Changing Impact on Performance Yiping Ding Benchmarking 101 James A. Yaple, Jennifer Sutherland Calculating Expected Reliability of Systems and Hardware Michael
- [2004 Conference Proceedings](https://www.cmg.org/2004/12/2004-conference-proceedings/) - Management and Chargeback A Methodology for Tracking Capital Spending for IT David F. Redinbaugh A Performance Process Maturity Model Michael D. Maddox Adapting the TileBar Interface for Visualizing Resource Usage Larry Reeve AIX Best Practices Susan Schreitmueller Asset Management as a Prerequisite for Capacity Planning John H. Silver CMG-Italia Best Paper: 7 Deadly Sins in
- [2003 Conference Proceedings](https://www.cmg.org/2003/12/2003-conference-proceedings/) - Capacity Planning A Study of Capacity Planning for Database Management Systems with OLAP Workloads Xilin Cui, Patrick Martin, Wendy L Powley Australia CMG Best Paper: Data From the Windows Server Family - Whats there and Ways to get it out! Steve Dunn Disk Subsystem Capacity Management, Based on Business Drivers, I/O Performance Metrics and MASF
- [This week on the Job Board: New Boston Opportunities!](https://www.cmg.org/2020/01/this-week-on-the-job-board-new-boston-opportunities/) - CMG is in Boston this week for Implementation, Migration, and Talent: How top local companies are working through a Digital Transformation. The tech community in Boston includes companies of all types from software, education, to health technologies. Here are a few openings from our Job Board in Boston, MA: Development Security Operations (DevSecOps) Engineer
- [Edge Computing: A Paradigm Shift with Ashu Joshi](https://www.cmg.org/2019/06/edge-computing-a-paradigm-shift-with-ashu-joshi/) - The history of computing has gone through many phases. The early days of computer technology were dominated by physically large, centrally located mainframes, with thin terminals used by end-users. This centralized model migrated to mini-computers. The late 1980’s till early 2000s saw a shift where compute and storage became decentralized (and kind of local) with
- [Call for Board Members](https://www.cmg.org/2019/10/call-for-board-members/) - CMG has opened its call for new members to serve on the Board of Directors for the 2020-2022 term starting December 2019. The Board will support the work of CMG and provide mission-based leadership and strategic governance. While day-to-day operations are led by CMG’s Managing Director, the Board-Managing Director relationship is a partnership, and the
- [IMPACT 2019: The fine art of combining capacity management with machine learning - Charles W. Johnson Jr., Syncsort, Inc.](https://www.cmg.org/2019/05/impact-2019-the-fine-art-of-combining-capacity-management-with-machine-learning/) - Capacity Management within the enterprise continues to evolve. In the past we were focused on the hardware; now we are focused on services. With that in mind, the amount of data available has increased significantly and has become difficult for the Capacity Manager to sort through. To be successful with this discipline going forward, we
- [Securing Your FTP Transmissions on z/OS presented by SDS](https://www.cmg.org/2017/12/securing-your-ftp-transmissions-on-z-os-presented-by-sds/) - This webinar discusses how FTP is a readily available, convenient, and inexpensive technology to transfer files and data sets between z/OS and a virtually unlimited number of other operating system platforms.
- [Q&A with Flood.IO](https://www.cmg.org/2018/07/qa-with-flood-io/)
- [Q&A: All Things Cloud with Scott Adams, Chief Product Owner at HelpSystems](https://www.cmg.org/2019/06/damaged-joy-fixing-digital-experience-infrastructure-and-cx-edition-with-taz-lake-author-and-founder-at-brightmil-2/) - Organizations today are not just playing with on-prem and private data centers. Many are taking advantage of the benefits of working with public cloud providers for certain applications. In this session, Scott Adams will talk about IT infrastructure and how data obtained from capacity planning tools can help in their future technology purchases in the
- [Performance, Scalability and Reliability in private clouds with Gary Little, Technical Director at Nutanix](https://www.cmg.org/2019/06/damaged-joy-fixing-digital-experience-infrastructure-and-cx-edition-with-taz-lake-author-and-founder-at-brightmil-3/) - The history of computing has gone through many phases. The early days of computer technology were dominated by physically large, centrally located mainframes, with thin terminals used by end-users. This centralized model migrated to mini-computers. The late 1980’s till early 2000s saw a shift where compute and storage became decentralized (and kind of local) with
- [Q&A: Overcoming Infrastructure Sprawl with Charles Johnson - Senior Solutions Consultant at Syncsort](https://www.cmg.org/2019/06/damaged-joy-fixing-digital-experience-infrastructure-and-cx-edition-with-taz-lake-author-and-founder-at-brightmil-2-2/) - As an organization grows and evolves over time, IT infrastructure sprawl can become a time consuming and costly. In this session, Charles Johnson will explore some of the biggest causes of this sprawl and how AI and Machine Learning are being integrated into infrastructure management.
- [Damaged Joy – Fixing Digital Experience: Infrastructure and CX Edition with Taz Lake, Author and Founder at Brightmill](https://www.cmg.org/2019/06/damaged-joy-fixing-digital-experience-infrastructure-and-cx-edition-with-taz-lake-author-and-founder-at-brightmil/) - If you thought CX (Customer Experience) was just about a fancy retail store or a pretty website, you may be surprised. Infrastructure plays a critical role in gathering insights and building interactions with your customer. Through real-life examples, we will explore those, as well as the risks inherent in infrastructure dependencies, availability, and scalability. We
- [System Performance Management and Capacity Planning](https://www.cmg.org/2019/12/system-performance-management-and-capacity-planning/) - By Bernard Domanski, College of Staten Island/CUNY; John P. Pilch, Performance Capacity Solutions; and E. Jeanne Diaz, Merrill Lynch Abstract Get the Paper This tutorial was designed to introduce the manager/analyst new to the field to a variety of techniques and methodologies for capacity planning and performance evaluation. In particular: the system life cycle, bench-marking,
- [5 Professional Development Tips for December](https://www.cmg.org/2019/12/5-professional-development-tips-for-december/) - We’re in the home stretch of 2019 but the last few weeks of the year is an excellent time for a career boost! Here are 5 professional development tips for December: 1) Attend a holiday party OUTSIDE of the office Tis the season for holiday parties. Whether you are a part of a local
- [In Memory of Dr. Bernard Domanski](https://www.cmg.org/2019/12/in-memory-of-dr-bernard-domanski/) - On Thursday December 5, 2019, long time CMG member Dr. Bernard Domanski passed away. Dr. Bernie, as he was known by everyone, was one of the leaders in the field of computer performance evaluation and capacity planning. Dr. Bernie was a Professor of Computer Science, researcher, consultant, and software developer. He was an early and
- [5 Ways AI Assists Project Managers](https://www.cmg.org/2019/12/5-ways-ai-assists-project-managers/) - Even though we live in a lean and agile world, we still need project managers. They are the ones who ensure success or failure. Someone has to be in charge of the non-software elements and have a view of the project as a whole. Since forever, we’ve dealt with challenges concerning keeping projects on time,
- [Featured Content: IMPACT 2019: AI: Hype or Helpful - Bill Dunnion, Calian Group](https://www.cmg.org/2019/11/impact-2019-the-new-world-order-of-cyber-security-data-encryption-iam-and-the-need-for-human-centric-monitoring-2/) - An overview of Artificial Intelligence and how this new technology can be leveraged by government and businesses to improve services ranging from social media tracking to IT security. Topics covered: - AI and Machine Learning: what is it and how does it work. - How the technology can be applied in various areas of government
- [IMPACT Featured Content: Real user performance monitoring at Netflix scale - Martin Spier, Netflix](https://www.cmg.org/2019/11/real-user-performance-monitoring-at-netflix-scale-martin-spier-netflix/) - The Mullen Foundation was established in 1990 to honor the memory of J. William (Bill) Mullen, past president of CMG. He was an exceptional person: his technical papers and conference presentations were outstanding and his ability to connect with everyone in his audience was truly remarkable. CMG established the Mullen Foundation to recognize
- [How to Write a Winning Digital Transformation Strategy  - Guest Post by Dorian Martin](https://www.cmg.org/2019/11/how-to-write-a-winning-digital-transformation-strategy-guest-post-by-dorian-martin/) - Staying competitive in a global market can be extremely challenging no matter how innovative or successful your product portfolio may be at the moment. Due to the introduction of cloud adoption, always-online services, and digital networking among others, businesses across the world face mandatory digitalization. According to Forbes, 34% of companies have fully implemented a
- [Looking for your next career somewhere a little warmer?](https://www.cmg.org/2019/11/looking-for-your-next-career-somewhere-a-little-warmer/) - Check out these opportunities (and more!) all located in cities sitting somewhere 70 degrees or warmer! Cloud Designer Engineer - DevOps PricewaterhouseCoopers Jacksonville, FL, United States Application Architect - Maximo - 24 months Fixed Term Hire - Perth IBM WEST PERTH, WA, Australia Systems Engineer University Grad Viasat Tempe, AZ, United States
- [TBT: Turning the Lights back on in the Data Centre by Charles Noble](https://www.cmg.org/2019/11/tbt-turning-the-lights-back-on-in-the-data-centre-by-charles-noble/) - Enjoy this "Throwback" Paper from 1997 Conference Speaker Charles Noble, Manager, Computing and Communications - ICS Australian Water Technologies Pty Ltd A lot can be accomplished in the data centre to improve availability by dramatically reducing human intervention and error. AWT has made significant advances towards full automation by combining a range of vendor automation
- [YES! Mainframe jobs just for YOU!](https://www.cmg.org/2019/11/yes-mainframe-jobs-just-for-you/) - CMG Career Center has a listing of Mainframe job positions just for you: Mainframe Application Developer (z/OS, DB2, QMF, PL1, C/C+, MQ Series) IBM SOUTHBURY, Connecticut, United States Systems Capacity Planner Lead Experian Allen, Texas, United States Entry Level Mainframe Systems Engineer (WCE) IBM COLUMBUS, Ohio, United States Mainframe Systems Engineer Oloop Technology Solutions Malvern,
- [Career Advice: Using LinkedIn for your Job Search](https://www.cmg.org/2019/11/career-advice-using-linkedin-for-your-job-search/) - From TopResume.com, here are a few tips on how to use LinkedIn during your job search. Keep your profile up to date. According to a recent post on LinkedIn's blog, LinkedIn members with a profile picture are 14x more likely to receive page views, while those who post skills are 13x more likely to have
- [CMG IMPACT and the Importance of Women in Technology](https://www.cmg.org/2019/11/cmg-impact-and-the-importance-of-women-in-technology/) - As an organization that has been around as long as CMG—40+ years and counting—we have witnessed, and have been a part of, what some would describe as the most exciting decades of technology history. The evolution of our collective digital world has been nothing short of astonishing and the future is brighter than ever before.
- [IMPACT 2019 Proceedings](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-2019-proceedings/) - Videos sponsored by:
- [This Week on CMG's Job Board](https://www.cmg.org/2019/11/this-week-on-cmgs-job-board/) - Check out these featured jobs and more at Jobs.CMG.org then head over to our LinkedIn group to connect with colleagues at those companies. Systems Engineer University Grad Viasat Tempe, AZ Application Support Analyst Aetna Phoenix, AZ Javascript Developer IBM MISSISSAUGA, ON Senior Salesforce Developer (Visualforce) IBM ARMONK, NY Application Support Senior Manager PricewaterhouseCoopers Tampa, FL
- [Job Trends for 2020 and Beyond - CMG Job Board](https://www.cmg.org/2019/10/job-trends-for-2020-and-beyond-cmg-job-board/) - According to ZDnet, the most in-demand IT roles or 2020 will reflect a shift to those jobs that are focused on advanced technologies such as AI, AR and VR, and IOT. As more companies advance in their digital transformations, there will be a persistent need for cloud engineers, app developers, and database administrators. A few
- [Looking for a Job Change in 2020? Check out these openings from CMG's Job Board](https://www.cmg.org/2019/10/looking-for-a-job-change-in-2020-check-out-these-openings-from-cmgs-job-board/) - Senior Systems Engineer CDW, LLC Vernon Hills, IL, USA The Senior System Engineer recommends, designs, implements, and optimizes CDW’s IBM i on Power Systems infrastructure and Operating systems…. See The Posting Automation Testing Software Developer Co-Op 2020 IBM Cambridge, MA USA Software Developers at IBM are the backbone of our strategic initiatives to design, code,
- [Is Machine Learning the Solution to Your Capacity Management Challenges?](https://www.cmg.org/2019/09/is-machine-learning-the-solution-to-your-capacity-management-challenges/) - Today’s organizations continue to search for ways that technology can improve their IT business processes and provide competitive advantage. Machine learning is one of the tools that has begun to deliver breakthroughs in delivering the sort of improvements that companies are continually searching to find. There is an increased use of machine learning in capacity
- [A New Model for Cloud Adoption](https://www.cmg.org/2019/10/a-new-model-for-cloud-adoption/) - Innovation is at the core of all technologists, and we want to understand and apply innovation to create value for our organizations. With almost 10 years of cloud experience, Tony Johnson has created a cloud adoption model based on best practices and a wide variety of cloud estates consuming thousands of services called the “6
- [APIs, Microservices, and Mainframe Integration](https://www.cmg.org/2019/09/apis-microservices-and-mainframe-integration/) - APIs and Microservices dominate the conversation when we talk about new application development. However, there seems to be a great deal of confusion between exactly what the difference is between the two. How do we decide which to use when integrating mainframe applications? In this session, we will discuss: What is an API? What is
- [Do You Realize How Much You Can Learn (about almost anything) from RMF & SMF Data?](https://www.cmg.org/2019/09/do-you-realize-how-much-you-can-learn-about-almost-anything-from-rmf-smf-data/) - We in the mainframe community know that our platform produces an incredibly extensive set of metrics, far superior to any other platform. But have you considered the learning potential that could be unleashed if you had easy access and visibility into the multitude of types of data across the broad scope of z/OS infrastructure? Imagine
- [Best Paper Award Winners](https://www.cmg.org/2017/11/best-paper-award-winners/) - Best Paper Award Winners Each year, conference papers judged exemplary by industry peers receive these conference honors. These papers reflect the best of the best offered at the conference. List of Best Paper Winners 2017 Achieving CPU (& MLC) Savings through Optimizing Processor CacheTodd Havenost This paper introduces key processor cache concepts and metrics, laying
- [AA Michelson Award Winners](https://www.cmg.org/2017/11/aa-michelson-award-winners/) - AA Michelson Award Winners Albert Abraham Michelson was known for his technical accomplishments in measuring the speed of light and for his role as teacher and inspirer of others. CMG presents this prestigious award to recognize and encourage the same combination of technical excellence and professional contribution found in only an exceptional few. List of
- [Partner News: DataCore Announces a Unified Vision for the Storage Industry](https://www.cmg.org/2019/07/partner-news-datacore-announces-a-unified-vision-for-the-storage-industry/) - DataCore ONE accelerates the software-defined future—unifying primary, secondary and cloud storage under a single management plane with predictive insights to optimize performance and costs FT. LAUDERDALE, FL, July 9, 2019 – DataCore Software today announced DataCore™ ONE, its vision for storage infrastructure, designed to accelerate the adoption of software-defined storage (SDS) in enterprise data centers,
- [InterSystems IRIS Data Platform: A Unified Platform for Powering Real-Time, Data-Intensive Applications](https://www.cmg.org/2019/07/intersystems-iris-data-platform-a-unified-platform-for-powering-real-time-data-intensive-applications/) - Organizations in every industry are looking to exploit the strategic and operational benefits of shortening and eliminating the delay between event, insight, and action. They also strive to embed data-driven intelligence into their real-time business processes. When successful, turning these goals into reality offers myriad benefits, including: Delivering new and innovative business services, Increasing revenues,
- [Roundtable Discussion: Site Reliability Engineering](https://www.cmg.org/2019/07/roundtable-discussion-site-reliability-engineering/) - Anoush Najarian of MathWorks joined us as a moderator for our Site Reliability Roundtable Discussion. According to Wikipedia, “Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) is a discipline that incorporates aspects of software engineering and applies them to infrastructure and operations problems. The main goals are to create ultra-scalable and highly reliable software systems.” Site Reliability Engineering was
- [Roundtable Discussion: Containers](https://www.cmg.org/2019/06/roundtable-discussion-containers/) - Container-based virtualization enables programmers to easily and reliably move their software from one computing environment to another. With roots dating back to the practice of partitioning in the 1960’s, application containerization has become more and more prolific since one of the first services, Docker appeared on the scene. Now, companies are using systems like Kubernetes,
- [Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019](https://www.cmg.org/2019/07/blockchain-promotion-act-of-2019/) - Members: As members of the Technology Councils of North America, CMG participates in non-partisan, pro-technology efforts within the United States government. The Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019 would direct the Department of Commerce to establish a blockchain working group to recommend a consensus-based definition of the technology. The working group would also consider recommendations for
- [CMG Journal Winter 2015](https://www.cmg.org/2015/01/cmg-journal-winter-2015/) - CMG Issue 137, Winter 2015 Analytics Techniques for Capacity Management: Forecasting and Modeling ( Ann Dowling & Clea Zolotow); Multi‐tier Application Performance Analysis in the Presence of Software Bottlenecks (Subhasri Duttagupta, Manoj Nambiar & Rupinder Virk); Rationale for an IPv6 PDM Extension Header (Nalini Elkins); DevOps for Non‐Functional Test Assurance (Uppara Hampaiah, Mallikarjun Patil, Vijay
- [2017 Conference Proceedings](https://www.cmg.org/2017/11/2017-conference-proceedings/) - Capacity and Management Ses # Title Author Last Author First Track 225 Improved IT Operations Management for IT Managers and Capacity Planners Armstrong Andrew CAP 205 ITIL Capacity Management for the Newbie Baker Jamie CAP 302 Screaming into the Void Bell Phillip CAP 244 Meeting Web Application Performance Service Level Requirements Head-on Brady James CAP
- [CMG Journal Fall 2017](https://www.cmg.org/2017/11/19832/) - CMG Issue 3, Fall 2017 Selecting Enterprise Applications for Performance Audit Using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) by Ashutosh Shinde Working on Application Slowness in Mainframe Infrastructure-Database Recommendations by Venkatesh Pandian Rajagopalan Re-inventing ICT but Not the Wheel by Flavio Gaj and Silvio Antonio Varagnolo
- [CMG Journal Summer 2017](https://www.cmg.org/2017/08/19832-3/) - CMG Issue 2, Summer 2017 z/OS SMT Measurements: Investigation and Explanation; Capacity Planning Revisited; Performance Testing-Payments Engine; Understanding the Technology and Performance Implications of FICON Dynamic Routing
- [CMG Journal Spring 2017](https://www.cmg.org/2017/03/19832-3-2/) - CMG Issue 1, Spring 2017 Better Information from Better Data Visualization; Say Goodbye to Post Mortems, say Hello to Effective Problem Management; How to Build Dashboards Using Proc Report; Analyzing SSD/Flash Performance in High-End Storage; Dynamic Derivation of Analytical Performance Models in Autonomic Computing Environments; A Kalm Approach to Capacity Planning – Road Rules
- [Blockchain and Beyond: Wave or Storm? . . . And So Much More For High Growth Enterprises](https://www.cmg.org/2018/03/blockchain-beyond-wave-storm-much-high-growth-enterprises/) - In honor of Women’s History Month, we are highlighting some women in tech. Here is our own Board Member, Elisabeth Stahl. She is a Distinguished Engineer for IBM and has been working in IT Optimization for over 25 years. Elisabeth often writes for our blog, but we decided to highlight one of her favorites from
- [5 Takeaways from Collision’s #WomenInTech Session](https://www.cmg.org/2018/03/5-takeaways-collisions-womenintech-session-2/) - In May 2017, Amanda Hendley, Managing Director of Computer Measurement Group, attended the Collision Conference in New Orleans. One of her favorite sessions featured Sophia Bush and Alysia Reiner and was entitled “Feminism is not a Liability Session.” Below is her blog on her top 5 takeaways from the session. Hire. Invest. Mentor. In her
- [Ten agreements that can save you hundreds of thousands of dollars](https://www.cmg.org/2018/04/ten-agreements-that-can-save-you-hundreds-of-thousands-of-dollars/) - Have you ever considered that outsourcing—letting someone else take care of your data processing—is rather like a marriage or, at the very least, a partnership? If marriage is on your mind, and if you want it to be a happy one, then to avoid...
- [What to Consider when Evaluating a Mainframe Migration](https://www.cmg.org/2018/07/what-to-consider-when-evaluating-a-mainframe-migration/) - On June 28th, Walter Sweat of GT Software and Raul Menendez of CBS Corporation joined CMG for a webinar called “What to Consider when Evaluating a Mainframe Migration” which was sponsored by GT Software. The session discussed re-platforming, performance and security. Afterwards, Walter and Raul fielded Q&A from our audience and the questions they didn’t
- [CMG announces launch of dynamic New Brand and Communications Platform](https://www.cmg.org/2018/07/cmg-announces-launch-of-dynamic-new-brand-and-communications-platform/) - CMG, one of the worlds most influential organizations of IT professionals committed to digital transformation initiatives and best practices, is delighted to announce the launch of its new brand and communications platform—a platform built to showcase its measurement and management of computer systems and networks from a performance and capacity perspective to drive ongoing change.
- [Understanding VMware Capacity](https://www.cmg.org/2018/08/understanding-vmware-capacity/) - As a Capacity Manager, do you fully understand the technology, how to monitor it, how to decide what headroom exists so that you can increase efficiency and cut costs? At our webinar with Syncsort on July 26, many questions were asked on the topic of understanding VMware capacity. These topics included: Why OS Monitoring can
- [Measuring Client Performance & Inventing Teleportation](https://www.cmg.org/2018/08/measuring-client-performance-inventing-teleportation-2/) - Author: Edward Hunter I recently presented at the CMG CloudXchange conference on a project we’re working on at Netflix called the Magic Modem. For a good overview of what it is and what lead up to its creation I recommend watching the recording of the talk from the conference. Unfortunately, there wasn’t time to respond to
- [CMG is pleased to announce its first selected speakers for IMPACT 2019.](https://www.cmg.org/2018/08/cmg-is-pleased-to-announce-its-first-selected-speakers-for-impact-2019/) - The IMPACT Conference Task Force has now made a decision on the first additions to its IMPACT 2019 speaker lineup. We are delighted to make this announcement and to offer some truly great sessions at the February event. As previously announced, Martin Spier, Senior Performance Engineer at Netflix, will present on “Real User Performance Monitoring
- [CMG Tech Journal](https://www.cmg.org/2018/09/cmg-tech-journal/) - As you may have noticed, CMG has been incredibly busy over the past few months. A new brand, a dynamic and more forward-thinking positioning, and the addition of original and exciting topics—all aimed at helping businesses embrace the new world of digital transformation and all that it entails. With this new approach also comes our
- [Text Mining the CMG Archives](https://www.cmg.org/2018/10/text-mining-the-cmg-archives/) - By Richard Gimarc (rgimarc@featherfall.com) Pictured below is a word cloud developed from the presentation titles from all CMG conferences dating from the first conference in 1976 through to the most recent in 2017. High frequency (large) words are in the center of the cloud and low frequency (small) words are around the edges. To convince
- [Welcome Michael Chadwell to the CMG Board of Directors](https://www.cmg.org/2018/10/welcome-michael-chadwell-to-the-cmg-board-of-directors/) - Michael Chadwell Director of Americas Channel Sales at DataCore Michael has a passion and expertise for building, developing, and growing technology companies. He has a history of taking companies from zero to hundreds of customers through major alliances, community development, joint offering bundles, marketing, and event execution. Over the past eight years Michael's roles contributed
- [Elisabeth Stahl Interview](https://www.cmg.org/2018/10/elisabeth-stahl-interview/) - Elisabeth Stahl is Distinguished Engineer in the IBM Systems Worldwide Client Centers and has been working in IT Infrastructure for over 30 years. Her current focus is on Blockchain, Hybrid Cloud and Cognitive technologies. Last week we took a few minutes to get to know a little more about Elisabeth and what she is working
- [CMG announces addition of CA Technologies as a Corporate Member and Sponsor](https://www.cmg.org/2018/10/cmg-announces-addition-of-ca-technologies-as-a-corporate-member-and-sponsor/) - Atlanta, Georgia—October 18, 2018—CMG, the Digital Transformation Association, is pleased to announce the addition of CA Technologies to its corporate membership program. CA Technologies is the leading developer of systems software and applications software—from planning to development, to management and security—across mobile, private and public cloud, distributed and mainframe environments. Founded in 1974, the CMG
- [Want to “future-proof” your IT career? Embrace learning, build relationships and never stop evolving](https://www.cmg.org/2018/10/want-to-future-proof-your-it-career-embrace-learning-build-relationships-and-never-stop-evolving/) - It seems the only constant in the technology industry is change. New technologies emerge daily and companies are relentless in their search for ways to stay ahead of the curve. How can tech professionals grow their careers and secure a future in the industry amidst this continual upheaval? According to technology recruiting manager, Jeff Bond,
- [PREVIEW: The Benefits and Growth of In-memory Database and Data Processing](https://www.cmg.org/2018/10/preview-the-benefits-and-growth-of-in-memory-database-and-data-processing/) - In-memory data management is becoming more popular due to the high performance it can deliver. This presentation will examine the industry trends moving to in-memory, why in-memory is gaining traction, and look at examples of in-memory databases and other in-memory techniques that can deliver rapid transaction throughput. We will also examine new Db2 for z/OS
- [AIXCHANGE Session Announcements](https://www.cmg.org/2018/10/aixchange-session-announcements/) - CMG is pleased to announce the addition of two sessions for AIXCHANGE. The History and Future of AI | Bryan Knouse AI: Where we came from, where we are, and where we are going with a particular focus on natural language technology. This talk is for everyone: non-technical individuals will appreciate the conceptual breadth and CTOs will
- [Incredible lineup of speakers at CMG’s Executive Insights Event delivered thought-provoking insights](https://www.cmg.org/2018/10/incredible-lineup-of-speakers-at-cmgs-executive-insights-event-delivered-thought-provoking-insights/) - See the available downloads and videos here. On Sunday evening, October 28, 2018, CMG kicked off its much anticipated CMG Executive Insights Event. Sponsored by CA Technologies and Syncsort, we opened this inaugural event with a cocktail reception so the more than 30 technology executives could introduce themselves to each other and to CMG
- [You don’t have to be a z/OS expert to understand the concepts of performance analysis and capacity planning](https://www.cmg.org/2018/11/you-dont-have-to-be-a-z-os-expert-to-understand-the-concepts-of-performance-analysis-and-capacity-planning/) - After my son got his degree in marketing he came to work for our company, which develops products and performs consulting in the z/OS environment. I tried to explain to him the concepts of performance analysis and capacity planning in the z/OS environment using the old methods I was taught when I was young and
- [Executive Summit - Lets Get Real About Self-Driving IT Ops](https://www.cmg.org/2018/11/executive-summit-lets-get-real-about-self-driving/) - In his session “Let’s Get Real About Self-Driven IT Ops,” Greg Lotko of CA Technologies doubled down on the customer experience and spoke about the need for companies to focus on open, frictionless, and optimized IT. By creating the right framework, reducing barriers, and automating key processes, companies will be able to grab a competitive
- [CMG is pleased to announce the addition of TWO more sessions for AIXCHANGE and to release the tentative schedule.](https://www.cmg.org/2018/11/two-more-sessions-for-aixchange/) - Schedule: 10:00 AM ET – Opening Remarks 10:10 AM ET - The History and Future of AI | Bryan Knouse 11:00 AM ET - The Machines are Talking - The Future of AI and Chat for the Enterprise | Stephen Mallik 12:00 PM ET - A Practical Guide for Information Discovery for an IT Professional
- [Ray Wicks](https://www.cmg.org/2018/12/ray-wicks/) - It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our friend and board member Ray Wicks on November 27, 2018. Ray was a frequent contributor, volunteer, and speaker for CMG. In 2000, he won the prestigious A. A. Michelson Award for the Advancement of Computer Systems. CMG would like to pass on their condolences to the friends and
- [IMPACT Session Announcement: From the move from monolith to microservices – An introduction to DevOps in SaaS tool sets](https://www.cmg.org/2019/01/from-the-move-from-monolith-to-microservices-an-introduction-to-devops-in-saas-tool-sets/) - See the IMPACT Schedule Here About the Session: Moving from monolith to microservices, it is necessary to build a successful SRE organization that will help to obtain a high goal of 5 nines for the organization’s services. It is impossible to make this journey successful without taking extra steps and without building an additional set
- [Nell Owens](https://www.cmg.org/2019/01/nell-owens/) - It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Nell Owens. Nell was a senior engineer and nearly 13-year MISO veteran. Nell passed away Jan. 2 after a courageous battle with cancer. Nell most recently served as a senior performance engineer on the Capacity Performance and Metrics team in the Information Technology department
- [IMPACT Session Spotlight: Context-driven performance testing](https://www.cmg.org/2019/01/impact-session-spotlight-a-new-foundation-in-understanding-ais-impact-on-business-and-it-2/) - The recent revolution in the industry opened new opportunities for performance testing; for example, to make it early or continuous. However, performance testing should be considered in full context. The question is not what technique is better, the question is what to use in a particular case. Register for IMPACT Presented by Alexander Podelko Alex
- [IMPACT Session Spotlight: Integrating risk assessment in performance monitoring and capacity management](https://www.cmg.org/2019/01/integrating-risk-assessment-in-performance-monitoring-and-capacity-management/) - Risk is one of the elements that is overlooked when discussing performance monitoring or capacity management. Risk is best understood by the concept of vulnerability versus convenience. This presentation demonstrates how performance monitoring and capacity planning deals with this correlation. Register for IMPACT Presented by Chris Greco, PMI-ACP, PMP, CISSP, CySA plus, CTT, ASEP Chris
- [IMPACT Session Spotlight: Sushi, beer, and 24-hour work days  An inside view of startup best practices and recommendations](https://www.cmg.org/2019/01/impact-session-spotlight-sushi-beer-and-24-hour-work-days-an-inside-view-of-startup-best-practices-and-recommendations/) - Interested in the culture of a startup? Need to work with or market to a startup? Want to learn more about what makes startups successful? Attend this session for the inside view of startups, best practices and recommendations. Register for IMPACT Presented by Elisabeth Stahl Elisabeth Stahl is Distinguished Engineer in the IBM Systems Worldwide
- [CMG Is Pleased To Announce First Group of Keynote Speakers For IMPACT 2020](https://www.cmg.org/2019/06/cmg-is-pleased-to-announce-first-group-of-keynote-speakers-for-impact-2020/)
- [Ramya R. Moorthy wins prestigious CMG Mullen Award](https://www.cmg.org/2017/12/ramya-r-moorthy-wins-prestigious-cmg-mullen-award/) - Computer Measurement Group, Inc, today announced that Ramya R. Moorthy has been named this year’s winner of the prestigious Mullen Award for her presentation Performance Anomaly Detection & Forecasting Model (PADFM) for eRetailer Web application (Best Paper-India) at CMG’s IMPACT 2017 Conference. Founded in 1974, the mission of Computer Measurement Group, Inc. (CMG) is to
- [Intersystems Resources](https://www.cmg.org/2019/06/intersystems/) - InterSystems – IRIS Data Platform Whitepaper Organizations in every industry are looking to exploit the strategic and operational benefits of shortening and eliminating the delay between event, insight, and action. They also strive to embed data-driven intelligence into their realtime business processes. When successful, turning these goals into reality offers myriad benefits, including: Delivering new
- [CMG = ∑ people](https://www.cmg.org/2019/01/cmg-people/) - By Richard Gimarc (rgimarc@featherfall.com) CMG is the sum of the people who contribute. This is true for most organizations and is especially true for CMG. In this blog we look at the results from text mining the contributions made to the 40+ annual CMG conferences starting in 1976. This is a continuation of the October
- [IMPACT Session Spotlight: Catching Anomaly and Normality in Cloud by Neural Net and Entropy Calculation](https://www.cmg.org/2019/01/impact-session-spotlight-catching-anomaly-and-normality-in-cloud-by-neural-net-and-entropy-calculation/) - Part 1. The Neural Network (NN) is not a new machine learning method. About 12 years ago I was involved as a Capacity Planning resource for the project of building an infrastructure (servers) to run NN for the fraud detection application. Now NN got much more attention and popularity as a part of AI, mostly because
- [Podcast: Capacity Planning in the Age of Elastic and Utility Computing - One-on-One with Jamie Baker](https://www.cmg.org/2019/02/podcast-one-on-one-with-jamie-baker/) - Jamie Baker, Product Management Director at Syncsort and CMG Managing Director Amanda Hendley talk about the evolution and relevance of capacity planning in the age of elastic and utility computing. Jamie Baker has been an IT professional since 1998 when he graduated from the University of Kent with a BSc in Management Science. After initially
- [Getting Started: A Manager's Guide to Implementing Capacity Management](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/getting-started-a-managers-guide-to-implementing-capacity-management/) - You have just been tasked by senior management to develop capacity management capabilities for your organization. You are familiar with managing day-to-day IT operations, however when it comes to Capacity Management, you could use some advice. Download Now
- [The ever-vigilant battle of Identity and Access Management (IAM)](https://www.cmg.org/2019/04/the-ever-vigilant-battle-of-identity-and-access-management-iam/) - by Kyle Watson In today’s always-connected work environment, knowing who has access to your company’s digital assets and, more importantly, the level of access they have is paramount. After all, one of the best lines of defense in the never-ending battle of cyber security is simply controlling the known—the unknown is a different story. The
- [Road to CASB](https://www.cmg.org/2019/04/road-to-casb/) - The Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) market is mainstream. Venture backed startups are being acquired and Big Tech firms are positioning themselves to be better aligned with this new tech disruption. Enterprises are moving from talk to action in implementing solutions that better protect their data in the new frontier of Cloud. Since CASB solutions
- [Martin Spier Wins Prestigious CMG Mullen Award](https://www.cmg.org/2019/04/martin-spier-wins-prestigious-cmg-mullen-award/) - Atlanta, Georgia—April 10, 2019—CMG, the Digital Transformation Association, today announced that Martin Spier of Netflix has been named this year’s winner of the prestigious Mullen Award for his presentation, “Real User Performance Monitoring at Netflix Scale” at CMG’s IMPACT 2019 Conference. Founded in 1974, CMG (Computer Measurement Group) is a highly influential worldwide organization of
- [Whitepaper - Preparing for the new data-driven business world](https://www.cmg.org/2019/05/whitepaper-preparing-for-the-new-data-driven-business-world/) - Digital transformation has changed our world beyond recognition. For businesses that embrace it, new business opportunities are limitless. Simply put, when an organization integrates digital technology into all areas of its business, fundamentally changing how it operates and delivers value to its customers, it has undergone digital transformation. It doesn’t end there: with technology continuously
- [Webinar: Selecting Appropriate Cloud Platforms for Data Warehouse Workloads](https://www.cmg.org/2019/05/webinar-selecting-appropriate-cloud-platforms-for-data-warehouse-workloads/)
- [The future of IoT in Healthcare](https://www.cmg.org/2019/05/the-future-of-iot-in-healthcare/) - By Ashraf Souleiman It seems as though the Internet-of-Things (IoT) is quickly becoming a ubiquitous thread within our global social fabric. And, far beyond consumer applications of the technology, industries of all types are quickly adopting functionality to make their own business processes work better, faster, and smarter than ever thought possible. For instance, just
- [Tampa Executive Insights Event Recap](https://www.cmg.org/2019/05/tampa-executive-insights-event-recap/) - CMG kicked off its 2019 Executive Insights Series in Tampa, Florida. The event was held at The Tampa Club, a beautiful venue 42 floors up, overlooking downtown and the Bay. While the attendees gained information from the sessions, each attendee commented on the breathtaking panoramic view. The event was made possible by CMG partners DataCore
- [Southwest CMG - Data Lakes, Analytics, Serverless & z/OS Best Practices](https://www.cmg.org/2019/05/southwest-cmg-data-lakes-analytics-serverless-z-os-best-practices/)
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- [Submit Your Late-Breaking Paper !](https://www.cmg.org/2015/07/submit-your-late-breaking-paper/) - Submit Your Late-Breaking Paper ! What is a Late-Breaking Paper?: New technology or recent studies pertaining to Capacity Planning, Performance, or related topics Submission process: Send submission in PDF format to the Program Chair at cmgpc@cmg.org. Details on format can be found at https://www.cmg.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/paper-format-instructions.pdf Submission deadline: September 2, 2015 Author notification: The author will
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- [Webinar: Outsmart SAN Storage Unavailability Incidents](https://www.cmg.org/2015/11/webinar-outsmart-san-storage-unavailability-incidents/) - Webinar: Outsmart SAN Storage Unavailability Incidents #cmgnews
- [CMG Webinar Series - Understanding VMware's new Virtual Volumes](https://www.cmg.org/2015/12/cmg-webinar-series-understanding-vmwares-new-virtual-volumes/) - CMG Webinar Series - Understanding VMware's new Virtual Volumes #cmgnews
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- [Don't Miss the Monday Morning Workshops !](https://www.cmg.org/2015/10/dont-miss-the-monday-morning-workshops/) - Don't Miss the Monday Morning Workshops ! Don't miss the Monday Morning Workshops to be held prior to the 2015 Performance and Capacity Conference in San Antonio. These in-depth Workshops will be held Monday, November 2, 2015, 8 - 11:30AM, with a lunch following the sessions. Workshops include these exciting topics: How to
- [Special Conference Announcements](https://www.cmg.org/2015/10/special-conference-announcements/) - Special Conference Announcements Women in Information Technology Networking Luncheon Regional Officers Luncheon Meeting Performance & Capacity Musical JAM Workshop Registration Women in Information Technology Networking Luncheon There will be a special luncheon for Women in Information Technology on Wednesday November 4th. Come share your experiences with each other, make new connections and cultivate
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- [Thanks everyone who attended ‪#‎cmg2015](https://www.cmg.org/2015/11/thanks-everyone-who-attended-‪‎cmg2015/) - Thanks everyone who attended ‪#‎cmg2015 Retweeted Bryan Drake (@bryandrake0602): Thanks everyone who attended ‪#‎cmg2015‬. See you next year in La Jolla!. ‪#‎cmgnews‬
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- [IMPACT Updates: 2020 Tickets | 2019 Proceedings and Videos](https://www.cmg.org/2019/03/impact-updates-2020-tickets-2019-proceedings-and-videos/) - Friday is the last day to score one of our special $499 IMPACT tickets! This is the lowest price that will be offered and the supply is limited. Proceedings from IMPACT 2019 are online for member access and on-demand access to all conference session videos can be purchased for just $299. Members: Login and
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- [Video: Hybrid IT: The Challenge of Availability, Accessibility, & the System of Record](https://www.cmg.org/2018/12/video-hybrid-it-the-challenge-of-availability-accessibility-the-system-of-record/) - Non-Members: Register for this presentation Members: Login to see the session on demand. Eighty percent of the world’s corporate data resides on the mainframe. While reports of the death of mainframes have been greatly exaggerated, IT teams must consider the best long term strategy for leveraging legacy systems. Sponsored by In this session, we
- [Video: Hybrid IT: The Challenge of Availability, Accessibility, & the System of Record (Member Video)](https://www.cmg.org/2018/12/video-hybrid-it-the-challenge-of-availability-accessibility-the-system-of-record-member-video/) - Eighty percent of the world’s corporate data resides on the mainframe. While reports of the death of mainframes have been greatly exaggerated, IT teams must consider the best long term strategy for leveraging legacy systems. Sponsored by In this session, we will discuss: • Pros and cons of legacy systems • The hurdles with
- [How to leverage design thinking to discover what your users need](https://www.cmg.org/2018/12/how-to-leverage-design-thinking-to-discover-what-your-users-need/) - by Ashraf Souleiman Design thinking emerged in the 1950s and 1960s when the architecture and engineering fields grappled with the challenges arising from widespread social tensions. Today, design thinking is the cornerstone for some of the largest companies in the world. Prestigious universities, business schools, and forward thinking companies have adopted design thinking, occasionally tailoring
- [VIDEO: Cloud Continuous Integration](https://www.cmg.org/2018/12/video-cloud-continuous-integration/) - Non-Members: Register for this presentation on December 20 Members: Login to see the session on demand. Andre Agostinho presents Cloud Continuous Integration. In this session, which includes a technical demo, Andre Agostinho covers the 3Cs, the benefits of continuous integration and continuous deployment, and pipeline architecture and scaling. Andre is a software developer and CTO
- [Video: Cloud Continuous Integration (Member Video)](https://www.cmg.org/2018/12/video-the-three-new-transformations-driving-it-today-member-2/) - Andre Agostinho presents Cloud Continuous Integration. In this session, which includes a technical demo, Andre Agostinho covers the 3Cs, the benefits of continuous integration and continuous deployment, and pipeline architecture and scaling. Andre is a software developer and CTO with more than 18 years of experience building software products that really work for customers. He
- [Did you catch our ad in IBM Systems Magazine?](https://www.cmg.org/2017/08/catch-ad-ibm-systems-magazine/) - CMG has partnered with IBM Systems Magazine for the imPACt 2017 conference this year and we were excited to feature an ad for the conference in the July/August issue. Please check out the magazine online today! There is also a great article on Machie Learning on page 30!
- [A Note on the "imPACt" of CMG's Conference](https://www.cmg.org/2017/06/note-impact-cmgs-conference/) - "My first CMG conference was in 1981 and I have been continuously attending the international CMG conferences and presenting papers since 1994. That should be seen as a clear indication of the value I place in CMG and its major conference. First, there is a lot to be gained by attending the technical sessions due
- [Capacity Management with Real World Implications](https://www.cmg.org/2017/05/capacity-management-real-world-implications/) - We all know how capacity planning is important in computer and network operations, but seldom do we consider how capacity can impact even the simplest decisions. When I was just starting in IT, my father bought a computer and had no idea how to use the computer with long term implications. For instance, at one
- [Coder Bunnyz - Soft Release](https://www.cmg.org/2017/05/coder-bunnyz-soft-release/) - CMG is pleased to announce that CoderBunnyz is in its soft release. CoderBunnyz is a board game created by Samaira Metha, a 9 year old from California. Her goal is to make programming fun for everyone, ages 4 – 104. CMG was honored as Samaira presented at CMG imPACt 2016 during the Women in Technology
- [imPACt 2017 - What to do in New Orleans](https://www.cmg.org/2017/04/impact-2017-new-orleans/) - Founded by the French, ruled by the Spanish, and bought by the US…New Orleans is known for its distinct Creole culture, Jazz, Mardi Gras and many other attributes that give this city a powerful sense of identity. So, what do you do beyond attending technical sessions? In upcoming posts we’ll share a few ideas with you.
- [Starting your IT Career Right](https://www.cmg.org/2017/04/denise-kalmstarting-career-right/) - The first thing most career specialists will tell you is to write your resume, but that’s not the first thing you should do. To write a great resume, one that will attract the attention of employers, you need to first figure out what kind of job(s) you want to do. “I’d be happy with anything
- [imPACt 2017 Speaker Spotlight Series: Increase Productivity with Alibaba Java Coding Guidelines and the IDE Plugin](https://www.cmg.org/2017/10/impact-2017-speaker-spotlight-series-increase-productivity-alibaba-java-coding-guidelines-ide-plugin/) - Increase Productivity with Alibaba Java Coding Guidelines and the IDE Plugin By Kingsum Chow, Sanhong Li and Jianmei Guo Introduction Alibaba Java Coding Guidelines (AJCG), which consolidate best programming practices over the years, are now publicly available. To increase productivity, Alibaba released a suite of Integrated Development Environment (IDE) plugins to automatically scan source code, detect issues incompatible with
- [imPACt 2017 Speaker Spotlight Series: Jonathan Gladstone](https://www.cmg.org/2017/11/impact-2017-speaker-spotlight-series-jonathan-gladstone/) - This is so exciting! I don’t know if any of you will remember Bernie Mazur – he was the mainframe systems lead capacity planner at the Bank of Montreal, where I work, from the early 1980s until he retired in 2005. I started working with him in 1999, and he brought me to my first
- [imPACt 2017 Speaker Spotlight Series: Moviri Speakers](https://www.cmg.org/2017/11/impact-2017-speaker-spotlight-series-moviri-speakers/) - Moviri, a multifaceted, Italian based company servicing clients the world over, is presenting several sessions at CMG imPACt 2017, discussing the tools and techniques used in our efforts to deliver actionable intelligence to our customers. From the Multivariate Capacity Management session to Business aligned Capacity Management, to evaluating why average, on average, is a terrible
- [ImPACt Video Interview with Alex Gilgur, Network Data Scientist and imPACt Speaker](https://www.cmg.org/2017/11/impact-video-interview-alex-gilgur-network-data-scientist-impact-speaker/) - In his presentation at imPACt 2017, Alex Gilgur spoke about overcoming "The Curse of P90" and hot to predict capacity demand into the future. See his paper here. In this video, Alex discusses the current and future states of our industry and what makes him most excited about the future.
- [Recording Is Up For The "How to do Capacity Management in the Cloud" Webinar](https://www.cmg.org/2017/12/recording-capacity-management-cloud-webinar/) - Presented by Per Bauer, Director of Global Services, TeamQuest You’ve been managing IT capacity on-premises for years. But as your infrastructure migrates to the cloud, how will that change your approach? When it comes to the cloud, many organizations make the mistake of overprovisioning. While it’s nice not to worry about having too few resources, it comes
- [Are You Using These Apps, Mainframers?](https://www.cmg.org/2018/01/using-apps-mainframers/) - Are you using apps for mainframe? Yes, we have apps related to mainframe. Don’t be surprised. Mainframes are no longer what you think. Age-old dinosaurs that occupy entire rooms, use card punch input, and require bits and bytes programming. Mainframe came long way in modernization. They are now size of your typical refrigerator, super-fast ,
- [Why Performance is Critical to your Digital Transformation Strategy and How Parallel Computing Helps](https://www.cmg.org/2018/04/why-performance-is-critical-to-your-digital-transformation-strategy-and-how-parallel-computing-helps/) - By Haluk Ulubay, Senior Director of Marketing, DataCore Software Businesses today are overwhelmingly embracing digital transformation as a key strategic priority. However, to be successful in achieving this transformation, real-time data is critical. This is because in today’s 24x7 business environment, an organization’s ability to remain competitive lies in its ability to quickly react and

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## Lessons

- [Core Ratio Sizings](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/core-ratio-sizings/)
- [System Visualizations](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/system-visualizations/)
- [Temple's Law](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/temples-law/)
- [What is Performance Architecture](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/what-is-performance-architecture/)
- [Positioning](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/positioning-2/)
- [Workload Fit](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/workload-fit/)
- [Positional Sizings](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/positional-sizings/)
- [Key Design Question](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/key-design-question/)
- [Bottom Line](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/bottom-line/)
- [A Simple Workload Model](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/a-simple-workload-model-2/)
- [Observability](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/observability-2/)
- [System Dynamics](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/system-dynamics/)
- [Workload Paradigms](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/workload-paradigms/)
- [Transient Behavior](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/transient-behavior/)
- [Transient behavior Exercise](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/transient-behavior-exercise/)
- [IBM z16](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/ibm-z16-2/)
- [HPC Example](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/hpc-example/)
- [Conclusions](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/conclusions-2/)
- [Servers, Bottlenecks, and Scaling](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/servers-bottlenecks-and-scaling/)
- [The Simplest Tandem Network](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/the-simplest-tandem-network/)
- [SoE SoR Network](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/soe-sor-network/)
- [Dynamic Operation Tr << Ti](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/dynamic-operation-tr/)
- [The USL](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/the-usl/)
- [Now it gets to be fun](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/now-it-gets-to-be-fun/)
- [Small Example](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/small-example/)
- [NUMA Example](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/numa-example/)
- [Negative Kappa (IBM z15)](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/negative-kappa-ibm-z15/)
- [M=2 Software Example](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/m2-software-example/)
- [Measurement Intervals](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/measurement-intervals/)
- [Analysis of Distributed Loads](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/analysis-of-distributed-loads/)
- [Building the Consolidation](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/building-the-consolidation/)
- [Analysis of the Consolidated Load](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/analysis-of-the-consolidated-load/)
- [Review](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/review-3/)
- [Capacity and Saturation Duality](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/capacity-and-saturation-duality/)
- [Scaling](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/scaling/)
- [Utilization is not "Normal"](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/utilization-is-not-normal-2/)
- [Review of Random Variables](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/review-of-random-variables-3/)
- [Consolidation and Distribution](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/consolidation-and-distribution/)
- [Utilization Time Series Distribution](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/utilization-time-series-distribution/)
- [Key Allies Revisited](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/key-allies-revisited/)
- [A Fly in the Ointment: Dynamic response time](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/a-fly-in-the-ointment-dynamic-response-time/)
- [Summary of Performance Metrics](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/summary-of-performance-metrics/)
- [Back of the Envelope Exercise ( paper and pencil, calculator or spreadsheet)](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/back-of-the-envelope-exercise-paper-and-pencil-calculator-or-spreadsheet-2/)
- [What is utilization?](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/what-is-utilization-5/)
- [Utilization is a Statistic](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/utilization-is-a-statistic-2/)
- [Little's Law and Buzen's Operational Laws](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/littles-law-2/)
- [What is Performance?](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/what-is-perfomance/) - Performance has many definitions.
- [Distributed Load Analysis](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/distributed-load-analysis-2/)
- [Distributed Load Analysis](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/distributed-load-analysis/)
- [Review  of Random Variables](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/review-of-random-variables-2/)
- [Review  of Random Variables](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/review-of-random-variables/)
- [The Operational Laws and Allies](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/the-operational-laws-and-allies/)
- [Attributes to Utilization](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/attributes-to-utilization/)
- [Attributes to Utilization](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/attributes-to-utilization-2/)
- [What is Utilization](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/what-is-utilization-4/)
- [A Fly in the Ointment](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/a-fly-in-the-ointment/)
- [test  test 2 test 3](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/test-test-2-test-3/)
- [What is performance](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/what-is-performance-5/)
- [Little's Law and Buzen's Laws](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/littles-law-and-buzens-laws-2/)
- [Summary of Performance Estimators](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/summary-of-performance-estimators-2/)
- [Little's Law and Buzen's Laws](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/littles-law-and-buzens-laws/)
- [What is utilzation?](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/what-is-utilzation/)
- [Math with Random Variables](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/math-with-random-variables/)
- [Abnormality](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/abnormality/)
- [Headroom and Rogers' Equation](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/headroom-and-rogers-equation/)
- [Attributes of utilization](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/attributes-of-utilization/)
- [What is Performance](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/what-is-performance-4/)
- [Consolidation -> Summation; Distribution --> Subtraction](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/consolidation-summation-distribution-subtraction/)
- [Two more Allies](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/two-more-allies/)
- [Innormality](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/innormality/)
- [Random Variables](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/utlization-quantization/)
- [Utilization Characteristics](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/utilization-characteristics/)
- [What is utilization](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/what-is-utilization-3/)
- [](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/capacity-and-saturation-2/)
- [Initial Summary of Performance Estimators](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/initial-summary-of-performance-estimators/)
- [Back of the Envelope Exercise](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/back-of-the-envelope-exercise/)
- [Reading (Link to Denning Article on OP laws)](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/reading-link-to-denning-article-on-op-laws/)
- [Summary of Operational Laws and Allies](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/summary-of-operational-laws-and-allies/)
- [What's Next](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/whats-next/)
- [What is Performance](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/what-is-performance-3/)
- [Beyond averages: Dynamic Performance](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/beyond-averages-dynamic-performance/)
- [](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/utilization/)
- [A small Example](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/a-small-example-2/)
- [A small Example](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/a-small-example-3/)
- [Gunther's Universal Scalability Law](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/gunthers-universal-scalability-law/)
- [Capacity and Saturation](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/capacity-and-saturation/)
- [Review](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/review-2/)
- [Transition and Capacity Metrics](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/transition-and-capacity-metrics/)
- [Results of Consolidation](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/results-of-consolidation/)
- [Data and Statistics from 144 Servers](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/data-and-statistics-from-144-servers/)
- [Time Series and Statistical Distributions](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/time-series-and-statistical-distributions/)
- [Implications](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/implications/)
- [Fundamentals](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/fundamentals/)
- [Utilization is not "normal"](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/utilization-is-not-normal/)
- [Utilization is a statistic](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/utilization-is-a-statistic/)
- [What is utilization](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/what-is-utilization-2/)
- [Back of the Envelope](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/back-of-the-envelope/)
- [Operational Laws](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/operational-laws/)
- [What is Performance?](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/what-is-performance-2/)
- [Workload FIt Positioning](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/workload-fit-positioning-2/)
- [Workload FIt Positioning](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/workload-fit-positioning-3/)
- [Workload FIt Positioning](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/workload-fit-positioning/)
- [Positioning](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/positioning/)
- [Perfomance Architecture](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/perfomance-architecture/)
- [One Lesson](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/one-lesson-3/)
- [](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/one-lesson-2/)
- [One Lesson](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/one-lesson/)
- [Nest Intensive Loads and the Capacity Metrics N and Nt](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/nest-int/)
- [CCU Capstone Project Model Demonstration and Exercise](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/ccu-capstone-project-model-demonstration-and-exercise/)
- [System Dynamics Modeling](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/system-dynamics-modeling/)
- [Observability](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/observability/)
- [A Simple Workload Model](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/a-simple-workload-model/)
- [Spread Sheet of  Transient Model Demonstration and Exercise](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/spread-sheet-of-transient-model-demonstration-and-exercise/)
- [Transient model and simulation](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/transient-model/)
- [Dynamic Operationa and the propagation of Variability](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/dynamic-operationa-and-the-propagation-of-variability/)
- [The SoE SoR  Tandem Network](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/the-soe-sor-tandem-network/)
- [Servers, Concepts and Metrics](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/servers-concepts-and-metrics/)
- [Conclusions](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/conclusions/)
- [An HPC Example](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/an-hpc-example/)
- [IBM z16](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/ibm-z16/)
- [Negative Kappa on IBM z15](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/negative-kappa-on-ibm-z15/)
- [A Software Example](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/a-software-example/)
- [A NUMA Example](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/a-numa-example/)
- [A small Example](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/a-small-example/)
- [Gunther's Universal Scaling Law](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/gunthers-universal-scaling-law/)
- [Saturation and Scaling Duality](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/saturation-and-scaling-duality/)
- [Review](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/review/)
- [Consolidation Spread Sheet exercise](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/consolidation-spread-sheet-exercise/)
- [Results of Consolidating 144 systems](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/results-of-consolidating-144-systems/)
- [Satistics of 144 Distributed Systems](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/satistics-of-144-distributed-systems/)
- [Consolidation Time Series](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/consolidation-time-series/)
- [Consoldation and Distribution impacts](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/consoldation-and-distribution-impacts/)
- [Preliminaries: Adding and Subtraction Random Values](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/preliminaries-adding-and-subtraction-random-values/)
- [Summary and the "Back fo the Envelope"](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/summary-and-the-back-fo-the-envelope/)
- [What is utilization](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/what-is-utilization/)
- [Quantization of utilization](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/quantization-of-utilization/)
- [Utilzation is a statistic](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/utilzation-is-a-statistic/)
- [What is Performance](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/what-is-performance/)
- [Perspectives: Performance is in the eye of the beholder](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/perspectives-performance-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/)
- [The Operational Laws](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/the-operational-laws/)
- [About the book](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/what-is-data-science-2/) - Yada yada yada yada yada more content more content
- [Some background Definitions](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/jobs-in-data-science/)
- [What to look for](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/courses-for-future-data-scientists/)
- [Usage Based Allies](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/ic/)
- [Utilization is not a Normal Statistic](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/utilization-is-not-a-normal-statist/)
- [Utlization Bounds and Tail Distortion](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/utlization-bounds-and-tail-distortion/)
- [lesson 1](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/lesson-1-3/) - Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Vel orci porta non pulvinar neque. Dui ut ornare lectus sit amet est placerat. Auctor elit sed vulputate mi sit. Sed egestas egestas fringilla phasellus. Blandit turpis cursus in hac habitasse platea dictumst quisque sagittis. Et
- [lesson 1](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/lesson-1-4/)
- [What is Data Science](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/what-is-data-science/)
- [Applications of Data Science](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/applications-of-data-science/)
- [Jobs in Data Science](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/test-lesson/)
- [Jobs in Data Science Field](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/jobs-in-data-science-field/)
- [Processes and Best Practices](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/processes-and-best-practices-→-this-part-discusses-sre-best-practices-and-the-various-management-challenges-involved-in-introducing-sre-as-a-consistent-culture-within-an-organization-this-inc/)
- [lesson 1](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/lesson-1/) - This is generic information about this video for this sample page.
- [lesson 2](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/lesson-2/)
- [lesson 1](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/lesson-1-2/)
- [lesson 2](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/lesson-2-2/)
- [lesson 3](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/lesson-3/)
- [Exercise 3. Monthly Control Chart BUILDER](https://www.cmg.org/courses/performance-anomaly-detection/lessons/exercise-3-monthly-control-chart-builder/) - https://youtu.be/IOBdh2hZqLg Exercise 3 Download the MonthlyControlChartBUILDER.xls Go to CntrlChrtBuilder(2) sheet and modify that to get IT-chart like shown below. Go to CntrlChrtBuilder sheet and repeat the exercise. What do you read from that chart?
- [Exercise 1. Weekly Control Chart against daily data](https://www.cmg.org/courses/performance-anomaly-detection/lessons/exercise-1-weekly-control-chart-against-daily-data/) - https://youtu.be/ww9s8ekrgOg Exercise 1 Download CONTROLCHARTbuilder.xls Change the number of st. Dev from 3 to 1 (hint: look at lines 27 and 30 formulas). What does it do with control chart? How LowerLimit changed? Why?
- [Exercise 2. SPC Control Chart with Moving or Static Reference Set](https://www.cmg.org/courses/performance-anomaly-detection/lessons/exercise-2-spc-control-chart-with-moving-or-static-reference-set/) - https://youtu.be/2z_ppliWA6o Exercise 2 Download CONTROLCHARTbuilder2.xls - go to DataForControlChartClssic worksheet and decrease #ofStDev from 3 to 2 (and to 1). How many exceptions are there? - go to DataForControlChartBasLin worksheet and extend baseline up-to 4/18/2008. How many exceptions are left? (hint: change formulas in F and G columns based on B column) - go to
- [Exercise 4. Use Pivot Table/Chart to Build Control Chart](https://www.cmg.org/courses/performance-anomaly-detection/lessons/exercise-4-use-pivot-table-chart-to-build-control-chart/) - https://youtu.be/yY-N8offgcY Exercise 4 Download the DB2appsDATA.xls Use pivot table/chart to build control chart for ATM application Build the similar control charts for PeopleSoft and Web Services applications but based on 2 st. dev. limits Which application was also impacted by the same DASD controller defect?
- [Exercise 5. Build your weekly IT-Control Chart using Perfomalist tool](https://www.cmg.org/courses/performance-anomaly-detection/lessons/exercise-5-build-your-weekly-it-control-chart-using-perfomalist-tool/) - There is a free web application to build IT-Control chart against any hourly stamped time series data. The link to the application is: www.Perfomalist.com Exercise: Part 1. Please build the control chart against test data the tool provides. Use the following tutorial: Part 2. Modify the test data by creating an anomaly in the last
- [Quiz for Practice 1](https://www.cmg.org/courses/performance-anomaly-detection/lessons/quiz-for-practice-1/) - https://www.cmg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Performance-Anomaly-Detection-CMG-training-Part3_UsingSpreadsheet.pdf
- [Build your own Performaly Detection System!](https://www.cmg.org/courses/performance-anomaly-detection/lessons/build-your-own-performaly-detection-system/) - Congratulation! You have finished the class! Now you have knowledge that should be enough to build you own Perfomaly detection system. To help you a bit with that see the SEDS-Lite proposed architecture here: https://youtu.be/jZ6Wgux6yvw And also check the CMG presentation about how to build the SEDS-lite using strictly opensource resources: https://youtu.be/A0GFLnG5vAM Below is the
- [Introduction to Performance Anomaly Detection](https://www.cmg.org/courses/performance-anomaly-detection/lessons/introduction-to-performance-anomaly-detection/) - https://youtu.be/3wC9GvqLoww One of the most powerful ways to visualize computer system behavior is the Control Chart. Originally used in Mechanical Engineering, it has become one of the main Six Sigma tools to optimize business processes, and after some adjustments it is used in IT Capacity Management area especially in “behavior learning” or “anomaly detection” products.
- [What is Anomaly Detection?](https://www.cmg.org/courses/performance-anomaly-detection/lessons/what-is-anomaly-detection/) - https://youtu.be/4FUBHarEq6g Anomaly detection is the process of identifying observations that do not follow the behaviors or patterns exhibited by normal data. Such observations, called anomalies, are often indicative of illegal activities such as credit card fraud, identity theft, network intrusion, money laundering and critical applications/servers outages. Left unchecked, these activities can cause billions of dollars
- [Control Chart as a Machine Learning Tool to Detect Anomalies](https://www.cmg.org/courses/performance-anomaly-detection/lessons/control-chart-as-a-machine-learning-tool-to-detect-anomalies/) - https://youtu.be/fyM-oACSzO8 Supervised Control Chart has static baseline (reference set) selected by the analyst as a period with very representative and stable object behavior.In this case Limits and mean are static thresholds. Disadvantage is a manual fashion of preparing and updating the baseline data. Unsupervised Control Chart has the dynamic baseline, which automatically moves (shifts)
- [Quiz for Section 1](https://www.cmg.org/courses/performance-anomaly-detection/lessons/quiz-for-section-1/)
- [Where Control Charts are Used in IT](https://www.cmg.org/courses/performance-anomaly-detection/lessons/where-control-charts-are-used-in-it/) - https://youtu.be/2KQUqZDbx4M Agenda Where and why the Control Chart is used: review of some systems performance tools on the market that build and use control charts. What is the Control Chart? - A little bit of theory and history. How Statistical Exception Detection System uses it - MASF charts vs. SPC ones. BMC software www.bmc.com: MASF
- [Why the Control Chart is Used for Capacity Management](https://www.cmg.org/courses/performance-anomaly-detection/lessons/why-the-control-chart-is-used-for-capacity-management/) - https://youtu.be/vbr7SSu66UE Control Chart has the ability to uncover some hidden trends and patterns of systems performance data Control Chart is a really proactive tool and could capture unusual resource usage before something breaks Control Chart is the best base-lining tool and can show how actual data deviate from historical baseline Control Chart provides dynamic
- [What is a Control Chart](https://www.cmg.org/courses/performance-anomaly-detection/lessons/what-is-a-control-chart/) - https://youtu.be/k8trgMPRTPc Definitions The control chart, also known as the Shewhart chart or process-behavior chart, in statistical process control is a tool used to determine whether a manufacturing or business process is in a state of statistical control or not. A graphical tool for monitoring changes that occur within a process, by distinguishing variation that is
- [MASF, SPC Control and Histogram Charts - How They Work](https://www.cmg.org/courses/performance-anomaly-detection/lessons/masf-spc-control-and-histogram-charts-how-they-work/) - https://youtu.be/0RviZqP7-Ps MASF: Reference set vs. Actual data All three charts demonstrate different views of exceptions for CPU utilization that occurred at 8 am. As opposed to classical X-bar uni-variate control chart, MASF chart can be most useful for showing a 24 (7x24) hour profile of a resource usage and actually is a multivariate Control Chart).
- [Different Types of Control Charts to Show Different Perfomalies](https://www.cmg.org/courses/performance-anomaly-detection/lessons/different-types-of-control-charts-to-show-different-perfomalies/) - https://youtu.be/zRiY2PSilRQ Classical SPC type (daily or hourly aggregated or raw granular data including for near-real-time anomalies alerting 24 hour profile for Global or application level data (MASF type) ; good for correlative analysis. Weekly profile of daily data Weekly profile hourly data (IT-chart,) – most efficient type of visualization tool to visualize IT systems performance
- [Why is it so Powerful?](https://www.cmg.org/courses/performance-anomaly-detection/lessons/why-is-it-so-powerful/) - https://youtu.be/3zBPDN7bylQ In addition to unusual resource usage capture, the Control Chart has the following features: “Stigmatization” - It uses summarized data (e.g. 6-8 month history of hourly data). “Correlation” - That allows you to see where system performance and/or business driver metrics correlate simply by analyzing synchronized control charts. “Do Not Mix Shifts” Control Chart
- [Reading Control Charts: Memory and CPU Metrics](https://www.cmg.org/courses/performance-anomaly-detection/lessons/reading-control-charts-memory-and-cpu-metrics/) - Memory Metrics (Paging exceptions) : https://youtu.be/Zews3NzEgUI CPU Metrics: https://youtu.be/wz97rPmEuY0
- [Mainframe Performance Metrics](https://www.cmg.org/courses/performance-anomaly-detection/lessons/mainframe-performance-metrics/) - https://youtu.be/czI_bTtw9-8
- [Other Metrics and Cases (VMs, I/Os, Response time)](https://www.cmg.org/courses/performance-anomaly-detection/lessons/other-metrics-and-cases-vms-i-os-response-time/)
- [Quiz for Section 2](https://www.cmg.org/courses/performance-anomaly-detection/lessons/quiz-for-section-2/)
- [Weekly Control Chart](https://www.cmg.org/courses/performance-anomaly-detection/lessons/weekly-control-chart/) - AGENDA https://youtu.be/51K2CxM2QoE Weekly Control Chart https://youtu.be/7OORqRXIQhc
- [IT-Chart Concept](https://www.cmg.org/courses/performance-anomaly-detection/lessons/it-chart-concept/) - https://youtu.be/zNp9_SvhWtA Radar analogy: This is the view to compare the last 7 days (actual) vs. the last 6 month baseline (historical) data. Black curve is the actual hourly data. Left side from vertical line is THIS WEEK data up to yesterday. Right side is the last week data. Green curve is the hourly
- [Near-Real Time Control Chart and Summary for the Section](https://www.cmg.org/courses/performance-anomaly-detection/lessons/near-real-time-control-chart-and-summary-for-the-section/) - https://youtu.be/duU2UxEk5yM Near-real time live example: https://youtu.be/llffWrCK_q0 Summary Control Chart is a really proactive tool and can help to capture unusual resource usage before it breaks. Control Chart is the best Base-lining tool and can show how actual data deviate from historical baseline. IT-Chart is like radar to show what’s coming. Control Chart is the tool
- [Quiz for Section 3](https://www.cmg.org/courses/performance-anomaly-detection/lessons/quiz-for-section-3/)
- [Prerequisites and Overview](https://www.cmg.org/courses/performance-anomaly-detection/lessons/prerequisites-and-overview/) - Access to a Spreadsheet (e.g. MS Excel) with basic understanding how to use formula, pivot tables and chart there. Basic knowledge of statistics and systems performance management. Estimated time-frame – 1.5 hours OVERVIEW: https://youtu.be/yY-N8offgcY
- [What is SRE? Is SRE different from DevOps? Are they competing standards?](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/what-is-sre-is-sre-different-from-devops-are-they-competing-standards/) - "SRE is what happens when you ask a software engineer to design an operations team” (B.T.Sloss) SRE or Site Reliability Engineering is coined by Benjamin Treynor Sloss – VP of Engineering at Google in 2003 The focus is to apply a “Software Engineering” mindset instead of a “System Admin” approach to Service Management“Reliably” pursue maximum
- [Reliability vs Availability. How are they measured?](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/reliability-vs-availability-how-are-they-measured/)
- [What are the essential tools of SRE?](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/what-are-the-essential-tools-of-sre/)
- [What is toil? How to eliminate toil?](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/what-is-toil-how-to-eliminate-toil/)
- [How does Automation fit into SRE?](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/how-does-automation-fit-into-sre/)
- [Measuring vs Monitoring vs Alerting - How are they different?](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/measuring-vs-monitoring-vs-alerting-how-are-they-different/)
- [Monitoring](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/monitoringincident-response-postmortem-root-cause-analysis-testing-release-procedures-capacity-planning-development-product/)
- [Incident Response](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/incident-response/)
- [Postmortem / Root Cause Analysis](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/postmortem-root-cause-analysis/)
- [Testing and Release Procedures](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/testing-and-release-procedures/)
- [Capacity Planning](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/capacity-planing/)
- [Development](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/development/)
- [Product](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/product/)
- [CSIM Example - Transaction Response Time](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/csim-example-transaction-response-time/) - This slide shows you the overall transaction response times. Compare the simulated results (three levels of certainty) to the results of the M/M/1 and M/G/1 models. After all of this, perhaps we shouldn’t have worried about not strictly meeting the memory requirements for the Poisson Process. One note here – it seems that, even if
- [Quiz](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/quiz-4/)
- [Introduction](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/introduction-7/) - This section shows the result of a very recent project, which was researched by myself and Jeff Buzen in 2017. Jeff was the inventor of the Central Server Model. The term was coined in his PhD dissertation for Harvard in 1971. The algorithms developed for that dissertation were the genesis of BEST/1 modeling package, which
- [Are Predictions of Percentiles Risky?](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/are-predictions-of-percentiles-risky/) - This slides shows a key proof in Arnold Allen’s book for the M/M/1 model. He shows the algebra for the exponentially distributed response time where alpha equals one. The same algebra can be used for the 95% percentile. In Allen’s book, he cites James Martin’s book for the estimate for M/G/1 queues. No formal proof
- [Exploring Three Models](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/exploring-three-models/) - We explored and simulated a number of different queueing systems. Here are three that show interesting results and helps evaluate the risk of predicting the 95%R ROT. The Central Server Model is a closed network. We simulated initial arrivals of “customers” that cycled through the two server network for 400,000. The experimental matrix varied two
- [Central Server Model](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/central-server-model/) - This slide shows the 90%R values for the Central Server Model. Multiple simulations were run, examining all combinations of service times (1, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, 2, 4, 8) and number of customers (2, 4, 8, 16). Compare them to the M/M/1 model’s exact solution or 2.3. The column with service time 1.25 has been highlighted
- [Tandem Servers](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/tandem-servers/) - These simulations were run, examining all combinations of arrivals per second (0.2, 0.4, 0.8, 0.9) and numbers of servers in tandem (1, 2, 4, 8). E[s] was 1.0. The table compares the 90%R values to the M/M/1 and Martin’s estimate (M/G/1). It shows the coefficient of variation. Note that, as the number of servers increases,
- [Tandem Servers - pdf](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/tandem-servers-pdf/) - Here is a slide that shows the pdfs for the transaction response times. Note that, for one server, it is the classical pdf for exponential. As more and more servers are added, we are looking at sums of exponentially distributed response times which, as we know, will, for infinite servers, be perfectly normally distributes. Since
- [Asymmetric Servers](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/asymmetric-servers/) - Here is a slide that shows the pdfs for the transaction response times. Note that, for one server, it is the classical pdf for exponential. As more and more servers are added, we are looking at sums of exponentially distributed response times which, as we know, will, for infinite servers, be perfectly normally distributes. Since
- [Simulation Instrumentation - Response Time](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/simulation-instrumentation-response-time/) - As stated very early on in this course, it is very useful to be able to instrument a moedel and catch, at any desired detail, the inner workings of the queueing system. This slide shows two code snippets. One shows the calculation of response time, which was written to a text file. The simulation software
- [Simulation Instrumentation - Queueing Towers](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/simulation-instrumentation-queueing-towers/) - This last slide shows instrumentation to further analyze the Central Server model. The code calls a CSIM function, a->num_busy()+a->qlength, that shows the number in the ServerA server and queue. It took snapshots and regular intervals. The resultant graphic below looks very much like the graphic that Buzen uses to illustrate states in a queueing system,
- [Quiz](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/quiz-5/)
- [Quiz](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/quiz-6/)
- [Final Suggestion](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/final-suggestion/) - I hope you have enjoyed and learned a few things with this course. Let me know about any suggestion, corrections and the rest. Just like with software, don’t fall in love with your model. Happy Modeling. The next three slides provide the bibliography.
- [Bibliography](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/bibliography/)
- [Quiz](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/quiz-2/)
- [Introduction](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/introduction-5/) - That last section was bracing, wasn't it? I assume that no one really got hurt and I hope that you have a better understanding of what's underneath the theory that we use for computer performance modeling. Let's go into a practical application. Earlier I presented a configuration with a single server and two disks. And
- [Back to Our Model Example](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/back-to-our-model-example/) - This slide combines information that you saw on slides 11 and 12. Slide 11 presented an example workload so I've highlighted the key statistics in that paragraph in that slide, which is you have two transaction requests a second. Think of it as a client requesting transactions from the computer system. When a transaction arrives,
- [Model Example - Calculating Statistics](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/model-example-calculating-statistics/) - This is a key slide. It pulls together a bunch of different concepts and thoughts and techniques that I have discussed in all the previous slides. Let's take a look at it. We are going to go through it carefully. It is basically using the central server model to set up how response time occurs
- [Model Example - Estimating Transaction Response Time](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/model-example-estimating-transaction-response-time/) - Now that we've derived the essential statistics, such as the average service times for the CPU and for the disk and the utilization, it's time to get to our original motivation, which was to understand response time and be able to use modeling to come up with different ways to improve response time. You’ll see
- [What's Next? - Look out for the Fly!](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/whats-next-look-out-for-the-fly/) - 1.4 seconds response time - success and mission accomplished. At this point, let us quickly review how we got here We basically came up with a transaction rate. How you get this is honestly application dependent. Perhaps you measure it with application instrumentation or the workload is actually carried out by a load generator. In
- [Variance and Queueing](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/variance-and-queueing/) - Here's the analysis I went through when I first started modeling disk performance.You can see that it's very useful to have the pdfs for these distributions because from that and from the cumulative distribution function you can come up with all the values you see in front of you.You can see the mean X and
- [Estimating Waiting Time in Queue](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/estimating-waiting-time-in-queue/) - Here’s a graph that compares waiting times divided by average service time..You see that with the exponential distribution for service, waiting time is 9 times more than service time. Higher.For Uniform, it’s 6 times and for deterministic (meaning all service times are equal and there is no variance), it’s about 4.5. The M/D/1 model is
- [Adding Accuracy to our Example and the Return of the Fly!](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/adding-accuracy-to-our-example-and-the-return-of-the-fly/) - This slide substitutes the specific statistics we used for our model example. CPU service times and queueing times remain the same. By assuming uniformly distributed disk times, the average transaction response time is reduced from ~1.4 seconds to ~1.2 seconds. But wait. There is yet another fly. Now that we have accepted that disk service
- [Quiz](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/quiz-3/)
- [Introduction](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/introduction-6/) - The first 2 sections of this course discussed Computer Performance Modeling in a manner that was independent of the tools and techniques. Section 3 started the discussion of CPM using the probability models initially developed in the 17th century. Sections 4, 5 and 6 continued developing the use of probability models. This type of modeling
- [Modeling Using Simulation](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/modeling-using-simulation/) - Indeed, when we were running the simulations in the early 1980s, processing was extremely slow. The software that we were running and the mainframes on which we were executing were not very compatible. It could take 8 hours to run a simulation of the network recovering from a failure. We had to put checkpoints in
- [Back to the "Wayback"](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/back-to-the-wayback/) - Let’s once again journey back on the “wayback” machine. The genisys of computers and simulation are practically the same, due to the “Manhattan Project” in the mid 1940s. Hydrodynamic systems are multi-dimensional. The analytic approach quickly became intractable. Von Neumann proposed generating random numbers to plug into the various dimensions and, by observing the solutions
- [Discrete Event Simulation](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/discrete-event-simulation/) - This slide will, hopefully, give you an idea of how discrete simulation works. It’s quite simple, but I think you will see how this approach could be used to simulate very complex systems. – even a world-wide computer network. The first thing to understand is that the simulation “clock” is not a clock at all.
- [CSIM Code - Generating Transactions](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/csim-code-generating-transactions/) - This slide shows you some of the CSIM code to generate transactions. It iterates through the total number of transactions. It first waits for a random amount of time, selected from an exponentially distribution with mean value InterArrivalTime. When the wait is completed, it spawns off a transaction. It then waits another exponentially distributed amount
- [CSIM Code - Main Transaction Flow](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/csim-code-main-transaction-flow/) - One more slide here to show you how a server is locked and unlocked. Also, note that we originally specified in our example that each transaction has, on average, 30 I/Os. That is the average number. The number of I/Os for any particular instance will be determined using a random uniformly distributes number with minimum
- [Evaluation of Simulation Statistics](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/evaluation-of-simulation-statistics/) - Let’s say we run the simulation for 10,000 transactions. Each arrives at random times and uses the server for random amounts, but these random numbers are generated from their pdfs with specific mean values, specified in the simulator. The results of a simulation are the results of random numbers and are, in themselves, random numbers.
- [CSIM Example - Essential Statistics](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/csim-example-essential-statistics/) - This slide shows output of the simulator. It compares the results of our “analytic” model (M/M/1) to the simulated results. Compare E[s] statistics in the blue boxes. The Utilizations (expressed as rho in the simulated results) are in the green boxes. Response times for individual servers are shown in red.
- [Essential Statistics](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/essential-statistics/) - I'd like to go over what I consider to be the essential statistics for queuing network models. Now there's a bunch of different notation for the same concepts and as you go from book to book you'll find that the notation changes. I have chosen notation that you can just type with a keyboard. Bear
- [Little's Law](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/littles-law/) - Little’s law is a remarkable formula. This is the first model that you can take out of this course and use immediately. You don't have to worry about distributions and you don't have to worry about any assumptions. It is simple but extremely useful. In this graphic, arrivals occur from left to right. Distance between
- [Application of Little's Law](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/application-of-littles-law/) - Here is a practical application of Little’s law. It showed up in a presentation at CMG in 2012. So, if you look at the slide and you go through it, you see that there's this simple model: T = c/(tt+rt) It's sort of like magic. It helps the web page implementers to figure out how
- [Graphical Analysis of Little's Law](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/graphical-analysis-of-littles-law/) - As I mentioned earlier, wouldn't it be nice to have a model like a moving picture that you could play over and over again and look at it in more and more detail. What I've done with this slide is to take a very simple example to show you, practically under a microscope, how this
- [Quiz](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/quiz/)
- [Solution to Quiz](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/solution-to-quiz/) - ´E[s] is average service time per arrival ´We know Utilization and E[a] (Arrivals / sec) ´Utilization = E[a] *E[s] => E[s] = Utilization / E[a] ´Utilization = 3 sec / 4 seconds = 75% (=> ρ = .75) ´The server was busy for 3 seconds ´There were 2 arrivals ´E[s] = 1.5 s
- [Introduction](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/introduction-4/)
- [Discrete Distribution - Uniform](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/discrete-distribution-uniform/) - Let's start off with a discrete distribution. The fact is most people, when you talk about randomness and talk about probabilities, think in their head like it's a uniform distribution which is often not the case. Let's start with here anyway when we're talking about seventeenth-century probability analysis, it's all about gaming so it's all
- [Continuous Distribution - Uniform](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/continuous-distribution-uniform/) - Let's look at the flipside of the uniform discrete distribution. This is the uniform continuous distribution. I thought it'd be useful to start with a discrete distribution because when we hear about probabilities and chance we always think about things like flipping coins and throwing die. They are discrete. However for most of what we
- [Continuous Distribution - Normal](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/continuous-distribution-normal/) - Let's look at another continuous distribution. This one is important and you will come across it everywhere. It's the normal distribution; it is sometimes called the Gaussian distribution. It's a limiting distribution, meaning under the proper necessary conditions, as more and more samples are collected, the resulting distribution approaches a Normal distribution. Let me explain
- [Continuous Distribution - Exponential](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/continuous-distribution-exponential/) - The Exponential distribution is a key distribution. When we say that a queueing system is an M/M/1 system, this means that the service time is exponentially distributed and it also means that if you look at the arrivals, the time between arrivals is exponentially distributed. This is a distribution that occurs in natural - far
- [The Memoryless Property](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/the-memoryless-property/) - The exponential distribution is very special because of its “memoryless” property. Markov, as he was constructing his Markov chains in state spaces, saw that by assuming that the transitions occurred in an exponentially distributed manner, this assumption simplified a lot of the calculations and he came up with some really remarkable results. But this is
- [The Inspection Paradox](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/the-inspection-paradox/) - Way back when we talked about the uniform distribution, I mentioned that most of us when we think about randomness and probabilities we really have in our head the model of a uniform random variable. So here is a paradox that Feller published. Interesting, right? The question is – why does this seem so unintuitive?
- [The Poisson Process](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/the-poisson-process/) - The Poisson process is a really important component in allowing us to be successful as computer performance modelers. By successful, I mean our models can quite accurately reflect how the real world behaves. The Poisson arrival process is a counting process, where the times between arrivals are exponentially distributed. Just because Markov found that using
- [Markov Birth Death Model](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/markov-birth-death-model/) - WOW - right? This is a very busy slide and I've been sort of warming you up for this discussion. The Markov Birth / Death chains are extremely useful and, with a little work, you can use them for all sorts of models. We are going to use it to derive the formula for estimating
- [Markov Birth Death Model - Example](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/markov-birth-death-model-example/) - Here is a concrete example. I'm not going to spend a lot of time talking about this. I'd like you to go over it. . Again, this is a M/M/1 queueing system. One arrival per second and 4 completions per second which means the average service time is 0.25 seconds. Makes sense so far? The
- [M/M/2/7 Model](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/m-m-2-7-model/) - This model is sort of put up here just for laughs. I don't expect you to study it a lot. But on the other hand, what I want to show you is the kind of work that Erlang did with the Erlang loss. These calculations required for the machine repairman problem. It's complicated. Note that
- [Here Are the Short Cuts](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/here-are-the-short-cuts/)
- [Response Time is a Non-Linear Function](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/response-time-is-a-non-linear-function-2/) - So you may be thinking “what's the big deal; why is modeling considered such an art; what makes it different than just taking a bunch of numbers and throwing them in a spreadsheet?” Well when you look at computer performance and you're simply looking at utilization of the server's the disk drives, there's a
- [Non-Linearity of Response Time](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/non-linearity-of-response-time/)
- [Confidence / Risk](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/confidence-risk/) - Finally it's really great to come up with a number that answers someone's question like 42 or whatever that number has to be. But the question is how confident are you in those results? Let's not forget there's a lot of risk involved if you're going to make changes to your system, meaning you're
- [Introduction](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/introduction-2/) - Let's get into the basics of what is a computer performance model. I'll have a definition on the next slide but I just wanted to make a few comments before we get started. As I've done modeling and as I've evaluated response times and the cause of response times it's all about requests for
- [What is a Model?](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/what-is-a-model/) - So what is a model? You can see what the definition of a model is if you look at these various examples on this slide. Let's talk about a couple of things. We're not talking about people who model for a living. When I was running my own consulting company called Performance and Modeling Incorporated,
- [A Computer Performance Model](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/a-computer-performance-model/) - What you see here is your canonical Computer Performance Model. It has a single server and a single queue. You have requests arriving from left to right, with random times between arrivals. They are put in the queue if the server is busy. Whatever is at the head of the queue starts service when the
- [One vs Two Queues](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/one-vs-two-queues/) - We're going to take a baby step forward. We're going to go from having one server and one queue to what happens when we have two servers. We have two ways of handling thie. One would be to have a single queue feeding two servers or to have a queue for each server. I'm sure
- [The Example Workload](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/the-example-workload/) - The example workload you're looking at now is a workload that we will talk about over and over throughout the course of this entire course. It is a transaction-oriented workload which means that you have requests arriving on some average interval - let's say five per second or five per hour or whatever. There's a
- [The Example Configuration](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/the-example-configuration/) - Previously, we discussed the example workload. This is the example configuration. It's a simple configuration but I think it's sufficient to get our modeling concepts across. It has one server – a two gigahertz Intel server with a queue in front of it. When there's a request for storage it either goes to storage C
- [Modeling "What-If" Scenarios](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/modeling-what-if-scenarios/) - We talked about the definition of the workload and the definition of a configuration. Getting that information is the heavy lifting in the modeling exercise. It takes significant work to determine transaction rates, server utilizations and such. But the fun part is the modeling part. There are 2 types of “What-If” scenarios, as shown on
- [Introduction](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/introduction-3/) - Well I hope you enjoyed that little walk down memory lane. It's time to now zero in on some specific CPM models. In this section I am going to talk about queueing models that are distribution free. Earlier I mentioned that response Response can be a function of what kinds of distributions of service are
- [Open and Closed Networks](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/open-and-closed-networks/) - We're going to take all of our computer performance models and divide them into two groups. Group is the set of close network models and the other is the set of open network models. With closed network models you have a finite population such as in batch processing. You may have two or three threads
- [Machine Repairman Model](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/machine-repairman-model/) - This is the machine repairman model. The model is based on a queuing network model developed by Erlang called the Erlang loss model. You have arrivals coming in but once you reach a certain limit everything stops and you have to wait until the servers are freed up. By the way, this example is not
- [Models for Closed Networks](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/models-for-closed-networks/) - Today, it may be quite difficult to understand why models of closed networks were so relevant to computer technology. But in the 50s and 60s, resources were precious and there were limited numbers of software engineers who needed to access the computer to develop their software. There was this idea of a time sharing system.
- [Kendall Notation](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/kendall-notation/) - Before we go any further let's spend a little time on notation. Queuing network modelers have a shorthand to explain what kind of queuing network model they are using. This is what Kendall put together, I guess, because it was getting very confusing. All sorts of models were being proposed and studied. So here it
- [Kendall Notation Examples](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/kendall-notation-examples/) - Here are two examples of queuing network models and the Kendall notation that goes along with them. At the top is a model I showed you earlier. It's an open network. The first two M's mean that basically they're memoryless (or Markovian) arrivals and memoryless requests for service. We'll talk about that a whole lot
- [Motivation](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/motivation/) - Before we get started with digging into the details, it would be a good idea to stop and think about what's our motivation. If you're going to climb a very high arduous mountain, it's good to have a clear picture of what you're going to see when you get to the top. In just about all
- [Introduction](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/introduction/) - Hello. My name is Michael Salsburg and welcome to my course in computer performance modeling. Before we get started on the coursework, I thought it would be a good idea to tell you a little about my background to give you an idea of where I'm coming from This all started in 1982 I was an engineer
- [Business Case for Response Time Objectives](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/lessons/business-case-for-response-time-objectives/) - Jakob Nielsen has been publishing articles about response time since 1993. In 1982, having a response time of 10 seconds would have been considered magic for a lot of good technical reasons. As you can see from this slide, the requirements for response time have become much more aggressive by two orders of magnitude. What's interesting about this slide is the attention to
- [Graphics](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/graphics/) - Pexels.com Watch Font Size Apple Example
- [Technical Demonstrations](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/technical-demonstrations/)
- [Know your resources](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/know-your-resources/)
- [Ditch the Deck](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/ditch-the-deck/)
- [Your deck is not your script](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/your-deck-is-not-your-script/)
- [But I don't need a script.](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/but-i-dont-need-a-script/)
- [Breathing, Eye contact, etc](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/breathing-eye-contact-etc/)
- [Repeating questions](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/repeating-questions/)
- [New Lecture](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/new-lecture-2/)
- [Microphone and Camera Awareness](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/microphone-and-camera-awareness/)
- [Stance, Podiums, and Walking](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/stance-podiums-and-walking/)
- [Introduction](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/introduction-9/) - Think of some of your favorite conference presentations. Think of the presenters. What do you remember? My guess is that you remember the presenter first and foremost. They spoke concisely and clearly. They smiled and made eye contact. They engaged and emitted an "energy" when they spoke. Do you remember the deck? You probably remember
- [What's the point?](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/whats-the-point/) - Let's not reinvent the wheel here. Just like what you learned in high school journalism class, The 5 W's and an H are going to be the key to keeping your presentation on target. What are you trying to relay in your presentation? Who is your audience? Why do they need this information? How will
- [What and Why](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/what-and-why/) - What are you trying to relay in your presentation? Just for a minute, set aside everything you think you want to include in your presentation. Don't look at it. Instead, think for a few minutes about what message or learning you are trying to get across to the audience. This practice is easier for some
- [Who](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/who/) - Who is your audience? Think a few moments about who your presentation is targeted at. Are you presenting to students? Are they experienced or novices? Do they have any understanding of what you’re talking about or will this be an entirely new concept to them? Are you presenting to people like yourself or
- [How](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/how/) - How will they learn it best? You've written down the what, why, and who. Now, let's evaluate the "How" - also known as the best way to relay the "What." How should the audience learn the information you have to share? Consider: Are there charts that need to be presented? Is this something
- [Where and When](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/where-and-when/) - Where are you presenting? When are you presenting I know you've got to be wondering why the time and location of your session matters. I assure you it does. The "Where" and "When" of your presentation is all about the venue and environment that you will be delivering your presentation in. Consider the
- [Your deck is not your presentation.](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/your-deck-is-not-your-presentation/) - Repeat after me. My deck is not my presentation. My deck is a VISUAL AID to the message I am delivering.
- [Templates](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/templates/) - Number of Slides I've seen presentations where the number of slides VASTLY outnumber the number of minutes in the time slot. These can be awesome Templates that look good. Using Templates to guide presentations. The types of presentations that almost REQUIRE template
- [Introduction](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/introduction-8/) - Think of some of your favorite conference presentations. Think of the presenters. What do you remember? My guess is that you remember the presenter first and foremost. They spoke concisely and clearly. They smiled and made eye contact. They engaged and emitted an "energy" when they spoke. Do you remember the deck? You probably remember
- [New Lecture](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/new-lecture/)
- [Pre-Reading](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/pre-reading/) - Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample
- [April 15 - Positioning the CIO and Competencies](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/april-15-positioning-the-cio-and-competencies/) - Welcome to the CIO Certification Series. Each session, you will interact live and online with our instructor, Don Amoroso. Don is a Lowder-Weil Endowed Chair of Innovation and Strategy and Professor Information Systems at Auburn University Montgomery. He has consulted with 53 organizations working with CEOs and CIOs to develop and execute leadership and strategic
- [April 17 - CIO Competencies and Strategic Planning](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/april-17-cio-competencies-and-strategic-planning/)
- [April 22 - Managing Project Portfolio](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/april-22-managing-project-portfolio/)
- [April 24 - Governance Board and Ecosystem Analysis](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/april-24-governance-board-and-ecosystem-analysis/)
- [April 26 - Innovation and Data Analytics](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/april-26-innovation-and-data-analytics/)
- [Welcome](https://www.cmg.org/lessons/welcome/)

## Courses

- [Performance Anomaly Detection](https://www.cmg.org/courses/performance-anomaly-detection/)
- [Computer Performance Modeling](https://www.cmg.org/courses/computer-performance-modeling/) - Techniques, Tools and Thoughts to Model Computer Performance for your environment and use cases This course, in eight sections, covers the basic concepts of Computer Performance Modeling, including probability models as well as simulation models. You will learn the underlying concepts and assumptions used by commercial modeling software. In addition, sufficient details, thoughts, tools and

## Files

- [SKS Exercise](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/sks-exercise.pdf/)
- [Business Continuity & Contingency Planning or, Who Turned out the Lights -Jonathan Gladstone](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/business-continuity-contingency-planning-jonathan-gladstone.pdf/)
- [Mainframe 101 - Jonathan Gladstone, Bank of Montreal](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/mainframe-101-jonathan-gladstone-bank-of-montreal.pdf/)
- [Among a Billion Configurations, How Would You Find the Best One? - Stefano Doni, Akamas](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/among-a-billion-configurations-how-would-you-find-the-best-one-stefano-doni-akamas.pdf/)
- [How Website Speed Affects Your Bottom Line and What You Can Do About It - Alla Gringaus](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/how-website-speed-affects-your-bottom-line-and-what-you-can-do-about-it-alla-gringaus.pdf/)
- [The CISO, Rethinking Security in the age of Digital Transformation -  Elena M Seiple](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/the-ciso-rethinking-security-in-the-age-of-digital-transformation-elena-m-seiple.pdf/)
- [Building a Modern-Day Site Reliability Team - Anjeneya Dubey, Honeywell](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/building-a-modern-day-site-reliability-team-anjeneya-dubey-honeywell.pdf/)
- [Scaling Multi-Cloud with Infrastructure as Code - Andre Agostinho, SindicoNet](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/scaling-multi-cloud-with-infrastructure-as-code-andre-agostinho-sindiconet.pdf/)
- [How to select appropriate IT Infrastructure to support Digital Transformation - Boris Zibitsker](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/how-to-select-appropriate-it-infrastructure-to-support-digital-transformation-boris-zibitsker-2.pdf/)
- [Tailored Fit Pricing: How to Manage Workload in a world without Capping - Chris Walker](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/tailored-fit-pricing-how-to-manage-workload-in-a-world-without-capping-chris-walker.pdf/)
- [Optimizing your Cloud - Igor Trubin, IT Manager, Capital](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/optimizing-your-cloud-igor-trubin-it-manager-capital.pdf/)
- [The story of a Bank, a Bot, and an ELK (or how Banca d'Italia used Machine Learning to enable Capacity Planning and Anomaly Resolution) - Pietro Tiberi & Marco Capotosto, Banca d'Italia](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/the-story-of-a-bank-a-bot-and-an-elk-or-how-banca-ditalia-used-machine-learning-to-enable-capacity-planning-and-anomaly-resolution-pietro-tiberi-marco-capotosto-banca-ditalia.pdf/)
- [Security and Encryption for the Future - Elisabeth Stahl](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/security-and-encryption-for-the-future-elisabeth-stahl-2.pdf/)
- [What’s that VM/Server Doing? - Debbie Sheetz](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/whats-that-vm-server-doing-debbie-sheetz.pdf/)
- [Performance is not only about response time - Henrik Rexed](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/performance-is-not-only-about-response-time-henrik-rexed.pdf/)
- [Meeting of the Minds: Performance Engineering with Alex Podelko, Alla Gringaus, and Scott Moore](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/meeting-of-the-minds-performance-engineering-with-alex-podelko-alla-gringaus-and-scott-moore.pdf/)
- [Deep Learning: An Overview - Odysseas Pentakalos](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/deep-learning-an-overview-odysseas-pentakalos.pdf/)
- [Resource Optimization in an Ever-changing Landscape - Tuli Nivas, Salesforce](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/resource-optimization-in-an-ever-changing-landscape-tuli-nivas-salesforce.pdf/)
- [ITIL Version 4 Capacity and Performance Management in an Agile Container World - Chris Molloy](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/itil-version-4-capacity-and-performance-management-in-an-agile-container-world-chris-molloy.pdf/)
- [Four Recent Advances in AI and Machine Learning for IT Organizations - Dr. James McCaffrey](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/four-recent-advances-in-ai-and-machine-learning-for-it-organizations-dr-james-mccaffrey.pdf/)
- [Save MSUs and Reduce Run-Times for Analytics and MXG Reporting - Paul Massengill](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/save-msus-and-reduce-run-times-for-analytics-and-mxg-reporting-paul-massengill.pdf/)
- [PANEL: How is DevOps changing the Modern Software Development Landscape? - Mohit Verma & Arsen Kotolyan](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/panel-how-is-devops-changing-the-modern-software-development-landscape-mohit-verma-arsen-kotolyan.pdf/)
- [Performance Engineering as a Service: Enabling Performance Testing at Scale in a DevOps World Using Infrastructure Automation - Jaishankar Padmanabhan](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/performance-engineering-as-a-service-enabling-performance-testing-at-scale-in-a-devops-world-using-infrastructure-automation-jaishankar-padmanabhan.pdf/)
- [Netflix Performance Tales in One Take - Ed Hunter, Engineering Leader, Netflix](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/netflix-performance-tales-in-one-take-ed-hunter-engineering-leader-netflix.pdf/)
- [Deep Learning’s Most Dangerous Vulnerability: Adversarial Attacks - Luba Gloukhova](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/deep-learnings-most-dangerous-vulnerability-adversarial-attacks-luba-gloukhova.pdf/)
- [Bitcoin Mining & The Capacity Planning Stack - Richard Gimarc & Amy Spellmann](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/bitcoin-mining-the-capacity-planning-stack-richard-gimarc-amy-spellmann.pdf/)
- [Your Open-Source Machine Learning Tool Kit - Luiz Eduardo Gazola de Souza & Joao Natalino De Oliveira](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/your-open-source-machine-learning-tool-kit-luiz-eduardo-gazola-de-souza-joao-natalino-de-oliveira.pdf/)
- [Changing the Rules of Engagement: Supporting Business Growth through Capacity Planning at Cerner - Andrea Gallo & Justin Martin](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/changing-the-rules-of-engagement-supporting-business-growth-through-capacity-planning-at-cerner-andrea-gallo-justin-martin.pdf/)
- [Real Stories about Cloud Migration - Andrea Gallo and Genci Jajka](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/real-stories-about-cloud-migration-andrea-gallo-and-genci-jajka.pdf/)
- [z/OS Performance and Capacity Fundamentals - Scott Chapman](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/z-os-performance-and-capacity-fundamentals-scott-chapman.pdf/)
- [Computing System Congestion Management Using Exponential Smoothing Forecasting - James Brady, Capacity Planner](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/computing-system-congestion-management-using-exponential-smoothing-forecasting-james-brady-capacity-planner.pdf/)
- [How to select appropriate IT Infrastructure to support Digital Transformation - Boris Zibitsker](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/how-to-select-appropriate-it-infrastructure-to-support-digital-transformation-boris-zibitsker.pdf/)
- [Marrying Artificial Intelligence and Automation to Drive Operational Efficiencies - Priyanka Arora, Asha Somayajula](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/marrying-artificial-intelligence-and-automation-to-drive-operational-efficiencies-priyanka-arora-asha-somayajula.pdf/)
- [IMPACT Local flyer](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/impact-local-flyer.pdf/)
- [InterSystems - IRIS Data Platform Whitepaper](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/intersystems-iris-data-platform-whitepaper-2.pdf/)
- [Enterprise Performance Strategies Pivotor Introduction and Demo](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/enterprise-performance-strategies-pivotor-introduction-demo.pdf/)
- [Understanding MLC Cost Impact of Performance and Capacity Management](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/understanding-mlc-cost.pdf/)
- [WLM – Deciding Between Velocity Goals and Response Time Goals](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/deciding-goals.pdf/)
- [Challenges of MSU Capping w/o Impacting SLAs](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/msu-capping.pdf/)
- [z/OS WLM - Revisiting Goals Over Time](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/revisit-goals.pdf/)
- [Is Reporting the Weak Link in Your Capacity Management](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/is-reporting-the-weak-link-in-your-capacity-management.pdf/)
- [InterSystems - IRIS Data Platform Whitepaper](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/intersystems-iris-data-platform-whitepaper.pdf/)
- [Role of Data Management in Delivering the Digital Transformation Platform](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/role-of-data-management-in-delivering-the-digital-transformation-platform.pdf/)
- [ESG Building Smarter Faster Scalable Data-Rich Applications](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/esg-building-smarter-faster-scalable-data-rich-applications.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: The move from monolith to microservices: an introduction to devops in saas tool set - Yuri Ardulov, RingCentral, IEEE](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/from-the-move-from-monolith-to-microservices-an-introduction-to-devops-in-saas-tool-sets.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: Context-driven performance testing - Alexander Podelko, Oracle](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/context-driven-performance-testing.pdf/)
- [Proceeding:  Real user performance monitoring at Netflix scale - Martin Spier, Netflix](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/proceeding-real-user-performance-monitoring-at-netflix-scale-martin-spier-netflix.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: IoT and the New Path to Business Success - David Cowden, AWS & Ashraf Souleiman, Cedrus](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/proceeding-iot-and-the-new-path-to-business-success-david-cowden-aws-ashraf-souleiman-cedrus.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: An introduction to Chaos Engineering for enterprise cloud infrastructure - Gary Little, Nutanix Inc](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/proceeding-an-introduction-to-chaos-engineering-for-enterprise-cloud-infrastructure-gary-little-nutanix-inc.pdf/)
- [Proceeding:  Machine Learning the demise of static thresholds - Tom Quinn, Broadcom](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/proceeding-machine-learning-the-demise-of-static-thresholds-tom-quinn-broadcom.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: Blockchain and the Benefits of Decentralized Systems - John deVadoss, Neo](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/blockchain-and-the-benefits-of-decentralized-systems-john-devadoss-neo.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: Embracing Blockchain Best practices and recommendations for Blockchain implementation in the enterprise – Elisabeth Stahl, IBM](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/embracing-blockchain-best-practices-and-recommendations-for-blockchain-implementation-in-the-enterprise.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: Effectively using and managing container workloads  - Per Bauer, HelpSystems](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/effectively-using-and-managing-container-workloads.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: How to analyze and plan for a mainframe upgrade - Scott Chapman, Enterprise Performance Strategies](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/how-to-analyze-and-plan-for-a-mainframe-upgrade.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: Empathy in modern business – How compassion cannot be containerized - Kevin Crawley](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/empathy-in-modern-business-how-compassion-cannot-be-containerized-kevin-crawley.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: The new dimensions of cloud IT infrastructure resource planning optimization and cost – Karen Hughes, BMC Software](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/the-new-dimensions-of-cloud-it-infrastructure-resource-planning-optimization-and-cost.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: Java performance troubleshooting and optimization at scale - Kingsum Chow, Jonathan Lu, and Sanhong Li, Alibaba](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/java-performance-troubleshooting-and-optimization-at-scale.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: Performance and the software development life cycle - Mark B. Friedman, Demand Technology Software](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/performance-and-the-software-development-life-cycle-mark-b-friedman-demand-technology-software.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: How to mitigate slow run-time risk against in web applications - Mark B. Friedman, Demand Technology Software](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/how-to-mitigate-slow-run-time-risk-against-in-web-applications-mark-b-friedman-demand-technology-software.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: The importance of maintaining capacity planning in the next era of the mainframe - Chris Walker and co-author Rebecca Levesque](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/the-importance-of-maintaining-capacity-planning-in-the-next-era-of-the-mainframe.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: Queueing laws and understanding weird performance test results - Andre B. Bondi, Software Performance and Scalability Consulting LLC](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/queueing-laws-and-understanding-weird-performance-test-results-andre-b-bondi-software-performance-and-scalability-consulting-llc.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: What a Platform Engineering team can contribute to the end-to-end customer journey - Jeanie Zheng, GoDaddy, Inc.](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/what-a-platform-engineering-team-can-contribute-to-the-end-to-end-customer-journey-jeanie-zheng-godaddy-inc.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: Building a representative, effective model to randomly generate valid sequences of web page visits for load testing - Andre B. Bondi, Consultants](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/building-a-representative-effective-model-to-randomly-generate-valid-sequences-of-web-page-visits-for-load-testing-andre-b-bondi-consultants.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: Achieving continuous availability - The role of non functional testing in assuring continuous operations - Silvio Orsini, Pietro Tiberi, and Marco Capotosto, Banca d'Italia](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/achieving-continuous-availability-the-role-of-non-functional-testing-in-assuring-continuous-operations.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: Addressing load generators and how to reduce incorrect system performance results metrics - Jim Brady, State of Nevada](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/addressing-load-generators-and-how-to-reduce-incorrect-system-performance-results-metrics.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: A new foundation in understanding - AIs impact on business and IT - Rick Lebsack, IBM](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/a-new-foundation-in-understanding-ais-impact-on-business-and-it.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: An exploration of zOS SYSTEM abnormalities - Mark Cohen Austrowiek, EPV Tehnologies SRL](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/an-exploration-of-zos-system-abnormalities.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: Anomaly detection at scale for performance engineers - Tuli Nivas, Salesforce](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/anomaly-detection-at-scale-for-performance-engineers.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: Capacity management for the digital and the agile world - Jamie Baker, Syncsort](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/capacity-management-for-the-digital-and-the-agile-world.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: Catching Anomaly and Normality in Cloud by Neural Net and Entropy Calculation - Igor Trubin, Capital One Bank](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/catching-anomaly-and-normality-in-cloud-by-neural-net-and-entropy-calculation.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: Enterprise transformation and you can too - Donovan Brown, Microsoft](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/enterprise-transformation-and-you-can-too.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: Journey to Self driven Intelligent Ops - Stuart McIrvine, Broadcom](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/journey-to-self-driven-intelligent-ops.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: Managing VMware virtual machines and CPUs - Debbie Sheetz, MBI Solutions](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/managing-vmware-virtual-machines-and-cpus.pdf/)
- [Proceeding:  Sushi, beer, and 24-hour work days - An inside view of startup best practices and recommendations - Elisabeth Stahl, IBM](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/sushi-beer-and-24-hour-work-days-an-inside-view-of-startup-best-practices-and-recommendations.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: The motivations and benefits of building a home grown capacity management system - Len Wyatt, Blackbaud, Inc.](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/the-motivations-and-benefits-of-building-a-home-grown-capacity-management-system.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: The fine art of combining capacity management with machine learning - Charles Johnson, Syncsort](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/the-fine-art-of-combining-capacity-management-with-machine-learning.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: Under cloudy skies capacity planning in changing times - Brian Wong, Capital One Bank](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/under-cloudy-skies-capacity-planning-in-changing-times.pdf/)
- [Proceeding:  An introduction to the world of AI and Machine Learning -Odysseas Pentakalos and Alex Gilgur](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/an-introduction-to-the-world-of-ai-and-machine-learning.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: Demystifying zOS CPU measurements - Scott Chapman, Enterprise Performance Strategies](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/demystifying-zos-cpu-measurements.pdf/)
- [Proceeding:  Machine Learning the demise of static thresholds - Tom Quinn, Broadcom](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/machine-learning-the-demise-of-static-thresholds.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: Leveraging HTTP Archive– Paul Calvano, Akamai](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/leveraging-http-archive.pdf/)
- [Proceeding:  Crushing It - Compression on the Web – Paul Calvano, Akamai](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/crushing-it-compression-on-the-web.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: Common Traits of High Performing Websites - Paul Calvano, Akamai](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/common-traits-of-high-performing-websites.pdf/)
- [Proceeding: Past, Present & Future of AI - Bryan Knouse, Rapidinfluence](https://www.cmg.org/mp-files/past-present-future-of-ai.pdf/)

## Quizzes

- [Projecting short term c](https://www.cmg.org/quizzes/projecting-short-term-c/)
- [Sample Quiz](https://www.cmg.org/quizzes/sample-quiz-2/)
- [Sample Quiz](https://www.cmg.org/quizzes/sample-quiz/)
- [quiz 1](https://www.cmg.org/quizzes/quiz-1/)
- [Lesson 1 Quiz](https://www.cmg.org/quizzes/lesson-1-quiz/) - This quiz is for lesson 1

## Events

- [CMG Toronto Regional: Mainframe & AI](https://www.cmg.org/event/torontoregional26/) - Join us for CMG’s Regional Event in Toronto, an exclusive, in-person gathering bringing together industry experts, technology leaders, and practitioners to explore the intersection of Mainframe and Artificial Intelligence. Hosted at IBM Markham, this one-day event will feature insightful presentations, real-world case studies, and interactive discussions on how AI is transforming mainframe operations, security, and
- [CMG Be Curious Series | Featuring Art Gutowski, President of SHARE](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-be-curious-series-featuring-art-gutowski-president-of-share/) - Join us for a conversation with Art Gutowski — mainframe engineer at Huntington National Bank and President of SHARE, one of the longest-running and most respected technical user communities in the industry. Art's path to mainframe leadership is rooted in curiosity. From writing JCL and Assembler as a college student to mentoring the next generation
- [CMG Be Curious Series | Featuring Art Gutowski, President of SHARE #3](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-be-curious-series-featuring-art-gutowski-president-of-share-2-2/) - Join us for a conversation with Art Gutowski — mainframe engineer at Huntington National Bank and President of SHARE, one of the longest-running and most respected technical user communities in the industry. Art's path to mainframe leadership is rooted in curiosity. From writing JCL and Assembler as a college student to mentoring the next generation
- [Where Innovation Meets Collaboration –  CMG Atlanta 2025](https://www.cmg.org/event/where-innovation-meets-collaboration-cmg-atlanta-2025-2/) - Join us for the CMG Atlanta Regional Event hosted by IBM — a full day of learning, networking, and innovation focused on the evolving worlds of AI and mainframe technology. 📅 November 13, 2025 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET 📍 IBM | 1001 Summit Blvd. NE, Brookhaven, GA 30319 | Room 1540 (15th
- [IBM Z Day 2025](https://www.cmg.org/event/ibm-z-day-2025/) - IBM Z Day 2025, a flagship annual virtual event, will take place on November 12, 2025 from 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. ET., with the IBM Z Skills Acceleration track starting at midnight ET, and following the sun to join up with the larger event. Last year, IBM Z Day set new records with over 40,000 unique
- [Software for Humanity 2025](https://www.cmg.org/event/software-for-humanity-2025/) - Software for Humanity is a thought-provoking and immersive event that brings together software engineers, developers, technologists, and industry leaders to explore the intersection of technology, humanity, and sustainability. This event aims to foster knowledge sharing, collaboration, and awareness of critical topics such as open-source APIs, performance engineering, sustainable IT practices, and diversity, equity, and inclusion
- [The Countdown Is On… Register Now for IBM Z Day: Special Edition 🚀](https://www.cmg.org/event/the-countdown-is-on-register-now-for-ibm-z-day-special-edition-🚀/) - ⏰ The countdown is on... for something SO BIG it only happens every 3 years🔥🔥🔥! Don't miss our IBM Z Day: Special Edition(SE) 1-day virtual mega-event on April 8th and be one of the first to see the future of mainframes up close. Catch 150+ speakers | 3 tech tracks | hands-on demos. Go deeper with technical sessions designed for all levels
- [CMG TORONTO Regional Event: AI & Mainframe – Exploring the Future of Enterprise Computing](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-regional-event-ai-mainframe-exploring-the-future-of-enterprise-computing/) - Join us for CMG’s AI & Mainframe Regional Event in Toronto, Ontario, an exclusive, in-person gathering bringing together industry experts, technology leaders, and practitioners to explore the intersection of Mainframe and Artificial Intelligence. Hosted at IBM Markham, this one-day event will feature insightful presentations, real-world case studies, and interactive discussions on how AI is transforming
- [CMG Be Curious Series: A Conversation with Anoush Najarian](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-be-curious-series-a-conversation-with-anoush-najarian/) - Join us for a special CMG Be Curious Series session featuring Anoush Najarian, a dynamic leader in performance engineering and a passionate advocate for innovation in tech. In this engaging interview, Anoush will share insights from her career, discuss the evolving landscape of performance and reliability, and offer practical advice for engineers and IT professionals
- [Speak at CMG Impact 2025 Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-impact-2025-conference-2/) - CMG Impact is seeking dynamic speakers to share their expertise at our 2025 conference! As the premier event for IT performance, capacity planning, AIOps, observability, and digital transformation, CMG Impact brings together industry leaders, practitioners, and innovators to discuss the latest trends and best practices. https://cmgimpact.com/speak/ Why Speak at CMG Impact? ✅ Showcase Your Expertise
- [CMG Impact 2025 Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-impact-2025-conference/) - CMG Impact is the premier conference for professionals in IT performance, capacity planning, AIOps, observability, and digital transformation. Join us for expert-led sessions, hands-on workshops, and networking opportunities with industry leaders. https://cmgimpact.com/ Why Attend? Engaging Keynotes & Sessions: Hear from top thought leaders on the latest in IT infrastructure, emerging technologies, and best practices. Hands-on
- [Responsible and Ethical AI: Evolving Landscape of Standards , Frameworks and Guidelines](https://www.cmg.org/event/responsible-and-ethical-ai-evolving-landscape-of-standards-frameworks-and-guidelines/) - We will explore the Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) concept while emphasizing the need for AI systems, the importance of human well-being, transparency, accountability, governance, privacy, security, human values, and agency. We will examine real-world examples as well as case studies and discuss the consequences of irresponsible AI development and the benefits of prioritizing ethics in
- [IBM Z Day](https://www.cmg.org/event/ibm-z-day/) - IBM Z Day 1 October 2024 | 8AM - 4PM ET | Agenda Coming Soon! IBM Z Day 2024, our largest tech event of the year is on October 1st from 8 AM ET, with the IBM Z Skills track starting at 1 AM ET – providing live sessions across the globe. IBM Z Day’s signature experience
- [Fake News: easier to detect with sentiment analysis](https://www.cmg.org/event/fake-news-easier-to-detect-with-sentiment-analysis/) - In his talk on "Fake News: easier to detect with sentiment analysis," Sanjaikanth E. Vadakkethil Somanathan Pillai addresses a critical issue exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. With over 7 million lives lost globally by May 2024, many have turned to the Internet and social media for information, often encountering false and misleading content. Sanjaikanth presents
- [Software for Humanity 2024](https://www.cmg.org/event/software-for-humanity-2/) - Software for Humanity is a thought-provoking and immersive event that brings together software engineers, developers, technologists, and industry leaders to explore the intersection of technology, humanity, and sustainability. This event aims to foster knowledge sharing, collaboration, and awareness of critical topics such as open-source APIs, performance engineering, sustainable IT practices, and diversity, equity, and inclusion
- [From Code to Conscience: Crafting the Future of AI Governance](https://www.cmg.org/event/from-code-to-conscience-crafting-the-future-of-ai-governance/) - As artificial intelligence technologies evolve rapidly, AI Governance has become a pivotal field, addressing ethical frameworks, regulatory approaches, and corporate accountability. This presentation explores these three critical areas. Firstly, the discussion on ethical frameworks will cover how AI can be developed and deployed responsibly, adhering to human values and ethics. This includes navigating the moral
- [Quantum Strategies for Advanced Computing Realms within Governance Frameworks](https://www.cmg.org/event/quantum-strategies-for-advanced-computing-realms-within-governance-frameworks/) - Embark on a groundbreaking exploration at the intersection of quantum strategies and advanced computing within robust governance frameworks. Join Mr. Stephen Adetutu Oniya, a distinguished technology expert with over 20 years of experience, as he unveils the transformative potential of quantum computing in shaping the future of technological governance. This session delves into the intricacies
- [DELL North America Virtual Forum - November 9](https://www.cmg.org/event/dell-north-america-virtual-forum-november-9/) - Join us for the North America Virtual Forum, kicking off from AT&T Stadium in Dallas at 10 a.m. CT on November 9th Thursday, November 9th, 2023 | VIRTUAL Dell Technologies Forum is the premier tech conference for technology enthusiasts and business leaders looking to drive innovation and growth! Join us for an immersive experience that brings
- [IMPACT24](https://www.cmg.org/event/impact24/)
- [Generative AI for Performance](https://www.cmg.org/event/generative-ai-for-performance/)
- [Performance Engineering in the Age of Cloud: Unlocking Scalability and Resilience](https://www.cmg.org/event/performance-engineering-in-the-age-of-cloud-unlocking-scalability-and-resilience/) - August 31, 2023 | 2:00 PM ET See the Session Now In today's digital landscape, performance engineering plays a critical role in ensuring optimal system performance, scalability, and resilience. The rise of cloud computing has revolutionized the way we approach performance engineering, offering unique opportunities to unlock scalability and resilience in our systems. Cloud computing provides
- [Revolutionizing EDI - B2B Integration using Emerging Technologies : APIs and Cloud Computing](https://www.cmg.org/event/revolutionizing-b2b-integration-using-emerging-technologies/) - “Revolutionizing EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) - B2B Integration using Emerging Technologies: APIs and Cloud Computing" delves into the transformative possibilities that arise from utilizing APIs and Cloud Computing in EDI B2B integration. Traditional EDI B2B integration approaches frequently encounter challenges such as complexity, inflexibility, and high costs. APIs play a crucial role in enabling secure
- [Software for Humanity](https://www.cmg.org/event/software-for-humanity/) - Software for Humanity is a thought-provoking and immersive event that brings together software engineers, developers, technologists, and industry leaders to explore the intersection of technology, humanity, and sustainability. This event aims to foster knowledge sharing, collaboration, and awareness of critical topics such as open-source APIs, performance engineering, sustainable IT practices, and diversity, equity, and inclusion
- [Ensuring performance: How major retailers leverage user traffic to validate code changes](https://www.cmg.org/event/speedscale-webinar/) - Software development and testing is ultimately all in preparation for go-live. But what if you could predict how your go-live could go wrong? Modern cloud engineering teams at organizations such as Uber, DoorDash, and Google ‘mirror’ or ‘shadow’ traffic to see if new builds are ready for primetime. They’ve found that leveraging their own production
- [What are you doing to modernize your customers on the mainframe? They’re asking, and we’re answering!](https://www.cmg.org/event/what-are-you-doing-to-modernize-your-customers-on-the-mainframe-theyre-asking-and-were-answering/)
- [Observability: Collect, Enrich, and Visualize Your Mainframe Data for More Efficient Business Decision Making](https://www.cmg.org/event/observability-collect-enrich-and-visualize-your-mainframe-data-for-more-efficient-business-decision-making/) - Join our webinar and learn how to effortlessly collect, access, and analyze complex data, enabling efficient management of mainframe activities. Discover how to seamlessly integrate new record types, share information across your data ecosystem, leverage custom filters, create dynamic dashboards, and set up automatic alerts for critical indicators.
- [Operationalizing AI Virtual Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/operationalizing-ai-virtual-conference/) - On Tuesday, May 9th from 10 AM - 2 PM ET, CMG will host an event about operationalizing AI where you can expect to learn about: • The basics of operationalizing AI, including what it means, why it is important, and the benefits of integrating AI into business operations. • Deploying your AI Applications: The
- [Mainframe Modernization 2023: What does modern even mean?](https://www.cmg.org/event/mainframe-virtual-conference-3/)
- [St. Louis CMG’s Fall 2022 Virtual ½ Day Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/st-louis-cmgs-fall-2022-virtual-½-day-conference/) - STLCMG Quarterly Meeting Agenda Time Topic Presenter 8:30 -8:50 Logon and Virtual Networking 8:50 - 9:00 Welcome and Introductions Note: All participants will be muted upon entry. You may unmute yourselves to ask questions anytime throughout the meeting or use “Chat” to post a question for the speakers. Also, please turn off
- [Minneapolis/St. Paul Regional CMG Meeting Mainframe – Still Innovated at Any Age](https://www.cmg.org/event/minneapolis-st-paul-regional-cmg-meeting-mainframe-still-innovated-at-any-age/) - Date: Thursday September 22, 2022 Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Location: Sirius Computer Solutions Inc Address: 7760 France Avenue S. - Meeting on 2nd Floor Bloomington, MN The meeting is open to anyone who would like to attend. Cost: n/c Agenda: 1:00 – 1:15 Welcome / Business Meeting – CMG Board 1:15 – 2:00
- [St. Louis CMG’s Fall 2022 Virtual 1/2 Day Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/stlcmgs-fall-2022-virtual-1-2-day-conference/) - STLCMG’s Fall 2022 Virtual ½ Day Conference is set for 1/2 Day - Thursday, September 8th. Our sponsor for the event is No cost to attend. STLCMG Quarterly Meeting Agenda Time Topic Presenter 8:30 -9:00 Virtual Networking: Members of STLCMG, prospective members and friends. 9:00 - 12:45 Welcome and
- [2022 Arizona Technology Summit](https://www.cmg.org/event/2022-arizona-technology-summit/) - Hello CMG! Registration is now open for the 2022 Arizona Technology Summit. The event will be held at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, AZ on September 13th, 2022 from 8 am - 4 pm. The Arizona Technology Summit welcomes Mike Lettman as our keynote speaker. Mike is a recognized technology leader with over 30
- [Performance Engineering and DevOps Virtual Conference - October 18](https://www.cmg.org/event/pe-and-devops-oct-18/)
- [IMPACT 2023 Hybrid Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/impact-2023-hybrid-conference/)
- [IMPACT 2023 Hybrid Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/impact-2023-hybrid-conference-2/)
- [IMPACT 2023 Hybrid Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/impact-2023-hybrid-conference-3/)
- [IBM zDay 2022](https://www.cmg.org/event/ibm-zday-2022/) - CMG is a valued member of our vibrant and diverse IBM Z & LinuxONE Community, you won’t want to miss our signature event of the year, IBM zDay 2022 on September 15th from 8 AM - 4 PM ET -- register today! Be part of our biggest and boldest event yet, with over 150 global
- [WEBINAR: Predicting carbon footprint for Cloud Data Platforms](https://www.cmg.org/event/webinar-predicting-carbon-footprint-for-cloud-data-platforms/) - Differences in architecture, scalability, the efficiency of optimizer plans, and workload management of Cloud data platforms all directly impact the power consumption and carbon emissions associated with running workloads in the cloud. Gartner predicts that by 2025, the carbon emissions of Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) will be one of the top criteria in cloud purchase
- [SESSION 2: Chaos Engineering: Analysis and Tools](https://www.cmg.org/event/session-2-chaos-engineering-analysis-and-tools/) - Chaos Engineering has become important as environments get more complex and its relationship with Performance Engineering. In this talk I will present Chaos engineering concepts, tools and discuss a Case Study on how to apply these tools in a complex environment. SPEAKER: Mohit Verma – Performance/APM/CLOUD/Technology Engineering Leader/GURU with 20+ years of technology experience
- [SESSION 1: Pushing Code? Don’t Forget to Flag Your Canaries](https://www.cmg.org/event/pushing-code-dont-forget-to-flag-your-canaries/) - Reliability is multifaceted. Your approach to releases plays a part in that. It’s smart to think forward. What’s impacted? What will change? Canary releases, or phased rollouts, allows you to better manage the release lifecycle and understand any impact to reliability. Iteration and canarying is more involved than traditional big releases. You need to look
- [CMG in Boston presents :: Monthly Roundtable: SRE, Performance and Scalability in the age of the Cloud](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-in-boston-presents-monthly-roundtable-sre-performance-and-scalability-in-the-age-of-the-cloud/) - Please join CMG in Boston for this IN PERSON roundtable on SRE, Performance, and Scalability in the Age of the Cloud.
- [ObservabilityCon - September 13, 2022](https://www.cmg.org/event/observability-virtual-conference-sept22/)
- [Reliability is a Team Sport. Let’s Practice! - Peer Forum](https://www.cmg.org/event/26171/) - CMG Peer forums are an opportunity for technology practitioners to meet and discuss relevant topics with their peers. Reliability is a Team Sport. Let’s Practice! Of course, reliability is important. Customers depend on certain behaviors when using your product or service. Meanwhile, DevOps teams are under the strain of managing releases at a higher velocity,
- [Southwest CMG Organizational Meeting - Calling all Texas-based Industry Leaders](https://www.cmg.org/event/southwest-cmg-organizational-meeting-calling-all-texas-based-industry-leaders/) - CMG chapter, Southwest CMG, is looking for new leadership! If you are interested in joining this volunteer board to guide the chapter into the future, we will be having a 30-minute call to discuss CMG, the chapter, and the volunteer opportunity. Our goal is to identify a new team to step up and become organizers
- [CMG Malaysia Webinar: Securing Crypto Assets](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-malaysia-webinar-securing-crypto-assets/) - April 27, 2022 3:00 PM, Malaysia Time (UTC+8) or April 27, 2022 3:00 AM, EDT USA
- [Peer Forum - All About Observability](https://www.cmg.org/event/peer-forum-april-26/) - CMG Peer forums are an opportunity for technology practitioners to meet and discuss relevant topics with their peers. We are hosting our next event (April 26, 2 pm EDT) on Observability and you can expect a lively discussion on observability's gotchas, pitfalls, and surprises that would be informative for the user community. Additionally, the conversation
- [CMG Malaysia Webinar: CyberSecurity in the World of Fintech](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-malaysia-webinar-cybersecurity-in-the-world-of-fintech/) - April 21st., 2022 11:00 AM, Malaysia Time (UTC+8) or April 20th, 2022 11:00 PM, EDT USA
- [Peer Forum – Attendees Drive the Topics!](https://www.cmg.org/event/peer-forum-attendees-drive-the-topics/) - CMG Peer forums are an opportunity for technology practitioners to meet and discuss relevant topics with their peers. About this event The conversation topics are driven by the attendees themselves with invited industry experts weighing in. You will be asked for topic suggestions during registration. Attendance is limited to 25 registrants a more intimate experience.
- [Faster: How to Optimize a System - An Author Webinar](https://www.cmg.org/event/faster-how-to-optimize-a-system-an-author-webinar/) - 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! Register! About Faster: How to Optimize a System: Making things faster is about making things better. Making
- [The New Mainframe - May 24](https://www.cmg.org/event/the-new-mainframe/)
- [Cloud’s Top Trends for 2022 – March 22](https://www.cmg.org/event/clouds-top-trends-for-2022/)
- [St. Louis CMG 2022 Winter Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/st-louis-cmgs-q1-2022-virtual-½-day-conference/) - St. Louis CMG 2022 Winter Conference is set for Tuesday, February 22nd. Our sponsor will be ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE STRATEGIES, INC. (EPS) This is a free virtual ½ day event. Free Registration, here: https://st-louis-cmg.ticketleap.com/st-louis-cmg-2022-winter-conference/ STLCMG Quarterly Meeting Agenda Time Topic Presenter 8:30 -9:00 Virtual Networking: Members of STLCMG, prospective members and friends. 9:00 - 12:45
- [Peer Forum - Attendees Drive the Topics!](https://www.cmg.org/event/peer-forum-march-1/) - CMG Peer forums are an opportunity for technology practitioners to meet and discuss relevant topics with their peers. The conversation topics are driven by the attendees themselves with invited industry experts weighing in. Attendance is limited for a more intimate experience. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
- [Webinar](https://www.cmg.org/event/webinar-2/)
- [Workforce Transformation: Defining your Digital Workplace [FREE IMPACT SESSION]](https://www.cmg.org/event/workforce-transformation-defining-your-digital-workplace-free-impact-session/)
- [Creating Your Lasting Legacy](https://www.cmg.org/event/creating-your-lasting-legacy/) - We all have a story to tell and a person waiting to hear it so that it may set them free. As professionals, we are inundated with many responsibilities that often derail us from staying in alignment with our talents & ultimately our purpose. Every day we meet with challenges waiting to rob us from
- [Cloud Performance and Financial Governance](https://www.cmg.org/event/cloud-performance-and-financial-governance/) - If you are evaluating cloud options, planning migration to the cloud, and are concerned about organizing dynamic capacity management for a Hybrid Multi-Cloud environment, this webinar is for you. We invite you to join Dr. Boris Zibitsker's webinar to review cloud performance and the FinOps decisions optimization approach. We will review the application of
- [St. Louis CMG’s Fall 2021 Virtual Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/st-louis-cmgs-fall-2021-virtual-conference/) - STLCMG’s Fall 2021 Virtual Conference meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 8th. This free virtual ½ day event. Our sponsor is : ZETALY STLCMG Quarterly Meeting Agenda Time Topic Presenter 8:30 -8:50 Logon and Virtual Networking 8:50 - 9:00 Welcome and Introductions Note: All participants will be muted upon entry to Zoom.
- [Cloud and Containerization Virtual Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/cloud-and-containerization/)
- [IBM PREVAIL 2021 Virtual Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/ibm-prevail-2021-virtual-conference/) - 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. Speakers are welcome from within IBM and IBM Business Partners, from Academia and also from other organizations including IBM’s competitors. All speakers should leave their badge at the
- [IMPACT 2022 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE](https://www.cmg.org/event/impact-2022-virtual-conference-2/)
- [IMPACT 2022 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE](https://www.cmg.org/event/impact-2022-virtual-conference-3/)
- [IMPACT 2022 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE](https://www.cmg.org/event/impact-2022-virtual-conference-4/)
- [IMPACT 2022 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE](https://www.cmg.org/event/impact-2022-virtual-conference-5/)
- [PE and DevOps Virtual Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/pe-and-devops-virtual-conference-2/)
- [Monitoring and Observability Virtual Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/monitoring-and-observability-virtual-conference-2/)
- [IMPACT 2022 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE](https://www.cmg.org/event/impact-2022-virtual-conference/)
- [Inclusion, Diversity, Equity in Action (IDEA) Certification Course](https://www.cmg.org/event/inclusion-diversity-equity-in-action-idea-certification-course/)
- [IMPACT 2022 Speaker Submission Deadline – Second Round](https://www.cmg.org/event/impact-2022-speaker-submission-deadline-second-round/) - We will be accepting sessions on a rolling basis with these 3 selection deadlines. If you are interested in speaking, you are highly encouraged to submit early! – September 17: First Round Deadline – October 22: Second Round Deadline – November 19: Third and Final Round Deadline Details and to submit here
- [IMPACT 2022 Speaker Submission Deadline - First Round](https://www.cmg.org/event/impact-2022-speaker-submission-deadline-first-round/) - We will be accepting sessions on a rolling basis with these 3 selection deadlines. If you are interested in speaking, you are highly encouraged to submit early! – September 17: First Round Deadline – October 22: Second Round Deadline – November 19: Third and Final Round Deadline Details and to submit here
- [IMPACT 2022 Speaker Submission Deadline – Third & Final Round](https://www.cmg.org/event/impact-2022-speaker-submission-deadline-third-final-round/) - We will be accepting sessions on a rolling basis with these 3 selection deadlines. If you are interested in speaking, you are highly encouraged to submit early! – September 17: First Round Deadline – October 22: Second Round Deadline – November 19: Third and Final Round Deadline Details and to submit here
- [CMG Australia Virtual Event: Modern Observability Management](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-australia-virtual-event-modern-observability-management/) - Wed, Aug 18, 2021 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM EDT (Eastern Time Zone) or Thu, Aug 19, 2021 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM AEST (Australia Time Zone) Join 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
- [St. Louis CMG Summer 2021 Virtual Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/st-louis-cmg-summer-2021-virtual-conference/) - STLCMG Quarterly Meeting Agenda Time Topic Presenter 8:30 -8:50 Logon and Virtual Networking 8:50 - 9:00 Welcome and Introductions Meeting Theme: A Holistic Approach to System Performance Note: All participants will be muted upon entry to Zoom. You may unmute yourselves to ask questions anytime throughout the meeting or use “Chat” to
- [Mainframe Virtual Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/mainframe-virtual-conference-2/)
- [St. Louis CMG Spring 2021 Virtual Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/st-louis-cmg-spring-2021-virtual-conference/) - St. Louis CMG will be having a virtual ½ day event on May 18th! Time: 8:30 AM — 12:30 PM CDT The theme of the meeting will be Data Center Resiliency. Topics will include: AI-Ops, Capacity/Performance and Cyber Recovery. Our sponsor for the meeting will be : IBM Agenda Time Topic Presenter
- [Observability Virtual Conference - June 22](https://www.cmg.org/event/monitoring-and-observability-virtual-conference/)
- [Observability Virtual Conference – June 23](https://www.cmg.org/event/observability-virtual-conference-june-23/) - Modern architectures require new techniques for monitoring and observability. These sessions will cover new techniques and tools to support modern distributed and hybrid systems. Sessions will be announced in the coming weeks. Check back often for speaker announcements and more. Event resources are available to Virtual Conference Registrants and CMG members. To access these resources
- [Mainframe Virtual Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/mainframe-virtual-conference/) - Details coming soon...
- [Ohio Valley CMG 2021 Spring Teleconference](https://www.cmg.org/event/ohio-valley-cmg-2021-spring-teleconference/) - Agenda Ohio 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
- [Are you still paying the 4% IBM/MLC increase?  Why?](https://www.cmg.org/event/are-you-still-paying-the-4-ibm-mlc-increase-why/) - On January 1 of each year, your IBM MLC increases by 4%. Whilst the new hardware is much more efficient and IBM have done a fabulous job in improving performance and reducing costs, we are still slugged by an annual software increase. During this session we are going to discuss ways to reduce or eliminate
- [St. Louis CMG Winter 2021 Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/st-louis-cmg-winter-2021-conference/) - Hosted by Enterprise Performance Strategies, (EPS). Location: Zoom Cost: $0 Registration: All 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/ STLCMG Quarterly Meeting Agenda Time Topic Presenter 8:40 -9:00
- [PE and DevOps Virtual Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/pe-and-devops-virtual-conference/) - 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. Sessions will be announced in the coming weeks. Check back often for speaker announcements and more. Presentations & Interviews
- [IMPACT 2021 - Day 3 featuring "Finding the right Use Cases for AI"](https://cmgimpact.com/home2021/#new_tab) - Learn More https://cmgimpact.com
- [IMPACT 2021 - Final Day! Hear from Dell Technologies and attend our Digital Twin Workshop!](https://www.cmg.org/event/impact-2021-january-19-21-2021-01-28/) - Learn more about the conference at www.CMGIMPACT.com! Already registered? Login Here Today's Lineup: 9:10 AM - The Golden Era of AI and Machine Learning: The case for on-premise AI resources 9:50 AM - Topic-based Networking 10:05 AM - Improving Forecasting for Capacity Management Using Segmented Regression 10:05 AM - When your site fails it can
- [IMPACT 2021 - Day 4 featuring Gautham Pallapa, Ph.D. , Global Chief Technology Officer at VMware](https://www.cmg.org/event/impact-2021-january-19-21-2021-01-26/) - Learn more about the conference at www.CMGIMPACT.com! Already registered? Login Here Today's Lineup: 9:00 AM - Opening Remarks 9:10 AM - Determining the Best Use of AI to Meet Your IT Ops Needs 9:50 AM - Topic-based Networking 9:50 AM - Q&A Session for Determining the Best Use of AI to Meet Your IT Ops
- [IMPACT 2021 - Day 5 Featuring Harry Moseley, CIO of Zoom Video Communications](https://www.cmg.org/event/impact-2021-january-19-21-2021-01-27/) - Learn more about the conference at www.CMGIMPACT.com! Already registered? Login Here Today's Lineup: 9:00 AM - Opening Remarks 9:10 AM - Keynote Presentation with Harry Moseley, CIO of Zoom Video Communications 9:50 AM - Topic-based Networking 10:05 AM - Proactive Capacity Management is dead; long live Capacity Management! 10:05 AM - Meet the Micro Focus
- [Data Centers and Cloud Infrastructure Virtual Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/data-centers-and-cloud-infrastructure-virtual-conference/) - Details Coming Soon...
- [CMG Malaysia International Webinar: Future of Finance](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-malaysia-international-webinar-future-of-finance/) - Webinar: Future of Finance December 15, 2020 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM (Kuala Lumpur Time Zone) 1:30 AM to 3:30 AM (Eastern Standard Time Zone) About This Webinar: Do 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
- [What to Do When Resources Go Down and Demand Goes Up: A Pandemic Story](https://www.cmg.org/event/what-to-do-when-resources-go-down-and-demand-goes-up-a-pandemic-story/) - During the pandemic, some enterprises have seen demand increase (securities trading processors, wine club home delivery, media streaming providers); others have seen demand decline. Leaders in both camps tell ASG that resources are remaining fixed or declining, while customer and business demands continue to rise. The burden is magnified by a workforce that is now remote and
- [Take Back Control of Your Mainframe Budget](https://www.cmg.org/event/take-back-control-of-your-mainframe-budget/) - Mainframes expenses represent between 20 and 40% of companies’ IT budget. Out of this share, 30% are dedicated solely to software license and maintenance costs. Designed to control the financial impact of your mainframe, ZETALY Cost Control, an analytics solution through a modern, easy-to-use interface, gives you instant visibility of your costs to help you
- [IMPACT 2021 Call for Sessions Round 5 FINAL Submission Deadline](https://www.cmg.org/event/impact-2021-call-for-sessions-round-5-final-submission-deadline/) - We will be accepting sessions on a rolling basis. If you are interested in speaking, you are highly encouraged to submit early!
- [IMPACT 2021 Call for Sessions Round 3 Submission Deadline](https://www.cmg.org/event/impact-2021-call-for-sessions-round-3-deadline/) - We will be accepting sessions on a rolling basis. If you are interested in speaking, you are highly encouraged to submit early!
- [IMPACT 2021 Call for Sessions Round 4 Submission Deadline](https://www.cmg.org/event/impact-2021-call-for-sessions-round-4-submission-deadline/) - We will be accepting sessions on a rolling basis. If you are interested in speaking, you are highly encouraged to submit early!
- [Greater Boston CMG Online Event -  Monthly Roundtable: SRE, Performance and Scalability in the Age of the Cloud](https://www.cmg.org/event/greater-boston-cmg-online-event-monthly-roundtable-sre-performance-and-scalability-in-the-age-of-the-cloud/) - 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 Register, here.
- [CMG Boston- Implementation, Migration, and Talent: How top local companies are working through a Digital Transformation](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-boston/) - CMG consistently hears feedback from our executives who are working through a digital transformation, while each company's process is different, three themes remain consistent: implementation, migration, and talent. Join us on the afternoon of January 23, while top local executives discuss their digital transformation process. There is no cost to attend this event, but you
- [St. Louis CMG Fall 2020 Virtual Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/st-louis-cmg-fall-2020-virtual-conference/) - STLCMG’s Fall 2020 meeting is set for a Virtual ½ day meeting on Tuesday, October 27th. Our sponsor for the meeting will be : Turbonomic All registrants will be connected via WebEx. You need to register to receive an official meeting invite and WebEx link.
- [CMG Malaysia Webinar: Digital World Skills](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-malaysia-webinar-digital-world-skills/) - Check out CMG's Malaysia's page for videos A live webinar to find out more about the skills needed for Digital Careers. 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM (Kuala Lumpur Time Zone) The digital revolution in parallel with Covid 19 pandemic has greatly impacted the careers all over the world. CMG Malaysia looks at the changes
- [IMPACT 2021](https://cmgimpact.com/home2021/#new_tab)
- [Mainframe Fall 2020 Virtual Summit](https://www.cmg.org/event/mainframe-fall-2020-virtual-summit/) - Speakers and schedule to be announced soon. November 10, 2020 9 am to 2 pm Eastern
- [The Guide to Distributed Tracing](https://www.cmg.org/event/distributedtracing/)
- [IBM Z Day 2020](https://www.cmg.org/event/ibm-z-day-2020/) - This is a one-day, virtual conference focused on all things IBM Z. 5 reasons why you WON’T want to miss the free virtual IBM Z Community Day! Receive in-depth training on how everything IBM Z & LinuxONE Watch 45+ thought leaders share their first-hand knowledge with live Q&A Learn how IBM Z is
- [Legends Series: Fireside chat with Dr. Daniel Menasce](https://www.cmg.org/event/legends-series-fireside-chat-with-dr-daniel-menasce/) - Join CMG as we speak with Dr. Menasce on his work, and self-managing computers. Dr. 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
- [Supercharge Your PPT Presentations Using Storytelling - Training Class](https://www.cmg.org/event/supercharge-your-ppt-presentations-using-storytelling-training-class/) - Webinar hosted by Richard Stone that covers the 13 secrets for making your PowerPoint presentations more impactful and engaging. Online Event Tue, August 18, 2020 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM EDT Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/supercharge-your-ppt-presentations-using-storytelling-webinar-cmg-tickets-115889270929 The Supercharge Your PPT Presentations Webinar will be facilitated by one of TLG’s top Strategic Partners and Chief Storyteller. For $149, participants
- [ONLINE: Micro Frontend - Last Mile of Microservice](https://www.cmg.org/event/online-last-mile-of-microservice-microfrontends/) - "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
- [Using “z” data for Mainframe analytics & The loss to your business if you do not](https://www.cmg.org/event/using-z-data-for-mainframe-analytics-the-loss-to-your-business-if-you-do-not/) - Using “z” data for Mainframe analytics & The loss to your business if you do not Abstract Does your organization use mainframe data to conduct mainframe analytics and include business data? In most instances the answer is “No”, or “kind of”. Considering 80%+ of production data touches the mainframe, shouldn’t this very valuable
- [St. Louis CMG’s Summer 2020 Virtual Meeting](https://www.cmg.org/event/st-louis-cmgs-summer-2020-virtual-meeting/) - STLCMG Quarterly Meeting Agenda 8:30 am - 8:50 am Logon and Virtual Networking (WebEx) 8:50 am - 9:00 am Welcome and Introductions 9:00 am – 9:55 am Encryption Everywhere - Moving Data Safely in the Enterprise - by Roy Panting, IBM 10:00am – 10:55 am
- [Legends Series: A Fireside Chat with Dr. Neil Gunther](https://www.cmg.org/event/legends-series-a-fireside-chat-with-dr-neil-gunther/) - 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
- [Solving the hidden costs of Kubernetes with distributing tracing- Presented by Lightstep](https://www.cmg.org/event/solving-the-hidden-costs-of-kubernetes-with-distributing-tracing-presented-by-lightstep/) - 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. However, these benefits have not come without costs compared to traditional software operations. Spiraling monitoring expenses, the creation of single points of
- [Performance Engineering in the Time of DevOps - Virtual Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/performance-engineering-in-the-time-of-devops-virtual-conference/)
- [Collaborative performance tuning using free tools](https://www.cmg.org/event/save-the-date-webinar-with-concertio/) - 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
- [Happy Hour LIVE with Michael Salsburg.](https://www.cmg.org/event/happy-hour-live-with-michael-salsburg/) - Join CMG and Michael Salsburg for a happy hour with networking and live music on Thursday, June 18 from 4:00 – 5:00pm ET. In addition to being a renowned technologist, Michael is a violinist and fiddle player. You can see his website at http://www.msalsburg.com/. During this event, we will talk to Michael for a few
- [Diversity and Inclusion in TECH Summit - Virtual Event](https://www.cmg.org/event/diversity-and-inclusion-in-tech-summit-virtual-event/) - Presented by NCTECH Association and their partner, Fidelity Investments Diversity and Inclusion are a key part of creating an environment that drives innovation and improves the bottom line. It provides companies a wide range of differing viewpoints, experiences and perspectives that is only possible by having a unique and varied employee base. At NC TECH’s
- [Business Continuity Exchange](https://www.cmg.org/event/business-continuity-exchange/) - 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.
- [Business Continuity and Contingency Planning Digital Badge - LIVE CLASS](https://www.cmg.org/event/business-continuity-and-contingency-planning-digital-badge-live-class/) - Completion of this live class and a passing score on the accompanying test will result in a digital badge. More Information
- [EA Driven IT Technology Rationalization](https://www.cmg.org/event/ea-driven-it-technology-rationalization/) - Did you miss our live session? Then check out this replay event! In this session, Dennis Holinka, an accomplished senior enterprise IT architecture professional with experience in software systems design, technology strategy, and technical debt planning will discuss: What is technical debt and how does it affect budget and business Establishing digital inventories The importance
- [Legends Series: Andre Bondi and Connie Smith](https://www.cmg.org/event/legends-series-andre-bondi-and-connie-smith/) - Join Alex Podelko as he moderates a roundtable discussion with Andre Bondi and Connie Smith on "Do we need Software Performance Engineering when we have the Cloud?" During this session, we will hear from software performance engineering experts Andre Bondi and Connie Smith in a discussion moderated by Alex Podelko who serves as a Consulting
- [EA Driven IT Technology Rationalization](https://www.cmg.org/event/online-it-finance-and-planning-for-tech-debt/) - In this session, Dennis Holinka, an accomplished senior enterprise IT architecture professional with experience in software systems design, technology strategy, and technical debt planning will discuss: What is technical debt and how does it affect budget and business Establishing digital inventories The importance of Rationalization & Standardization Review Boards Much, much, more!
- [Insider Risk and Remote Work - Presented by Dell](https://www.cmg.org/event/insider-risk-and-remote-work-presented-by-dell/) - Remote Threats: Insider Risk and the Remote Work Paradigm It’s a new world for businesses everywhere. For small and medium sized companies who thrive on in-person relationships and customer interaction, it’s a difficult transition to an all remote- stay at home workforce. That’s on top of whether your business model can sustain some level of
- [The Guide to Observability Virtual Summit](https://www.cmg.org/event/observability-virtual-conference/) - Observability Virtual Conference
- [ONLINE: Data Optimization: What's with the Resurgence of Mainframe In-Memory Processing?](https://www.cmg.org/event/online-data-optimization/) - Many companies face a conundrum when it comes to their mainframe. They need to continue to innovate and build new apps at the same time as they feel they are constrained by capacity and performance. There is no magic bullet. It takes a combination of tools, people, and processes to truly extract maximum value out of an organization's mainframe. This Webinar will explore this often misunderstood technology and how it can work with things like IBM's new Tailored Fit Pricing (TFP) pricing models to let you get the most out of your Z investment and drive performance and capacity for new workloads and apps.
- [Digital Transformation Sprawl: Solved!](https://www.cmg.org/event/digital-transformation-sprawl-solved/) - The Digital Transformation revolution has spawned several vendors, each with their own mode of communication: Zoom, Slack, messaging (e.g. SMS), Box, Search, Facebook, Alexa, etc. We now waste so much time switching among different systems. We are confused over how to best find the information we need - what system holds it, internal/external? Most systems
- [ONLINE: Observability Roundtable Discussion](https://www.cmg.org/event/online-observability/) - ONLINE: Observability - Details coming soon.
- [ONLINE:  Performance Engineering: DevOps to NoOps](https://www.cmg.org/event/devops-to-noops/) - Join us for this virtual event featuring roundtable discussion on Performance Engineering: DevOps to NoOps. This roundtable discussion with Andreas Grabner (Dynatrace), Wilson Mar ( JetBloom ), and Alex Podelko (Oracle) will cover the role and place of performance engineering in DevOps, current industry trends, NoOps and how NoOps would change performance engineering. Alex Podelko
- [CMG Orientation](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-orientation/) - CMG Orientation is an opportunity for members and non-members to learn about CMG membership. Watch this session to learn about: membership benefits thought leadership opportunities educational opportunities much more!
- [ONLINE: Southwest CMG - Performance & Cost Optimization](https://www.cmg.org/event/save-the-date-southwest-cmg-performance-engineering-capacity-planning/) - Join us for a virtual meeting of the Southwest CMG. We have three presentations that look at system performance and cost optimization from different application perspectives. Check out the Recordings! Note: To view the video you must have a CMG membership. Sign up today! Click here to join for as low as $20/month. #1 -
- [ONLINE: SRE Part 3](https://www.cmg.org/event/sre-part-3/) - ONLINE: SRE Part 3 - Details coming soon.
- [ONLINE: SRE Part 2](https://www.cmg.org/event/online-sre-part-2/) - ONLINE: SRE Part 2 - Details coming soon.
- [ONLINE: Comparing SDLCs with Eby Jacob, Technical Architect](https://www.cmg.org/event/online-comparing-sdlcs/) - ONLINE: Comparing SDLCs - Details coming soon.
- [ONLINE: Bank Sells Pension Business: Mainframe Open Heart Surgery!](https://www.cmg.org/event/online-bank-sells-pension-business-mainframe-open-heart-surgery/) - When a major bank sold off one of their significant business units, they were presented with a unique IT problem. How do you pick up and move all of the applications, storage, and links that support that business unit to another enterprise? This is a classic ‘lift & shift’ scenario, where a business has to
- [ONLINE: Snail4j: Java Performance Education for All](https://www.cmg.org/event/snail4j-java-performance-education-for-all/) - Live with CMG Canada!- Snail4j is a load-test-in-a-box that aims to educate Java developers on software performance. It brings the data center performance firefight to developers’ own computers. Snail4j challenges the end user to solicit predictions1 on software performance experiments, encompassing four main categories of software defects: Persistence, Alien systems, Threads, and Heap (P.A.T.H.).
- [ONLINE: Bank Sells Pension Business: Mainframe Open Heart Surgery!](https://www.cmg.org/event/when-a-bank-sells-off-a-business-how-do-you-lift-shift-the-core-systems-that-support-it/) - LIVE with CMG Canada - When a bank sells off a business, how do you ‘lift & shift’ the core systems that support it? When a major bank sold off one of their significant business units, they were presented with a unique IT problem. How do you pick up and move all of the applications,
- [ONLINE: Leading in the Age of Remote Work](https://www.cmg.org/event/online-quarterly-it-managers-roundtable-discussion/) - This online meetup will host a small group discussion on the topic and afterward, CMG will publish a thought leadership piece recapping the session for the rest of the CMG community. Involvement in this session may help you build your professional reputation and further your career. Participants have the potential to connect with some of our influential members, sponsors, and readers.
- [ONLINE: Digital Transformation Roundtable Discussion](https://www.cmg.org/event/digital-transformation-roundtable-discussion/) - Join us for a roundtable discussion on DX! This online meetup will host a small group discussion, where the attendees are the panel. After the event, CMG will publish a thought leadership piece recapping the session for the rest of the CMG community. Involvement in this session may help you build your professional reputation and further your career. Participants have the potential to connect with some of our influential members, sponsors, and readers.
- [ONLINE: "Lessons Learned from The Performance Tour"](https://www.cmg.org/event/online-lessons-learned-from-the-performance-tour/) - In late January, Scott Moore embarked on The Performance Tour to educate the masses about performance engineering and performance testing in IT. After 35 days on the road, over 5500 miles, multiple IT conferences, and meetup events across 12 major US cities he returned. In this session, Scott describes the journey and Members: See the
- [Virtual- How top executives are working through a Digital Transformation.](https://www.cmg.org/event/implementation-migration-and-talent-how-top-local-companies-are-working-through-a-digital-transformation/) - Now a virtual event! Join us on the afternoon of April 23 for virtual networking and one top executive discussing their digital transformation process. There is no cost to attend this event, but you must register online, you will receive a link via email to join us before the event. We will have 30 minutes
- [Free ICPE 2020 Workshops and Conference - Register Here](https://www.cmg.org/event/fress-icpe-2020-workshops-and-conference-register-here/) - The organizing committee of the International Conference on Performance Engineering 2020 (ICPE2020) and co-located workshops are pleased to announce that free online sessions will take place on the dates on which the conference was originally scheduled to take place, following the cancellation of the physical conference due to the COVID-19 outbreak. April 20th: Workshop on
- [2020 Mainframe Emerging Trends Virtual Summit](https://www.cmg.org/event/2020-mainframe-emerging-trends-virtual-summit/) - CMG is excited to announce its 2020 Mainframe Emerging Trends Virtual Summit. The summit is free for attendees and will be covering trends such as emerging data silos, best practices, modernization, the mainframe role in DevOps, and more. Sessions (all in Eastern time) include: 11:00 am: Summit Begins 11:10 am: How well is your mainframe
- [ONLINE: Digital Transformation Roundtable Discussion](https://www.cmg.org/event/online-digital-transformation-roundtable-discussion/) - ONLINE: Digital Transformation Roundtable Discussion - Details coming soon.
- [ONLINE: Achieving Continuous Compliance at the Speed of Cloud](https://www.cmg.org/event/online-achieving-continuous-compliance-at-the-speed-of-cloud/) - Using public clouds for enterprise datacenters has become mainstream and hybrid multi-cloud is the new norm. The advantages of public cloud are significant and the gained agility undisputable. However, securing cloud environments is different from securing traditional data centers and endpoints. One misconfiguration can put your entire organization at risk…or worse. According to Gartner, “Through 2025, at
- [ONLINE: Site Reliability Engineering Part 1 - Presented by Sandeep Madamanchi](https://www.cmg.org/event/online-sre-part-1/) - Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) is a ‘SRE-ious’ movement that breaks down the traditional barriers and ends the age-old battles between Development & Operations teams. SRE essentially creates a hybrid role that tries to maintain an equilibrium between developing new features and running production systems reliably. Members: See the Video Here This is a 3 part webinar
- [CMG CANADA Winter Seminar - Sponsored by Luminex](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-canada-winter-seminar-3/) - Formal Agenda – CMG Canada, Tues. March 3, 2020 08:30 Continental breakfast, sign-in & registration 09:00 Welcome CMG Canada Board 09:05 Tech1 When a bank sells off a business, how do you ‘lift & shift’ the core systems that support it? – Udi Fridenshtein & Steve Taite, MOST Technologies (remote, with a local representative) 10:05
- [2020 Mainframe Emerging Trends- Call for Speakers](https://www.cmg.org/event/mainframe-emerging-trends-call-for-speakers/) - CMG is excited to announce our 2020 Mainframe Emerging Trends Virtual Summit. This event will be held March 12, 2020. We are looking for experts in the Mainframe field to submit speaking sessions. The summit will be covering trends such as: emerging data silos, best practices, modernization, the mainframe role in DevOps, and more. We
- [Best Practices for z/OS Application Infrastructure Availability in 2019 - Presented by IntelliMagic](https://www.cmg.org/event/best-practices-for-z-os-application-infrastructure-availability-in-2019-presented-by-intellimagic/) - 2018 was a watershed year for how RMF (or CMF) and SMF data is used by mainframe performance and capacity teams. 2019 will solidify this momentum. Mainframe transaction volumes continue to grow for most sites, and continuous availability of the infrastructure to deliver required service levels is more important than ever in today’s 24 x
- [How to Keep Cloud Costs Down. Presented by HelpSystems](https://www.cmg.org/event/how-to-keep-cloud-costs-down-presented-by-helpsystems/) - The explosion of cloud adoption has put a lot of pressure on technology leaders to move to the cloud...and move quickly. But sometimes these moves can result in enormous bills. This is often called "cloudshock" because the unexpected cost involved has a heart-stopping effect. In this webinar, we’ll discuss: • Different migration approaches • How
- [CMG Community Partner: ISG Event - SourceIT Be the Sourcing Revolution!](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-community-partner-isg-event-sourceit-be-the-sourcing-revolution/) - Miami, Florida ISG SourceIT brings together IT decision-makers and influencers from across the enterprise to discuss how to revolutionize sourcing for the digital age. Don’t miss out on these agenda highlights: KEYNOTE: Competing in a New Era of Innovation Sourcing Model of the Future: Adapting to the Digital World Digital Disruption and the Next Generation
- [IMPACT 2020 - CMG's 45th Annual Tech Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/impact-2020-cmgs-45th-annual-tech-conference/) - Are you ready to make an impact?
- [Rocky Mountain CMG - Winter ‘19 Forum](https://www.cmg.org/event/rocky-mountain-cmg-winter-19-forum/) - 8:00 Registration, 8:15 AM – 4:30 PM Presentations Held at: Room 533 IBM Corporation 4700 S. Syracuse, Denver, CO 80237 719-930-3326 (for directions ONLY) Happy Hour/Meet-n-Greet @ The Fresh Fish Co afterwards hors d'oeuvres and first round courtesy of our sponsor Syncsort RMCMG is proud to present another forum filled with our usual information packed,
- [Greater Boston CMG Meetup - Democratizing Performance Testing](https://www.cmg.org/event/democratizing-performance-testing/) - We want to invite you to an event for next week, Tuesday, October 29, sponsored by SmartBear Software This is great opportunity to network and learn from a leader in test automation. Agenda: 6-6.30: Networking 6.30-7.15 - Smartbear presenting "Democratizing Performance Testing" 7.20-8.00 - RoundTable Discussion -- modern day Site Reliability, Performance and Scalability concerns
- [Just Say No to Spreadsheets: A Practical Approach to Automating Capacity Management Presented by: Syncsort](https://www.cmg.org/event/how-to-automate-manual-capacity-management-practices-presented-by-syncsort/) - Many companies, even medium-sized and larger firms, still rely on a spreadsheet-based foundation for managing capacity, even if they’ve added other application- and platform-specific tools to the mix. Meanwhile, staffing and processes have, naturally, conformed to fit that collection of tools. While everything might be working well enough for now, it’s only a matter of
- [Improve Your IT Maturity with the Capacity Management Maturity Model Presented by HelpSystems](https://www.cmg.org/event/improve-your-it-maturity-with-the-capacity-management-maturity-model-presented-by-helpsystems-2/) - There’s a lot of pressure on IT to always have services up and running at peak performance and at the lowest possible cost. In a complex hybrid IT environment, this is a difficult task, with public cloud services, new technologies, and updated management paradigms to consider. It’s not enough to have software to optimize your
- [Minneapolis - St. Paul CMG Meeting: Mainframe – Still Innovated At Any Age](https://www.cmg.org/event/save-the-date-minneapolis-st-paul-cmg-meeting/) - The meeting is open to anyone who would like to attend. Agenda: 8:45– 9:00 Business Meeting – CMG Board – Morning coffee 9:00– 9:45 Really cool Z stuff – James Fyffe Jr. Enterprise Systems Solution Architect; CISSP-ISSMP Abstract: For those of you that follow IBM Mainframe Technology, you realize IBM announced a new server on September 12,
- [Securing Your FTP Transmissions on z/OS presented by SDS](https://www.cmg.org/event/securing-your-ftp-transmissions-on-z-os-presented-by-sds/) - FTP is a readily available, convenient, and inexpensive technology to transfer files and data sets between z/OS and a virtually unlimited number of other operating system platforms. This session will explore a wide range of aspects related to how FTP works on z/OS with a focus on how you can secure both the FTP environment
- [CMG Community Partner - Machaon 2019 Florida Technology Summit](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-community-partner-machaon-2019-florida-technology-summit/) - The Florida Technology Summit will be held in Tampa, FL on November 12, 2019 at the Marriott Tampa Airport. The theme for 2019 is “Evolutionary Technology for 2020: Enter the 4th Industrial Revolution”. Our summit will focus on the IoT Disruption, -Ops, Agile, Next Generation Data Management, Bots, AI, SAP, Blockchain, Decentralization, Digital Transformation, Cybersecurity,
- [Improve Your IT Maturity with the Capacity Management Maturity Model Presented by HelpSystems](https://www.cmg.org/event/improve-your-it-maturity-with-the-capacity-management-maturity-model-presented-by-helpsystems/) - There’s a lot of pressure on IT to always have services up and running at peak performance and at the lowest possible cost. In a complex hybrid IT environment, this is a difficult task, with public cloud services, new technologies, and updated management paradigms to consider. It’s not enough to have software to optimize your
- [2019 CMG Canada Fall Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/2019-cmg-cananda-fall-day-1-conference/) - This is the 34th Year of the CMG Canada Fall Conference A Plan for Java Performance Training (a remote presentation) Erik Ostermueller (Tentatively) Two mainframe presentations Scott Chapman of EPS The new z15’s John Baker of Intellimagic Please visit our webpage and click on “Current Agenda” link in the left panel to get more information.
- [Fact or Fiction: Using the Same Storage Vendor to Achieve High Availability Presented by DataCore](https://www.cmg.org/event/fact-or-fiction-using-the-same-storage-vendor-to-achieve-high-availability-presented-by-datacore/) - Come learn how DataCore SANsymphony allows you to achieve true high availability by using any and all Fibre Channel, iSCSI or DAS to create a single storage pool, whereby you can create any number of synchronously mirrored virtual disks.
- [St. Louis CMG Fall 2019 Meeting](https://www.cmg.org/event/fall-2019-st-louis-cmg-meeting/) - STLCMG Quarterly Meeting Agenda Time Topic Presenter 8:30 -8:50 Sign-In, Breakfast and Networking 8:50 - 9:00 Welcome and Introductions 9:00 – 10:00 Hybrid Cloud & Operational Analytics Daniel Wiegand IBM 10:15 – 11:15 Performance Reporting & Capacity Planning – How Analytics has improved for System z customers Gonzalo Espinoza, 21st Century & Mary
- [Ohio Valley CMG Fall 2019 Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/ohio-valley-cmg-fall-2019-conference/) - Agenda Ohio Valley CMG is planning our fall conference. This meeting will focus on IT areas other than mainframe. How do you manage a heterogenous IT? What are the issues with moving to the cloud? How are empathy and storytelling important to performance management? These and other topics are currently being planned. The full slate
- [When to use, and when not to use, Machine Learning for RMF/SMF Performance, Capacity, and Availability Analysis Presented by Intellimagic](https://www.cmg.org/event/when-to-use-and-when-not-to-use-machine-learning-for-rmf-smf-performance-capacity-and-availability-analysis-presented-by-intellimagic/) - This session is designed to help you evaluate various Artificial Intelligence-based design approaches to enable the machine to derive better performance and availability intelligence on behalf of the human analysts. This complex and voluminous (but critically important!) z/OS data source contains the best infrastructure operations metrics in the data center and is a strategic
- [A New Model for Cloud Adoption - Southwest CMG Webinar](https://www.cmg.org/event/a-new-model-for-cloud-adoption-southwest-cmg-webinar/) - You’re invited to a 1-hour Southwest CMG webinar. We’re excited to have a presentation by Anthony “TJ” Johnson, the Managing Partner and Founder of Cloud Sherpa Consulting Innovation is at the core of all technologists, and we want to understand and apply innovation to create value for our organizations. With almost 10 years of cloud
- [Is Machine Learning the Solution to Your Capacity Management Challenges? Presented by Syncsort](https://www.cmg.org/event/is-machine-learning-the-solution-to-your-capacity-management-challenges-presented-by-syncsort/) - Today’s organizations continue to search for ways that technology can improve their IT business processes and provide competitive advantage. Machine learning is one of the tools that has begun to deliver breakthroughs in delivering the sort of improvements that companies are continually searching to find. There is an increased use of machine learning in capacity
- [SAVE THE DATE: St. Louis CMG Meeting](https://www.cmg.org/event/save-the-date-st-louis-cmg-meeting/) - Mark your calendars for an extra STLCMG meeting on Tuesday, August 20th. It will be an all VMware meeting. So, tell your friends and colleagues. Special Note: There is no cost to register. An agenda and link to register will be sent out soon. Meeting Location Edward Jones 130 Edward Jones Blvd. Maryland Heights,
- [Do You Realize How Much You Can Learn (about almost anything) from RMF & SMF Data?](https://www.cmg.org/event/do-you-realize-how-much-you-can-learn-about-almost-anything-from-rmf-smf-data/) - We in the mainframe community know that our platform produces an incredibly extensive set of metrics, far superior to any other platform. But have you considered the learning potential that could be unleashed if you had easy access and visibility into the multitude of types of data across the broad scope of z/OS infrastructure? Imagine
- [CMG Community Partner - ODSC West 2019 • San Francisco](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-community-partner-odsc-west-•-san-francisco/) - Data Science Conference & Expo Get access to full- and half-day trainings and hands-on workshops detailing the latest tools, technologies and frameworks in data science, all ranging from beginner to advanced at ODSC West. Use code ODSCWEST_CMG right now to save 20% on your ticket to ODSC West 2019 .
- [Social Media and Data Breaches](https://www.cmg.org/event/social-media-and-data-breaches/) - The purpose of this session is to demonstrate how, terrorists, spies and criminals, “bad guys” take the seemingly innocuous information you post on the Internet and use it to victimize you and your organization. Specifically, audience members will see how “ bad guys” utilize this information to create infected emails/documents the recipient will open. Once
- [SRE, Performance, and Scalability in the age of the Cloud - Greater Boston CMG Regional Conference presented by Dynatrace and Moviri](https://www.cmg.org/event/greater-boston-cmg-regional-conference/) - The next Greater Boston CMG is pleased to present SRE, Performance, and Scalability in the age of the Cloud This meeting will include presentations on AWS, DevOps, and other technologies. Included on the agenda are sessions from Moviri, a global expert in analytics, performance engineering, IoT; and Security, and Dynatrace, a software intelligence company providing
- [St Louis CMG Summer Meeting](https://www.cmg.org/event/st-louis-cmg-summer-meeting-feat-glenn-anderson/) - St Louis CMG Summer Meeting Sponsored by VMware Featuring Glenn Anderson, formerly of IBM, who will share how we can be better communicators and deal with change. STLCMG Quarterly Meeting Agenda Time Topic Presenter 8:30 -8:50 Sign-In, Breakfast and Networking 8:50 - 9:00 Welcome and Introductions 9:00 – 10:00 Public & Private
- [Midwest CMG Meeting](https://www.cmg.org/event/mcmg-meeting-save-the-date-june-18/) - Get ready to spend a day with our speakers and up to date information on topics useful to your work. Location: 2001 Butterfield Rd, Suite 740, Downers Grove, IL Map to June MCMG meeting Cost (covers Breakfast snacks, coffee, lunch, and breaks): $25 in advance; $35 at the door Doors open at 8:30 Meeting is from 9
- [CMG Community Partner - Digital Business Summit 2019](https://www.cmg.org/event/digital-business-summit-2019/) - Wyndham Grand Clearwater Beach, Florida TURN DISRUPTION INTO OPPORTUNITY According to the World Economic Forum, the overall economic value of digital transformation to business and society will top $100 trillion by 2025. The impact of digital has transcended all industries and global economies and challenged CEOs, CIOs and business executives to rise up and lead
- [CMG Community Partner - SSOW Autumn 2019](https://www.cmg.org/event/ssow-autumn-2019/) - Shared Services & Outsourcing Week Autumn is returning to the west coast this September! Moving away from the traditional shared services functions like HR and finance, this year’s SSOW Autumn program will bring focus on the drivers of the shared services industry. Our goal is to provide attendees with the knowledge they need to enhance
- [CMG Canada Spring 2 Day Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-canada-spring-2-day-conference-2/) - May 28 & 29, 2019 (Tuesday & Wednesday) This is the 34th Year of the CMG Canada Spring Conference Please visit our webpage and click on “Current Agenda” link in the left panel to get more information. Some of the presentations over the two days include: John Baker - Intellimagic
- [Selecting Appropriate Cloud Platforms for Data Warehouse Workloads](https://www.cmg.org/event/selecting-appropriate-cloud-platforms-for-data-warehouse-workloads/) - If you are thinking about moving data warehouse workloads to the cloud, you will want to know the challenges of selecting the right platform to meet your goals at aminimum cost. You are invited to join Dr. Boris Zibitsker on May 21 for a webinar about finding the appropriate private, public, hybrid or multi-cloud platform
- [Securing Your FTP Transmissions on z/OS Presented by SDS](https://www.cmg.org/event/securing-your-ftp-transmissions-on-z-os/) - FTP is a readily available, convenient, and inexpensive technology to transfer files and data sets between z/OS and a virtually unlimited number of other operating system platforms. This session will explore a wide range of aspects related to how FTP works on z/OS with a focus on how you can secure both the FTP environment
- [CMG Brazil: PERFORMANCE AND CAPACITY PLANNING CONFERENCE](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-brazil-performance-and-capacity-planning-conference/) - Here is the information about our annual conference: Date: 05/14/2019 Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Location: Colleges Oswaldo Cruz Address: Brigadeiro Galvão Street, 564 - Barra Funda - São Paulo - CEP 01151-000 Parking: Scala Park - Brigadeiro Galvão Street 498 or Barra Funda Street 423 (Price R $ 10,00 per 12 hours) Subway:
- [CMG Austria and Eastern Europe Event: Spotlight "IT & Accessibility"](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-austria-and-eastern-europe-event-spotlight-it-accessibility/) - May 14 4:00 - 8.00 pm Vienne Hilfsgemeinschaft der Blinden und Sehschwachen Austria, Jägerstraße 36, 1200 Vienna We thank our host: Hilfsgemeinschaft IT and accessibility terms are inseparable.The growing impact of information technology in daily life and the advances in digitalization require more understanding in this area.What companies need to pay attention to In this
- [CMG Expert Roundtable: AI](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-expert-roundtable-ai/) - Please join us for our CMG Expert Roundtable on AI. Participants will engage in a small group discussion on the topic lead by moderator Igor Trubin of Capital One. After the session, CMG will publish a thought leadership piece recapping the session for the rest of the CMG community. Involvement in this session may help
- [Executive Insights Event Series: Atlanta](https://www.cmg.org/event/executive-insights-event-series-atlanta/) - As digital transformation continues to draw the focus of businesses worldwide, there is a growing realization that implementing new initiatives that are designed to create better user experiences also has consequences. The introduction of new technology while simultaneously dissolving traditional silos has an almost immediate effect on business process and business culture, impacting systems and
- [(New Event Series) CMG Expert Roundtable: Containers](https://www.cmg.org/event/new-event-series-cmg-expert-roundtable-containers/) - Please join us for our CMG Expert Roundtable on Containers. During this online session, all participants will have the chance to be involved in the conversation! After the session, CMG will publish a thought leadership piece recapping the session for the rest of the CMG community. Involvement in this session may help you build your
- [St. Louis CMG - Spring Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/st-louis-cmg-spring-conference/) - May 7 - 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM CENTRAL $25 Edward Jones, 130 Edward Jones Blvd. , Maryland Heights, MO, 63043 (View Map) Sponsored by Enterprise Performance Strategies (EPS) Performance Analysis Relaxation Sessions (PARS) STLCMG will host PARS right after the meeting. Time to take a breather, network with other attendees and speakers, and just
- [CMG Expert Roundtables: DevOps (Registration Closed, Session Full)](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-expert-roundtables-devops-registration-closed-session-full/) - See our next session on Site Reliability Engineering on April 25. Please join us for our CMG Expert Roundtable on DevOps. During this virtual event, participants will engage in a small group, recorded discussion on the topic lead. After the session, CMG will publish a thought leadership piece recapping the session for the rest
- [(New Event Series) CMG Expert Roundtables: Site Reliability Engineering](https://www.cmg.org/event/new-event-cmg-expert-roundtables-site-reliability-engineering/) - Please join us for our CMG Expert Roundtable on Site Reliability Engineering. During this virtual event, participants will engage in a small group discussion on the topic lead by moderator Anoush Najarian from MathWorks. After the session, CMG will publish a thought leadership piece recapping the session for the rest of the CMG community. Involvement
- [Ohio Valley CMG and Central Ohio Mainframe Users Group Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/ohio-valley-cmg-and-central-ohio-mainframe-users-group-conference/) - Ohio Valley CMG and Central Ohio Mainframe Users Group are teaming up to deliver you a full day of great mainframe performance content on Thursday, May 16, 2019. This is a no-cost event for COMUGers, OHVCMG members, and guests who are IBM customers or IBM business partners. We’ve put together a great agenda. To attend,
- [SWCMG Meeting - Wed, April 17 - Data Lakes, Analytics, Serverless & z/OS Best Practices](https://www.cmg.org/event/southwest-cmg-data-lakes-analytics-z-os-best-practices/) - SWCMG Meeting - Wed, April 17 - Data Lakes, Analytics, Serverless & z/OS Best Practices RSVP required on Meetup Our next SWCMG meeting will be on Wednesday, April 17 at the IBM Innovation Center in Coppell, TX. The meeting will start at 9:00am and end around 4:30pm RSVP required on Meetup Here’s our agenda:
- [The XCHANGE: Infrastructure Virtual Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/the-xchange-infrastructure-virtual-conference/) - Join us for the next conference in our virtual event series. This next event is all about scalability and reliability. THEXCHANGE will explore how IT infrastructure is evolving to keep pace with digital transformation, new technologies, and processes such as Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the necessity of keeping up with consumer
- [Executive Insights Event Series: Tampa](https://www.cmg.org/event/executive-insights-event-series-tampa/) - With the myriad of new modern business challenges that Digital Transformation represents—the ever-increasing need for an always-on infrastructure—business resiliency has become the single most important topic for all executives. Simply put, the ability of an organization to quickly adapt to disruptions while maintaining continuous business operations and safeguarding people, assets and overall brand equity is
- [WEBINAR: Networking is Connecting – How to Accelerate Your Career](https://www.cmg.org/event/webinar-networking-is-connecting-how-to-accelerate-your-career/) - The word “networking” brings up all kinds of horrible images to many of us—the formal event where hordes try to sell you something. Networking, when done right, isn’t about events at all. It’s about making connections. It’s about service. In this session, you will discover all the ways networking can help you in your current
- [Webinar Hosted by Intellimagic](https://www.cmg.org/event/webinar-hosted-by-intellimagic-2/) - For most SAN performance analysts, there seems to be a bit of a mystery in how replication works. On the surface, it is simple. Data is written to a primary copy and either synchronously or asynchronously copied to a secondary location with the expectation that a loss of data at the primary site would result
- [How to Keep Cloud Costs Down- Presented by HelpSystems](https://www.cmg.org/event/webinar-hosted-by-helpsystems/) - The explosion of cloud adoption has put a lot of pressure on technology leaders to move to the cloud...and move quickly. But sometimes these moves can result in enormous bills. This is often called "cloudshock" because the unexpected cost involved has a heart-stopping effect. In this webinar, we’ll discuss: • Different migration approaches • How
- [Is Reporting the Weak Link in Your Capacity Management Process? Presented by Syncsort](https://www.cmg.org/event/is-reporting-the-weak-link-in-your-capacity-management-process-presented-by-syncsort/) - Reporting is a cornerstone of the capacity and performance management process, especially when it identifies problems before they happen. Enterprise datacenters continue to evolve with new technology and capabilities. External cloud providers enable functionality to be moved outside of datacenters. More components are tied together by applications across different infrastructure environments than ever before. Managing
- [Storage – The Final Frontier of Innovation - Minneapolis/St. Paul Regional CMG Meeting](https://www.cmg.org/event/storage-the-final-frontier-of-innovation-minneapolis-st-paul-regional-cmg-meeting/) - Storage – The Final Frontier of Innovation Date: Thursday, March 14, 2019 Time: 9:15 AM – 3:15 PM Location: Veritas Address: 2815 Cleveland Ave, Roseville, MN 55113 The meeting is open to anyone who would like to attend at no charge. Sponsorships are Available Agenda: 9:15– 9:30 Business Meeting – CMG Board 9:30– 10:30 “Standards
- [CANCELLED - CMG CANADA Winter Seminar](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-canada-winter-seminar-2/) - This event has been canceled.
- [CIO Certification Series - Developed for Aspiring & Existing CIOs](https://www.cmg.org/event/cio-certification-series-developed-for-aspiring-existing-cios/) - The CIO Certification Series is for any technology professionals who desire to be CIOs. This program will grow your role within your enterprise IT organization. Enroll Here Member Fee: $599 (Login for Member Registration Link) Non-Member Fee: $799 About the Course This training is a mix of online handouts and articles and live, online
- [“The Problem with Percentiles” & “Object Storage” - Southwest CMG Webinar](https://www.cmg.org/event/save-the-date-southwest-cmg-webinar/) - Wednesday, Feb 6, 1-2pm CST You’re invited to a 1-hour Southwest CMG webinar. We’re excited to have the following two 30-minute presentations and speakers: REGISTER HERE: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4087134705632201996 #1 - The Problem with Percentiles – Aggregation brings Aggravation, Histograms bring Help Presenter: Fred Moyer, Developer Evangelist @ Circonus Abstract: Median, average, 90th, 99th
- [Best Practices for z/OS Application Infrastructure Availability in 2019 Sponsored by IntelliMagic](https://www.cmg.org/event/best-practices-for-z-os-application-infrastructure-availability-in-2019/) - 2018 was a watershed year for how RMF (or CMF) and SMF data is used by mainframe performance and capacity teams. 2019 will solidify this momentum. Mainframe transaction volumes continue to grow for most sites, and continuous availability of the infrastructure to deliver required service levels is more important than ever in today’s 24
- [APIs, Microservices, and Mainframe Integration - Webinar with GT Software](https://www.cmg.org/event/save-the-date-webinar-sponsored-by-gt-software/) - Register Here APIs and Microservices dominate the conversation when we talk about new application development. However, there seems to be a great deal of confusion between exactly what the difference is between the two. How do we decide which to use when integrating mainframe applications? In this session, we will discuss: What is an API?
- [IMPACT 2019 Conference - Seattle, Washington USA](https://www.cmg.org/event/impact-2019-conference-seattle-washington-usa/) - IMPACT will be host to a multitude of world-class speakers, as well as enable one-on-one networking with a variety of professional roles including Executives, Cloud & DevOps, Data Center, and Mainframe Experts, and more! Content & Activities IMPACT conference sessions – Don’t be stuck within a track – there is a lot to learn across
- [Webinar: Beyond Theory - How Does AIOps Help My Day to Day? Sponsored by Broadcom Inc.](https://www.cmg.org/event/webinar-beyond-theory-how-does-aiops-help-my-day-to-day-sponsored-by-ca-technologies-a-broadcom-company/) - The strategic business benefits of AIOps include things like reduced downtime, optimized user experience and improved efficiency. But as with most emerging technology trends, it’s common for practitioners to ask, “what’s in it for me?” Many we talk to struggle with constant reactive firefighting, chasing false alarms, manually analyzing large amounts of data and wasting
- [St. Louis CMG 2019 Winter Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/st-louis-cmg-save-the-date-for-the-first-quarter-event/) - Dear Friends of STLCMG, Less than two (2) weeks until our Tuesday, January 29th STLCMG meeting. See agenda for details. Our Sponsor : Analitiqa Corporation This is your opportunity to hear from Capacity Management and Performance Analysis experts. Please sign-up today & encourage your colleagues to sign-up too. STLCMG 2019 Winter Conference Registration & Payment
- [The Three New Transformations Driving IT Today](https://www.cmg.org/event/the-three-new-transformations-driving-it-today/) - Startup CEO and founder Varma Kunaparaju presents “The Three New Transformations Driving IT Today.” In his talk, Varma addressed the increasing complexity of IT infrastructure and how the changing roles and responsibilities of modern IT operations teams are creating a greater need for organizational transparency and oversight, and how they are challenging IT leadership in
- [CMG Atlanta - Networking Roundtables at Torched Hop Brewing Company](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-atlanta-networking-roundtables-at-torched-hop-brewing-company/) - Join CMG in Atlanta for a fun networking event to meet others in the Atlanta tech-community, do some business, and make some friends. For this event, we'll be at Torched Hop Brewing Company for a get together with themed networking discussions on December 11 and we hope to see you there! Get Tickets on Eventbrite
- [Hybrid IT: The Challenge of Availability, Accessibility, & the System of Record- Sponsored by GT Software](https://www.cmg.org/event/hybrid-it-the-challenge-of-availability-accessibility-the-system-of-record-sponsored-by-gt-software/) - Eighty percent of the world’s corporate data resides on the mainframe. While reports of the death of mainframes have been greatly exaggerated, IT teams must consider the best long term strategy for leveraging legacy systems. In this session, we will discuss: • Pros and cons of legacy systems • The hurdles with converting to the
- [CMG CANADA Fall Seminar](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-canada-fall-seminar/) - Location: C’est What Restaurant at 67 Front Street East, Toronto , Ontario Time: 8:30am to 5:00pm Further info can be found at http://cmgcanada.altervista.org/ see “current agenda” on left Thank-you to IntelliMagic for sponsoring this event.
- [CICS & Db2 Performance Analytics Based on SMF Data- Sponsored by IntelliMagic](https://www.cmg.org/event/cics-db2-performance-analytics-based-on-smf-data/) - Mainframe performance analysts find themselves in the very fortunate position of having access to more extensive metrics than on any other platform but often find themselves facing an uphill battle trying to sift through gigabytes and terabytes of SMF produced daily at their sites. This task of deriving value from massive quantities of data can
- [Greater Boston CMG presents Modern Applications and SRE, Performance and Scalability](https://www.cmg.org/event/greater-boston-cmg-conference-save-the-date/) - Register Today! This is an all day event focused on modern-day Site Reliability, Performance and Scalability concerns including Analytics, IOT, Cloud, Blockchain, Machine Learning/Big data/AI. Below are the bios of some of the speakers: Andrea Vasco, Moviri IT professional with 10+ years of experience in the industry, innovator, leader, influencer, analytics and data engineering enthusiast.
- [Rocky Mountain CMG - Winter ‘18 Forum - ONLINE ACCESS NOW AVAILABLE](https://www.cmg.org/event/rocky-mountain-cmg-winter-18-forum/) - Check Out the Live Broadcast Thursday, Dec 6, 2018 Held at: Charles SCHWAB 9899 Schwab Way Lone Tree, CO 80124 (Note: this is a NEW LOCATION) 8:00 Registration, 8:15 AM – 4:30PM Presentations RMCMG is proud to present another forum filled with our usual information packed, relevant, and actionable presentations. Please register with us (see
- [Practical Strategies for Advancement in Technical Careers](https://www.cmg.org/event/advancing-technical-women/) - The importance of computing and technology in today’s companies is growing exponentially. Yet many engineers and technologists are not prepared to take on management and leadership opportunities as their organizations grow. In this session, experts from the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) will address how technologists and individual contributors in technical fields can break through
- [Connecticut CMG - Autumn Conference Meeting](https://www.cmg.org/event/connecticut-cmg-autumn-conference-meeting/) - Autumn Conference Meeting Friday October 19, 2018 To be held at the Courtyard by Marriott, Cromwell. All are welcome and Wi-Fi is available. Our autumn regional conference is coming next month and although we’re still putting together the finishing touches we have another great program already in place. Again, we have very strong topics including
- [AIXCHANGE (Virtual Event)](https://www.cmg.org/event/aixchange-virtual-event/) - Join us for this virtual conference all about artificial intelligence! Register Online Here https://www.cmg.org/cmg-virtual-conference/ Conference rooms and office stand-ups are all buzzing. Artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging to represent one of the largest technological shifts across countless industries in recent history. From driving manufacturing to supporting marketing to improving customer retention to improving ITops, AI
- [CMG AE Conference "Industry 4.0 / Software 4.0 - Simulation Software etc."](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-ae-conference-industry-4-0-software-4-0-simulation-software-etc/) - CMG Conference "Industry 4.0 / Software 4.0 - Simulation Software etc." 16.10.2018 AIT "Center for Technology Experience", TECHbase Vienna, Giefinggasse 2, 1210 Vienna We thank our host:
- [CMG AE - 1st Working Group Meeting of the CMG Topic Panel "Lean-Management and IT"](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-ae-1st-working-group-meeting-of-the-cmg-topic-panel-lean-management-and-it/) - 1st Working Group Meeting of the CMG Topic Panel "Lean-Management and IT" 18.09.2018, 16:00 pm Forum EPU, Operngasse 17-21, 1040 Wien "Lean management" is an "operational excellence" strategy that leads to a change for the better. Reason enough for the CMG to set up the new topic panel "Lean Management and IT" and to illuminate the most important topics in this
- [CMG AE conference - "Digital Transition"  New ways for future changes](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-ae-conference-digital-transition-new-ways-for-future-changes/) - CMG conference "Digital Transition" New ways for future changes 27.9.2018, 9:00 - 14:00 Uhr Expat Center of the Business Agency, Schmerlingplatz 3, 1010 Vienna We thank our cooperation partner: All companies and organizations are currently subject to the effects of Digital Transition. On the one hand, there are further significant optimization potentials that must be realized for
- [CMG Women in Tech presents "Blockchain"](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-women-in-tech-presents-blockchain/) - Join CMG on Wednesday, September 26th for a very special Women in Tech presentation. During this 1 ½ hour online event, we will hear from IBM Distinguished Engineer Elisabeth Stahl as she presents on her work with Blockchain. Additionally, we will be selecting a second speaker from the greater Women in Tech community to deliver
- [Syncsort: Time to Come out of the Silo - The Impact of New Technologies on Mainframe Capacity](https://www.cmg.org/event/time-to-come-out-of-the-silo-the-impact-of-new-technologies-on-mainframe-capacity/) - The mainframe has traditionally adhered to its own set of procedures, processes and reporting as it was a mature discipline within an organization. That maturity has led to a silo mentality in many cases not considering the new technologies outside it’s purview. These new technologies are Cloud, Hyper-Convergence computing and Big Data. Capacity Management for the
- [Minneapolis / St. Paul CMG Winter 2018: Security Meeting](https://www.cmg.org/event/mspcmp-winter-2018-security-2/) - 2018 March 7th MSP CMG Meeting "Do You Have a False Sense of Security?” Date: March 7, 2018 Time: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM In this meeting of MSPCMG, session topics will include TLS 1.3, cyber security, monitoring, Chinese Cyber Law, ITAD, and cybercrime. Join the MSPCMG at
- [IT Security in 2019 – CMG in Atlanta](https://www.cmg.org/event/it-security-in-2019-cmg-in-atlanta/) - Join CMG in Atlanta for an exciting Panel Discussion on IT Security in 2019. As strategic planning discussions are occurring and budgets are being finalized, join us as we talk to three security executives about their plans and goals for 2019. This event will offer insights into the challenges that companies of all sizes and
- [Executive Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/executive-conference/) - With the myriad of new modern business challenges, we at CMG want to ensure that executives from all types of companies have the resources they need to be informed, educated, enlightened, and empowered to make the best decisions possible. It is for this reason that we are holding this special two-day event—one that will bring
- [Southwest CMG: Cloud, APM, and Modeling](https://www.cmg.org/event/cloud-apm-and-modeling-with-southwest-cmg/) - Join Southwest CMG on September 19th for sessions on Cloud, APM, and Modeling. Starting at 9:00 am CDT, this event will be at the IBM Innovation Center and feature: Cloud Capacity & Cost with Mike Bell, BMC (9:00 am) ICP - IBM Cloud Private - Elton de Souza, IBM (10:00 am) APM - Making true
- [Greater Boston CMG: SRE, Performance and Scalability in the age of the Cloud: Roundtable](https://www.cmg.org/event/greater-boston-cmg-sre-performance-and-scalability-in-the-age-of-the-cloud-roundtable/) - This will be a roundtable discussion focused on modern day Site Reliability, Performance and Scalability concerns including Predictive Analytics in realtime, IOT, Cloud, Blockchain, Machine Learning/Big data. Please bring your stories, concerns and enthusiasm. If you want to present let me know Mohit
- [Discussion: Protocol Solutions for Phishing](https://www.cmg.org/event/discussion-protocol-solutions-for-phishing/) - August 7, 2018 11:00am Pacific, 1pm Central, 2pm Eastern Click HERE to register Phishing and social engineering attacks are a large problem for enterprises. As we move into a completely encrypted world, some of these attacks may be even more undetectable than today. There is a discussion going on at the IETF about what may
- [Encore Presentation: Building and Rebuilding the Data Center Every Day](https://www.cmg.org/event/encore-presentation-building-and-rebuilding-the-data-center-every-day/) - Register Here Join us for an encore of our IMPACT 2017 keynote presentation. Netflix streaming service serves over 100m customers around the world. The demand for streaming is not constant, rising and falling throughout the day. Rather than maintain constant capacity for peak demand we deploy and retire enough virtual machines to build a small
- [CMG in Atlanta - Join us at Tupelo Honey Cafe!](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-atlanta-meetup/) - We’ll welcome you with open arms at the Tupelo Honey Cafe Feel like heading out for some Southern comfort food with a creative twist, some craft beer or a cocktail? Please join us. It’s a free event with benefits: you’ll connect with many other CMG members, learn about new and innovative technologies, and network with
- [Last Date for IMPACT 2019 Regular Conference Registration](https://www.cmg.org/event/last-date-for-impact-2019-regular-conference-registration/) - After January 31st, late registration rates will apply. Register by February 1st to save! Register online here.
- [Last Date for IMPACT 2019 Early Adopter Rate](https://www.cmg.org/event/last-date-for-impact-2019-early-adopter-rate/) - Early Adopter Pricing for the February IMPACT 2019 Conference ends November 9! Register online at www.cmgimpact.com.
- [IMPACT 2019: Call for Speakers Deadline](https://www.cmg.org/event/impact-2019-call-for-speakers-deadline/) - The call for speakers will close August 31st for IMPACT 2019. Learn more and submit online at www.cmgimpact.com. We invite both industry leaders and people on the front lines to propose topics that demonstrate the present and future of IT service delivery. IMPACT submissions should educate and inform attendees about new technologies and tested solutions. Presentations that address problem-solving and
- [Encore Presentation: How to Effectively Implement and Manage Blockchain Performance Engineering](https://www.cmg.org/event/encore-presentation-how-to-effectively-implement-and-manage-blockchain-performance-engineering/) - While the blockchain space is still very much in its infancy, the promise of distributed ledger technology presents valuable and unique solutions for a variety of global issues. However, in order to ensure true mainstream adoption, the blockchain development community is racing to overcome several key performance issues which bottleneck these adoption efforts. The intent
- [Webinar: The Benefits and Growth of In-memory Database and Data Processing - Hosted By DATAKINETICS](https://www.cmg.org/event/webinar-hosted-by-datakinetics/) - The Benefits and Growth of In-memory Database and Data Processing In-memory data management is becoming more popular due to the high performance it can deliver. This presentation will examine the industry trends moving to in-memory, why in-memory is gaining traction, and look at examples of in-memory databases and other in-memory techniques that can deliver rapid
- [Webinar: How to Effectively Implement and Manage Blockchain Performance Engineering - Presented by Zak Cole, CTO, Whiteblock](https://www.cmg.org/event/webinar-how-to-effectively-implement-and-manage-blockchain-performance-engineering-presented-by-zak-cole-cto-whiteblock/) - While the blockchain space is still very much in its infancy, the promise of distributed ledger technology presents valuable and unique solutions for a variety of global issues. However, in order to ensure true mainstream adoption, the blockchain development community is racing to overcome several key performance issues which bottleneck these adoption efforts. The intent
- [SRE, Performance and Scalability in the age of the Cloud: Roundtable](https://www.cmg.org/event/sre-performance-and-scalability-in-the-age-of-the-cloud-roundtable/) - This will be a roundtable discussion focused on modern day Site Reliability, Performance and Scalability concerns including Predictive Analytics in realtime, IOT, Cloud, Blockchain, Machine Learning/Big data. Please bring your stories, concerns and enthusiasm. If you want to present let me know Mohit
- [11:00 AM - Understanding VMware Capacity - CMG webinar with Syncsort](https://www.cmg.org/event/1100-am-understanding-vmware-capacity-cmg-webinar-with-syncsort/) - Thursday, July 26th, 11:00 AM -12:00 PM Register Here VMware remains the go-to option for virtualization for the majority of organizations and has been for some time. The longer it has been around, the more focus there is on making efficiency savings. This is where the Capacity Manager really needs to understand the technology, how
- [Performance and Scalability in the age of the Cloud: Roundtable](https://www.cmg.org/event/performance-and-scalability-in-the-age-of-the-cloud-roundtable/) - This will be a roundtable discussion focused on modern day performance and scalability concerns including Predictive Analytics in realtime, IOT, Cloud, Blockchain. Please bring your stories, concerns and enthusiasm. If you want to present let me know... Learn more
- [Ohio Valley CMG and Central Ohio Mainframe Users Group Spring Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/ohio-valley-cmg-and-central-ohio-mainframe-users-group-spring-conference/) - Joint Ohio Valley CMG and Central Ohio Mainframe Users Group conference May 08, 2018 Ohio Valley CMG and Central Ohio Mainframe Users Group are teaming up to deliver you a full day of great mainframe performance content on May 08, 2018. If you’re a CMG member who is not a mainframe professional, stay tuned: we’re
- [CMG Canada “Mainframe & Game Day” – Sponsored by DKL](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-canada-mainframe-game-day-sponsored-by-dkl/) - CMG Canada is having its spring two-day session April 24 and 25th and We hope you’ll attend! See Day 1 Schedule This program is a great venue for sharing information about IT performance management and capacity planning, whether it’s new products, customer experiences, explaining methodologies or processes or just sharing what you know. Dates: April 24 and 25
- [CMG Canada presents "Cloud and Code Day" Sponsored by RedSeal](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-canada-presents-cloud-and-code-day-sponsored-by-redseal/) - CMG Canada is having its spring two-day session April 24 and 25th and We hope you’ll attend! REMOTE PRESENTATIONS Tue, Apr 24, 2018 3:45 PM - 4:50 PM EDT Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/534164869 Please note that you are entering a live meeting and that you will not be automatically
- [zHyperLink: The Holy Grail of Mainframe I/O - CMG webinar hosted by IntelliMagic](https://www.cmg.org/event/webinar-hosted-by-intellimagic/) - REGISTER NOW August 30, 2018 - 2pm EST - 3pm EST zHyperLink: The Holy Grail of Mainframe I/O With the z14 processor, IBM introduced zHyperLink, a new way to connect processors and storage that provides very low latency I/O operations. This new technology comes with a set of promises and restrictions that will cause
- [Webinar - Cloud and Code Day - Hosted by CMG Canada and Sponsored by Red Seal](https://www.cmg.org/event/webinar-cloud-and-code-day-hosted-by-cmg-canada-and-sponsored-by-red-seal/) - CMG Canada presents three webinars on Tuesday, April 24th – “Cloud and Code Day”, sponsored by RedSeal, is part of the regional group’s annual two-day conference*. These webinars are free for CMG members and for Canadian residents; others can register for a nominal fee. All times given are Eastern Daylight (UTC-4h). SESSION 1 09:05-10:05 Capacity
- [CMG Brazil imPACt 2018 - 13th CONFERENCE PERFORMANCE AND CAPACITY PLANNING](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-brazil-impact-2018-13th-conference-performance-and-capacity-planning/)
- [Annual Spring Connecticut CMG Conference and Vendor Day Meeting](https://www.cmg.org/event/annual-spring-connecticut-cmg-conference-and-vendor-day-meeting/) - Connecticut Computer Measurement Group Announcing our Spring Conference and Vendor Day Meeting Friday May 11, 2018 To be held at the Courtyard by Marriott, Cromwell. All are welcome and Wi-Fi is available. The first Connecticut Computer Measurement Group conference for the year is slated for Friday, May 11th. This Spring Meeting brings back our popular
- [Greater Boston CMG Meetup: Performance and Scalability in the age of the Cloud: Roundtable](https://www.cmg.org/event/performance-scalability-age-cloud-roundtable-2/) - This will be a roundtable discussion focused on modern day performance and scalability concerns including Predictive Analytics in realtime, IOT, Cloud, Blockchain. Please bring your stories, concerns and enthusiasm
- [Pfizer Digital Medicine Challenge Information Session](https://www.cmg.org/event/pfizer-digital-medicine-challenge-information-session/) - Join us on Friday, March 23rd for this information session all about the Pfizer Digital Medicine hackathon challenge which will be held at Need for Speed Hackathon in Cambridge, MA on April 7 & 8!
- [Explore AI, Blockchain and Mainframe at the Midwest CMG Spring Meeting](https://www.cmg.org/event/explore-ai-blockchain-mainframe-midwest-cmg-spring-meeting/) - THANKS to our sponsors, EPS and BMC, this entire day of education is at NO COST to you or your company >>>Please note this meeting will start promptly at 8:30 AM CENTRAL TIME (CHICAGO) Here’s what our A-List presenters have for you New Stuff: learning how these will be changing your workday. Glenn Anderson Beyond the Buzzwords: Discover where IT trends like AI, IoT and
- [Call for Connecticut Vendor Day Partners!](https://www.cmg.org/event/call-connecticut-vendor-day-partners/) - This Spring Meeting brings back our popular Vendor Day format, to which we invite many software and hardware companies to exhibit their offerings. Coffee and refreshments are served in the Vendor Hall, and a additional time is added onto session breaks to allow for more time with the booths. Vendors Booths are $700 and come
- [Minneapolis / St. Paul CMG Winter 2018: Security Meeting](https://www.cmg.org/event/mspcmp-winter-2018-security/) - 2018 March 7th MSP CMG Meeting "Do You Have a False Sense of Security?” Date: March 7, 2018 Time: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM In this meeting of MSPCMG, session topics will include TLS 1.3, cyber security, monitoring, Chinese Cyber Law, ITAD, and cybercrime. Join the MSPCMG at
- [Performance and Scalability in the age of the Cloud: Roundtable](https://www.cmg.org/event/performance-scalability-age-cloud-roundtable/) - This will be a roundtable discussion focused on modern day performance and scalability concerns including Predictive Analytics in realtime, IOT, Cloud, Blockchain. Please bring your stories, concerns and enthusiasm
- [Performance and Capacity Insights for your Outsourced z/OS Mainframe](https://www.cmg.org/event/performance-capacity-insights-outsourced-z-os-mainframe/) - A Joint IntelliMagic and Edge Solutions and Consulting Webinar: Outsourcing of z/OS mainframes is not uncommon. Yet there are common application infrastructure performance and capacity related issues for the business that arise in outsourcing situations. This webinar will explore these issues and the value of automated application infrastructure performance health services. This independent validation of
- [Need for Speed Hackathon - Day Two](https://www.cmg.org/event/need-speed-hackathon-day-two/) - Calling all Designers, coders, engineers, hackers, makers, experts, founders and engineers…LET’S HACK! Together on April 7&8, we will build innovative and fast applications that will positively impact the Boston community. Over 24 hours, attendees will compete for $10,000 in cash and prizes with access to free workshops, keynote speakers, and innovation sessions. Each participant will receive
- [Need for Speed Hackathon - Day One](https://www.cmg.org/event/need-speed-hackathon/) - Calling all Designers, coders, engineers, hackers, makers, experts, founders and engineers…LET’S HACK! Together on April 7&8, we will build innovative and fast applications that will positively impact the Boston community. Over 24 hours, attendees will compete for $10,000 in cash and prizes with access to free workshops, keynote speakers, and innovation sessions. Each participant will receive
- [CLOUDXCHANGE - Virtual Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/cloudxchange-virtual-conference/) - Join us for this virtual conference all about cloud! On June 19th, CLOUDXCHANGE will make its way to your home, desk, coffee shop… or wherever else you can take your laptop or tablet. This full day event will feature presentations on: public and private cloud hybrid systems infrastructure security ML and AI performance & capacity
- [Greater Boston CMG MEETUP on 2/21/18 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM](https://www.cmg.org/event/greater-boston-cmg-meetup-2-7-18-600-pm-900-pm/) - Due to impact from the storm today. I am moving this to Feb 21st - Same location See you then -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Greater Boston regional group of the CMG will hold a MeetUp event on the evening of Wednesday, February 21. This is a FREE event and will include dinner. However, we need your registration
- [Dallas – Southwest CMG, February 21 @ 9:00 am – 4:15 pm CST](https://www.cmg.org/event/swcmg-onsite-meetup-ibm-february-21-2018/) - Dallas – Southwest CMG, February 21 @ 9:00 am – 4:15 pm CST https://www.meetup.com/Southwest-Computer-Measurement-Group-SWCMG/
- [ATLANTA - Executive Roundtable Event](https://www.cmg.org/event/atlanta-executive-roundtable-event/) - During this executive roundtable and dinner, Robin Bienfait: CEO of Emnovate and former CEIO of Samsung, and Darin Pettis: A.V.P. U.S. Bank will discuss the major changes coming out of the IETF and the impact that they will have on corporations concerned with out-of-band traffic, malware, and security. For more information about attending or sponsorship of
- [WEBINAR - Cyber Attack Risk, Performance, and Capacity](https://www.cmg.org/event/webinar-cyber-attack-risk-performance-capacity/) - In this session, Chris Greco will discuss the quantitative approach to how performance monitoring and capacity management relates to cyber attacks. The discussion focuses on the two elements of risk, probability and impact, and how these affect us as capacity increases. About the Speaker: Chris Greco, MS, PMP, PMI-ACP, CISS, CSA+ is a Senior Consultant/Trainer with Greco Techknowledgee (GRECTECH). Chris
- [Webinar - Optimize Your Cloud Capacity - Hosted by TeamQuest](https://www.cmg.org/event/webinar-hosted-teamquest-2/) - Thurs. May 17th, 2018 - 11:00AM - 12:00PM EST Capacity may be infinite in the cloud, but your budget isn’t. Since you pay for what you use in the public cloud, you should constantly be monitoring and optimizing your workloads. What are the nuts and bolts of optimization in the cloud? Join us for
- [Webinar - z/OS Mainframe SIEM Data Overload! How to Cut Through the Noise - Hosted By Software Diversified Services](https://www.cmg.org/event/software-diversified-services-webinar/) - z/OS Mainframe SIEM Data Overload! How to Cut Through the Noise. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Security Information Event Management Data Overload? Are you overwhelmed with the choices for your SIEM on a z/OS Mainframe? Are you delivering critical real-time SMF messages to your SIEM? Your SIEM should be right for you and your business. Join us for an
- [Webinar - How to Control Your Cloud Deployment with Per Bauer - Hosted by TeamQuest](https://www.cmg.org/event/webinar-hosted-teamquest/) - Thu, Feb 22, 2018 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST You’ve started migrating applications to the cloud. Now what? Until now, you’ve properly planned and provisioned your on-premises environment. Applications were running smoothly and the environment was optimized. Now you’re trying to predict how applications will behave in the public cloud. And costs seem to be
- [Webinar - Control your COBOL future in 2018 - Hosted by GT Software](https://www.cmg.org/event/webinar-hosted-gt-software/) - There are two ongoing challenges faced by a significant number of companies in their computer environment – ever rising costs and being able to be responsive to ever changing business requirements. Whether those companies use the newest technologies or they are still using applications written back in the 1960s, the challenges are the same. For
- [Summer 2018 Meeting featuring sessions on Actionable Intelligence, Capacity Optimization, and Modeling - ST. Louis CMG](https://www.cmg.org/event/stlcmg-save-date-4/) - Date: July 17, 2018 Location: Panera Bread Co., 3630 S. Geyer Road, Sunset Hills, MO 63127 Fee and Deadline: $25. Please register by July 14. Fee waived if you are out of work or a full-time college student with ID. Registration: All registration & payments can be made through the website at: https://st-louis-cmg.ticketleap.com/2018-summer-conference/ For alternative payment arrangements contact:
- [STLCMG Q4 2018 Meeting](https://www.cmg.org/event/stlcmg-q4-2018-meeting/) - Our next meeting is Tuesday, October 2nd . Once again, we will have great speakers with awesome topics. (See full agenda) Our sponsor for the meeting is : SYNCSORT ==================================== Meeting Location Panera Support Center 3630 South Geyer Road Sunset Hills, MO 63127 ==================================== Registration Info: ALL Registrations and Payment options available at this link.
- [ST. LOUIS - STLCMG Winter Conference 2018](https://www.cmg.org/event/stlcmg-save-date/) - We will have great speakers with awesome topics. Topic Preview : Marna Walle from IBM. Has 2 topics about zOS. Splunk in Cap Mgmt (Panel Discussion) - STLCMG members from 3 companies share their experience. Hadoop (A User’s Story) - Panera shares their story in the use of this platform. ==================================== Meeting Location Panera Support
- [ATLANTA - TLS 1.3 Roundtable Technical Discussion](https://www.cmg.org/event/atlanta-tls-1-3-roundtable-discussion/) - At this event featuring U.S. Bank, we will discuss the status of TLS 1.3 (the version of TLS being worked on at the IETF). TLS1.3 disallows the use of RSA key exchange. This means that large data centers will need a different way to decrypt out of band traffic. We need ways to manage our networks when traffic
- [WEBINAR - Rocky Mountain CMG Winter Forum on Cloud, Performance, Capacity, and Security](https://www.cmg.org/event/webinar-rocky-mountain-cmg-winter-forum-cloud-performance-capacity-security/) - RMCMG is proud to present another forum filled with our usual information packed, relevant, and actionable presentations. During this event, attendees will participate in sessions that explore the relationship between performance, capacity, and security. Agenda Summary 08:15 08:20 Welcome, Agenda Review (Dave Halbig) 08:20 - 9:30 z14 Announcement – Pervasive Encryption, Rick Lebsack, IBM Corporation
- [COLORADO - Rocky Mountain CMG Winter 2017 Forum](https://www.cmg.org/event/mountain-cmg-winter-2017-forum/) - 8:00 Registration | 8:15 AM – 4:30PM Presentations RMCMG is proud to present another forum filled with our usual information packed, relevant, and actionable presentations. During this event, attendees will participate in sessions that explore the relationship between performance, capacity, and security. Agenda Summary 08:00 - 08:15 Registration (Continental Breakfast provided outside presentation room) 08:15 08:20
- [GREATER BOSTON: Greater Boston CMG Performance Engineering and Capacity Planning December Meetup](https://www.cmg.org/event/greate-boston-cmg-performance-engineering-capacity-planning-december-meetup/) - Our next Meetup: December 12th - Mark your Calendar More details to follow
- [NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA - The 1st NCA CMG meeting: Capacity Management on Cloud vs. on-Prem](https://www.cmg.org/event/1st-nca-cmg-meeting-capacity-management-cloud-vs-prem/) - Preliminary agenda LUNCH is provided by Talend Confirmed presentations: 1. Is Capacity Management Needed in the Cloud? - Kevin McLaughlin Capital One director (he will repeat his Velocity and CMG imPACT’17 conferences presentation) 2. Capacity Planning for Pervasive Encryption with zBNA - Kathy Walsh, IBM Distinguished Engineer 3. Sponsor presentation from www.Talend.com (tentatively)
- [ATLANTA - High Performance in Financial Trading Systems](https://www.cmg.org/event/high-performance-financial-trading-systems/) - Topic: How Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) used technology, and high-performance computing in its growth from a 6 person startup to a 25 billion company and the largest financial marketplace in the world, including the acquisition of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in 2013. Speaker: Edwin Marcial, Senior VP & CTO, ICE 6:30 PM: Edwin begins his presentation Reminder: For
- [St. Louis CMG 2017 Fall Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/st-louis-cmg-2017-fall-conference/) - Our next conference is October 17th!!! Sign-up today! Our sponsor is Syncsort/Metron Speakers & Topics for the meeting: Venkatesh Rajagopalan (Infosys) – ”Working on Application Slowness in Mainframe Infrastructure-Best Practices / Proactive approach” Brett Allison (IntelliMagic) – ”Restoring Data Storage Predictability” Todd Havekost (IntelliMagic) – ”Achieving CPU (& MLC) Savings through Optimizing Processor Cache” {Best Paper for both CMG & SHARE conferences} Charles Johnson (Syncsort/Metron) – ” Mainframe Capacity
- [Member Benefit: Hacker Halted 2017 and Global CISO Forum - Atlanta, Georgia](https://www.cmg.org/event/hacker-halted-2017-global-ciso-forum-atlanta-georgia/) - Hacker Halted is a global series of Computer and Information Security conferences presented by EC-Council. The objective of the Hacker Halted conferences is to raise international awareness towards increased education and ethics in IT Security. CMG members can register for the 2017 Conference for only $99! Get the Flyer Here: HH2017-CMG-JJ
- [Midwest CMG - Full Day Fall Meeting](https://www.cmg.org/event/november-15-midwest-cmg/) - The Midwest CMG is again having a meeting. The meeting will feature interesting topics to keep you up to date on Capacity Planning techniques, KPIs and Business drivers. We’ll also have talks on getting the most out of your zIIP processor and on new encryption capabilities. Location: 2001 Butterfield Road, Downers Grove Il Suite 740 Fee:
- [MSPCMG - Isn’t Everything Defined By Software?](https://www.cmg.org/event/sept-2017-mspcmg-meeting-isnt-everything-defined-software/)
- [TLS 1.3 ROUNDTABLE - Minneapolis, MN](https://www.cmg.org/event/tls1-3-roundtable-minneapolis-mn/) - Enterprise Data Center Operators and CMG presents the TLS 1.3 Roundtable At this event featuring U.S. Bank, we will discuss the status of TLS 1.3 (the version of TLS being worked on at the IETF). TLS1.3 disallows the use of RSA key exchange. This means that large data centers will need a different way to decrypt out
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- [CMG Bylaws Member Discussion Webinar with CMG President Kevin Mobley](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-bylaws-member-discussion-webinar-cmg-president-kevin-mobley/)
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- [Greater Boston CMG Fall Conference (MeetUp)](https://www.cmg.org/event/greater-boston-fall-conference/) - This meeting of Greater Boston CMG will include presentations on Performance Management, Benchmarking for Machine Learning, Capacity Analysis, and Deep Learning for Engineers. Event Schedule: https://www.cmg.org/regions/fall-2017-meeting/ MeetUp Registration: https://www.meetup.com/Performance-Engineering-and-Capacity-Planning/events/242747253/
- [Prep and Landing Apps in the Cloud: Tips and Tools for a Successful Journey - Kansas City System Capacity and Performance Meetup (KCCMG)](https://www.cmg.org/event/kansas-city-system-capacity-performance-meetup-kccmg-prep-landing-apps-cloud-tips-tools-successful-journey/) - Prep and Landing Apps in the Cloud: Tips and Tools for a Successful Journey October 3 @ 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM CDT | Cerner Continuous Campus, Kansas City, MO This event presented by KCCMG will include presentations on Performance Management, Cloud Cost Control, and Service Based Capacity Management. Register on Meetup!
- [Why COBOL still makes sense in the age of digital transformation](https://www.cmg.org/event/agile-cobol-development-age-digital-transformation/) - In today’s unforgiving business environment, IT professionals need access to the best tools to lead the initiative to total digital transformation. One that often gets overlooked is COBOL. And that, frankly can be a big mistake. If you’d like to learn how to leverage this half-century old workhorse platform to aid in new agile
- [CMG imPACt 2017 - Performance and Capacity Hackathon at New Orleans](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-impact-2017-performance-capacity-hackathon-new-orleans/) - Performance and Capacity Hackathon November 4 & 5 The CMG Hackathon will bring together talented performance and capacity professionals, developers, engineers, data scientists, project managers and dev ops technologists to compete over 24 hours to develop creative solutions to tough problems related to focusing on performance. The Hackathon is designed to spark innovation, attract and
- [Deadline: imPACt 2017 Registration for Early Bird Rates](https://www.cmg.org/event/deadline-impact-2017-registration-early-bird-rates/)
- [Extended Deadline: imPACt 2017 CALL for PAPERS](https://www.cmg.org/event/extended-deadline-impact-2017-call-papers/)
- [Deadline: 2017 A. A. Michelson Award - Call for Nominations](https://www.cmg.org/event/deadline-2017-michelson-award-call-nominations/)
- [Minneapolis / St. Paul CMG- 2017 Summer:  "Mainframe Day - Get the Most"](https://www.cmg.org/event/minneapolis-st-paul-computer-measurement-group-2017-summer-mainframe-day-get/)
- [St. Louis CMG 2017 Summer Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/st-louis-cmg-2017-summer-conference/)
- [Midwest CMG Meeting](https://www.cmg.org/event/midwest-cmg-meeting/) - The Midwest CMG will have a meeting on June 13th, 2017 at the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza. Holiday Inn Mart Plaza River North | 350 West Mart Center Drive ,Chicago, Il The door to the Merchant’s Room will open for check in at 8:00. The meeting starts at 8:30. There will be speakers for both the Distributed
- [CMG Brazil Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-brazil-conference/)
- [CMG + Atlanta Web Performance Meet Up - IoT Architecture, Traffic, and Patterns](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-atlanta-web-performance-meet/) - On May 10th, CMG and Atlanta Web Performance Meet Up are please to present speaker Ashu Joshi, Ashu is Founder and CEO of Movinture, an IoT back-end as a service (IBaaS) company. In his presentation, Ashu will provide an overview of IoT architecture as well as use cases and verticals of IoT. He will also
- [CMG Board Meeting](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-board-meeting/)
- [Deadline: imPACt 2017 for Refunds/Cancellations Registration](https://www.cmg.org/event/refundscancellations-registration-deadline/)
- [CMG imPACt 2017-Early Registration Offer for $999! Ends March 1st](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-impact-2017-early-registration-offer-for-999-ends-march-1st/)
- [CMG imPACt 2017 at New Orleans](https://www.cmg.org/event/impact-2017/)
- [CMG Canada Spring 2 Day Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-canada-spring-2-day-conference/) - CMG Canada For The 2 day conference we try to have a mainframe day and a distributed day, if we can, sometimes there is overlap of one into the other. The single day Seminars may either be a single theme or can be a mixed topic agenda. We welcome Vendors to present new and developing
- [CMG Canada Winter Seminar](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-canada-winter-seminar/)
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- [CMG 2016 Board of Directors - Elections (closed)](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-2016-board-of-directors-elections-closed/)
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- [CMG Brazil National Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-brazil-national-conference/) - CMG Brazil National Conference
- [CMG Canada Spring Conf](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-canada-spring-conf/)
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- [2017 CMG Membership Begins](https://www.cmg.org/event/2017-cmg-membership-begins/) - 2017 CMG Membership Begins
- [2016 CMG Membership Expires](https://www.cmg.org/event/2016-cmg-membership-expires/) - 2016 CMG Membership Expires
- [imPACt 2016](https://www.cmg.org/event/performance-capacity-2016-conference/)
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- [Understanding VMware's new Virtual Volumes](https://www.cmg.org/event/understanding-vmwares-new-virtual-volumes/) - What You'll Learn: In this webinar, attendees will learn about the architecture and operational changes associated with VMware's Virtual Volumes. Virtual Volumes (VVols) serve as the future for providing external storage resources to virtual machines beginning in vSphere 6. This new storage framework enables more individual and granular control for all virtual disks.
- [Outsmart SAN Storage Unavailability Incidents](https://www.cmg.org/event/outsmart-san-storage-unavailability-incidents/) - What You'll Learn: Despite enterprise-class features in your high-end storage systems, application unavailability conditions still occur due to storage performance problems. Outsmarting these currently unpredictable incidents is possible. But it requires a new approach. First, by using accurate and detailed storage performance modeling software that takes into account your workloads on specific hardware configurations
- [How to Transform RMF & SMF into Availability Intelligence](https://www.cmg.org/event/how-to-transform-rmf-smf-into-availability-intelligence/) - What You'll Learn: It is time for a new, more intelligent approach to interpreting the RMF & SMF data. One that provides a dramatically different result that you can easily verify on your own data. RMF & SMF produce the world’s richest source of machine-generated data about enterprise infrastructure performance and configuration. But even
- [Think Like a CIO: How to Prepare Your Apps for Q4](https://www.cmg.org/event/cio-story-preparing-for-q4/) - What You'll Learn: Are your applications ready for Q4? As you strive to deliver a consistent, fast and reliable digital experience for your customers are you confident you’ll be able do it when it really counts? Whether you are in eCommerce preparing for the holiday season or just a company preparing for a
- [Integrating Software and Systems Performance Engineering Processes into Software Development Processes](https://www.cmg.org/event/integrating-software-and-systems-performance-engineering-processes-into-software-development-processes/) - What You'll Learn: Performance is a significant factor in the success of any software product or system. Therefore, it also poses a significant risk to the product’s success and its ability to meet functional needs. A great deal of the effort in performance evaluation and capacity planning occurs after a system has been placed in
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- [Rocky Mountain CMG Summer '15 Forum](https://www.cmg.org/event/rocky-mountain-cmg-summer-15-forum-date-of-meeting/)
- [Webinar: Capacity Planning in the Application Driven Economy](https://www.cmg.org/event/webinar-capacity-planning-in-the-application-driven-economy/) - WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS WEBINAR The Application Driven Economy is upon us. Businesses today are currently faced with a rapidly growing number of applications that must succeed on the first try to gain competitive edge. Their success is enabled by the supporting IT infrastructure and data center. So how does this affect our job as capacity planners? Is it business as
- [Performance Formula and Reporting Fundamentals](https://www.cmg.org/event/performance-formula-and-reporting-fundamentals/) - ABOUT THE WEBINAR z/OS generates an almost unbelievable plethora of numbers measuring all aspects of the system. Products and home grown reporting solutions often synthesize additional measurements. Turning that data into information requires understanding how the measurements are derived and how to present them in a meaningful way. During this session, Peter Enrico and Scott
- [Innovations in Data Center vs. Edge CDNs for Capacity Planning](https://www.cmg.org/event/innovations-data-center-vs-edge-cdns-capacity-planning/) - Mar 18, 2015 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST DOWNLOAD THE PRESENTATION ABOUT THE WEBINAR Today, we see data systems reaching the architectural scale-up limits from growing the data center larger and larger. One hint of possible innovation is a more distributed system used in more than a decade-old architecture of a CDN (content delivery
- [SSL Handshake Analysis](https://www.cmg.org/event/ssl-handshake-analysis/) - February 25 @ 10 PT/Noon CT/ 1:00 ET DOWNLOAD THE PRESENTATION ABOUT THE WEBINAR SSL is being widely implemented to protect TCP application traffic. How can you diagnose problems? If the connection setup and negotiation causes poor response time, can you tell? Part of the security relies on digital certificates. In the past, only server
- [Webinar - TBD](https://www.cmg.org/event/webinar/)
- [Webinar - Sprint](https://www.cmg.org/event/webinar-sprint/)
- [ASW (Agenda Scheduling Weekend)](https://www.cmg.org/event/asw-agenda-scheduling-weekend/)
- [Board Meeting at The St. Anthony](https://www.cmg.org/event/board-meeting-st-anthony/)
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- [Board Meeting at St. Anthony](https://www.cmg.org/event/board-meeting/)
- [Virtual Board Meeting](https://www.cmg.org/event/virtual-board-meeting/)
- [Performance & Capacity 2015 by CMG International Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/performance-capacity-2015-cmg-international-conference/)
- [STLCMG - Q4 Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/stlcmg-q4-conference/)
- [STLCMG - Q3 Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/stlcmg-q3-conference/)
- [STLCMG - Q2 Conference](https://www.cmg.org/event/stlcmg-q2-conference/)
- [Sprint saves big with effective capacity planning](https://www.cmg.org/event/sprint-saves-big-effective-capacity-planning/) - DOWNLOAD THE PRESENTATION ABOUT THE WEBINAR Learn how one of the largest telecommunication providers in the world employed a successful capacity planning practice to simplify, structure and focus their efforts to improve on IT budget spend, double infrastructure utilization rates and ensure successful, revenue-critical iPhone launches. You will hear how the success of
- [STLCMG](https://www.cmg.org/event/stlcmg-2/)
- [STLCMG](https://www.cmg.org/event/stlcmg/) - STLCMG
- [Finance for CMG Audience](https://www.cmg.org/event/finance-cmg-audience/) - This is a PowerPoint Presentation which was delivered at the National CMG in Atlanta in November 2014. It helps inform IT on how to present their business case to a finance partner to help increase the likelihood of getting the request approved. The presentation provides a practical framework for presenting a business case, defines key
- [Webinar: Fear and Loathing in Automation-Land](https://www.cmg.org/event/fear-loathing-automation-land/) - Remember when you only had a handful of servers or a single mainframe to manage? Back in those days, we also had teams of experts working on capacity and performance management. Now, one person is managing 1000's of servers, at least one private cloud, virtualization and more with changes being applied to the system every
- [CMG Canada Spring Conference 2015](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-canada-spring-conference-2015/)
- [CMG CANADA](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-canada/)
- [CMG CANADA Fall Seminar 2014](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-canada-fall-seminar-2014/) - CMG CANADA Fall Seminar 2014 Name of Meeting: CMG CANADA Fall Seminar 2014 Date of Meeting: 10/29/2014 Time of Meeting: 09:00 - 04:30 Location/Address of Meeting: Ces't What 67 Front Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Contact Person: Anthony Mungal Regional Email Address: cmgca@cmg.org Website Link or Regional Website: http://regions.cmg.org/regions/cacmg/index.html Contact Phone: 561-549-1756
- [Greater Boston CMG Fall 2014 Conference Date of Meeting](https://www.cmg.org/event/greater-boston-cmg-fall-2014-conference-date-meeting/)
- [Phoenix CMG Meeting](https://www.cmg.org/event/phoenix-cmg-meeting/) - Phoenix CMG Meeting Date of Meeting: 9/11/2014 Time: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Location: Sheraton Crescent Hotel - Phoenix, Arizona Contact Person: Steve Clark Email Address: PhoenixCMG@gmail.com Contact Phone: +1 (623) 866-7207
- [Webinar: A Revolutionary Approach to Capacity Planning](https://www.cmg.org/event/webinar-revolutionary-approach-capacity-planning/) - Download the paper | Download the presentation It is no longer sufficient to utilize yesterday's outmoded approach when planning for tomorrow's applications, systems and facilities infrastructures. We need to revolutionize the practice of capacity planning. This webinar will examine the current scope and focus of capacity planning and propose an innovative methodology to evaluate, predict
- [Performance & Capacity 2014](https://www.cmg.org/event/performance-capacity-2014/)
- [NLCMG Spring Meetup](https://www.cmg.org/event/nlcmg-spring-meetup/) - NLCMG spring meetup
- [CMG Australia Meetup](https://www.cmg.org/event/cmg-australia-meetup/) - CMG Australia Meetup
- [Northern California Meeting – November 18](https://www.cmg.org/event/northern-california-meeting-nov-4/) - Northern California Meeting - November 18 2014
- [Northern Califorina CMG meeting – May 6](https://www.cmg.org/event/northern-califorina-cmg-meeting-may-6/) - Northern Califorina CMG meeting
- [Northern California CMG Meeting - August 5](https://www.cmg.org/event/northern-california-cmg-meeting-august-5/) - Northern California Meeting - August 5

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- [Virtual Conference](https://www.cmg.org/cmg-events/category/virtual-conference/)
- [Conference](https://www.cmg.org/cmg-events/category/conference/)
- [Hackathon](https://www.cmg.org/cmg-events/category/hackathon/)
- [Meetup](https://www.cmg.org/cmg-events/category/meetup/)
- [Training](https://www.cmg.org/cmg-events/category/training/)
- [Expert Roundtables](https://www.cmg.org/cmg-events/category/expert-roundtables/)
- [ONLINE](https://www.cmg.org/cmg-events/category/online/)
- [Dell](https://www.cmg.org/cmg-events/category/dell/)
- [Broadcom](https://www.cmg.org/cmg-events/category/broadcom/)
- [IMPACT 2023](https://www.cmg.org/cmg-events/category/impact-2023/)

## Slide categories

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