There is a free webinar on April 7, discussing the move of CICS, COBOL and Batch from z/OS to z/Linux, for those who are interested....
DJ -------- Original Message -------- Subject: German Federal Pension Fund Migrates IBM CICS Workloads to Linux on System z Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:35:34 -0600 From: IBM Systems Magazine Webinar <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> To view this email as a web page, go here. <http://cl.exactt.net/?ju=fe3317707161047a761270&ls=fdd01570766106787011707165&m=ff5c13747d&l=fe61157775660d7f751d&s=fe301575736d057e741475&jb=ffcf14&t=> Clerity: German Federal Pension Fund Migrates IBM CICS Workloads to Linux on System z <http://cl.exactt.net/?ju=fe3217707161047a761271&ls=fdd01570766106787011707165&m=ff5c13747d&l=fe61157775660d7f751d&s=fe301575736d057e741475&jb=ffcf14&t=> Clerity <http://cl.exactt.net/?ju=fe3117707161047a761272&ls=fdd01570766106787011707165&m=ff5c13747d&l=fe61157775660d7f751d&s=fe301575736d057e741475&jb=ffcf14&t=> > WHO SHOULD ATTEND CIOs and IT managers interested in moving IBM CICS, COBOL, and Batch/JCL workloads to Linux on IBM System z partitions. > WHEN *Thursday, April 7, 2011 --- 11am EST* > AGENDA Organizations are consolidating workloads onto Linux on IBM System z to lower costs, standardize operations and enhance IT flexibility. Now you can move online and batch mainframe applications to scalable Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) processors without sacrificing functionality or performance. In this webinar you will learn: * How four divisions of the German pension-management agency, Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV), migrated a large, central IBM CICS application from an IBM z/OS environment to Linux on IBM System z * How UniKix Mainframe Rehosting software protects existing investments by enabling legacy workloads to run on mainframe Linux partitions How your business can benefit from the best practices and lessons learned by the DRV and other organizations to maximize benefits and reduce risk when replatforming legacy workloads * The DRV intends to use this agile platform to continue consolidation and implement SOA initiatives. Discover how a similar move can benefit your business. REGISTER TODAY <http://cl.exactt.net/?ju=fe3117707161047a761272&ls=fdd01570766106787011707165&m=ff5c13747d&l=fe61157775660d7f751d&s=fe301575736d057e741475&jb=ffcf14&t=> > FEATURING *Falk-Oliver Bischoff*, /Featured Speaker/ Head of IT, DRV Baden-Württemberg Falk-Oliver Bischoff serves as Head of IT for DRV Baden-Württemberg and is responsible for planning and implementing IT strategies for this DRV division. Bischoff has led several projects at the DRV centered on reducing TCO and reusing legacy software assets in forward-facing IT initiatives. Prior to his current role, Bischoff managed the merger of two IT departments in Baden-Württemberg. Bischoff graduated from the University of Karlsruhe (now KIT), with an emphasis on Computer Science. *Uwe Nitsche*, /Featured Speaker/ Head of Mainframe Competence Center, DRV Baden-Wuerttemberg, Hessen and Saarland Uwe Nitsche serves as Head of the mainframe Competence Center for DRV Baden-Wuerttemberg, Hessen and Saarland and is responsible for managing the mainframe technical team and and trained as a specialist in z/OS. Mr.Nitsche has over thirty years of IT experience, with an extensive background in COBOL programming and IBM CICS-based dialog systems development. *Cameron Jenkins*, /Featured Speaker/ COO and Executive Vice President, Clerity Solutions Cameron Jenkins serves as COO and Executive Vice President at Clerity Solutions and is responsible for sales & marketing operations and determining company strategy in conjunction with Clerity's President, Brandon Edenfield. Jenkins establishes and manages strategic alliances with platform, technology, and service partners including IBM, Oracle and HP. He is also responsible for market positioning and influencing Clerity's brand identify. Jenkins has over 20 years' experience in marketing, sales, and strategic alliances with technology companies. *Doug Rock*, /Moderator/ Publisher of /IBM Systems Magazine/ MSP TechMedia Doug Rock, as publisher of MSP Communications' TechMedia division, directs the print, digital and electronic publishing operations for some of the country's leading technology providers. 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