IBM is proud to be a part of Gene Kim’s DevOps Enterprise Summit , taking place Nov 7-9 in San Francisco. This conference is for the leaders of large, complex organizations who are or are interested in implementing DevOps principles and practices. We have a lot of activities planned while we’re there, but here are some highlights that you don’t want to miss:     Featured IBM sessions at DevOps Enterprise Summit, Nov 7-9  ... [More]

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6 in 10 global banks open to FinTech partnership or acquisition says IDC   Sibos 2016 in Geneva Switzerland was yet again the premiere international banking event of the year.  And while Wednesday’s Big Issue Debate on the impact of cognitive computing on the financial services industry, led by IBM’s own Ginni Rometty, was the climax of the week, it was Thursday’s Big Issue Debate, “ Disruptive Innovations Transforming the Financial Services ,” that really piqued my interest because it explored the... [More]

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Have you ever had your conference session proposal rejected? You’ve worked hard on crafting the best title and abstract, you’ve submitted it on time, but still it’s been turned down with a standard marketing response. The typical rejection email reads like; “With limited capacity and overwhelming response to our call for Speakers we had to turn down many good topics. We are so sorry that your session was not accepted. We hope you will consider submitting your proposal in future….”   Prospective speakers... [More]

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They say time flies when you are having fun. As a first time attendee of IBM InterConnect 2016, IBM's biggest Cloud event of the year, I had an awesome experience. I am part of the DevOps social marketing team and my role at the event was to provide on-site social media support.  I wish I could have cloned myself 10 times as there were so many great session I wanted to attend. Just within the DevOps stream alone, our team delivered 240+ sessions, including breakouts, labs, engagement center talks, and workshops.   My favorite... [More]

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We are pleased to announce z Systems Development and Test environment V10.0 (zD&T), the next generation of Rational Development and Test Environment for z Systems (RD&T). zD&T offers flexible, software-based licensing for enterprise clients, and more current z/OS software levels, including z/OS 2.2.  This means no more USB keys are required to improve software quality and enable a DevOps continuous testing best practice.   zD&T gives mainframe development teams relief from typical z System hardware access constraints... [More]

Earlier this year, we announced the acquisition of EZSource , an Application Discovery company that allows companies to understand their business critical applications so they can effectively maintain and evolve these applications, and make them available in a Hybrid Cloud environment. Earlier this year, we also announced a new innovative product, Application Delivery Intelligence ,which allows mainframe development teams to understand how to optimize the way they work, the lynch pin in IBM’s Cognitive DevOps solution offering.... [More]

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IBM Automatic Binary Optimizer for z/OS (ABO) optimizes already compiled program modules to increase application performance and reduce CPU usage without source recompilation. It performs high-fidelity optimizations and generates code that fully exploits zEC12 and z13 architectures without changing program logic or behavior.  While ABO v1.2 continues to deliver performance improvements to reduce CPU usage for COBOL applications , it has expanded the eligibility criteria for optimization for program modules. Now ABO can optimize programs... [More]

  If you’re joining us at IBM Edge 2016 , the premier global conference for IT leaders who will design, build and deliver infrastructure for the cognitive era, here are the top 5 DevOps experts you don’t want to miss.   Hayden Lindsey: Hayden Lindsey is Vice President and Distinguished Engineer of DevOps for Enterprise Systems. In his current role, he is responsible for the development, offering management, and support of this portfolio.  Hayden has worked at IBM for 30 years and has held a variety of positions,... [More]

        Developers are under greater pressure to innovate and deliver rapid updates to their applications, often place monitoring and application performance management as an after-thought. In today’s digital world, where a slow down can translate to customer attrition, and an outage can lead to millions in losses and negative press, the necessity to ensure satisfactory response time has evolved to be one of the most critical needs in early stages of development and is a common goal to ensure DevOps success. ... [More]

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