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CICS @ InterConnect 2015 : What’s in it for you?Dave Jeffries, CICS Director

Andrew Bates, CICS TS Product Manager

Ian Mitchell, CTO, Runtimes on System z

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What’s

going on?

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200+ z Sessions1 Keynote

Tues 11:00 180+ Breakouts 18 Labs

9 Engagement

Center 10+ Meet the Experts,

Cust Roundtables 80+ Client

Sessions!

z Systems Solution Suites1-on-1 client technical sessions with IBM z experts

80+ Topics & Build Your Own Agenda

Cloud MobileBig Data / Analytics DevOps Security

z Client Reception

•Special client reception•Band – Vintage Trouble•Get your “z pin” for entry

z Systems Program Guide

Your guide to everything z at InterConnect!

Passport Sessions Contest

Win just by attending z sessions!

Multiple sessions and activities

Inner Circle Generation z Socialdev@

Solutions Expo

And MORE…z Concierge

z13 Selfiesz13 Movie Room

Light Nightclub Mandalay BayTuesday 8:00 – 10:00

Analysts

Workshops

Daily Spotlight Sessions!

z Systems @ IC2015

• Get 1-on-1 with IBM technical experts for “deep dive” discussions and demonstrations based on your requirements

• Select from more than 80 topics around Cloud, Big Data & Analytics, Security, Mobile and DevOps……or build your own agenda

• Join daily Spotlight Sessions with IBM experts

• Mon - 12:30 – 1:30 : Spotlight on Modernization: Maximizing the value of your legacy applications on zJoin this event and be ready for your current transformation and the next one!

• Tue - 10:00 – 11:00 : Spotlight on Cloud on z Systems: A Panel Discussion with z Cloud Experts Discuss various aspects around the set of cloud solutions enabled for z Systems.

• We - 10:00 – 11:00.: Spotlight on Mobile to Mainframe: Developing for SoR and SoE

Listen to the DevOps experts and learn how they developed a mobile app on z

• Visit the Solution Suites:

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Mon 2/23 : 10 a.m. –5:30 p.m. Tue 2/24 : 8 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

Wed 2/25 : 8 a.m. –3:00 p.m. Thu 2/26 : 8 a.m. – 12 noon

z Solutions Suite

Personalized book for z Systems customers

• Key sessions and activities in key z Systems tracks

• Advertisement of key surround activities

• 40 pages with passport insert

• Pick up a copy here, at the z Systems expo hall and key z sessions

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z Systems Program

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What are you

waiting for?

The Forecast is Cloudy…

Cloud & DevOps

‘applications’ before

Applications after

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Name:

BestBank.Retail.Consumer.Loans

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Packaging CICS resources into an application bundle means they can be

deployed, managed, and monitored throughout the lifecycle as a single entity

…with a Strong Chance of DevOps

Cloud & DevOps

policy apolicy bpolicy c

applications

platforms

policy xpolicy ypolicy z

applications

platforms

β β β ✔

Applications, running on Platforms, managed according to a set of Policies,

and deployed using DevOps

Throw away your umbrellas - CICS reigns

The Forecast is Cloudywith a Strong Chance of DevOps

CICS Cloud & DevOps : Key InterConnect 2015 sessions

#2813 Mon 3:30-4:30 CICS Cloud + CICS DevOps = Agility^2

#6644 Tue 9:30-10:30 Demonstrating Value with z/OS Platform Services at Walmart (REPEATED)

#2809 Wed 11:00-12:00 Five Compelling Reasons for Creating a CICS Cloud

#4515 Wed 2:00-3:00 Five CICS Multi-Versioning Scenarios that Reduce the Risk of Change

#4156 Wed 3:30-4:30 Twist and Cloud: How IBM Customers Make CICS Dance

#2844 Thu 2:30-3:30 CICS Policy Based Management—There’s a New Sheriff in Town

Cloud & DevOps

For in room service, please call CICS

Mobile & APIsXML web services

RESTful JSON services

CICS

Resourc

e

CICS

services Extend your SOA to include RESTful

JSON services, providing APIs and

Mobile services directly from CICS TS

Mobile & APIsOn-Premise

API ManagementMobile

Applications

Cloud-based

ServicesIBM DataPower Gateway

IBM API Management

Systems of Engagement Systems of Record

Web

Applications IBM z Systems

z/OS Connect

z/OS Connect does exactly what it says on the tin

Don’t be an Angry Bird – let CICS make you ‘appy

1 Billion Smartphones a Year and Counting…

CICS Mobile & APIs : Key InterConnect 2015 sessions

#1777 Mon 3:30-4:30 Analyst Insight: Developing Mobile Solutions for Backend Systems

#5402 Mon 5:00-6:00 Extend Your "Reach" by Exposing z Systems Assets as APIs (REPEATED)

#1670 Tue 3:30-4:30 IBM WebSphere Liberty z/OS Connect: A Technical Introduction

#2819 Wed 8:00-9:00 1 Billion Smartphones a Year and Counting... How is Your CICS Connected?

#4515 Wed 9:30-10:30 Modernize Your CICS Applications for Mobile and Cloud (CUSTOMER)

#5380 Wed 2:00-3:00 How IBM Customers are Mobilizing the Mainframe

Mobile & APIs

Java & Liberty

Up to 2X improvement in

throughput per core for security enabled applications

Up to 50% improvement in

throughput for generic applications

New IBM z13 delivers:

• New 5.0 GHz 8-Core Processor Chip

• 480Mb L4 cache to optimize data serving

New z13 features tailored and co-designed

with Java include:

• Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT)

• Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD)

• Cryptographic Function (CPACF)

• New Instructions

CICS TS V5.2 supports more than 25 WebSphere Liberty Profile Features, including:

• Servlets

• JSPs and JSFs

• z/OS Connect

• JAX-RS & JAX-WS

• JSON & SSL

• JDBC & JTA

• JMX

• Blueprint

• OSGi

What will you do with the worlds most advanced mixed language application

server?

Java & Liberty

CICS TS V5

JVM server

Liberty

Web

App

JDBC

JCICSCOBOL

App

DB2

Table

data

The mainframe is not a coffee machine,

but it does do awesome Java

The world’s most advanced mixed language application server

CICS Java & Liberty : Key InterConnect 2015 sessions

#2829 Mon 2:00-3:00 Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité—Viva the CICS and WebSphere Mini Revolution

#2592 Tue 8:00-9:00 WebSphere Liberty on z/OS: What's New?

#3983 Tue 2:00-3:00 CICS Java Real-Life Projects, Featuring Datev (CUSTOMER)

#6481 Wed 2:00-2:50 Java and CICS—A Perfect Match

#3978 Thu 10:30-11:30 Why Is Java So Different? A Session for Cobol/PLI/Assembler Developers

#3928 Thu 2:00-5:00 Developing JEE Applications for Liberty z/OS with WDT Remote Support (LAB)

Java & Liberty

Cost Optimization

Greater capacity enables cost savings through consolidation

IBM Benchmark results:

• Consolidate 30 regions down to 10

• Decrease CPU usage by 10%

• Reduce the management burden by 2/3

• Maintain the same workload

CICS Tools for z/OSEssential tools for improving

ROI of CICS TS investments

Optimize, Diagnose and Modernize your z/OS resources

Cost Optimization

“We’ve embraced Threadsafe

functionality to help us cut our

CPU usage by 550 million

instructions per second, or about

US$440K in annual operating

expense...”

PD Tools for z/OS #1 ranked family of problem

determination tools for z/OS

“We've increased programmer

productivity by 10 percent and cut

development costs. Not only that, but

we've experienced significant decreases

in the number of transaction failures

within our applications.”

CICS: Cost Improvement Charmingly Simple

Show me the Money!

CICS Cost Optimization : Key InterConnect 2015 sessions

#1154 Mon 2:00-3:00 Maximizing Mainframe Investment, with Insight from Humana (CUSTOMER)

#4526 Mon 5:00-6:00 Partnering with IBM to Understand Optimization Opportunities (CUSTOMER)

#3092 Tue 9:30-10:30 Why You Should Review Your Investment in z/OS Tools (CUSTOMER)

#2842 Wed 12:30-1:30 Mobile Workload Pricing: Five Ways to Tag and Track Your Mobile Workloads

#3239 Wed 3:30-4:30 Using Cloud Techniques & Technologies to Make Your Mainframe More Efficient

#2546 Thu 9:00-10:00 Solving Performance Problems with CICS PA, with Wells Fargo (CUSTOMER)

Cost Optimization

A few new or updated

IBM Redbooks, published in

the last 6 months

New skills are not just for new hires!

Generation z

But the free beer is…

Generation z

Skill up and work some mainframe magic

Calling all new mainframers

Generation z & Core Skills: Key InterConnect 2015 sessions

#5927 Mon 7:00-7:50 Meet the Experts of Generation z—Driving Innovation on the Mainframe

#2825 Tue 8:00-9:00 CICS and the New SOA: What You Don’t Know Might Help You (CUSTOMER)

#4236 Tue 3:30-4:30 What Skills Issue? Insight from a Gen z Sys Prog at Wells Fargo (CUSTOMER)

#2545 Tue 5:30-6:30 CICS Debugging: Back to Basics

#2845 Thu 1:00-2:00 You Asked, We Delivered: Workload Management in the CICS Explorer

#5853 Thu 2:00-5:00 Modernizing CICS—Are You Ready to Get Your Hands Dirty? (LAB)

Generation z

IBM Certified System Programmer - CICS Transaction Server V5.2 for z/OS

IBM Certified Application Developer - CICS Transaction Server V5.2 for z/OS

First test is freeSecond test $50 (75% discount)

CICS Certification

Testing is per first come; first serve walk-in method.

Last seating is 1.5 hours before closing time.

Testing and Information

Mon 10:30-6:00

Tue 9:00-6:00

Wed 9:00-6:00

Tue 9:00-3:00

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What’s

next?

Service AgilityEnhanced support for Java and the

WebSphere Liberty profile

Cloud with DevOps

Operational EfficiencyPerformance optimizations, enhanced metrics

and additional security

New cloud and DevOps support to automate

CICS deployments

Open for BusinessIBM CICS Transaction Server V5.3 open beta

#2841 Mon 12:15-1:15 The Future of CICS is Closer than You Might Think

Open for BusinessIBM CICS TS V5.3 open beta e-book

ibm.biz/cics53beta

Open for InsightIBM CICS Operational Insights open beta

ibm.biz/cicsoibeta

#4526 Mon 5:00-6:00 Partnering with IBM to Understand Optimization Opportunities (CUSTOMER)

New Cloud based Service to identify

opportunities to tune your CICS

Understand your operational characteristics to

target improvements

Upload a snapshot of operational data and get a

Threadsafe Assessment

Free of charge during open beta

Open for TestingIBM CICS Transaction Gateway V9.2 open beta

#2741 Thu 9:00-10:00 Application Testing with Zero MIPS using CICS TG at Fiserv (CUSTOMER)

Enabling virtualized testing of CICS TS applications

• Front-end application testing without impacting mainframe MIPS

• Continuous integration testing for all remote CICS TG applications

• Allowing selective pass-through to live CICS servers

Building on the capability released in CICS TG V9.1, including:

• Mobile (JSON web services) connectivity through to any CICS TS or TXSeries

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+ collect stickers when you attend z sessions and hands-on activities

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Gold iPad Draw

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#2841 Mon 12:15-1:15 The Future of CICS is Closer than You Might Think

#4526 Mon 5:00-6:00 Partnering with IBM to Understand Optimization Opportunities (CUSTOMER)

#2741 Thu 9:00-10:00 Application Testing with Zero MIPS using CICS TG at Fiserv (CUSTOMER)

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Mobilize your mainframe in our fun app-building contest for z

Systems clients & business partners!

The Mainframe Mobile App Throwdownis back for 2015!

Get a lightning start: Key InterConnect 2015 sessions

#2829 Mon 2:00-3:00 Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité—Viva the CICS and WebSphere Mini Revolution

#1670 Tue 3:30-4:30 IBM WebSphere Liberty z/OS Connect: A Technical Introduction

#4032 Wed 9:30-10:30 Meet the Winners of IBM’s Mainframe Mobile App Throwdown 2014

#6482 Thu 11:00-11:50 What is the Mainframe Mobile App Throwdown and How Do I Register?

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