IMS RUG Host Presentation 2015 Q2_April_23_2015

© 2015 IBM Corporation

IMS Regional User Group Meetings2015

IMS Regional User Groups Phoenix, April 23, 2015

Jeff Pearce

IMS RUG Advocate - Salt Lake City

IBM Silicon Valley Lab


Today’s Agenda – Phoenix, Az

• Welcome and Introductions

• Topic 1: Scaling your applications with the IMS Catalog – William Li

• Topic 2: IMS in the Mobile Era – William Li

• Lunch!

• Topic 3: DataPower and Security for IMS – Suzie Wendler

• Topic 4: DataPower and Security for IMS – Demetrios Dematos

• Topic 5: IMS Best Practices – Dennis Eichelberger

• Close Meeting / Steering Committee


Notice to Employees and Representatives from GOE Entities

• At this IBM function, IBM is providing breakfast and lunch meals and/or

promotional items and considers this a normal business courtesy. U.S.

Federal government regulations and some state or local government

agencies do not permit their employees to accept food or refreshments

from contractors doing business with them.

• IBM provides this notice to assist you in ensuring that your acceptance of the

amenities is in compliance with your employer’s internal policies. If your

receipt of the amenities during your attendance and participation in the

event presents an issue, please advise IBM, and plan for alternate meal

options.

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IMS hits the road

Central Canadian

DB2 User Group

CCDUG

June 8, 2015

Markham, Ontario

IBM @ InterConnect

February 22 - 26

Las Vegas, NV

WebSphere

Tivoli

Rational

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March 1 - 6

Seattle, WA

IBM IMS

Technical

Symposium

IMS Symposium

March 16 – 19

Wiesbaden, Germany

Call for Speakers for IBM Insight Conference in October opens in Q2!


Important Announcement!

…..for users of IBM OS/VS DB/DC Data Dictionary and IBM

Application Development Facility (ADF) II…..

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The end of service date for IBM OS/VS DB/DC

Data Dictionary, V1.6.0 (5740-XXF) and IBM

Application Development Facility (ADF) II, V2.2.1

(5665-348) has been extended indefinitely from

the previously announced April 30, 2015 per

Announcement on December 16, 2014.


IMS 13 Migration Workshop!

Missed it last year?

You can still register and listen to the 3-day teleconference version

Set your own pace!

Get all of the materials for your reference

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For more information and to register visit: bit.ly/IMS_13_Migration_Workshop

– Integration solutions and tooling that

support open integration

technologies

– Enabling new application

development, including .NET and

mobile

– Extending on-demand access to IMS

transactions and data

– Optimizing data across the enterprise


We have many IMS and IMS Tools Teleconferences on Replay

• IMS Tools – The Next Generation

• IMS on IBM System z: Optimized for Mobile!

• Mix it up: How your enterprise assets fit perfectly with IBM Bluemix

• Take Control of Your IMS Environment

• Do you Have Critical IMS Data? We can Show You How to Take Care of it

• IMS Catalog: Everything you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask

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ibm.com/software/systemz/events/calendar


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IMS Business Value Assessment Workshop

Help clients identify ways to get more out of their IMS investment

• A proactive assessment

• Provides tactical and strategic

recommendations to:

– Increase benefits

– Lower costs

– Improve processing

efficiencies for IMS

applications

IBM or BP Services for

Deployment

Supported by

Subject Matter

Experts from

Development

Lab

Joint Proof Of Concept Client Implementation

IMS Value Assessment?

Project Kickoff Call

Data Consolidation and

Technical Assessment

Generate Recommendations and

develop workshop materials

Deliver Recommendations

Proposal for next steps.

IBM Client team follow-up

Discovery Workshop

Contact Evgeni Liakhovich, [email protected], for details

Still a no-charge workshop!


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IMS Customer Advisory Council

• Monthly e-Meetings

• NA Participants: Third Tuesday

• EMEA & South America Participants: Third Thursday

• Face-to-face Meetings

• Information On Demand (IOD) Conference

• Networking opportunities with

peer IMS experts worldwide

• Influence the strategic product direction of IMS!

Interested in joining?Contact: Kristi Ramey at [email protected]

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“…every subject was successfully covered by the most

appropriate expert. While I was there at SVL, the program was

flexible enough so we could address certain topics which I

personally identified, that would benefit me at my home

location...”

“…every subject was successfully covered by the most

appropriate expert. While I was there at SVL, the program was

flexible enough so we could address certain topics which I

personally identified, that would benefit me at my home

location...”

IMS Customer Internship Program – 2015IMS Customer Internship Program – 2015

“…a unique experience, where I was given the

opportunity to meet with the IMS developers and

testers at the IBM Lab, and work side by side with

them… It's incredible to meet people whose work is

known worldwide.”

“…a unique experience, where I was given the

opportunity to meet with the IMS developers and

testers at the IBM Lab, and work side by side with

them… It's incredible to meet people whose work is

known worldwide.”

• Great turnout for our April event. Start planning your visit

for October 2015!

• Sessions include: Installation, HALDB features, IMS OTMA

and Connect, application topics, and MORE!

• Should have at least 2-3 years of IMS experience

• Contact Tori Gonzalez for more information:

[email protected]


IMS ISV Community


IBM Knowledge Center� One-stop shop - IBM Knowledge Center is

your destination on ibm.com for all IBM

technical information and resources. It

replaces multiple sources of information

across IBM products.

� Initially... Knowledge Center combines all of

our existing information centers (IMS and

others) into a single web site that provides

an improved, filterable search capability

and a brand-new user experience.

� Over time… IBM Knowledge Center will be

the basis for a fusion of a wide variety of

sources including information centers,

wikis, developerWorks, Support,

Redbooks, PartnerWorld, and more.

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IMS Social Community!

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New IMS Videos Available!

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Explore the ReThinkIMS YouTube channel for demos, tutorials, and more!

bit.ly/IBMIMS_YouTube


IMS Redbooks – there’s an App for that!

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Now available for both iOS and Android devices

Get it now!


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