IBM Champions

Check out this month's content highlighting Champion activity. Get to know these top experts and advocates better, learn from the content they create and share, and celebrate their successes - while you get inspired for your own! Are you inspired? Do you want to share your successes or advocacy story and get recognized for it? Start with an application for the Rising Champions advocacy badges.

Bob Talk

Here are some examples of Championing IBM Bob

1. IBM Champion Nathanaël Bonnet shares an in-depth blog, How BOB helped me to help him!
2. Champion, Dr. Giulia Solinas, discusses why spec driven agent development matters in Building Agents in Bob with a Software Spec Driven Approach.
3. Don’t miss Jan-Willem Steur’s latest community post called When IBM BOB Becomes Your Solution Architect: Building the Next Generation of Business-Driven IBM Maximo Implementations
4. IBM Champion Vikas Pujar shares. a Practical View for Mainframe Teams - IBM Bob Premium Package for Z

Maximo

• IBM Champion, Prashant Sharma posted this Maximo focused video called Maximo Masterclass | EP13 - Create Interaction | Interaction | MIF
• Looking for some feedback on MAS 9.2? Check out MAS 9.2 - AI Service deployment architecture options from IBM Champion, Witold Wierzchowski
• Looking for insights about MAS 9.2? Check out this community post from IBM Champion Stefan Hoffmanns called IBM MAS 9.2 Alerts: The Missing Layer Between OT and IT

IBM Z

• Don’t miss this community post from IBM Champion, Rebecca Levesque called Trust the Environment: Why Operational Reality Matters in a Git World
• Building a career at the intersection of Technology and Community - Meet IBM Champion Niall Ashley
• I am a Mainframer - Bruno Laurent shares his thoughts on Mainframe Modernisation, Cloud Development, and AI. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Sl9BcRFWg
• IBM Champion Rebecca Levesque shared The Greatest New to Z Risk Isn’t Skills. It’s Lost Operational Knowledge.
• IBM Champions Spotlight - Sean Rooney

Terraform

• IBM Champion, Marcelo Gonçalves, gives a fulsome analysis of expanding the use of Terraform in this LinkedIn Post called Parem de usar terraform.tfstate local! Como centralizar o State no Azure de forma segura usando Storage Account e Key Vault

• Check out this video from IBM Champion, Merlin Saha, called Terraform Drift – Practical detection and management of drifts - real-world cases

Storage

• Have you seen this new Redbook called The Definitive Guide to IBM Storage FlashSystem and AIX Integration - shout out to IBM Champions Nezih Boyacioglu, Kevin Gee, and Youssef Largou!

Power

• Check out this post from IBM Champion, Christian Sonnemans called ‘LKU lost path’-issue during cleanup phase
• IBM Champion Andy McCandless recently shared a thought provoking post and video with former IBM Champion Trevor Eddolls on the Human Side of AI: Burnout and Rising Expectations
• Don’t miss this community post from IBM Champion, Nicolae Chirea called Bridging IBM i and Modern AI - IBM i MCP Server and ContextForge
• Stay up to date by following RPGPGM Blog, brought to you by IBM Champion Simon Hutchinson

Db2

• Don’t mist this AIOps post from IBM Champion Matthias Tschaffler, APAR PH70504 - Second enhancement release for OMEGAMON AI for Db2 6.1.0 comes with exciting new features based on customer AHA ideas!

Java

Ivar Grimstad (Eclipse Foundation) has watched Enterprise Java evolve through multiple generations, from J2EE to Java EE and now Jakarta EE. In this clip, he reflects on how the technology and community have changed over the years, and why the collaborative spirit behind Jakarta EE continues to inspire developers around the world.
📺 Watch Ivar’s full story on YouTube: https://hubs.la/Q04nqCn10

AI

• Champion Atanu Roy shared thoughts about AI Agents vs. BPM: Why Autonomous Agents Still Need a Process Backbone
• IBM Champion Amit Sharma is back in action with the Tech Sharmit Podcast with his guest, IBM Champion Thibaut Cordier.
• Champion Patrick Neveu shared a community post about Using Microsoft Edge WebView2 for authentication with Framework Manager, Transformer and Cube Designer (Cognos)

Meet our Champions in the markets

• Meet three IBM Champions who are sharing knowledge, solving complex challenges, and helping grow New Zealand's technology community.
• UKI Champions meetups
• Champion Japan Summit

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