Join us each month for an ISV Knowledge Exchange webinar. These exclusive events are presented by the IBM Z ISV Ecosystem User Group, bringing our members together with IBM experts on a range of technical topics.

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New /proc File System and C Language APIs for z/OS UNIX
Big things are happening in UNIX on z/OS. A new /proc file system and C language APIs are available that make porting applications to z/OS easier, and more effective. Got questions? We’ve got answers. Join Kershaw Mehta from the z/OS Unix team as he explains how ISV application developers can use these changes. Dive deep into all the technical details in this ISV AMA webinar. We’ll have an open mike, so bring your questions and get ready for a detailed technical discussion. 

Revolutionizing the Mainframe Experience with IBM watsonx Assistant for Z
Available now, IBM watsonx Assistant for Z is a new generative AI assistant that brings conversational AI and IT automation together to transform the way system programmers, IT operators, and developers of all experience levels engage with and manage the mainframe. Join us for this session to discover how IBM is bringing the mainframe experience to a new level of simplification and modernization leveraging generative AI. Learn how AI and intelligent automation will help IBM Z talents reduce their IBM Z learning curve while increasing their efficiency to execute tasks with confidence and speed. Khadija Souissi, Principal Product Manager of AI for IBM Z, and Catherine Wu, Program Director of Db2 for z/OS Development and QA, will be on hand to answer your questions about using AI assistance to create conversational AI capabilities, and explain how automation underpinned with IBM Z can accomplish tasks more efficiently.

Introducing Machine Learning v3.2 for IBM z/OS: 
Enhanced Trustworthy AI, Elevating AI in Transactional Workloads
As AI workloads place more and more demands on client systems, ISVs have an opportunity to facilitate adoption of AI on IBM Z.  The latest release of Machine Learning, version 3.2 for IBM z/OS, introduces features centered on Trustworthy AI. Join this ISV Knowledge Exchange webinar to explore these new capabilities, including AI model explainability, drift detection, and comprehensive model lifecycle governance. Key leaders of the AI on IBM Z & LinuxONE team will be on hand, including Abid Alam, Senior AI Product Manager, and Andrew Sica, Senior Technical Staff Member. They’ll demonstrate how machine learning can accelerate operationalization of transactional AI use cases that demand high throughput and low latency, as well as assisting in compliance with the increasing array of AI regulations.

Skill Up! Developing Next-Generation Mainframe Talent
Mainframe skills are in demand.  As ISVs implement AI, modernize applications, and focus on digital transformation, IBM Z talent is more important than ever. Some 79% of mainframe organizations are currently hiring mid-career professionals, and 51% are recruiting entry-level positions.

To refine the search, IBM recently introduced the Mainframe Skills Council, a forum where global organizations foster a diverse, sustainable workforce for the IBM Z platform. The council includes organizations spanning IBM clients, IBM partners, academia, user groups, non-profits, and open communities that will collaborate to implement mainframe skills-development solutions.

Now is a great time to get involved! Join IBM Z Global Skills Leader Shelly Meierarend as we discuss the many ways ISVs can help skill-up the talent pool and develop the next generation of mainframe talent.

Go Language for Application Modernization on IBM Z
Join this session to learn about all the cool solutions ISVs can build with Go on z/OS. We’ll cover the following topics:

• Go extends applications into modern cloud environments with the new Go container image
• Use the Wharf porting too to automatically port applications from distributed to IBM Z
• Learn how to interoperate with COBOL, PL/I using the CGO function
• High-performance crypto libraries, and our advanced research work for further performance improvements in crypto
• And more …

Go gurus Bill O’Farrell, Development Manager for Go on z/OS, and Chandni Dinani, Senior Product Manager, Go on z/OS, will be on hand to detail the latest developments.

Getting Started with IBM Z Advocacy
As an ISV, you’re always advocating for the IBM Z platform. Today the IBM Z Advocacy Hub offers more resources than ever to help share your passion. 

Whether it’s mentoring students, speaking at events, creating content, participating in open-source projects, moderating user groups, or teaching classes, becoming an advocate helps expand the platform -- and that’s not all. As an advocate, you build personal eminence, and gain recognition as a subject matter expert.

This month, IBM Z community managers Shari Chiara and Natalie Carrillo break down advocacy opportunities for ISVs.  They’ll be hosting IBM Z ISVs who have already started their advocacy journey and can report first-hand on the experience, including Donna Hudi, Chief Marketing Officer with Phoenix Software; Jessielaine Punongbayan, Senior Support Specialist with Dynatrace; and Kimberly Sackett, Marketing Manager with BMC.

Join this webinar and learn how easy it is to get involved as an IBM Z advocate!

Open Source on IBM Z Today
Open source has been woven into the culture of mainframes since their inception, with organizations meeting to collaborate on source code as far back as the 1950s.  But what does the open source landscape look like today for IBM Z ISVs?

From the overwhelming success of projects within the Open Mainframe Project, to bash-and-git on IBM z/OS Unix System Services and Kubernetes offerings for IBM LinuxONE, the open-source ecosystem has grown significantly in the past several years. Join this ISV Knowledge Exchange webinar to learn more about this success -- and how your organization can get involved with these open source communities, sharing the benefits of collaboration for your own projects.

On hand to exchange ideas will be the Open Mainframe Project’s  Executive Director, John Mertic; and Jeff Cherrington, VP Product Management, Infrastructure Modernization for Rocket Software. IBM panelists will include Meredith Stowell, VP IBM Z Ecosystem; Elizabeth Joseph, Global Head, Open Source Program Office for IBM Z; and Joe Winchester, Open Mainframe