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New to Z: Road to SME Podcast

By Camellia Datta posted 13 days ago
🎙️ New to Z: Road to SME is a podcast dedicated to helping early-career professionals grow into confident Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) within the IBM Z ecosystem. Hosted by Devonte’ (IBM Z ...

Catch the IBM Z Day Replays & Claim Your Badges by April 18!

By Camellia Datta posted 14 days ago
Whether you joined us live or missed the action, you can still experience the energy and insights from IBM Z Day: Special Edition! Replays are now available for all sessions, and there's still time ...

What zNext Means for the Future

By Dusty Rivers posted 21 days ago
Every few years, the IBM Z community comes together to celebrate more than just a product launch—we celebrate progress . Each new IBM Z system marks a moment of reinvention, a leap forward in how the ...

Avoiding Mainframe Mayhem: How IntelliMagic for z/OS Keeps Your System in Check

By Leandra Rios posted 25 days ago
Imagine if your car could warn you days before the engine overheats or a tire goes flat. You wouldn’t be left stranded on the side of the road, right? That’s exactly the kind of proactive intelligence ...

The countdown is on and you're invited - Attend a IBM Z Day Special Edition Watch Party

By Shari Chiara posted 28 days ago
The countdown is on... for something SO BIG it only happens every 3 years! While everyone can register and attend IBM Z Day: Special Edition virtually, I’m excited to share opportunities, around the ...

Guidance for beginner-friendly Mainframe presentations

By Niall Ashley posted Fri March 21, 2025
Are you ailing from 'writers block' while writing a session for a conference, or when submitting an abstract for a conference? This article may help! Following a recent chat with Andy McCandless ...

New to Z Happenings - March 2025

By Shari Chiara posted Wed March 12, 2025
I can’t believe we are closing in on the end of the first quarter of the year. I’m definitely excited that spring has sprung in my area of the world. There are a lot of exciting things happening and ...

Training Resources for "New to IBM Z" Folks

By Niall Ashley posted Tue March 04, 2025
Foreword Developing from a newbie to an expert is always daunting, but it can seem especially so within the Mainframe ecosystem. Many people who are “New to IBM Z” may find it painful and ...

The Data Set File System (DSFS) for the New, and not so New, to z/OS

By Lionel Dyck posted Sun February 23, 2025
IBM's z/OS Data Set File System (DSFS) The Data Set File System (aka DSFS) is part of z/OS since z/OS 2.5 and provides a game changing approach for the shell (aka UNIX) applications to access z/OS datasets ...

Call for Speakers: WAVEZ In-Person Event (Spring 2025)

By Niall Ashley posted Sun February 23, 2025
🚀 About the Event The upcoming WAVEZ Spring 2025 Event is a dedicated event for those in the formative years of their mainframe careers. We have designed this in-person event ...

WAVEZ UK Spring 2025 In-Person Event

By Ricki West posted Sun February 23, 2025
📅 Date: April 8th, 2025 📍 Location: Barclays Technology Centre, Radbroke, Knutsford WA16 9EU 🎟 Limited Capacity: 80 Attendees | 💰 Free to Attend (Lunch & Refreshments ...

z/OS Open-Source Software

By Lionel Dyck posted Thu February 20, 2025
When the term open-source is mentioned the idea of Linux immediately comes to mind but did you know that open-source started with the IBM Mainframes (yes the dinosaurs of the computing industry) back in ...

Do you know that various types of encryptions are accessible at your disposal on IBM Z?

By Devonte' Hawkins posted Wed February 19, 2025
Contributors: JB Mills and Devonte' Hawkins In a time marked by digital advancement and interconnectedness, safeguarding sensitive information emerges as a critical endeavor. Cryptography, an age-old ...

FERIT MAINFRAME ACADEMY launched in Osijek, Croatia

By Luka Kaucic posted Sat February 08, 2025
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology from Osijek, Croatia (FERIT), in partnership with IBM Croatia and CROZ , has launched its Mainframe Academy . The ...

Tailored Data Set List

By Morag Hughson posted Tue February 04, 2025
This post is describing something that helps with dataset lists, just as my previous blog post helped with jobname list . You are probably used to using ISPF 3.4 to bring up a list of datasets and likely ...

New to Z Happenings - January

By Shari Chiara posted Tue January 21, 2025
Opening letter 2024 was an amaZing year, and the best part had to be meeting all the incredible New to Z community members either virtually or in person. I’m excited for 2025, we will ...

Filtering jobnames

By Morag Hughson posted Fri January 17, 2025
If you use SDSF you are likely familiar with filtering your view of jobs (whether in Display Active (DA), Status (ST) or the Held (H) output queue) by using either PREFIX or OWNER . PREFIX changes ...

Repositioning member lists!

By Morag Hughson posted Fri December 27, 2024
This is a short one, but a handy one. Do you prefer that your 3.4 member list repositions the list to the position of the member you just browsed/edited or do you prefer that it stays where it is? I ...

New to IBM Z Career Conversations Webinar Series

By Shalini Priyadarshini posted Mon December 09, 2024
Join us each month for a Career Conversations webinar. These exclusive events are presented by the New to Z User Group , bringing our members together with IBM experts on a range of career topics. ...

New to IBM Z Technical Talk Webinar Series

By Shalini Priyadarshini posted Mon December 09, 2024
Join us each month for a Technical Talk webinar. These exclusive events are presented by the New to Z User Group , bringing our members together with IBM experts on a range of technical topics. ...