IBM z/OS Academy Enthusiasts,

Thank you for attending our December 2021 event focused on modern tooling for IBM Z.  The topics included:

•  “What's new in z/OS Container Extensions (IBM zCX)” - Discover the latest new features of IBM z/OS Container Extensions (IBM zCX) and how you can leverage Linux on Z software to build a hybrid workload with your existing native z/OS software and run both in the same z/OS image.
• “IBM SMF Explorer with Python” - IBM SMF Explorer aims to aid SMF data analysis. The framework allows the analyzing and accessing of SMF records directly where the data resides. The tool enables easy SMF data record fetching, provides information on selected SMF fields, and serves chunks of SMF data, suitable for different analysis types that can be selected for further processing.
• “z/OS JSON Data Server with new Modern API Access” - Learn about the new modern APIs added to our existing z/OS JSON data store. The new APIs allow for rapid development of applications requiring the high availability and scalability of Parallel Sysplex.
• “Wazi” - Explore how IBM is extending the mainframe software ecosystem by providing a selection of IDEs to enable organizations to have a 'choose your own productive IDE' experience.
• “Ansible” - Red Hat Ansible is the leader in automation platforms across the enterprise, and IBM has been contributing collections into the community to enable the IBM Z platform to be managed and automated by Ansible. With over 75,000 downloads in 18 months since launching, customers have been quick to adopt and show interest in these new automation capabilities for the platform.