Stream: Systems Management
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Monitoring and observability can both be a critical part of a healthy IT environment. While they both rely on similar data and metrics, they are not the same thing. Observability moves beyond monitoring and alerting to help detect and solve the root cause of the issue.
Observability measures the internal states of a system by examining its outputs, and successful observability strategies make it easier for teams to identify IT issues before they cause disruption. In the past, IT teams have had to be reactive when it comes to managing these challenges and it can still take days or weeks to discover the root cause of problems. Observability enables IT teams to identify anomalies that present a potential IT issue and address those anomalies before they become a major problem.
During this session, you will learn:
The top justifications for implementing observability for your mainframe and IBM i systems
There is currently no attachment for 5 Reasons Observability of your Mainframe and IBM i is Critical for IT
Ian is a Senior Director of Product Management at Precisely where he is responsible for the Ironstream® line of products. He has always had mainframe and IBM i somewhere in the mix.
Starting back in the late 80’s with COBOL he has never looked back. Always stretching the envelope. Ian has been through the full software development lifecycle and experience. From, powering on/off mainframes with 8” floppy disks to working with many systems, platforms and languages: REXX, assembler, C/++/#, Smalltalk, Pascal, VB, Java, Swift, today’s modern web technologies and frameworks like Angular and React …and lots of other things in between. His experience includes development (obvs!), architecture and implementation of mission-critical, customer-facing systems and global rollouts. When not running a trail or riding miles on his road bike, Ian can be found at one of his laptops writing the script for his next webcast, article or formulating the next product plan.
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