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Unlocking the Power of Mainframes: A Beg... Elitsa Popova
Meena Chand
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Diving into z/OS Open Source Development... Donna Hudi
Igor Todorovski
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What's new in Security for CICS TS 6.2 Robert Stroud
Mark Pocock
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Easier than you think: Mainframes and Li... Elitsa Popova
John Baker
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WAVEZ 101
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Embracing Modern Open Source tools on z/... Donna Hudi
Igor Todorovski
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Db2 for z/OS Data Sharing Performance Tu... Colin Knight
John Campbell
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Developing CICS applications your way, u... Robert Stroud
Andrew Twydell
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Lightning Strikes, Mainframe Resiliency... Elitsa Popova
Ben Davis
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Securing the monster under the bed with... Marcus Davage
Keziah Knopp
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Is it time to exchange CICS Web Service... Robert Stroud
Andrew Smithson
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Wowee it's Zowe opening up the mainframe... Elitsa Popova
Joe Winchester
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WAVEZ 101
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Basics on using Python with z/OS Maemalynn Meanor
Steven Pitman
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z/OS Communications Server Technical Upd... Niall Buchanan
Sam Reynolds
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Unsung Heroes of the Db2 for z/OS Applic... Colin Knight
Emil Kotrc
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The Next Generation of Mainframers Maemalynn Meanor
John Mertic
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z/OS Communications Server Network Secur... Niall Buchanan
Sam Reynolds
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New products, features and functionaliti... Stuart Ashby
Roland Koo
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Platform Engineering Use Cases: The Self... Stuart Ashby
Per Kroll
Venkat Balabhadrapatruni
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Stop Agonizing & Start Virtualizing Keith Banham
Jim Wankowski
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IBM Z Workload Scheduler - What's new wi... Anna Dawson
Marco Cardelli
Cecilia Baglioni
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Taming Page Splits: Reduced Stress for D... Colin Knight
Saurabh Pandey
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Git Branching: Moving to recommended mod... Stuart Ashby
Ian Mitchell
Dennis Behm
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Improving resilience and scalability wit... Robert Stroud
Jenny He
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Observability 2.0 - Much more than just... Keith Banham
Neel Shah
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Metrics in DevOps: Buckle Up for a Rolle... Stuart Ashby
Atul Bhovan
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Unveiling the Ways to Audit Resources an... David Ahearn
Rogerio Eugenio Malaquias Camargo
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CICS Banking Sample Application: Our CI/... Robert Stroud
Justin Taylor
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What are RACF "Industry Best Practices"? David Ahearn
Daniel Burk
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Bring The Proven Power of Ansible Softwa... Keith Banham
Jan Prihoda
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Customising IzWS Panel EQQAJCLE a.k.a. A... Anna Dawson
Anna Dawson
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Best Practices for managing distributed... Colin Knight
Anthony Ciabattoni
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Addressing Enterprise Pain Points in IBM... Stuart Ashby
René De Vleeschauwer
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CICSPlex SM - A Minimalist Approach Robert Stroud
Ezriel Gross
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The Evolving Landscape of Database Admin... Elitsa Popova
Sameer Satyavolu
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Configuring the z/OS Container Platform Keith Banham
Michael Fitzpatrick
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IBM Z Operations Unite streamline mainfr... Anna Dawson
Domenico D'Alterio
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Using Wireshark to look at networking da... Niall Buchanan
Colin Paice
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Preparing to Pass Your Db2 for z/OS Admi... Colin Knight
Emil Kotrc
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Semeru (Java) on z/OS: Key Updates & Why... Stuart Ashby
James Tang
Jon Furminger
Thaksena Rangarajan
Sean Kelleher
Emily Popovic
Kevin Cho
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z/OSMF workflows automation with Zowe Elitsa Popova
Pavel Zlatnik
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Effective strategies for Git and source... Maemalynn Meanor
Igor Todorovski
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Getting Started with NetMaster’s SmartTr... Niall Buchanan
Phillip Schoen
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zParms: Overview, Best Practices, and Re... Marcus Davage
Emil Kotrc
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The Secret to Open Source on the Mainfra... Donna Hudi
John Mertic
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Unlocking z/OS Data to Streamline System... Anna Dawson
Rachita Issar
Zaid Alattar
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IBM Watson Code Assistant and DevOps Sto... Stuart Ashby
Joseph Taffe-Atkins
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Simplifying CICS Configuration: Harnessi... Robert Stroud
Tom Baskerville
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Top 5 open source mainframe powerups no... Donna Hudi
Joe Winchester
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Claims, Drains and Automobiles Colin Knight
Marcus Davage
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How a software developer thinks about RA... Stuart Ashby
Rob Scott
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Bridging the gap between Auditing and RA... James Harper
Niall Ashley
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0-to-PyPI - Developing Open Source z/OS... Donna Hudi
Chad McIntyre
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Db2 for z/OS Development all new "2025 S... Marcus Davage
Anthony Ciabattoni
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Achieving Resiliency in CICS with CPSM Robert Stroud
Aleksandr Charcikov
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WAPL Calculations beyond JCL Directives Anna Dawson
Adrian Angelov
Federica Gari
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CICS Technical Introduction for non CICS... Robert Stroud
Ezriel Gross
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Look Beyond Slides: The Secret to Engagi... Niall Ashley
Sujit Neb
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Bang for your z/OS buck with Go! Maemalynn Meanor
William O'Farrell
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Using Your OMEGAMON Data With Your Visua... Anna Dawson
Daniel Wiegand
Ashok Mahay
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All Aboard the Network Express! Niall Buchanan
Sam Reynolds
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Operations: The last mile of DevOps Stuart Ashby
Anthony Anter
Jeremy Hamilton
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Unsung Hero of z/OS Mainframes - JCL Niall Ashley
Prema Jogdand
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Making Observability Work: User Insights... Maemalynn Meanor
Ruediger Schulze
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Modernization of OMEGAMON with key enhan... Anna Dawson
Ashok Mahay
Daniel Wiegand
Ashok Mahay
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Network Segmentation Mechanisms on z/OS Niall Buchanan
Sam Reynolds
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