Stream: Virtual Room 6
Time: 11:15 - 12:00
Enterprise data on IBM Z systems is increasingly powering AI, analytics, and digital transformation initiatives. To unlock its full value, organizations must make this data ready for consumption across hybrid cloud environments while preserving performance, security, and governance. In this session, I will discuss how modern data access and integration patterns help prepare IBM Z data for AI and advanced analytics use cases. Attendees will learn architectural approaches that enable real-time data availability, continuous data synchronization, virtualization, and API-driven access to support cloud-native applications and intelligent workloads. By following data gravity and hybrid data principles, organizations can deliver trusted, timely data to modern platforms, speed up innovation, and extend the value of their core systems for AI-driven innovation.
Vishal Gupta is a Senior Solution Architect with the IBM Z Ecosystem at the India Systems Development Lab (ISDL), IBM. He works with Global System Integrators and clients to build solutions across Hybrid Cloud data integration patterns, including real-time Z data access, mainframe data virtualization, synchronization, and application integration. With over 18 years of IT experience in IBM Z, his expertise spans application programming and solution architecting. He is also a seasoned speaker at IBM technical events and industry conferences, including IDUG and GSE.
Cüneyt Göksu is an Executive IT Specialist for IBM® Z solutions in the context of Data and AI in IBM Germany Development Lab as a member of Center of Excellence team. He holds MBA, Bachelor’s degree and PhD in Computer Science. He has been working with Db2 for z/OS and IBM Z Platform for over 30 years. Cuneyt focuses on Db2 for z/OS and the eco system around that, helping a diverse set of customers with proof-of-concepts, deployments, architectures, health checks and migrations. Before joining IBM, he was a member of IBM Db2 Gold Consultant Team, named IBM Champion and was an instructor for IBM Education Programs. He is a Senior Certified Executive IT Specialist, actively attends certification board reviews and holds the role of Db2 for z/OS Liaison@IDUG BOD, NA, EMEA
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