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2010

Wednesday 17/03/10

2009

Wednesday 18/11/09

LPARs Revisited – by Jan Tits (IBM)
CA-Mainframe Software Manager - by Marc Hamerijckx (CA)
Neon zPrime - by P. Viebrock (Neon Software)
What's new on system z and storage - by Jan Tits and Walter Casteels (IBM)
 - z10 update
 - Tape update
 - DS8700 update

Wednesday September 23rd          -   23/09/09

Dynamic Infrastructure - zHybrid - by J. Charles (IBM)
 Continuous Availability - Disaster Recovery - by U. Pimisker and J.M. Verdon
 Running an HSM Health Check - by G. Littlewood (IBM)
z/OS V1R11 and z/OS Management 1.11  - by Jan Tits (IBM)
 Storage Performance Management with IntelliMagic Products - by G. Houtekamer (Intellimagic)

Wednesday June 17th           -    17/06/09

z/OS WLM and HiperDispatch – by Jan T i  t s (IBM)
Scorpion Study - by John Schlosser (IBM)
Business Continuity @ Euroclear  - by Didier Lemaître (Euroclear)
z/OS R10 and R11 Sysprog Goody Bags - by Jan T i  t s (IBM)

Wednesday March 18th           -    18/03/09

Introduction and announcements  - by Erik Van Roy  (Chairman - Fortis)
z/OS V1R10 64-bit Architecture Enhancements – by Jan T i  t s (IBM)
DS8000 Enhancements - by Jacques Glorieuxn (IBM)
z/OS V1R11 Preview - by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM)
Shadow Middleware exploiting zIIP and zAAP on z/OS - by Vincent Vanhauwaert (Data Direct)

2008

Wednesday November 19th           -    19/11/08

IBM System z10 : What's new ? - by Jan Tits (IBM)
End to End : bringing the 2 worlds together - by Eric Maanen (BMC)
RACF Performance - by Jan De Decker (Fortis)
Linux on System z technical update - by Bertrand Jouniaux (IBM)
        - IBM Director for z/VM Demo
        - Hoplon Demo

Thursday September 25th              -    25/09/08    -   Special meeting - Collaboration with DB2 workgroup

System z Hardware and Software Enhancements in Data Serving - by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM Belgium)
New Data Warehousing possibilities on system Z - by Wolgang Hengstler (IBM Böblingen)
Understanding and managing zIIPs - Hendrik De Smet (IBM Belgium)
zIIP at KBC - by Jan Tielemans (KBC)
zIIP at Nexxar - by Eddy Tiels (Competence Partners)
What's new in z/OS 1.10 - by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM Belgium)
Data warehousing on system Z - from the new redbook - by Christian Molaro (Mconsulting Belgium)
I/O Performance and DB2 for z/OS - by Jan Henderyckx (Brainware Belgium)
Unicode Experiences with DB2 - by Jan Tielemans (KBC Global Services NV)
A vision or a new innovation to manage the lifecycle of your data - by Dirk Cooman (IBM Belgium)

Wednesday June 18th     -    18/06/08

z/OS V1.9 Communications Server : Getting the Policy Agent up and Running - by Renaud Colin (Euroclear)
Understanding and Managing zAAPsand zIIPs - by hendrik De Smet (IBM)
SMP/E 3.5 : Simplifying PSP Buckets and Other Goodies - by Francis Vandendriessche (IBM)
What’s new in RMF for z/OS V1.9 and V1.10 - by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM)

GSE Regional Conference in Oostende on 17 and 18 April 2008.

Program / Agenda
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Wednesday March 19th     -    19/03/08

IBM announcement overview - by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM)
Newest software announcement for System z10 - by hendrik De Smet (IBM)
IBM System z10 EC technical overview - by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM)
IBM System z10 EC CD in ISO Format ( +- 500 Mb ! ) - by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM)
z/OS V1R10 Preview - by Jan Tits (IBM)

Wednesday March 5th - IBM Datacenter of the Future   -    05/03/08

 Download now the presentations given at this meeting ! ( +- 18 Mb )

2007

Wednesday November 21st

z/OS System REXX and REXX SDSF - by Jan Tits (IBM)
IBM consolidates 3900 servers to Mainframes - by Jean-Paul Goemaere  (IBM)
IBM Tape recent updates - by Walter Casteels (IBM)
GDPS/PPRC HyperSwap Manager  at KBC - by Luc Martens & Paul Nys (KBC)

Wednesday September 19th  

Wednesday June 6th

Introduction - Survey results , by Erik Van Roy ( Fortis )
z/OS V1R9 Preview, by Jan Tits  ( IBM )
Wave Division Multiplexers (WDMs), by Jan Devos  ( IBM )
What's new on IBM System z ?, by Jean-Paul Goemaere  ( IBM )
z/OS I/O Performance Features : MIDAW , by Jacques Glorieux  ( IBM )
z/OS I/O Performance Features : HYPERPAV , by Jacques Glorieux  ( IBM )

Wednesday March 7th

What's new on IBM System z ?, by Jean-Paul Goemaere  ( IBM )
CICS Connectivity, by Guy Van Roy  ( IBM )
IMS Connectivity , by Hélène Lyon ( IBM France )
Server Time Protocol , by Jean-Paul Goemaere  ( IBM )

2006

Wednesday November 22nd

IBM Tivoli Software Asset Management – Tivoli License Compliance Manager for z/OS , by Hendrik De Smet  ( IBM )
System Automation using CA-OPS, by Patrick Barrez  ( Fortis Bank )
Transparently Encrypting your z/OS tapes with Brightstor Tape Encryption , by Bart Gyselinck ( Computer Associates )
Unicode on z/OS and in DB2 , by Dirk Coomans ( IBM )   

Wednesday September 20th

z/OS V1R8 Technical Overview , by Jean-Paul Goemaere  ( IBM )
DS8000 and Advanced Copy Services, by Jacques Glorieux  ( IBM )
Ficon & Macdata : technical presentation of the latest technology, by david Lytle ( Mcdata )

Wednesday June 7th

z9 Technical Overview , by Jean-Paul Goemaere  (IBM)
z/OS V1R8 Preview , by Jean-Paul Goemaere  (IBM)
Importance of Transaction Analysis up to end-to-end monitoring, by Eric Maanen  (BMC)
Encryption Facility for z/OS , by Kristin Donceel (IBM)     

Wednesday March 8th

Overview of the GSE Workgroups , by Jacques De Wile (Chairman GSE)
Latest news of IBM Systems Z , by Jean-Paul Goemaere  (IBM)
Overview of  z/OS Unix System Services, by Francis Vandendriessche  (IBM)
Monitoring USS with IBM Omegamon , by Hendrik De Smet (IBM) 

2005

Wednesday November 23th

zPCR, a tool for zSeries and System z9 performance and capacity sizing , by Kristin Donceel  (IBM)
ICF Catalog Risk Management , by Geoff Littlewood  (Mainstar)
TCP/IP, an introduction , by Jan Devos  (IBM)
TCP/IP on z/OS , by Francis Vandendriessche  (IBM)      
 

September 21st 2005

The IBM System Z9 Part 1 , by Jean-Paul Goemaere & Kristin Donceel (IBM)
The IBM System Z9 Part 2 , by Jean-Paul Goemaere & Kristin Donceel (IBM)
z/OS V1R7 , by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM)
CA Virtual Tape , by Bart Gyselink (CA) & Christian Stievenard (UNMS)

June 8th 2005

Recent news for zSeries and z/OS update , by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM)
DB2 for z/OS V8, by Dirk Coomans (IBM)
PDSE , by Erik Van Roy (Fortis Bank)
WebSphere Application Servor for z/OS V6, by Jan Van Der Sypt (IBM)

March 9th 2005

zSeries and z/OS update , by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM)
GDPS/PPRC HyperSwap Manager, by Kristien Donceel (IBM)
Tivoli Access Manager - Product overview , by Bert Schaekers (IBM)
Tivoli Access Manager - Implementation, by Peter Volckaert(IBM)
Questionnaire for future sessions, by André Ferette (Fortis Bank) <= please send answers back to franky.goethals@telenet.be

2004

November 24th 2004

Overview of  zSeries announcements of October 2004 , by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM)
Detailed presentation of the latest zSeries announcements,  by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM)
IBM's aquisition of Candle from a customer perspective,  by Hendrik De Smet (Candle, an IBM Company)
Impact of distance in I/O and Sysplex performance, by Marc Piron (Fortis Bank)
Feedback on the z/OS Unix Environment survey, by André Ferette (Fortis Bank)

September 22nd 2004

z/OS and z/OS.e Update, by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM)
The right approach to zSeries capacity sizing,  by Kristin Donceel (IBM)
 

June 9th 2004

zSeries latest news,  by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM)
XT Safe, an advanced disaster recovery solution,  by Jean Marc Philippe (IBM France)
    Part 1
    Part 2
New ways to order & apply maintenance to your z/OS system, by Xavier De Coninck & Rebecca Dosogne (IBM)
Preparing for Workload License Charging,  by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM)

March 10th, 2004

 z/OS V1R5 announcement and z/OS V1R6 Preview.  By Karel Claessens (IBM)
 z/OS Workload Manager Update. By Victor Vanhaegenborgh (IBM)
 Intelligent Resource Director.  By Kristin Donceel (IBM)

2003
 

November 26th, 2003

zSeries latest announcements.   By Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM)
Ficon and Parallel Sysplex Update.    By Kristin Donceel (IBM)
z/OS V1R4 64-bit Real and Virtual Storage.   By Victor Vanhaegenborgh (IBM)
z/OS V1R4 z/OS V1R4 Console Enhancements.   By Victor Vanhaegenborgh (IBM)
z/OS V1R5 Preview.    By Karel Claessens (IBM)

September 24th, 2003

Latest zSeries announcements.  By Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM)
Cryptography : concepts and most common algorithms.   By Patrick Kappeler (IBM Montpellier)
z/OS cryptographic services.  By Patrick Kappeler (IBM Montpellier)
Overview of cryptographic hardware on zSeries.   By Patrick Kappeler (IBM Montpellier)

June 12th, 2003

IBM zSeries 990 Technical Presentation & Migration Overview PART1    by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM) & Kristin Donceel (IBM)
IBM zSeries 990 Technical Presentation & Migration Overview PART2    by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM) & Kristin Donceel (IBM)
WebSphere Application Server for z/OS : what's new with VS ?    by Egide Van Aerschot (IBM Montpellier)
z/OS V1R4 Update & z/OS V1R5 Preview    by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM)

March 12th, 2003

1st Quarter 2003 announcements for zSeries.    By Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM)
From OS/390 to z/Os at Fortis Bank.     By Erik Van Roy (Fortis Bank)
Content Manager OnDemand for z/OS.     By Guy Riems (Jeeves)
Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex : What's new ?           By K.Donceel (IBM)
        Presentation from K. Donceel
        IBM-paper
z/OS msys for Operations.      By Victor Vanhaegenborgh (IBM)

2002

December 16, 2002

zSeries hardware and software : what's new this quarter     by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM)
Domino Server Consolidation on zSeries       by Maurice Peter (IBM France)
        Reference site : PSA - France
WebSphere on the Mainframe    by André Delsol (IBM France)
        WebSphere Application Server Family V5
        Michelin Presentation 1
        Michelin Presentation 2 
What's new with z/OS Security   by André Delsol (IBM France)
        Expres Logon Feature (ELF)
        Extension of the transactional unitto CICS and IMS with WebSphere Application Server V4.0.1
        Link to "Journal of Research and Development"

October 16, 2002

z/OS today and tomorrow        by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM)
zSeries 2nd half 2002 hardware & software announcements        by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM)
CUoD, DCUoD, CBU, CIU and PU usage : are you lost ?        by Kristin Donceel (IBM)

June 5, 2002

zSeries April Announcements    by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM)
z/OS USS File Systems : a technical overview      by Francis Vandendriessche (IBM)
    zFS    by Francis Vandendriessche (IBM)
    Shared HFS    by Francis Vandendriessche (IBM)
    HFS Revealed    by Francis Vandendriessche (IBM)
Intelligent Resource Director    by Victor Vanhaegenborgh (IBM)
FCP    by Kristin Donceel (IBM)
 

March 6, 2002

zSeries 1^st Quarter 2002 Hardware Announcements     by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM)
zSeries 1^st Quarter 2002 Software Announcements      by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM)
Parallel Sysplex Update 2002     by Kristin Donceel (IBM)
Fiber Cabling Services : innovations      by Erik De Smet (IBM)
        FTS Components for Connectivity Solutions
        FTS IBM Eserver zSeries Fiber Cabling Catalog
        IBM Network Integration & Deployment Services for zSeries fiber cabling
        IBM Netwerking Services Network Integration and Deployment Services Integration
        zSeries Fiber Cabling Services Approved Cable list

2001

December 20, 2001

Linux : hype or reality by Ludwig Van Den Bergh (IBM)
Linux introduction for zSeries professionals by Stephen Record (IBM)
IBM Linux offerings by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM)
The value of z/VM for Linux by Stephen Record (IBM)
WebSphere and Java on zSeries : a technical overview by Egide van Aerschot (IBM)

October 18, 2001

2^nd half 2001 zSeries Hardware announcements  by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM)
2^nd half 2001 z/OS Software announcements by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM)
Native Ficon by Kristin Donceel (IBM)
z/OS or OS/390 Infoprint Server by Chantal Maniquet (IBM)

June 13, 2001

z/OS V1R1 and V1R2 preview by Jean-Paul Goemaere (IBM)
Traditional Client-Server by Eric Lutringer (IBM)
WebSphere Application Server 4.0 for OS/390 & z/OS by Eric Lutringer (IBM)
Storage Update (ESS, SAN, NAS,...) by Mik Berx (IBM)