For the participants of IBMVM, IBMMAIN, LINUX390 who are interested in technical education on System z.
If you are looking for a week of technical education, the next IBM tech conference for System z is coming up. Enrollment is open to Customers, ISVs, Partners, and IBMers, too. IBM System z Technical Conference May 5-9, 2008 Dresden, Germany Web site: http://www.ibm.com/training/conf/europe/systemz/ The conference tracks include: System z General Interest and the SOA Data Center z/OS Linux on System z z/VM z/VSE System Storage for System z Jim Porell (IBM STG, System z Distinguished Engineer) will kick off the week. Mike Cowlishaw (IBM Fellow and father of REXX) will join us on Monday to talk about his past decade of work on Decimal Arithmetic. We have a long list of technical experts who come to present, many of whom you may know from their participation in other events (e.g SHARE, WAVV, GSE, System z Expo) and we have many new z next gen presenters, too ! The format consists of traditional lectures and also some hands-on-labs. There is an exhibit area where you can speak with ISV and IBM exhibitors. All sessions are presented in English. Please visit the web site for the enrollment details, the abstracts, the agenda grid (both will be updated shortly with April editions of the files, but there's only a few changes should you want to look at the current editions today). Web site: http://www.ibm.com/training/conf/europe/systemz/ We look forward to meeting you in Dresden ! Regards from your System z Tech Conference "Agenda Architects" Pamela Christina, Glenn Anderson, and Bob Halem P.S. FYI - The US-based tech conference, IBM System z Expo is planned for October 13-17, 2008 at the RIO in Las Vegas