While I believe all our meetings are good ones, I think the upcoming one is
overflowing with VM and Linux goodness:
Date: March 28, 2012
Location: Computer Associates
2291 Wood Oak Drive
Herndon VA
Time: 8:30 for 9:00 until 2pm
STASH - Jim Porell IBM
This session is an introduction to the Smart Terminal Architecture with
Secure Hosts (STASH). STASH utilizes the System z Bladecenter Extension
(zBX) as a desktop hosting environment running trusted thin client software.
Users can take advantage of the System z for computing and management
capabilities, greatly reducing the number of servers and thin client
deployment costs. Other technologies that complete the environment are
workload management software and a fraud detection solution that mitigates
insider threat. By combining mainframe virtualization management, security,
and thin client technology, organizations will be able to take advantage of
the power of the mainframe extended to trusted virtual desktop environments.
Speaker Bio: Jim Porell is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and Deputy CTO for
Federal Sales. In this role, Jim consults with and for US Government
agencies to assist them in removing costs, reducing risk and improving
security and resilience, while satisfying new business proposals. Most
recently, he was directing the Business Development activities for the
mainframe. Before that he was Chief Architect for the System z Software
Brand and the chairperson of the System z Software Design council which
includes all IBM mainframe operating systems and middleware, and looks at
synergy across servers and the evolution of each of IBM's server platforms
and operating systems.
In each of these roles, Jim's focus is to ensure that IBM deploys or
acquires technology across the System z operating systems, that work
consistently with other operating systems, to enable application growth for
IBM's customers, either by writing their own new applications or deploying
new code from Independent Software Vendors. Jim has been a security
consultant to customers and the US Government for over ten years and has
co-authored several books on security.
Jim has been with IBM for 32 years in a variety of management and technical
positions across the test, development and brand organizations in the Hudson
Valley region of New York and now working in the District of Columbia.
z/VM 6.2 Performance Update - Bill Bitner IBM
Significant changes were introduced to z/VM with Version 6 Release 2 (GA
December 2, 2011). This presentation will discuss the associated performance
changes, in particular, the performance of Single System Image (SSI)
clusters and Live Guest Relocation (LGR). How quickly can z/VM relocate a
running Linux virtual machine? What factors influence LGR performance? Does
LGR activity influence the performance of other virtual machines? All these
questions and more, will be answered in this session.
Linux on System z: Some Get it and Others Don¹t - Len Diegel
One of the challenges of System z (mainframe) advocates today is getting the
message through to upper management. This session covers several issues,
including the cultural differences, inhibitors, and real customer situations
and the results of their migrations. The session is based on data
collected by Velocity Software, IBM, CA, Gartner, and others.
z/VM 6.2 Increasing the Endless Possibilities of Virtualization - Bill
Bitner IBM
By now you have probably heard about z/VM 6.2 delivering on the promise of
Single System Image (SSI) Clusters and Live Guest Relocation (LGR). It all
sounds cool, but are you struggling with where to use it? Wondering what
makes it different than other virtualization solutions? This session has two
objectives. First, to validate that this isn't just another clustering or
guest mobility solution. There are over 2500 years of virtualization
experience behind SSI and LGR, and that experience shows through. Second, we
discuss some ways that SSI and LGR allow you greater flexibility and better
business models. Some of these are fairly conventional, some are a little
off the normal thought process.
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