2012 IBM System z Technical Symposium

• General Information
• Highlights and Featured Sessions
• Registration and Tuition Savings Offers
• Keynote and Featured Speakers

• Hotel and Travel
• Week at a Glance and Event Guide
• Certification
• Solution Center Packages

• Cancel/No Show Policy
• Sponsor/Exhibitor List
• Pre-Conference Class for IBM Business Partners and IBMers

• General Overview
• What’s New

• Why Attend

• Who Should Attend

Date

Location

Duration

Tuition

April 16-19, 2012

San Francisco, CA

4 days

USD $1,995 

(Enrollment in this event includes enrollment in IBMSmartCloud Symposium, IBM Power Systems Technical Symposium, and IBM System z Technical Symposium. All three for the price of one!)

General Overview

Plan now to attend the 2012 IBM System z Technical Symposium, a premier System z Enterprise event, featuring zEnterprise, z/OS, z/VM, and Linux on System z

This 4.0 day event is your opportunity to broaden your knowledge and expertise on System z technology from both hardware and software perspectives:

With a packed agenda that covers all this – plus the opportunity to hear technical experts from IBM System z development, IBM System z customers and the community of independent software vendor (ISV) providers share their experience and expertise – you won't want to miss this memorable week of technical education.

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What’s New

IBM System z delivers a unique hybrid computing model that allows data centers to optimize workload deployment on best fit technologies with a common management infrastructure. The 2012 System z Technical Symposium will explore this capability in depth through topical tracks and sessions that will cover:

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Why Attend

A new category of system emerges!

The time has come for a new breed of system to deliver IT at the speed of business:

• It’s a smarter computing approach. A new category. Expert integrated systems combine the flexibility of general purpose system, the elasticity of cloud and the simplicity of an appliance tuned to the workload – fundamentally changing both the experience and economics of IT.
• Expert integrated systems will dramatically speed the deployment of new IT processes and services and reduce many of the risks and inefficiencies that are inherent in today’s fixed, deterministic IT solutions.

The excitement is building.

• eWeek: IBM to Introduce New Systems With 'Integrated Expertise'
• ZDNet: IBM eyes new systems with ‘integrated expertise’ built in
• ZDNet: IBM SVP discusses success behind integrated systems trend

IBM Executives give these perspectives

• Steve Mills
• Rod Adkins

Attending IBM System z Technical Symposium will be your opportunity to talk to the experts and take a deep dive into the emergence of a new category of system referred to as "expert integrated systems".

IBM System z Technical Symposium!

In this 3.0 day event, broaden your knowledge and expertise on System z technology from both hardware and software perspectives. Find out more about hot industry trends on System z, such as cloud computing and virtualization. Additionally, get up to speed on how zEnterprise, an integrated hardware platform, is making it possible to deploy and intelligently manage workloads across mainframe and distributed technologies. The latest updates to z/OS, z/VM, and Linux on System z will be a major part of the agenda, as well as, coverage on System z software, including DB2 (full track), CICS, MQ, WebSphere, Cognos and more. Hear IBM System z development technical experts, IBM System z clients and the community of independent software vendor (ISV) providers share their experiences and expertise for a memorable three days of technical education.

If you did not get a chance to attend the IBM System z Technical University in 2011, the IBM Technical World for Smarter Computing in April is a great opportunity for you to update and refresh your skills. This shorter version of the IBM System z Technical University focuses on smarter computing implementation, recent product updates, as well as, key topics across the System z platform. By co-locating the IBM System z and IBM Power Systems Technical Symposia with the inaugural IBMSmartCloud Symposium you can attend sessions at all three events for the price of one.

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Who Should Attend

The IBM System z Technical Symposium is intended for IBM customers, IBM Business Partners, IBM employees, Independent Software Vendors and System Integrators, such as:

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