The 13th NRB Mainframe Day will take place on Tuesday 19 November 2024, at the iconic Atomium in Brussels, from 12:30pm to 7pm.
This event, entirely in English, will begin with a lunch and conclude with a cocktail reception. During this afternoon, entirely dedicated to the mainframe, we will be exploring various key themes such as modernisation, new products, as well as an inspiring customer testimonial.
Don't miss this exceptional opportunity to expand your network, get inspired and discover the trends that will shape the future of the sector.
Agenda Mainframe day 2024
12.30 13.45 Walking lunch
14.00 14.15 Welcome & Introduction
Laurence Mathieu, CEO NRB
14.15 14.45 The IBM Z platform, designed to build the future of your business!
Sébastien Llaurency, Senior Solution Architect IBM
Discover the latest key innovations of the IBM Z platform (hybrid cloud, AI, security) to accelerate digital transformation. The IBM z16, equipped with AI acceleration and quantum-safe cryptographic protection, enables businesses to seamlessly integrate AI, also allowing for its addition to real-time transactions and batches. Upcoming advances like Telum2 and Spyre cards will enable large language model (LLM) processing. With Red Hat OpenShift, developers access a unified cloud experience. This session will showcase key innovative capabilities, modernization patterns, Z integration within hybrid IT and AI frameworks for optimized application business value, and customer examples.
14.45 15.30 How to build a complete and modern solution to support your business?
Benoit Ebner, Mainframe Engineering NRB – Zeina Bouyakhrichan, head of Competence Center - Mainframe Development NRB - Hélène Lyon, zArchitect NRB
NRB provides end-to-end support to meet your business needs by offering an integration solution that includes modernization, development, automated testing, and deployment.
15.30 15.45 MaaS, a low-hanging fruit at NRB
Danny Daniels, Mainframe Integrated Solutions NRB
In this presentation, Danny will explore the the acceleration of recovery solutions for IaaS and PaaS, with a focus on PaaS+++ improvements. We will also discuss the latest advancements in AIOps, including the standardization and automation of management, along with the unveiling of innovative dashboards.
15.45 16.15 Coffee break
16.15 16.35 MaaS - Customer testimonial
Johan Guelluy, CIO, Managing Director Acerta
16.35 16.55 How to use AI on mainframe for Business and Operational use cases?
Guillaume Arnould, Data & AI on IBM z Technical Sales – Client Engineering – EMEA
The latest IBM z16 brought the industry’s first integrated on-chip AI accelerator, delivering latency-optimized inference designed to enable customers to analyze real-time transactions on a large scale for critical applications. This session will introduce the solutions and typical use cases that focus on the integration of IBM zSystems in a Data Fabric architecture leveraging the AI capabilities of the IBM z16. The use cases and solutions will be business and operations oriented. We will also cover the latest announcement made at the Hot Chips conference this summer, which unveiled the future of inference on Z using Telum II Processors and Spyre Accelerators.
16.55 17.25 IBM’s Commitment to Enhanced Security: Quantum Safe and Continuous Compliance on Z16
Marius Otto, IBM Z Security Technical Sales, IBM Security zStack Leader for EMEA
The IBM z16 and related IBM zSecurity solutions extended our commitment to security on the IBM Z platform of previous generations by embracing the new era of Quantum Safe computing with an emphasis on Continuous Compliance.
Learn how IBM z16 and our rich set of capabilities and solutions on this platform will enable our clients to become DORA-ready if they aren’t yet. Find out how NRB can leverage IBM Z hardware and software security enablers to simplify administrative compliance, encryption and key management, while enforcing security policies to protect both the data and access to the data with effective identity governance and demonstrate compliance with regulatory requirements.
With the impending EU DORA regulations coming into effect on 17 January 2025, this context has never been more relevant. The EU intends the new regulation to establish a universal framework for managing and mitigating ICT risk in the financial sector, so it will impact us all.
17.25 17.40 Conclusions
17.40 18.40 Drink
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