Z DevOps Talks – Details, episodes & analysis

In this episode, we talk with Steven Perva of Ensono. He is a current IBM Champion and speaks about what it means to be a champion, what it takes to get the title, and how important advocacy is in the z/OS world. As a bonus topic, we also discuss IDEs and the future of development, so be sure to listen through the whole program!

During the episode, Steven talks about a Discord server he set up, the System Z Enthusiasts Discord server. Join up at this link to join the community! https://discord.gg/sze

In the penultimate episode of 2024, Suman Gopinath makes a return with our guest of honor, Theresa Ramsey, who is a principal designer for DevOps and AI at IBM. We define "design thinking", discuss the in's and out's of design, what goes in to designing things and more.

In this episode, Mike Ramos and David Rice from IBM's own CIO organization (which is one of, if not the biggest IBM customer) talk about their DevOps and modernization journey. From the technical aspect of making the jump from CLI-based development to next-gen workbenches to the cultural changes that occur when making a big shift in development practices, this conversation sheds light in to how IBM is walking the walk.

In this episode, Lisa Waugh stops by to discuss her role at IBM, how she got to where she is, and the awesome Women In Technology conference! Lisa talks about what it was like for her coming up in IT and how she found her path to success, as well has her involvement in the conference.

On this episode of ZDevOps Talks, Shabbir Moledina (leader of the DevOps Acceleration Team @ IBM) discusses what its like to drive the team responsible for accelerating DevOps journeys for thousands of developers worldwide. A key focus area is Git migration, which to quote the infamous Mugatu from the movie Zoolander, is "so hot right now!" Listen in to get the perspective of a technical leader and get fired up!

At long last, Suman Gopinath has made a triumphant return! Since her last appearance on Z DevOs Talks, Suman is now an IBM Distinguished Engineer and has some brilliant insights in to skills, testing, and future paths to success with DevOps.

In this episode, Joanie Gines and Sherri Hanna share visions of the future of DevOps and hybrid cloud architecture for our beloved z/OS platform. Discussion points range from generative AI for COBOL and WatsonX Code Assist, to Joanie's favorite dishes from back home. Hope you enjoy!

In this episode, Jennifer Velasquez and Kirk Chadrick return to discuss Git migration efforts as a mechanism to transform and modernize, getting you one step closer to embracing and fully implementing a cutting-edge, AI-ready pipeline.

In this episode, Nicolas Dangeville and Rich Larin are the guests of honor, leading a discussion about GenerativeAI and IBM's new watsonx Code Assistant. This episode was a blast, great conversation and really really interesting viewpoints shared.

Learn more about IBM watsonx Code Assistant here, and make sure to like, subscribe, share, and reach out if you have any topics you want to hear about!

Welcome to episode two of our limited series on compilers! In this episode, our host James Tang talks COBOL Java interoperability with Joran Siu and David Tremaine.