17842: The Apathy Virus

Monday, August 10, 2015: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM
Southern Hemisphere 2 (Walt Disney World Dolphin )
Speakers: Christopher O'Malley(Compuware) , Joe Vogel(Black Knight Financial Services) , Keith Sisson(Compuware) , Jason Bloomberg(Intellyx LLC) and Connor Bratten(Compuware)

Most people believe the mainframe is immune from viruses.  But an extremely dangerous virus seriously threatens both the mainframe and the organizations that depend on it.

 That virus is apathy.

Apathy settles for “good enough” instead of striving for excellence and innovation.  Apathy fails to fully and aggressively leverage the mainframe’s incredible wealth of code and data.

Apathy also crosses its fingers and hopes it finds someone moderately competent to caretake the mainframe for the next few years, instead of offering the finest minds of the next generation the opportunity of a lifetime: hands-on experience with the most powerful commercial compute platform and most valuable code on the planet. 

Attend this keynote to learn how to combat the Apathy Virus with the right combination of strategic vision and tactical execution—and how doing so will transform your mainframe into a high-value platform for the future of digital business.

 Compuware CEO Chris O’Malley and a panel of colleagues will discuss:

  • The mainframe’s role in the new world of “composable apps”
  • Why the generational shift in IT is both a crisis and an opportunity
  • How to be Lean and Agile enough to satisfy relentlessly escalating customer demands

Tracks: Linux Systems Management, z/OS Systems Programming and z/VM Systems Programming
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