In today’s episode of the AIOps Corner podcast, Joe Winchester, IBM Z Senior Technical Staff Manager and Master Inventor, interviews Paul Koniar, IT Architect specializing in System Automation and NetView at FIS. Our focus topic for this podcast is System Automation. Paul says that “AI running on the mainframe with tools like System Automation…will be very beneficial.” “AI has to step in and help the operators do their jobs”.Please be sure to join the AIOps on IBM Z Community and provide your feedback for future topics.
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Just cut and paste with OMEGAMON and the new Grafana plug-in
In this episode in the series recorded at the AIOps Technical Council 2025 (AOTC) meeting in RTP, NC, Joe Winchester, IBM Z Senior Technical Staff Manager and Master Inventor, interviews Jim Porell, Director, Solutions Advisor at Rocket Software. Our focus topic for this podcast is IBM Z OMEGAMON with the new Grafana plug-in. Just cut and paste from your existing tool into the Grafana plug-in, no migration tool needed! Experience easier data accessibility and CPU utilization reduction with OMEGAMON. And finally, build on what’s out there by sharing dashboards on the z Open Data Github: https://github.com/z-open-dataPlease be sure to join the AIOps on IBM Z Community and provide your feedback for future topics.
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For a “New to IBM Z” employee, AIOps “automagically” saves money
In today’s episode of the AIOps Corner podcast, Joe Winchester, IBM Z Senior Technical Staff Manager and Master Inventor, and Rosalind Radcliffe, IBM Fellow and CTO of IBM Z Ecosystem, interview Virginia Rodgers, Customer Success Manager at 21CS. Our focus topic for this podcast is mainframe AIOps in the eyes of a “New to Z” employee. Join us to hear the welcoming observations and surprises Virginia has encountered during her brief career with the mainframe.Please be sure to join the AIOps on IBM Z Community and provide your feedback for future topics.
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Truth or myth: there is no automation on the mainframe
This is the first podcast in a series recorded at the AIOps Technical Council 2025 (AOTC) meeting in RTP, NC. Our guests for this episode of the AIOps Corner podcast, are Joe Winchester, IBM Z Senior Technical Staff Manager and Master Inventor, and Sowmya Kameswaran, IBM STSM and Chief Architect IBM watsonx Assistant for Z. Our focus topic for this podcast is observability for unlocking insights with a new Grafana plugin within IBM Z OMEGAMON. In addition to highlighting customer use cases for OMEGAMON and IBM watsonx Assistant for Z, Sowmya and Joe talk about the myth that there is no automation on the mainframe by highlighting solutions within the IBM Z AIOps. Please be sure to join the AIOps on IBM Z Community and provide your feedback for future topics.
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Recap of AIOps Technical Council (AOTC) 2025
In this AIOps Corner podcast, Uwe Gramm, Program Director, IBM Z AIOps gives Chris Sayles, Producer AIOps Corner podcast an overview of what he saw at the AIOps Technical Council 2025 meeting in Durham, NC. Uwe was encouraged by the feedback that IBM received from the clients and partners as they try to set the IBM strategy for AIOps in an AI driven world. Please be sure to join the AIOps on IBM Z Community and provide your feedback for future topics.
AIOps Corner podcast provides a venue for advocates of AIOps on IBM Z products to share their success stories. Hosted by Joe Winchester, STSM and Master Inventor at IBM Z, guests will try to get you engaged in the “possible” for your journey to AIOps. We want to hear from you, so be sure to join the AIOps on IBM Z Community and share your thoughts on topics for future podcasts. http://ibm.biz/AIOpsCommunity
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