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MVS Program

The MVS Program is concerned with the installation, maintenance, management, performance, and exploitation of z/OS on System z processors.  The Program focuses on traditional areas of interest such as new z/OS releases and new processors as well as leading-edge topics like 64-bit storage, the System z Application Assist Processor (zAAP), the System z9 Integrated Information Processor (zIIP), WebSphere on z/OS, UNIX System Services, and Linux on System z.

Now available on our archives page: Every Bit Bucket presentation from every SHARE!

The Program is comprised of the following projects: 

SHARE is a volunteer organization. WE NEED YOU!  Volunteering is easy, rewarding, and provides great networking opportunities with IBM’ers as well as industry-leading peers. Here are some of the ways you can get involved:

  • Attend a project planning meeting or project opening session
  • Join a project
  • Chair or present a session
  • Attend a project dinner
  • Help with handouts

If you’d like to learn more about volunteering at SHARE, just click on a project above that interests you and send a note to the Project Manager.


Next SHARE: Austin, Texas - March 1-6, 2009!

Save the date for SHARE in Austin, which will be held at the Austin Convention Center.  We hope to see you there!


SHARE in San Jose - Recap

SHARE’s second conference of 2008 welcomed more than two thousand enterprise IT professionals to Silicon Valley - the home of IBM’s major source of computing power - for five days of user-driven education, networking and technical training, August 10-15, 2008.  The conference provided a one-stop shop for accessing enterprise technology user-driven success stories, insights and solutions from leading industry vendors, and an inside look at industry developments from IBM developers.

The MVS Program presented over 200 informative sessions, covering a variety of hot zTopics, including the new z10 processors and the latest release of z/OS - 1.10.  Many of our presentations are available for your review in the proceedings.

The week offered a General Session presented by Helene Armitage, Vice President Systems Software Development and Lab Based Services, IBM Systems & Technology Group, Development & Manufacturing, and new sessions focused on SHARE's 2008 conference themes – Virtualization and The SOA Journey.

SHARE’s Technology Exchange Expo allowed attendees to network and build relationships with more than 65 leading vendors in order to achieve business results and solve programs, which is a key component to SHARE’s overall mission.

Click here to view some of our most highly-rated sessions from our San Jose program.


Web Links

Here are links to other web sites that may be of interest:


Program Officers

The following volunteers are responsible for coordinating the activities of the MVS Program. Feel free to email any of us with your questions or comments about the Program.

Sam Knutson  Program Co-Manager   SKnutson@geico.com
Skip Robinson   Program Co-Manager   JO.Skip.Robinson@sce.com
Dave Danner   Program Officer   ddanner9@yahoo.com
Mike Loos   Program Officer   mikeloos@us.ibm.com
Bob Shannon   Program Officer   Bob.Shannon@rocketsoftware.com
Steve Ryder   Program Requirements Officer   sryder@jsrsys.com

 IBM Representatives

Harv Emery   Lead IBM Rep – WSC   emeryh@us.ibm.com
Greg Daynes   z/OS Installation Deployment   gdaynes@us.ibm.com
Greg Dyck   z/OS Core Technology Design  

gad@us.ibm.com

Jerry Ng   z/OS Software Service   jerryng@us.ibm.com
Mike Todd   IBM Academic Initiative   todd@us.ibm.com
Dave Whitney   IBM Representative   whitneyd@us.ibm.com

 Thanks for visiting the MVS Program page.  We welcome your comments!