2026 Presentation Archives

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Many of the speakers from the 2026 VM Workshop have kindly provided their presentation materials in electronic format so that attendees may download them for reference. Presentations will be posted as we receive them.

All files below are in PDF format.

Please note that the presentations are copyright by the speakers and/or their organizations, and please respect this copyright and do not re-post elsewhere without permission from the author.

More presentations may be added over time as they are received from speakers; please check back often.

	Speaker	Company	Session Title
	Rich Smrcina	Velocity Software, Inc	Monitoring VSE CMS Shared File System Usage and Administration
	Rich Smrcina/Jonathan Castro	Velocity Software, Inc	Visualization is Key (Smrcina) Visualization is Key (Castro)
	Robert Dougherty	Broadcom	VSE's Blueprint for Achieving Formula One Success
	Rick Barlow	Velocity Software, Inc	CMS Pipelines Basics
	Paul Novak, Eddie Horn, Vic Cross	IBM	IBM z/VM Express System Install
	Paul Novak	IBM	Standing Up and Administering a Public-access VM/SP System
	James Vincent, Rich Smrcina	Velocity Software	Introduction to REXX
	James Vincent	Velocity Software	Introduction to RACF Introduction to XEDIT
	Jim Porell	Rocket Software	From Installation to Impact Not If, But When Setting up zVM Performance Monitoring using IBM Tools
	Boris Bulanov	k2View	Unlocking VSEn Data for Real Time Operational Use Cases
	Steve Cook	IBM	GDPS 4.9 Update GDPS Cyber Resiliency - Securing, Vaulting, and Recovering GDPS Overview
	Tracy Dean	IBM	Operational Monitoring and Automation of Multiple z/VM LPARs with Linux Guests Solutions for Real Customer Challenges Managing z/VM and Linux
	Len Santalucia	Pellara	Mainframe Evolution: Securing, Monitoring, and Scaling with Next-Gen Open Source
	Ulrich Wiegand	IBM	z/VM - KVM - OpenShift Virtualization: Hypervisor choices for IBM Z
	John Rankin	CSI	Updates on CSI International Development Modernizing the Mainframe with the Modern Muscle of zCobol
	Bill Bitner	Retired	IBM Stories: Innovation from Passion
	Brian Jagos/Sam Morrone	Broadcom	Optimization and Simplification Tips for Deploying z/VM Products
	Clayton Slaughter	IBM	Getting a Lil' Rust on the Mainframe
	Sam Capodicci	IBM	Zip Through Install with GetShopZ