UPDATED 3/10/2019 Hi from sunny Phoenix! Cheryl, Brenda, Mario, and myself arrived here yesterday evening and are looking forward to an exciting week. After my first pass over the list of sessions, I have 117 presentations that I would like to see. And that doesn’t include the closed door sessions, one-on-one meetings, and lunches and…
Hi All, The latest 134-page issue of Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter is now available on our publications website. We emailed all subscribers last night to let them know, and have already been receiving nice feedback from readers. The Table of Contents is now available on our public website for anyone to view. Just about anyone that…
Hi All, The latest issue of Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter is now available on our publications website. This one took a little longer to deliver than originally planned. However there was some late-breaking news on Container Pricing changes that we wanted to include, and then we bumped up against the Thanksgiving holiday and some other…
It’s been a while since our last blog post, so we thought that we would pass along some recent news to brighten your mid-week for you. First, in case, you missed it, IBM announced their mid-life update for the z14 and ZR1 CPCs. IBM US Announcement Letter 118-075, issued on October 2nd, lists a number…
Hi All, Our latest Tuning Letter, 2018 No. 2, was published on our publications website last night. 153 pages of functions and fun. We hope that you will enjoy it – just the cure for poolside boredom :). The Table of Contents will be available on our public website tomorrow for anyone to view. I’m…
New Tuning Letter Issue We just sent Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter 2018 No. 2 to our publishers, all 153 pages of it. It should be available on our publications website by the end of next week. We wanted to let you know now, so that you will have an opportunity to chat to us, or…
If you support z/OS and have access to the Internet, you almost certainly have been impacted by a sweeping website redesign that IBM is currently implementing. To say that we, and much of the z/OS community, are unhappy is a massive under-statement – if you don’t normally follow IBM-MAIN, you should take a few minutes…
Good news for all our Tuning Letter subscribers that were wondering what you could find to keep you busy over the weekend. Just when you thought that you might ‘have’ to go to the beach, or do some long over-overdue Spring cleanup, we have great news for you – the latest, 148-page, Cheryl Watson Tuning…
Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter 2018 No. 1 We apologize for the delay in getting this issue out. I had some family medical issues which threw all my plans out the window. But the issue is finished now, and the publisher is working their magic on it, and we will hopefully have it available on our…
Are you attending the IBM Systems Technical University event in sunny Orlando this week? If so, we hope that you are enjoying the vast selection of interesting sessions and making the best of those invaluable networking opportunities. If you are already thinking about ways to convince your manager to let you attend the next event,…
