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SCMG Meeting Richmond
September 24, 2009

 

Location:

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
701 E. Bryd Street,
Richmond, VA
Phone - 804.697.8000

Registration

Register by September 22. Save $10!



Directions:
The building is located in downtown Richmond on Byrd Street, between 7th and 8th Streets. (Map)

From the South
I-95 North to Exit 74-A, Downtown Expressway (I-195). Take the Downtown Expressway to the exit for Canal Street. Follow Canal Street to 5th Street. Turn left on 5th Street and continue approximately two blocks crossing over Byrd Street. Turn left into first deck entrance. After parking car on level P6 in deck, take elevator or stairs down to P1 and exit. Cross 7th Street to the Richmond Fed's main entrance at the corner of 7th and Byrd Streets.


From the North
I-95 South to Exit 75 (64 East). Immediately take the 3rd Street Exit (also Coliseum). Follow 3rd Street to Byrd Street. Turn left on Byrd Street. Then right on 5th Street. Turn left into first deck entrance. After parking car on level P6 in deck, take elevator or stairs down to P1 and exit. Cross 7th Street to the Richmond Fed's main entrance at the corner of 7th and Byrd Streets.


From the East
I-64 West to Exit 190, 5th Street Exit. Follow 5th Street crossing over Byrd Street. Turn left into first deck entrance. After parking car on level P6 in deck, take elevator or stairs down to P1 and exit. Cross 7th Street to the Richmond Fed's main entrance at the corner of 7th and Byrd Streets.


From the West
I-64 East to Exit 186, Downtown Expressway (I-195). Take the Byrd Street/2nd Street Exit. Follow Byrd Street and turn right on 5th Street. Turn left into first deck entrance. After parking car on level P6 in deck, take elevator or stairs down to P1 and exit. Cross 7th Street to the Richmond Fed's main entrance at the corner of 7th and Byrd Streets.

When you arrrive: 
  Security procedures require that you show a valid photo id.  They also include X-ray and metal detection.  Meeting is on the 23rd floor in the West Virginia nnd Maryland room.


 

Agenda:

Time Session Presenter
8:00 - 8:30
Registration and Continental Breakfast
 
8:30 - 9:00
Vendor Presentation  
9:00 - 10:00  Near-Real-Time IT-Control Charts

Igor Trubin

 

10:15 - 11:15 Application Acceleration Technology and Trends

Peter Sevcik

11:15 - 12:15
Using SAS/ODS to Create Graphs and HTML Documents for z/OS Systems
Pat Wingfield
12:15 - 1:15 Lunch and Vendor Presentation
1:15 - 2:30 z/OS Hot Topics Kathy Walsh
2:45 - 3:45
CPU QoS Bob Sneed
3:45-4:30 Capacity and Performance Free-for-All, Concluding Remarks and Giveaways
 Led by Linwood Merritt

Speakers:

 Abstracts
 
 Near-Real-Time IT-Control Charts, Igor Trubin

One of the most powerful ways to visualize computer system behavior is the Control Chart. Originally used in Mechanical Engineering, it has become one of the main Six Sigma tools to optimize business processes, and after some adjustments it is being used in IT Capacity Management areas especially in "behavior learning" products. The focuses of this presentation are the following. What is the Control Chart? Where the Control Chart is used: review of some systems performance tools that use it. Control chart types: MASF charts vs. SPC. A new focus is building control charts against near-real-time performance data. The large gallery of already published charts in CMG papers will be reviewed; plus some new charts with explanations on how to read and how to build them using Excel for interactive analysis and R to do it automatically. Attendees will be provided CDs with the data in spreadsheets and R-scripts.
 
 Application Acceleration Technology and Trends, Peter Sevcik

Do your users complain that applications in remote offices are slow? Then you need to know about application acceleration. Peter Sevcik of NetForecast will describe the various techniques used to measure, control and accelerate applications using WAN optimization boxes. Peter will also describe how to match the right techniques to your application and use case--and he will talk about future trends for this technology.
 
 Using SAS/ODS to Create Graphs and HTML Documents for z/OS Systems, Pat Wingfield

With the advent of mainframe web server software, such as IBM's 'z/OS HTTP  Server', and with the SAS  ODS facility, it is possible to create HTML documents in z/OS data sets - pds/e, sequential or HFS. Graphs and web pages stored in these z/OS data sets can be viewed via a web browser. It is no longer necessary to download the documents to another type of platform for viewing on the internet or intranet. This paper covers SAS coding techniques that you should find helpful for developing HTML and SAS/GRAPH documents created, stored and displayed on z/OS systems using SAS V9.
 
 z/OS Hot Topics, Kathy Walsh

This fast paced, always new presentation will cover the latest information on recent System z10 and z/OS performance and capacity planning issues. Recent performance enhancements, gotchas, and recommendations will be reviewed. Also covered will be the latest information relating to recent performance APARs and WSC performance offerings.   
 
 CPU QoS, Bob Sneed

Application Acceleration Technology and TrendsThis is a discussion of the qualitative aspects of a CPU-second. These low-level metrics are critical to understanding efficiency and capacity, yet there's no consideration on them in mainstream CP practices!
 

 


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