Make Plans to Attend DTS Software's SHARE Washington, D.C. Technical Sessions Presented by Steve Pryor, Jerry Spencer & Raymond Bowdish

If you're attending SHARE Washington, D.C., be sure to check out our hosted technical sessions and stop by booth #222 at the SHARE Technology Expo to visit with our z/OS storage management experts. Steve, Jerry, Ray and other members of the DTS team will be available to discuss your storage management needs and answer questions. DTS Software is a participating exhibitor in Passport to Prizes and will be giving away a pair of Bose QuietComfort Earbuds. To enter, visit booth #222 and have your Passport to Prizes card stamped. Don't miss this opportunity to connect with experts and enhance your storage management strategy!

There's still time to register for the conference. If you're unable to attend, don't worry! We have a great alternative for you – explore our on-demand webinars, where you can access presentations covering similar topics at your convenience!

HELP! I Need to Migrate to a New COBOL Compiler!

As COBOL compilers come and go, there will come a time when you want to (or are forced to) migrate to a new COBOL compiler. What steps do I need to take? What are the best practices? What do I need to do to minimize problems once I go to production? All of these questions will be answered in this presentation.

When: Wednesday, February 26 | 7:30 - 8:30 AM ET

Focus Area: Application Development

Primary Track: Languages, API's, & Framework

Secondary Track(s): Operations Management, Professional Skills, Systems Management & Automation

Speakers: Jerry Spencer, Senior Software Developer at DTS Software

Room: Azalea 1

Making the IPL Work for You

What is an IPL? Where does it come from, and where does it go? These are the lessons learned while converting our zPDT from the stock ADCD IPL procedures to a rolling customized configuration. What used to take hours to set up now takes minutes, and is applicable across the board: zPDT, zD&T, big production machines, and even your DR site.

When: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | 3:45 - 4:45 PM ET

Focus Area: Core Platform

Primary Track: z/OS Systems Programming

Secondary Track(s): Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery, Operations Management

Speaker: Raymond Bowdish, QA Engineer / Technical Support Specialist at DTS Software

Room: Baltimore 5

The Other Part of SMS - IGDSMSxx

You know about the SMS constructs - data class, storage class, and so on. You know about the ACS routines. But there's another, lesser-known component of the storage management system that can profoundly influence the characteristics of datasets, the selection of volumes, and much more. In this session we'll discuss the SYS1.PARMLIB member that controls DFSMS, the most important of its more than 50 parameters, and the methods and consequences of changes to this critical control dataset.

When: Thursday, February 27 | 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM ET

Focus Area: Core Platform

Primary Track: Storage Management

Secondary Track: z/OS Systems Programming

Speaker: Steve Pryor, CTO at DTS Software

Room: Baltimore 2

 About Our Presenters

Steve Pryor, CTO at DTS Software, has a more than 30-year background in storage management, design, and support, and frequently speaks at industry events. Prior to joining DTS in the early 2000s, Steve made important contributions at several mainframe software vendors, designing and implementing major products and components.

Jerry Spencer, Senior Software Developer at DTS Software, has over 40 years in software development, with skills in IBM Mainframe, Databases, IBM Db2, SaaS, and Unix. Prior to joining DTS in 2019, Jerry spent over 20 years as a lead product developer in the mainframe space. 

Ray Bowdish, QA Engineer / Technical Support Specialist at DTS Software, grew up in the generation transitioning from playing outside to playing on computers, and was always fascinated by technology. He started working on mainframes shortly after college and has held various support positions, focusing primarily on hardware and storage management. DTS was a natural extension, now being able to help fellow mainframers.

Be sure to visit us in Booth #222