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Don’t Miss These SHARE Sessions: Tuesday, Aug 19
Following on from our Cheryl’s List blog posts about sessions at SHARE on Monday, this post has some sessions to keep you entertained Tuesday – Friday. I had planned to do a separate post each day, however, I felt it best that we get you my thoughts early, so you have plenty of time to get your plans organised. Please let me know if you find these posts helpful and if you have any suggestions about how we could make them more valuable to you. There are many instances of scheduling clashes...
Don’t Miss These SHARE Sessions: Monday, Aug 18
The 2025 summer SHARE will be held in the Hilton Cleveland Downtown, Ohio, between August 17th and 21st. This is a four-day conference, with the last day (Thursday) being a full day. If you are attending, check out the Technical Agenda and download the SHARE app for your mobile device. There are many instances of scheduling clashes between sessions that I really want to attend. If you are attending with colleagues, I highly recommend that you sit down together in advance and agree on who will...
Guide to SHARE Washington DC (Part 4)
If you are attending the SHARE conference this week, we hope you have enjoyed it and that our blog posts have been a little help in finding interesting and relevant sessions. It is hard to believe that we are already discussing the sessions for the last day of the conference, but we hope our selections below will help you finish the week on a high note. The Thursday sessions I think might be particularly interesting to our readers are as follows: Thursday, 07:30, PSP: Leveraging Generative AI...
Guide to SHARE Washington DC (Part 3)
Following on from our Cheryl’s List blog posts about sessions at SHARE on Monday and Tuesday, this post has some sessions to keep you entertained on Wednesday (February 25). We plan to do a separate post for each day, to make them a little more manageable for you. Please let us know if you find these posts helpful and if you have any suggestions about how we could make them more valuable to you. The Wednesday sessions I think might be particularly interesting to our readers are as follows:...
Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter 2024 No. 4 Available Now
Hello from me, Mark Wilson, the incoming Editor and Producer for Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter. We’re proud to release the latest issue, 2024 No.4, on the publication's website. If you’re not a subscriber yet, consider this your nudge. You can catch the complete Table of Contents here, available to the public. In this Tuning Letter issue, you will find the following practical articles and insights: A ‘Fond Farewell’ from Frank Kyne to our subscribers after 11 years of excellent service and...
Guide to SHARE Washington DC (Part 2)
Following on from our Cheryl’s List blog post about sessions at SHARE next Monday that caught our attentions, this post has some sessions to keep you entertained on Tuesday (February 25). We plan to do a separate post for each day, to make them a little more manageable for you. My list of Tuesday sessions I think might be particularly interesting to our readers are as follows: Tuesday, 09:15, A Performance Analyst’s Guide to Mainframe zERT Analysis, by Jack Opgenorth and Johannes van der...
Guide to SHARE Washington DC (Part 1)
The 2025 Winter SHARE conference will be held in the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, starting tomorrow, Sunday, February 23. This one is a 4-day conference, with the last day (Thursday) being a full day. If you are attending, check out the Technical Agenda and download the SHARE app for your mobile device. As usual, I’m finding that I have many instances of scheduling clashes between sessions that I really want to attend. If you are attending with colleagues, I highly recommend...
Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter 2024 No. 3 Available Now
We are delighted to announce that the first issue of Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter since its transition to Planet Mainframe has just been published. You can find the 117-page Tuning Letter 2024 No. 3 on the new home of the Tuning Letter, https://tuningletter.planetmainframe.com/. You can find the full Table of Contents here. This issue contains the following: An updated FAQ to address any questions our subscribers might have regarding how the transition will impact them. Regular readers...
Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter 2024 No. 2 Now Available
Subscribers to Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter can find the latest 94-page issue, 2024 No.2, on our publications website. In this issue, you will find the following: A ‘passing of the baton’ letter from Cheryl to our subscribers, many of whom have been with us since Cheryl and Tom launched Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter back in 1991. In addition to looking back at the success of the Tuning Letter, now in its 34th uninterrupted year of publication, Cheryl introduces Amanda Hendley, the Managing...
W&W Guide to SHARE in Kansas City (Part 3)
Here is the third installment of our 4-part series of Cheryl’s List blog posts about sessions at SHARE that we think might be particularly interesting to our readers. This post has enough sessions to keep you and your colleagues out of harm’s way for all of Wednesday. Time permitting, I’ll get the list for Thursday’s sessions out tomorrow evening. So, my list of sessions I think might be especially relevant to our readers on Wednesday are as follows: Wednesday, 07:30, Do You Know Your...