commoneuropecongress2026: Full Schedule

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08:00 CEST

Tuesday June 16, 2026 08:00 - 09:00 CEST

This presentation show how to run the Icinga Monitoring and Observability on Linux, AIX and IBM i, how you can combine several options to build a complete monitoring and observability that can run on the IBM Power platform for the IBM Power platform.We will show how monitoring, logging and tracing can provide a complete overview of the resources of your infrastructure to cover all platforms including IBM Power systems and all other systems to provide a universal and common platform to monitor and observe your infrastructure.In addition we will present a new module that provides manual and auto remediation or escalation for problem handling using custom scripts, Ansible or other IaC tools.

Speakers

Toshaan Bharvani

CTO, VanTosh

Toshaan Bharvani is a IT consultant, currently self-employed at VanTosh, with a interest in Open Source Software and Open Source Hardware. He started his IT interest at a very early age, when his father gave him his first own PC components. Ever since he has been interested in IT... Read More →

Tuesday June 16, 2026 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
08 - ST CLAIR 3A

AIX/Linux

10:30 CEST

Design your own VS Code extension and extend Code for IBM i

Tuesday June 16, 2026 10:30 - 11:30 CEST

08 - ST CLAIR 3A

TBD

Speakers

Sébastien Julliand

Tech Lead R&D, I AND ME - IT TRAINING

Hi, I'm Seb! I am the R&D Tech Lead for i and me - IT Training and Solutions GmbH and an active contributors to IBM i open source projects.

Let's talk about anything related to software development, on IBM i or not, it doesn't mater to me. RPGLE, Java, TypeScript...I love them all... Read More →

Ben Yeris Benouar

Software Engineer

Tuesday June 16, 2026 10:30 - 11:30 CEST
08 - ST CLAIR 3A

AIX/Linux

11:40 CEST

AI Accelration for Power with Spyre

Tuesday June 16, 2026 11:40 - 12:40 CEST

08 - ST CLAIR 3A

AI Accelration for Power with Spyre

Speakers

Brian King

Linux on Power I/O Chief Architect, IBM

Brian King is the Linux on Power I/O Chief Architect at IBM. He is responsible for Linux I/O enablement and strategy on the Power platform at IBM. He is the author of two Linux device drivers, and has contributed to many more. Brian is the chair of the OpenPOWER I/O Workgroup.

Tuesday June 16, 2026 11:40 - 12:40 CEST
08 - ST CLAIR 3A

AIX/Linux

14:00 CEST

IaaS - Manage Power Systems with IBM PowerVC for Private Cloud

Tuesday June 16, 2026 14:00 - 15:00 CEST

08 - ST CLAIR 3A

This demonstration provides a great introduction to the capabilities of PowerVC and PowerVM. It shows the process of capturing, deploying and resizing virtual machines running Linux IBM i or AIX. It shows also how to configure compute templates, storage templates, deploy templates, and use the self-service portal to deploy VM as a cloud user.

Speakers

Thierry Huche

Power Brand Technical Specialist, IBM France

I'm a Power Brand Technical Specialist for IBM France. My role is pre-sales activities aroud Power Systems. My area of expertise is around AIX, Red Hat, Ansible, PowerVS, PowerVC, VM Recovery Manager, PowerHA.

Tuesday June 16, 2026 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
08 - ST CLAIR 3A

AIX/Linux

15:55 CEST

Automate your AIX patch management

Tuesday June 16, 2026 15:55 - 16:55 CEST

08 - ST CLAIR 3A

What can be worse than speaking about IT security? Speaking about AIX patch management! Find updates, security patches, jungle them all way around, and get a system that an auditor accepts as compliant. Impossible! But at least it is possible to automate the task.

Speakers

Andrey Klyachkin

Managing director, eNFence

It is already there.

Tuesday June 16, 2026 15:55 - 16:55 CEST
08 - ST CLAIR 3A

AIX/Linux

17:05 CEST

EDB Postgres on IBM Power: The Enterprise Ready PostgreSQL Platform

Tuesday June 16, 2026 17:05 - 18:05 CEST

08 - ST CLAIR 3A

As PostgreSQL becomes a strategic platform for enterprise data, infrastructure choice plays a critical role in performance, resilience, scalability and security. This session explains why EDB Postgres on IBM Power is a powerful foundation for mission-critical workloads.Discover how IBM Power’s high-performance architecture and built-in reliability, combined with EDB’s enterprise-grade PostgreSQL capabilities, deliver superior performance, enhanced scalability, high availability, and improved cost efficiency.The session also features a demonstration of EDB Postgres on IBM Power, covering key topics such as deployment, scalability, high availability, and security.In addition, attendees will gain insights from real-world use cases and customer success stories.

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