Feedback from IBM and attendees of GSE and IBM events
“The GSE Management Summit in Bonn gave me a glimpse of the future of IT, which was helpful to develop and adapt a vision tailored to my own company. A lot of interesting things were said about IT as it is today as well. It provided a broad view, covered the most salient topics and went into detail when necessary.”
- Dr. Joachim Altmann, Head of Application Development at GEZ
“The talks and informal conversations at the GSE Management Summit were very useful to me. In particular, I was able to get some helpful suggestions from other participants regarding my own work.”
– Mr. Michael Späth, Head of Mainframe System Technique, W&W Informatik GmbH
“It was valuable to meet and compare notes with employees from other enterprises, and the professional presentations at the GSE Summit also provided new impulses for future projects.”
- Dr Stefan Bungart, IBM Germany Executive Staff and Innovation Leader
“I think the conference has enabled all the participants to understand the opportunities presented by zVSE/zVM and Linux. It’s always nice to see a group of mainframe technicians who can work together! The best thing about this conference is that it took place at all. I remember that fifteen years ago mainframe technicians had a lot of opportunity to talk with other customers and IBM technicians, but today it isn’t that simple any more. I think the right way to understand what a mainframe can do is to attend meetings of this kind between customers.”
- Mr. Marco Gardini, Fratelli Carli S.p.A.
“The 1st European Conference on z/VSE, z/VM and Linux was a complete success. It was well worth attending because in addition to the comprehensive information that you expect from the VM/VSE conferences, you not only had the chance to get to know the IBM development teams in a personal conversation, but could share your thoughts and views with colleagues from other countries as well. What’s more, the sheer range of topics that were covered was so big – it included everything from product announcements and strategies to practical workshops – that it was virtually impossible to attend all the sessions that sounded interesting.”
- Mr. Lothar Stein, Director of Information Systems, BRUNATA Wärmemesser-Ges.
“The IBM System z Technical Conference was an outstanding event – I haven’t participated in such an event for some time, but this has shown me again how important it is to visit such a Conference. All contributions were very interesting and also useful and helpful for the everyday job. Talking directly with the developers was very enlightening. I heartily recommend visiting the next System z Technical Conference.”
- Mr. William Kim Mongan, Senior System Programmer, Basler Versicherungs-Aktiengesellschaft
"Some very useful and precise information was provided that will help us to define our mainframe strategy."
- Mr Dominique Trouillon, IT Architect, Renault
“The opportunity my fellow IBM executives and I had to meet with you and your GSE Management Advisory Council is being viewed as a success by us at IBM.”
– Mr. Ray Jones, Vice President, zSeries Software Sales – SWG, USA.
“The IBM participants must be praised. Well-prepared and enthusiastic! And very open for dialog”
- Ms. Lene Weldum, General Manager Bankdata, Fredericia, Denmark.
“It worked perfectly with contents, number of participants and IBM staff, especially the discussions”
– Mr. José Manuel Portillo Sánchez, Outsourcing Service Manager Confederación Española de Cajas de Ahorros, Madrid, Spain.
“Thanks for the invitation it was a real pleasure to share experiences with other GSE members and IBM. I congratulate you and all the organizers for a job well done”
– Mr. Jesús Molina Díaz, Director Área Innovación, El Corte Inglés S.A., Spain.
“Aspects of platform (mainframes versus other server platforms), costs, use and security criteria, Benchmarking, Open Source software, Virtualization, SOA: topics which each IT Manager must deal with were not only touched on but also very competently presented. Moreover, the saying “Berlin is always a journey's worth” applies to this event undoubtedly”
– Mr. Günter Dors, CEO, Rechenzentrum Region Stuttgart GmbH, Germany.
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