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Introducing PopUp Mainframe at Tech Field Day Extra at SHARE KC 2024



Tech Field Day Extra at SHARE Kansas City 2024

Gary Thornhill presents for PopUp Mainframe at Tech Field Day Extra at SHARE Kansas City 2024


This Introduction date is August 6, 2024 at 9:00-9:40.


Presenter: Gary Thornhill


Deliver Changes Faster, Cheaper and Better with PopUp Mainframe On-Demand z/OS Instances for DevTest


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PopUp Mainframe is a cutting-edge mainframe modernization product. PopUp Mainframe enables customers to create z/OS environments on-demand and deploy them anywhere, including in the cloud. PopUp Mainframe is a game changer for organizations which rely on mainframe as it removes the bottlenecks surrounding mainframe environments and finally allows mainframe projects to be fully agile! PopUp democratizes access to the mainframe, making it easy and safe for everyone to access the mainframe so productivity can soar.

In this session, CEO and founder, Gary Thornhill, introduces PopUp Mainframe – what it is, how it works, and how it can transform your organization’s development practices.

Personnel: Gary Thornhill

PopUp Mainframe Deep Dive and Demo


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PopUp Mainframe enables organizations to spin up ephemeral z/OS instances in under 10 minutes running on-prem and in the cloud. PopUp comes with automation and DevOps tools preconfigured and ready to use. Using PopUp & Delphix, full z/OS environments can be bookmarked and rewound at the click of a button.

In this demo, Gary Thornhill, CEO and founder of PopUp, shows PopUp in action, from zero to a fully installed PopUp in 10 minutes, as well as the BMC tooling and Delphix mainframe time travel capability which comes out of the box.

Personnel: Gary Thornhill

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