Our events
On this site you can find upcoming events by SMT Data. Some events aren’t hosted directly by SMT Data but will link to the registration site.
For more information, contact our Marketing and Communication Department via e-mail marketing@smtdata.com
August 16, 2026
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SHARE Pittsburgh 2026
SHARE is coming up again this August – and this time we’re heading to Pittsburgh.
Always a great opportunity to reconnect with customers, partners, and friends in the mainframe community.
Hope to see many of you there!
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April 23, 2026
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GS-UK Virtual Conference26
Interested in learning more about the WLM concept?
Join us this afternoon at 15:00 GMT for an open session where we’ll discuss key ideas and practical insights.
At his session, Mary Solomon and Frank Tidemand will be speaking at the GS UK Virtual C...
March 19, 2026
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AI Innovation Forum 2026
Infrastructure & observability for AI workloads: Why enterprises are investing – Panel discussion
As AI moves from experimentation to production, the real challenge for many organizations is no longer the models, it’s the infrastructure, ...
February 24, 2026
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Batch Perfomance: Lessons from a Customer Case
Mainframe optimization is an ongoing journey — and batch performance management is a key part of it.
In this SHARE 2026 session, Mary Solomon will explore how understanding batch resource usage, CPU efficiency, and workload behavior across the subs...
February 24, 2026
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Capacity and Perfomance Challenges in an Outsourced Environment
Steven Thomas takes the stage at SHARE Orlando.
Steven focuses on one of the big challenges in today’s mainframe world: Managing performance and capacity in outsourced environments.
When mainframe operations are outsourced, transparency and alignme...
June 12, 2025
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Why Mainframe Storage Monitoring Still Matters
SMT Data’s Gabriel Guth, Senior ITBI Consultant, will present at the GSE Nordic 2025 event in Gothenburg, Sweden on June 12th.
April 30, 2025
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Unlocking DB2 Performance: Key Metrics from SMF Data
SMT Data’s Mary Solomon, Vice President of ITBI Services, will present at the GS UK Virtual Conference. Mary will host a session with the title: “Unlocking DB2 Performance: Key Metrics from SMF Data”.
April 29, 2025
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Acting on Near Real-Time SMF Data: Proactive Mainframe Performance, Capacity and Cost Management
SMT Data’s Steven Thomas, Principal ITBI Evangelist, and Frank Mortensen, Senior ITBI Consultant, will present at the GS UK Virtual Conference.
April 8, 2025
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How to become a Formula 1 racing star. It is all about Performance
SMT Data’s Gabriel Guth, Senior ITBI Consultant, and Kim Mortensen, Senior ITBI Consultant, will present at the WAVEZ Spring 2025 Networking & Learning Event in Manchester, UK
October 24, 2024
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Managing Mainframe Disk and Tape Capacity – understanding who is using what
Effective management of mainframe disk is not just about understanding which datasets are taking up space. It is also about understanding which applications or business areas own those datasets.
In our previous webinar ‘Managing Mainframe Disk and...
October 2, 2024
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Managing Mainframe Disk and Tape Capacity – using DCOLLECT, HSM and RMM data
Efficient management of mainframe disk and tape storage is important for maintaining stable and cost-effective operations. However, transforming the data from tools like DCOLLECT, HSM, and RMM into useful insights can be challenging.
This presentatio...
June 19, 2024
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Maximieren Sie den Wert Ihres Mainframe
SMT Data’s Regional Sales Manager Ingrid Martin and ITBI Director Jens Olesen will present at the ceCMG Mainframe Conference in Frankfurt.
Ingrid and Jens will host a session with the title: “Maximieren Sie den Wert Ihres Mainframe”. The confer...
April 24, 2024
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The Pitfalls and Tradeoffs in Allocating Mainframe Costs to the Business
SMT Data’s CTO Steven Thomas will present at the GSE UK Virtual Conference 2024.
Steven will host a session with the title: “The pitfalls and tradeoffs in allocating mainframe costs to the business”.
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Most companies struggle to create...
April 23, 2024
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Five Different Performance Insights: A Practical Overview
SMT Data’s Senior ITBI Consultant Mary Solomon will present on the GSE UK Virtual Conference 2024.
Mary will host a session with the title: “Five Different Performance Insights: A Practical Overview”.
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LPAR Configuration – Revi...
March 12, 2024
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Are you listening to your mainframe?
SMT Data’s Senior ITBI Consultant Kim Mortensen and Regional Sales Manager Ingrid Martin will present on the GSE DACH 2024 Mainframe Modernization Conference.
Ingrid & Kim will host a session with the title: “Are you listening to your mainfra...
February 27, 2024
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Creating Business Value from Mainframe Capacity Data
A webinar by SMT Data
The mainframe is often seen as a very expensive ‘black box’. This webinar discusses how to answer questions like ‘who is using how much, when, at what cost and why?’. The answers to these questions help decision makers a...
February 6, 2024
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The pitfalls and tradeoffs in allocating mainframe costs to the business
SMT Data’s CTO Steven Thomas will represent the company at the CMG IMPACT 2024 Conference in Atlanta, GA, USA.
Steven will host a breakout session with the title: “The pitfalls and tradeoffs in allocating mainframe costs to the business”.
The c...
May 24, 2023
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Month to Month – Year to Year Capacity Planning
SMT Data’s CTO Steven Thomas will represent the company at the GSE Nordic Region Conference in Oslo, Norway.
Steven will hold a keynote speech with the title: “Month to Month – Year to Year Capacity Planning”.
The conference will take pla...
April 25, 2023
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Mainframe Software Cost Reduction
A webinar by SMT Data and Origina.
In a time with high inflation and financial uncertainties, customers have seen their cost of mainframe software based on variable monthly license charge (MLC) from most vendors go up by at least 15%. Same goes for n...
March 20, 2023
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GSE DACH: Faktenbasierte Entscheidungen, die Basis für Mainframe Modernisierung!
SMT Data’s Regional Manager in the DACH Region, Ingrid Martin, will represent the company at the GSE Technical University on Mainframe Modernization.
Ingrid will hold a keynote speech with the title: “Fact-based decisions, the basis for Mainframe...