Stream: Virtual Room 6
Time: 10:00 - 10:45
As data volumes grow, they naturally attract applications, services, and processing toward them, a principle known as data gravity. In hybrid cloud environments, this effect becomes a strategic factor in architecture decisions. Enterprises running mission-critical workloads on IBM Z must decide whether to move data to where processing happens or bring processing closer to where data already resides. These choices directly affect performance, cost, security, and operational complexity. In this session, we will explore the concept of data gravity and its relevance to modern IBM Z environments. Attendees will learn how data mass, application coupling, latency requirements, and access patterns influence where workloads should run. We will discuss architectural approaches that respect data gravity by enabling analytics, APIs, and AI closer to core transactional systems, reducing unnecessary data movement while supporting hybrid cloud innovation.
Vishal Gupta is a Senior Solution Architect with the IBM Z Ecosystem at the India Systems Development Lab (ISDL), IBM. He works with Global System Integrators and clients to build solutions across Hybrid Cloud data integration patterns, including real-time Z data access, mainframe data virtualization, synchronization, and application integration. With over 18 years of IT experience in IBM Z, his expertise spans application programming and solution architecting. He is also a seasoned speaker at IBM technical events and industry conferences, including IDUG and GSE.
Email: Mehmet.Goksu@ibm.com
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