Expert Talk

HF Jobs in JobZ: Reduce Costs, Improve Service Quality

Christian Bressler
Product Manager Beta JobZ
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HF jobs offer the potential to make processing workflows more efficient, reduce operating costs and improve performance in the z/OS data center. Christian Bressler provides an overview of use cases, best practices and the practical benefits in day-to-day operations. 

Date

September 29, 2026

Time

01:30 p.m.

What you can expect: 

  • HF jobs at a glance: classification and typical use cases 

  • Functionality and control: benefits, time parameters, error tolerance and output processing 

  • Operational value: cost reduction, reduced load on z/OS IZWS, improved performance and service quality 

  • Practice and best practices: special cases, tools and proven approaches 

  • Exchange of experience: discussion and customer requirements 

  • Outlook: further developments and future perspectives 

Target audience: 

  • JobZ customers, including those with initial experience with HF jobs 

  • Job schedulers who use LogZ and/or IBM Z Workload Scheduler 

Speakers

Christian Bressler
Product Manager Beta JobZ

Christian Bressler is Product Manager for JobZ and has been supporting customers for many years in cross-platform control and automation of workload processes.