The May 2026 Special Edition newsletter focuses entirely on the EPV Next Generation 2026 virtual conference held on May 19 and 21, 2026. This page outlines the final agenda, core presentation abstracts, and strategic roadmap enhancements introduced across the EPV product suite.
EPV Next Generation 2026: Session Summaries
The conference focused on helping customers manage infrastructure health and evolution by highlighting brand-new capabilities and integrations within V18:
Core Session Highlights
- EPV Real Time V18 Enhancements: Learn how V18 optimizes the collection of SMF data directly from in-memory pools and transfers it to external platforms or data lakes with minimal delay and maximum reliability.
- MyEPV Dynamic V18 Preview: An exclusive look at the latest major interface and data engine enhancements ahead of its final development phase release.
- Synergy: MyEPV & EPV Real Time: A technical look at combining these two tools to build sub-second SMF record reports, allowing infrastructure teams to monitor application and system performance with negligible delay.
- Exceptions Redesign in EPV V18: Driven by customer feedback, exception processing has been rebuilt for speed. Exceptions are now captured in structured EPV tables, allowing historical analysis via standard SQL queries.
- AI in EPV Focal Point: An exploration of new automated features and AI-driven enhancements designed to centralize and track your overarching EPV processing ecosystem.
- An Introduction to OpenTelemetry (OTel) on z/OS: Discover how EPV instruments CICS to produce the new
SMF 1159 records, creating a holistic view of application interactions to accelerate root-cause analysis.
Access Conference Materials
You can download the May 2026 Special Edition newsletter here. For more information, please visit the EPV Technologies website.