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    The WatchTower Platform™ for Mainframe Observability

    Broadcom’s Mainframe Software Division invests in the most strategic and business-critical infrastructure software for our customer base. Our business model is based on an investment strategy where we maximize re-investment into technological leadership. In this video, recorded live in Kansas City on August 6, 2024, as part of Tech Field Day Extra at SHARE Kansas City 2024, Nicole Fagen, Director, AIOps and Automation, introduces the WatchTower Platform™, a mainframe observability platform that offers a unified and user-friendly experience catering to various skill levels.

    Tech Field Day Extra at SHARE Kansas City
    Video Series

    WatchTower Alert Insights and Machine Learning Capabilities In this this video, Matheus Milani, presents and demonstrates:
    - Centralized mainframe alert insights, which streamlines IT workflows so that IT staff can accelerate problem identification, investigation, and incident resolution.
    - ML Insights, which uses machine learning to proactively detect when systems are behaving abnormally and provide anomaly alerts to expedite root-cause analysis for problem resolution.
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    WatchTower Topology Capability In this this video, Matheus Milani, Product Manager, presents and demonstrates WatchTower’s ability to automatically discover the topology of z/OS-based mainframe systems and use modern visualization technology to present intuitive views of the structure and interaction between mainframe components. Watch Video
    WatchTower Application Profiling Capability In this this video, Michael Kiehl, Senior Manager, Product Management, presents and demonstrates WatchTower’s application profiling capability, which discovers applications as they flow across the mainframe and produces valuable insights that enhance the visibility of application assets, enabling IT to optimize performance and de-risk modernization efforts. Learn More
    WatchTower Open Telemetry Capability In this this video, Angelika Heinrich, Product Manager, presents and demonstrates WatchTower’s real-time streaming capability, which uses the OpenTelemetry framework to seamlessly integrate performance data from mainframe applications into enterprise observability tools to enable end-to-end transaction workflow monitoring and performance management in real-time. Learn More

    A Pragmatic and Open Approach

    The Watchtower Platform embeds domain expertise into AIOps to turn your data into meaningful and actionable insights that drive trusted automation. As a Broadcom customer, you may already be entitled to WatchTower’s observability capabilities. Contact us to learn more and begin charting your own journey forward today.