Originally posted by: TonyPearson
Continuing my coverage of the IBM Systems Technical University in Orlando, here are the sessions that I presented or attended on Day 2 (Tuesday).
- Storage Futures
Andrew Greenfield, IBM Global XIV Storage and Networking Client Technical Specialist, presented IBM's future plans for XIV and FlashSystem products. This was a special NDA session.
- Demystify OpenStack
Eric Aquaronne, IBM Systems and Cloud Business Development lead, explained what OpenStack was, and why IBM is so heavily invested in its success. OpenStack is cloud management software that can be used to manager both on-premise and off-premise environments, including computer, storage and networking resources.
- Software Defined Storage - Why? What? How?
Tony Pearson presented an overview of Software Defined Environments and how storage fits into this.
Suspiciously, there was a lot of overlap with Brian Sherman's presentation on Day 1. As Charles Caleb Colton would say, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."
- Making Sense of IBM Cloud Offerings
Jay Kruemcke, IBM Cloud Program Executive Client Collaboration Market Management Offering Manager, gave a high-level overview of IBM's various Cloud offerings from SoftLayer to Managed Cloud Services.
- The Pendulum Swings Back - Understanding Converged and Hyperconverged environments
Tony Pearson presented IBM's involvement with Converged Systems like VersaStack and Hyperconverged systems with Spectrum Accelerate and Spectrum Scale software.
- Next Generation Storage Tiering: Less Management, Lower Cost and Increased Performance
Tony Pearson presented Easy Tier, Storage Analytics Engine in Spectrum Control Advanced Edition, and Spectrum Scale tiering across flash, disk and tape media.
The second day ended with a "Networking" Reception in the Solution Center, serving food and my favorite grape-flavored beverages.
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