We're back with our series IBM Storage Rocks π highlighting all of the great content, events, and announcements in IBM Storage. Enjoy our curated content to stay informed and in the loop!
π£ Announcements & Highlights
@Elvia RamΓrez highlights what's new in Storage Ceph 8.1 in the blog Transform Storage Into an Enabler Rather than a Limitation with IBM Storage Ceph 8.1: The Enterprise Storage Solution That Grows With Your Business-No Lock-In, No Limits
@Marcel Hergaarden gives an overview of the new features, functions and enhancements made available in the new update release of IBM Storage Ceph, version 8.1 in the blog IBM Storage Ceph 8.1 released GA
@Kelsey Ffrench walks through the enhanced storage systems dashboard - a powerful upgrade to IBM's Data Resiliency Service in the blog From Insight to Action - Data Resilience Service Storage System Dashboard Gets an Upgrade and introduces the enhanced backup systems dashboard in IBM Storage Defender in the blog Smarter Backup, Strong Resilience - Enhanced Backup System Dashboard for Data Resilience Service
π IBM TechXchange Conference 2025
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See @Christopher Vollmar's discussion post for a high level overview of the key topics that will be covered in the Storage Track at IBM TechXchange 2025.
πUpcoming ATG Webinar Sessions:
π Accelerate with ATG: What's New in IBM Fusion 2.10! β 7/10/25 at 12:00 PM ET
IBM Fusion, together with Red Hat OpenShift provides a powerful platform for AI/ML, containerized and virtual workloads. As such, it's rapidly evolving to provide features that enable clients to serve their clients at the speed of business. In the latest 2.10 release, Fusion will provide:
- New hardware enhancements that include new server options
- New software enhancements to Data Foundation and Fusion Data Cataloging
- Continuous Operational and Installation Improvements to reduce implementation time by 30%
Join the Advanced Technology Group on Thursday July 10th to learn more & register today!
π Accelerate with ATG: IBM Storage Ceph Deep Dive for NVMe over Fabrics β 7/17/25 at 12:00 PM ET
Join the Advanced Technology Group for a detailed update on the latest IBM Storage Ceph 8.0 features and a deep dive into the block storage interface (RBD) and NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe/TCP). This session begins at an intermediate level about IBM Storage Ceph and continues into the latest block storage capabilities. Specific details will be presented about the new Dashboard support for RBD Images and NVMe/TCP configurations, plus monitoring capabilities. This session will pack as many block storage topics as possible, including live demonstrations, within a 60 minute Accelerate with ATG format. Register today!
π Accelerate with ATG: Content Aware Storage (CAS) with IBM Fusion β 7/22/25 at 12:00 PM ET
More organizations are leveraging machine learning to make sense out of their application data. This requires bringing the data to the analytics engine, which can be cumbersome, costly and complicated. But what if it was possible to bring the analytics engine right to the data? Join us for an Accelerate with ATG webinar on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, to learn how IBM Fusion and Content Aware Storage (CAS) can streamline your AI workflows and reduce costs! Register today!
πIBM Redbooks
πEnabling Agentic AI at Scale: IBM Storage Scale and CAS with NVIDIA AIQ Blueprint (an IBM Redbooks residency): This IBM Redbook provides a comprehensive technical enablement guide for building agentic AI solutions at scale using the NVIDIA AI Data Platform and AI-Q Blueprint, in conjunction with IBM Storage Scale and Content Aware Storage (CAS). Tailored for ODM partners, solution architects, and AI infrastructure specialists, the guide offers deep technical insights into deploying real-time, high-performance AI systems. It showcases IBM's leadership in scalable storage solutions and provides practical implementation strategies to accelerate AI innovation in enterprise environments.
π¬ Trending discussions
Check out these discussions in IBM Storage and share your expertise:
πConfigured capacity under FS900 posted in IBM FlashSystem
πzHyperLink Statistics request to be added to Storage Insights posted in Mainframe Storage
πLicense Values/Limit and Actual Entitlement on FlashSystem 7000 Family posted in IBM FlashSystem
π Events
8 July | Webinar: Accelerating Cloud-Native Innovation: IBM Fusion and Red Hat OpenShift - The Ultimate Container Platform Solution
10 July | ATG Webcast - What's New in IBM Fusion 2.10!
17 July | ATG Webcast - IBM Storage Ceph Deep Dive for NVMe over Fabrics
22 July | ATG Webcast - Content Aware Storage (CAS) with IBM Fusion
25 β 28 August | Las Vegas, Nevada - VMware Explore 2025
π IBM Storage Corner
@Frank Kraemer shares photos from the recent HSM & Cluster FS 2025 Conference, organized by DLR (German Aerospace Center). Focused on hierarchical storage management (HSM) and distributed file systems, the conference brought together leading voices from research institutions, industry, and the broader technology ecosystem to collaborate on advancing scalable, resilient, and secure storage infrastructures. The IBM team, represented by @Isabel Schwerdtfeger, @Josef Weingand, and Frank Kraemer delivered a compelling Storage Technology Outlook, offering a deep dive into IBM's latest innovations in data storage. Key topics included: IBM Tape Technology and Storage Scale and the new Storage Scale System 6000-designed to meet the scalability and performance needs of today's AI- and HPC-intensive environments. These solutions emphasize data reliability, fast access at scale, and integrated control planes, reducing complexity for organizations managing high-volume, high-value data!
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