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
@Christopher Vollmar shares updates on the IBM Champions class of 2025 and call for speakers for IBM TechXchange Conference 2025 (now open!) in the blog We're already planning IBM Techxchange 2025!
π IBM Champions Program Highlights
πCongratulations IBM Champions class of 2025!
More than 1400 new and returning advocates were invited to become 2025 IBM Champions based on their expertise, contributions, and thought leadership! Throughout 2024, these individuals built a portfolio of advocacy as they completed thousands of activities and contributed hours of their time to code, to content, to community, to mentoring and teaching, to feedback, to user groups, and to events over the last year, beyond the scope of their jobs. See @Libby Ingrassia's blog for more details.
πUpcoming 2025 Webinar Sessions:
π Accelerate with ATG: IBM Cyber Vault Introduction 101 β 3/20/25 at 12:00 PM ET
Join the Advanced Technology Group (ATG) and Expert Tom Bish for an exclusive webinar exploring IBM Cyber Vault blueprint! Discover how this solution can help customers detect and recover from logical corruption of their data due to malicious or accidental causes. Learn the key technologies and concepts used to protect the data, perform validation, forensic analysis, and recovery capabilities to bring a customer back to an operational state as quickly as possible in the event of an attack. This session will focus on the primary environments of IBM Z and i which make use of this blueprint, as well efforts to extend this to Power/AIX. Don't miss this opportunity to gain invaluable insights into data protection and recovery capabilities and register today!
π¬ Trending discussions
Check out these discussions in IBM Storage and share your expertise:
πHow to check FS7300 storage Uptime posted in IBM FlashSystem
πFS5220 change the update system from manual upgrade back to automatic upgrade posted in the Global Storage Forum
πFC Reconnect Windows Hosts with PBHA posted in IBM FlashSystem
π Events
18 February | Webinar: Flood, fire, and foes: Preparing for disasters both natural and unnatural
18 - 19 February | Mainframe Solutions for Robust, Lossless Large Data Centers [18 February session | 19 February session]
19 February | IBM Technology Lifecycle Services - Revolutionizing IT Support with AI and Automation
19 - 21 February | Hsinchu, Taiwan - HPC ASIA 2025
25 February | Webinar: More muscle, more hustle, less bustle with IBM FlashSystem
4 March | Webinar: No assembly required! β Introducing IBM Storage Ceph as a Service: Cloud storage efficiency in your datacenter, managed by IBM experts
10 - 13 March | Singapore - SupercomputingAsia 2025
13 March | Webinar: What's new for NVMe over TCP in IBM Storage Ceph Version 8.0: VMware plugin & performance insights
17 β 21 March | San Jose, California - NVIDIA GTC AI Conference
18 March | Webinar: Rethinking the "crown jewels": Identifying and protecting what's truly valuable to your company
18 - 20 March | Heidelberg, Germany - IBM Storage Scale (GPFS) German User Meeting 2025
20 March | ATG Webcast - IBM Cyber Vault Introduction 101
25 - 26 March | London, UK - Storage Strategy Event
2 - 3 April | Madrid, Spain - EMEA Fusion User Group
π Blogs of the week
π @Srinivasa Bharath Kanta gives an overview of Ceph's scheduling algorithm evolution in the blog Ceph's Scheduling Algorithm Evolution: From WPQ to dmClock
π @Daniel Alexander Parkes highlights how new replication headers in IBM Storage Ceph Object Storage 8.0 mark a significant step forward in giving developers, DevOps teams, and storage administrators more granular control and visibility over multi-site replication in the blog Enhanced Visibility into IBM Storage Ceph Object Multisite Replication with the New HTTP Sync Status Headers
π @Smita Dimber outlines how scripts are part of the IBM Storage Protect BA Client Package in the blog Effortless MS Windows Recovery: Scripts are now part of the IBM Storage Protect BA Client Package
π IBM Storage Corner
@Thomas Harrer shares photos from the recent Cyber Academy event in Hamburg! Over 3.5 days, more than 80 participants (including IBM Business Partners) came together to lay the foundation for improving their Cyber Practice. Topics covered regulations such as DORA, NIS 2, the EU AI Act. Participants discussed the need for solutions enhancing Security and Digital Operational Resilience and how multiple layers of defense can (end to end build with IBM technology) help to mitigate the risk and reduce the negative impact.
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IBM TechXchange Community Team
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