We're back with our series IBM Storage Rocks 🚀 highlighting all of the great content, events, and announcements in IBM Storage. Enjoy our curated content to stay informed and in the loop! Conveniently access the most recent IBM Storage Rocks 🚀Weekly News post here and all of the previous posts here.
📣 Announcements & Highlights
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Explore the latest videos added to the IBM Advanced Technology Group - Storage Channel! These videos are 12 minutes or less and feature demos and presentations on storage topics. These recent level up videos collection are focused on IBM® Storage Ceph®, which is a software-defined storage platform that consolidates block, file and object storage to help organizations eliminate data silos and deliver a cloud-like experience while retaining the cost benefits and data sovereignty advantages of on-premises IT.
New Videos:
If you are interested in viewing more technical videos on other Storage related topics from the Advanced Technology group, please visit the IBM MediaCenter Storage Channel.
📆 Accelerate with ATG: IBM Storage Ceph Reloaded – A review and feature update – 12/12/24 at 12:00 PM ET
IBM Storage Ceph Reloaded – A review and feature update - December 12th, 2024
IBM Storage Ceph is a software defined and hardware independent storage solution that provides block, file, and object storage in a single unified platform. . Don't miss out and register now!
📆 ATG Workshops:
Advanced Technology Group Storage Team provides technical sales support to IBM Storage Sellers and Business Partners exclusively in the Americas. The ATG Storage Team offers workshops for IBMers, Business Partners and with clients looking to invest in new IBM Storage solutions. If you are interested in attending one of the following workshops, please reach out to your IBM Representative or Business Partner to find out how you can register.
IBM Fusion and Ceph ATG Workshop - A Deep Dive into Next Gen Storage: November 19-20 (Virtual)
This workshop will provide a deep dive into how IBM Fusion and Ceph will accelerate your organizations application modernization and new application development and move to Red Hat Openshift and watsonx. Topics covered are industry trends, key use cases and success stories. IBM Storage for watsonx overview and why IBM Storage featuring IBM Fusion, IBMStorage Scale and IBM Ceph.
IBM FlashSystem Deep Dive & Advanced Functions: December 3-4 - Herndon, VA
This workshop is intended for Americas clients with an immediate requirement to upgrade from disk, first generation SSD and Flash storage systems, to the high-performance feature rich IBM FlashSystem line. This workshop covers FlashSystem 5200, 7300, and 9500 products.
IBM Storage Success Story Videos of the Week
Check out these videos showcasing IBM Storage success stories:
👉 IBM FlashSystem vs. Coffee in terms of world energy sustainability: IBM FlashSystem is more than performance, reliability, and support. It is world-class energy sustainability as well. Have you ever considered, how much energy you use to make (delicious) coffee? How does that compare to the energy required to run an IBM FlashSystem? This 1 minute video answers this pressing question for you!
👉 Tour the technology of the IBM FlashSystem 5300 in 40 seconds!
👉 Meet IBM Storage Ceph: IBM Storage VP Product Management Sam Werner tells you what IBM Storage Ceph is designed to do for you and your modern Data Lakehouse.
💬 Trending discussions
Check out these discussions in IBM Storage and share your expertise:
👉DS 4700 battery expiration issue posted in Primary Storage
👉Storage Protect Product Support for Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) OS posted in Data Protection Software
📆 Events
17 November | Atlanta, Georgia - Scale User Group at SC24
17 - 22 November | Atlanta, Georgia - SuperComputing 2024
19 November | Atlanta, Georgia - SC24 Reception
19 November | Webinar: Navigating Regulatory Compliance with IBM Storage Defender and IBM FlashSystem
26 November | Webinar: IBM Storage Ceph NVMe/TCP and VMware Integrations
4 December | Cleveland, Ohio - Healthcare AI Innovation Day with IBM
5 December | Webinar: Revolutionize your infrastructure: IBM Fusion 2.9 for cost reduction and value acceleration
10 December | Webinar: Unleash AI agility with IBM Fusion and watsonx
12 December | ATG Webcast - IBM Storage Ceph Reloaded – A review and feature update
📝 Blogs of the week
👉 @Piyush Gupta showcases the StorageGuru YouTube channel, the ultimate YouTube destination for everything related to IBM Storage in the blog Introducing StorageGuru YouTube channel, Your Quick Go-To Guide for All IBM Storage-With Exclusive Insights from Storage Developers!
👉 @Fabian Alejandro Ruelas Lizaola features how Storage Defender and IBM FlashSystem can help you meet regulatory demands and protect your data in the blog Navigating Regulatory Compliance with IBM Storage Defender and IBM FlashSystem
👉 @Chelsey Gosse highlights how the recently introduced Flash Grid Architecture from IBM provides a revolution to data storage management and lifecycle strategies for organizations of all sizes in the blog Revolutionize Your Data Storage Management with Flash Grid Architecture and Storage Partitions
👉 @Randhir Singh outlines how to onboard SI metrics onto an observability platform using OpenTelemetry (OTel) Collector in the blog OpenTelemetry Collector for IBM Storage Insights Metrics
🚀 IBM Storage Corner
@Jason Paquette shares photos from IBM's participation at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024 (12 - 15 November) in Salt Lake City, Utah this week! KubeCon, THE event for anyone looking to stay at the cutting edge of cloud technologies, featured firsthand insights into IBM's contributions to Kubernetes and OpenShift, cutting-edge innovations in container orchestration, how industry leaders are leveraging Kubernetes solutions for digital transformation, and hands-on skill development on a range of topics from basic Kubernetes to advanced subjects like IBM Fusion and Ceph.
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IBM TechXchange Community Team
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