Agenda

4 June  2024 (Day 1)

Keynote:  The Future of Clustering - Flash Grids and Modernising Your Data Centre
How IBM Storage Virtualize is modernising and simplifying replication and scale out clustering to provide high performance, highly scalable replication solutions and where we go from here.

Introducing the IBM FlashSystem 5300 - NVMe for Everyone

When IBM introduced the FlashSystem 5200, we brought enterprise level performance and capacity to every data centre, thanks to its astonishing density and power efficiency. The new IBM FlashSystem 5300 goes even further: with enhanced security and realtime ransomware detection capabilities, plus blistering performance increases, we're bringing the best cyber resiliency in the industry to everyone, no matter your shape or size.

 This session covers the new security features, flexible IO options and the evolution of the hardware and software that has brought us the most secure and highest performing FlashSystem 5000 to date.

IBM Storage Virtualize vVols and VSphere vSphere Support
Vvols, Vsphere and general support updates for VMware integration with Storage Virtualize on FlashSystem and SVC.

IBM Healthchecker and Proactive Support
What IBM tools you can use to better monitor your system health and how IBM is using AI and analytics to stop small problems before they become big issues.

Scalability and Performance -  Which FlashSystem is right for you?
A technical dive into which IBM FlashSystem fits best with which use cases and how to right size your system for memory, adapters and functionality.

Ethernet Data Centres
A technical deep dive on the IBM Storage Virtualize Ethernet support including updates on Ethernet replication, NVMe over Ethernet and the future of Ethernet attach storage.

IBM Storage Assurance

IBM Storage Assurance with FlashSystem is IT for Life. Learn how FlashSystem can help you to stay modern forever with flat, regular and transparent pricing and automatic refreshes around SLAs.

Innovations in Power Systems

IBM Power is known for its scalability and performance with the most demanding workloads.  The session will share some of the innovative Power systems approaches to solving client challenges in the high-performance computing space including Formula 1.

Daily Business for a Brocade SAN Administrator

An open discussion into the How and Why of everyday SAN admin - discussing Brocade best practice recommendations, where to find stuff, tools, what is "more" and what is "Less" important  and things in between.  This is intended as a technical session for people who are familiar with SAN administration.

IBM Storage Insights Updates and Roadmap
IBM Product Management will present the most recent features for 2024 and share what's in store for IBM Storage Insights.

5 June  2024 (Day 2)

Keynote:  Ransomware Threat Detection and FlashCore Module 4 - Securing your Primary Data
IBM Flash Fellow Andy Walls and VP of Data Resilience Tech Sales Ian Shave will discuss the innovative technology that is inline ransomware threat detection with Storage Virtualize and IBM FlashCore technology.  In this session you will learn more about the exciting breakthroughs from IBM Research and Development that are protecting and securing your primary storage arrays with IBM FlashSystem and IBM Storage Defender.

Update and the Latest News on IBM Storage Protect for Cloud
In this session you will learn about the updates and improvements that were implemented in IBM Storage Protect for Cloud since we met last time. You will hear about the new support for Google Marketplace and improvements around Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Microsoft Azure, and Salesforce protection. 

Update and the Latest news on IBM Storage Defender
In this session you will learn about the updates and improvements that were implemented in IBM Storage Defender since we met last time. You will hear about the blueprint that was published for clean room environments and the new integration with IBM Storage Flash System.

A Deeper Dive into IBM Storage Defender Sensors
The real time detection of anomalies in production data is one of the most important features of IBM Storage Defender. In this session you will learn about the capabilities of the product and will have a view behind the scenes of the IBM Storage Defender sensors invented from IBM Research

Policy Based Replication and High Availability 8.7.0 updates
An Overview of Policy Based Replication and High Availability and all the updates since 8.6.0, including How-tos and technology compares.

Replicated Snapshots and Replication Futures
A preview and early look at where we are going in 2H2024 and beyond for replication and replicated snapshots

Volume Group Snapshot 8.7.0 updates
What is new and improved in volume group snapshots in 1H2024 and where we are going in the future.

3 Best Practices to Protect your Data Path by Safeguarding your SAN
This session will cover a little bit about infrastructure modernisation and security. More specifically, how the simplicity and cyber security of fibre channel SAN may be a your best friend as you help your clients deploy IBM storage solutions

Lightning Demos
Short Demos of new or upcoming features given by the developers who work on them

IBM Storage Virtualize Roadmap and Q&A
IBM Product Management will present the most recent features for 2024 and share what's in store for IBM Storage Virtualize as well as providing an opportunity to ask the Storage Architecture team any and all of your questions around IBM Storage or the storage industry in general.

Speakers and Experts

Andrew Walls- IBM Fellow, CTO and Chief Architect, Flash Systems

Ian Shave - Vice President Data Resilience Technology Sales

Alistair Symon - Vice President of Storage Systems Development

Paul Marris - Director of Distributed Storage Development

Carlos Fuente - IBM Distinguished Engineer and Chief Architect for IBM Storage Virtualize Development

Barry Whyte - Principal Storage Technical Specialist - Storage Virtualize SME ASEANZK

Shelly Howrigon - Principal Worldwide Sales Leader, IBM Storage Virtualize and Defender

Jorge Escalante - IBM FlashSystem Product Manager

Sally Neate - Product Manager, IBM FlashSystem and Storage Insights

Philip Clark - Program Director, IBM Storage Virtualize Product Management

Gemma Izen - IBM FlashSystem 7000 Product Manager

Poul Malmkaer-Mason - Brocade Field Sales Engineer for the Nordics

Dominic Müller-Wicke - Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM Storage Software Development Architect

Andrew Martin - Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM Storage Virtualize Global Support Architect

Brent Yardley - Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM Storage Hardware Chief Architect

Eddie Lin - Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM Storage Virtualize Software Architect

Evelyn Perez - Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM Storage Virtualize Software Architect

Subhojit Roy - Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM Storage Virtualize Software Architect

Chris Bulmer - IBM Storage Virtualize High Availability and Replication Architect

Warren Hawkins - IBM Storage Virtualize Integration Specialist

Chris Canto - IBM Storage Virtualize Development

Chris Beeken - IBM Storage Virtualize Development

Steve Mitchell - IBM Power Systems Brand Technical Specialist