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
@Shawn Brume highlights the combined expertise of IBM and ATTO Technology as an end-to-end solution for modernizing media archives in the blog Modernizing M&E Workflows with Ethernet-Enabled Tape Infrastructure
@PRAKASH CHANDRAYA walks through the step-by-step approach to extending external VLAN traffic to workloads using Virtualization VLANs, Node Network Configuration Policies (NNCP), and Network Attachment Definitions (NAD)s to configure additional logical network interfaces in the blog Provisioning Additional Networking in IBM Fusion HCI
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: 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!
π Accelerate with ATG: Forging Ahead - IBM Storage Virtualize 9.1.0 Technical Update β 8/12/25 at 12:00 PM ET
Join the Advanced Technology Group for a detailed webinar to learn about the newest Long-Term Support (LTS) release of IBM Storage Virtualize. This release consolidates all the features in non-LTS versions 8.7.1, 8.7.2, and 8.7.3 - plus delivers significant new enhancements to partitions, FlashSystem grid and ransomware threat detection. Don't miss out and register now!
πIBM Redbooks
@Gucer Vasfi gives an overview of two recently published IBM Redbooks publications:
πSupercharge Your IBM Storage FlashSystem: Performance Tips and Tricks
πUnlocking Data Insights and AI: IBM Storage Ceph as a Data Lakehouse Platform for IBM watsonx.data and Beyond
π¬ Trending discussions
Check out these discussions in IBM Storage and share your expertise:
πIs it possible to install DS8A10 in customer rack with another IBM product like Z16 or TS7780? posted in Mainframe Storage
πDoes DS8A00 can PPRC with DS8884(LIC 8.5) posted in the Global Storage Forum
πStorage Insights Overhead Capacity posted in IBM FlashSystem
π Events
22 July | ATG Webcast - Content Aware Storage (CAS) with IBM Fusion
24 July | Webinar: Smarter Systems Need Smarter Support: Inside Power11 and IBM TLS for Scalable AI
30 July | Webinar: Boost your data security now with IBM Power Cyber Vault: The ultimate solution against today's threats!
6 β 7 August | San Jose, California - 2025 West Coast IBM Storage Scale User Group Event
12 August | ATG Webcast - Forging Ahead - IBM Storage Virtualize 9.1.0 Technical Update
25 β 28 August | Las Vegas, Nevada - VMware Explore 2025
π IBM Storage Corner
@Chebrolu Harika shares photos from her session on Multi-Agentic AI Bots for Ceph Infrastructure at IBM ISDL AI Storage Day. This is a GA-ready, production-grade solution - a collaborative framework made up of 5 specialised AI agents working together to manage the Ceph ecosystem at enterprise scale, including multi-cluster environments. Powered by modern AI techniques, these agents specialise in key operational areas like monitoring, documentation lookup, bug tracking, and health optimisation!
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IBM TechXchange Community Team
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