Spotlights
Introducing IBM Storwize V7000 Unified
Take a tour of the features and benefits on the new Storwize V7000 Unified
ITG cost/benefit case
Comparing costs for DS8800 and EMC VMAX systems
Video: Private Storage Cloud
Dan Galvan from IBM and featured Gartner analyst Stan Zaffos dispel the hype around Private Storage Cloud environments
Why IBM SONAS with IBM Active Cloud Engine
Discover what makes IBM Active Cloud Engine unique
ITG Business Report:
Comparing Cost Structures for IBM XIV and EMC VMAX/EMC VMAXe Systems
Information Infrastructure
New information infrastructure solutions enabling next generation technologies, designed for Smarter Systems.
Information Infrastructure (US)
Harness the information explosion with a smarter storage strategy.
Storage efficiency (US)
Reduce costs, improve productivity, minimize risks, manage growth and reduce operating expenses to help you get the most efficient storage infrastructure.
Data protection and retention (US)
IBM offers effective, secure solutions that help address growing data protection demands while reducing operational complexity.
What we offer
Storage:
Disk Storage
The IBM System Storage Disk Systems products and offerings provide compelling storage solutions with superior value for all levels of business.
High-end and Enterprise Disk Systems (US)
Tape Storage
Tape storage, backup, and information management systems.
Storage Area Networks (SAN)
IBM SAN products and solutions provide integrated SMB and enterprise SAN solutions with multi-protocol local, campus, metropolitan and global storage networking.
Network attached storage (NAS)
IBM Network attached storage (NAS) products provide a wide-range of network attachment capabilities to a broad range of host and client systems.
Media
IBM understands that, when storing back up and archival information on tape, customers are committing vital information to a medium that can vary widely in both quality of the cartridge and quality of the tape media itself. As such, please consider the following reasons why IBM branded media should be used in IBM branded tape drives and libraries
Management software
Reduce the complexity and costs of managing your SAN-based storage with these products.
Storage Management Solutions
IBM offers a comprehensive, flexible storage software portfolio that helps organizations address storage management challenges across the enterprise, including data centers, remote/branch offices and desktop/laptop computers. Learn more about the specific components within the IBM storage software family that can help you create a more responsive and resilient storage infrastructure for your on demand business.
Innovation leadership:
- Cloud storage solutions (US)
- Data deduplication (US)
- Data mobility (US)
- Encryption (US)
- IBM Scale Out Network Attached Storage (US)
- IBM Real-time Compression (US)
- IBM XIV Storage System (US)
- Solid State Storage (US)
- Storage optimization (US)
- Storwize V7000 (US)
- Virtualization (US)
- Shop for all storage products (US)
XIV storage systems
The IBM XIV ® Storage System is a revolutionary high-end open disk system designed to support key current and future business require-ments for a highly available information infrastructure.
IBM ProtecTIER Deduplication Solutions
The IBM ProtecTIER family of deduplication solutions includes powerful, easy to deploy and cost effective solutions for Open Systems, System i and System z environments. ProtecTIER deduplication solutions are ultra-powerful enterprise-class answers for many of the most demanding problems facing IT today.
IBM System Storage TS7650 ProtecTIER Deduplication Appliance (US)
IBM System Storage TS7650G ProtecTIER Deduplication Gateway (US)
IBM System Storage TS7680 ProtecTIER Deduplication Gateway for System z (US)
Storage Virtualization
IBM has more than thirty years experience in virtualization technologies, with more than 2,000 virtualization systems installed worldwide and more than 100 customer references.
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Data encryption home page (US)
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Richard Swain
East US Region Technical Sales Specialist - NAS
Richard Swain is an IT Specialist working in the Sales and Distribution group based in Research Triangle Park, of North Carolina, US. Richard's focus is solely on IBM Network-Attached Storage (NAS) products, including Scale out NAS (SoNAS) and the N series Storage platform within the IBM OEM partnership with Netapp. Richard graduated from North Carolina State University in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science degree. In his 13 years in IT, Richard has moved through the ranks as a Network Specialist, Exchange Administrator, Storage and Systems Engineer, and Sales Engineer. During the last 5 years, Richard has been focused on the N series Storage platform, initially as a Product Field Engineer in Research Triangle Park and now as the IT Specialist for the US East region with focus on the South East US. *
Richard's Blog: IBM NAS Storage (US)
Here is where you will find all things concerning IBM's SONAS and N series. While I do work for IBM all post and comments are no way intended to speak or represent IBM.
Richard also recommends
*Postings on non-IBM sites are independent of IBM and do not necessarily represent IBM's positions, strategies or opinions.
What's smart about Storage? IBM Clients talk about their success
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Tony Pearson
Senior IT Storage Consultant
Tony Pearson presents briefings on storage topics covering the entire System Storage product line as well as various Tivoli storage software products.
He also leads client workshops to help with strategic planning for IBM's integrated set of storage management software, hardware, and virtualization products. He is author of the book "Inside System Storage: Volume I".*
Tony's blog - Inside System Storage
This blog is for the open exchange of ideas relating to storage and storage networking hardware, software and services. It was rated one of the top 10 blogs of 2006 for the IT storage industry by "Networking World" magazine. It has been published in book form as "Inside System Storage: Volume I", and is available to order in Hardcover or Paperback versions.
Tony also recommends
*Postings on non-IBM sites are independent of IBM and do not necessarily represent IBM's positions, strategies or opinions.
Anthony Vandewerdt
Storage Solution Specialist
Anthony Vandewerdt is an IBM Storage Specialist based in Melbourne, Australia. Anthony's expertise spans the entire IBM Storage portfolio, with specialization in creating solutions that use Enterprise Disk, SAN and Storage Virtualization. Anthony joined IBM in 1989 and started his career working in post-sales technical delivery and support. In 1999 Anthony started working with the IBM Enterprise Storage Server (commonly known as the IBM Shark) and has since had roles working with nearly all of IBM's System Storage products. Anthony currently works as a pre-sales Field Technical Support Specialist.
Anthony's blog - Using System Storage
Anthony Vandewerdt works for IBM Australia as a Storage Solutions Specialist. His goal is to share his knowledge and experience of using IBM Storage solutions and learn more along the way. You can also find him on the IBM developerWorks System Storage forum.
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Barry Whyte
SVC Performance Architect
Barry Whyte is a 'Master Inventor' working in the Systems & Technology Group based in IBM Hursley, UK. Barry primarily works on the IBM SAN Volume Controller virtualization system. Barry graduated from The University of Glasgow in 1996 with a B.Sc (Hons) in Computing Science. In his 14 years at IBM he has worked on the successful Serial Storage Architecture (SSA) range of products and the follow on Fibre-channel products used in the IBM DS8000 range. Barry joined the SVC development team soon after its inception and has held many positions before taking on his current role as SVC performance architect. *
Barry's blog - Storage Virtualization
An exchange and discussion of storage and in particular storage virtualization
Other ways to connect with Barry
Barry also recommends
*Postings on non-IBM sites are independent of IBM and do not necessarily represent IBM's positions, strategies or opinions.
Richard Swain
East US Region Technical Sales Specialist - NAS
Richard Swain is an IT Specialist working in the Sales and Distribution group based in Research Triangle Park, of North Carolina, US. Richard's focus is solely on IBM Network-Attached Storage (NAS) products, including Scale out NAS (SoNAS) and the N series Storage platform within the IBM OEM partnership with Netapp. Richard graduated from North Carolina State University in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science degree. In his 13 years in IT, Richard has moved through the ranks as a Network Specialist, Exchange Administrator, Storage and Systems Engineer, and Sales Engineer. During the last 5 years, Richard has been focused on the N series Storage platform, initially as a Product Field Engineer in Research Triangle Park and now as the IT Specialist for the US East region with focus on the South East US. *
Richard's Blog: IBM NAS Storage
Here is where you will find all things concerning IBM's SONAS and N series. While I do work for IBM all post and comments are no way intended to speak or represent IBM.
Richard also recommends
*Postings on non-IBM sites are independent of IBM and do not necessarily represent IBM's positions, strategies or opinions.
Tony Pearson
Senior IT Storage Consultant
Tony Pearson presents briefings on storage topics covering the entire System Storage product line as well as various Tivoli storage software products.
He also leads client workshops to help with strategic planning for IBM's integrated set of storage management software, hardware, and virtualization products. He is author of the book "Inside System Storage: Volume I".*
Tony's blog - Inside System Storage
This blog is for the open exchange of ideas relating to storage and storage networking hardware, software and services. It was rated one of the top 10 blogs of 2006 for the IT storage industry by "Networking World" magazine. It has been published in book form as "Inside System Storage: Volume I", and is available to order in Hardcover or Paperback versions.
Tony also recommends
*Postings on non-IBM sites are independent of IBM and do not necessarily represent IBM's positions, strategies or opinions.
Tony Pearson
Senior IT Storage Consultant
Tony Pearson presents briefings on storage topics covering the entire System Storage product line as well as various Tivoli storage software products.
He also leads client workshops to help with strategic planning for IBM's integrated set of storage management software, hardware, and virtualization products. He is author of the book "Inside System Storage: Volume I".*
Tony's blog - Inside System Storage
This blog is for the open exchange of ideas relating to storage and storage networking hardware, software and services. It was rated one of the top 10 blogs of 2006 for the IT storage industry by "Networking World" magazine. It has been published in book form as "Inside System Storage: Volume I", and is available to order in Hardcover or Paperback versions.
Tony also recommends
*Postings on non-IBM sites are independent of IBM and do not necessarily represent IBM's positions, strategies or opinions.
Raj Sharma
a Senior Storage IT Specialist in the sales and distribution group based out of Toronto, Canada.
Raj Sharma is a Senior Storage IT Specialist in the sales and distribution group based out of Toronto, Canada. Raj is primarily focused on the following IBM disk storage: The XIV Storage Subsystem, v7000, & IBM's Network-Attached-Storage (NAS) products incluing nSeries, v7000 Unified & Scale out NAS (SoNAS). Raj graduated from York University with a Honours Bachelor of Science degree (1998) and a Master in Business Administration degree (MBA 2001). During the last 4 years, Raj 's primary role is as a Product Field Engineer in Toronto supporting the Canadian region with focus on Ontario. He is also the Regional Designated Specialist for the nSeries and SoNAS platforms.
Data encryption
Protecting sensitive company data against theft or accidental loss
Featured solutions
Barry Whyte
SVC Performance Architect
Barry Whyte is a 'Master Inventor' working in the Systems & Technology Group based in IBM Hursley, UK. Barry primarily works on the IBM SAN Volume Controller virtualization system. Barry graduated from The University of Glasgow in 1996 with a B.Sc (Hons) in Computing Science. In his 14 years at IBM he has worked on the successful Serial Storage Architecture (SSA) range of products and the follow on Fibre-channel products used in the IBM DS8000 range. Barry joined the SVC development team soon after its inception and has held many positions before taking on his current role as SVC performance architect. *
Barry's blog - Storage Virtualization
An exchange and discussion of storage and in particular storage virtualization
Other ways to connect with Barry
Barry also recommends
*Postings on non-IBM sites are independent of IBM and do not necessarily represent IBM's positions, strategies or opinions.
Anthony Vandewerdt
Storage Solution Specialist
Anthony Vandewerdt is an IBM Storage Specialist based in Melbourne, Australia. Anthony's expertise spans the entire IBM Storage portfolio, with specialization in creating solutions that use Enterprise Disk, SAN and Storage Virtualization. Anthony joined IBM in 1989 and started his career working in post-sales technical delivery and support. In 1999 Anthony started working with the IBM Enterprise Storage Server (commonly known as the IBM Shark) and has since had roles working with nearly all of IBM's System Storage products. Anthony currently works as a pre-sales Field Technical Support Specialist.
Anthony's blog - Using System Storage
Anthony Vandewerdt works for IBM Australia as a Storage Solutions Specialist. His goal is to share his knowledge and experience of using IBM Storage solutions and learn more along the way. You can also find him on the IBM developerWorks System Storage forum.
Anthony also recommends
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Why IBM SONAS with IBM Active Cloud Engine
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- Easily integrate file and block storage with the new Storwize V7000 Unified (US)
- Always have the files you need—whenever you need them, wherever you are—with IBM Active Cloud (US)
- Maintain consistently high application performance and now store 50% more data with IBM XIV (US)
- Improve storage efficiency, throughput, and capacity with IBM System Storage DS8800 (US)
- More Storage offerings
System x & BladeCenter
Highly reliable systems and solutions that are easy to deploy, use and manage
Power Systems
System z mainframes
The IBM zEnterprise™ system features a unique design that embraces multiple technology platforms integrated within a centrally managed single system
System Networking
IBM System Networking expands its portfolio for public and private clouds
Systems Software
The integrating force in smarter computing delivers new cloud-ready capabilities that improve system utilization and increase staff productivity
- Learn more about simplified virtualization management with IBM Systems Director VMControl 2.4 (US)
- Download this white paper from Clabby Analytics to learn more on IBM virtual image management for KVM (US) (597KB).
- Learn how IBM Systems Director 6.3 simplifies management of optimized systems (US)
- Download this white paper from Stratecast to learn more about IBM system management (US)
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Your IBM expert
Raj Sharma is a Senior Storage IT Specialist in the sales and distribution group based out of Toronto, Canada.

