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Smarter computing. IBM Systems Storage. Expect more from your storage. Introducing IBM Storwize V7000 Unified. Leran more about this announcement (US).

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

Disk Storage

The IBM System Storage Disk Systems products and offerings provide compelling storage solutions with superior value for all levels of business.

Tape Storage

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.

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.

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.

Featured products

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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.


Other ways to connect with Richard


Richard also recommends


*Postings on non-IBM sites are independent of IBM and do not necessarily represent IBM's positions, strategies or opinions.

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EllisDon - A Client Reference Video

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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.


Other ways to connect with Anthony


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


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.


Other ways to connect with Richard


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.

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


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.


Other ways to connect with Anthony


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What Makes IBM XIV Great

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Why IBM SONAS with IBM Active Cloud Engine

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What's smart about Storage?

IBM Client EllisDon talks about their success deploying XiV.


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Raj Sharma is a Senior Storage IT Specialist in the sales and distribution group based out of Toronto, Canada.

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