IBM Executive Briefing Center

IBM Power Systems Trends & Directions
This topic covers the current and planned products in the IBM Power Systems product line. Typical subtopics include: Product Overview, Market Positioning, Processor Roadmap, Server Roadmap, Virtualization.

IBM UNIX Trends & Directions
This topic covers IBM's UNIX system offerings, including AIX™, which provides the industry's premier environment for building and managing both UNIX and Linux applications. Typical subtopics include: Benefits and Strengths, Trends and Directions, Product Release Cycle, Summary of Recently Added Features, Product Roadmap.

Systems Management in a Virtualized Environment
This topic covers IBM's strategic Power System systems management strategy and offerings, including Systems Director, PowerVM management, Management Edition for AIX. Typical subtopics include: managing virtual server environments, performance and capacity monitoring, consolidated server/storage health management, and discussions covering recent product announcements and roadmaps.

IBM Power Systems Hardware RAS
This presentation is a technical presentation focused on the innovations incorporated in Power Systems servers to enhance reliability, availability, and serviceability. Typical subtopics include: Building a "Rock Solid" Server, Design for Reliability, Avoiding / Minimizing Application Outages, Quick Restoration of Hardware to Full Operation.

IBM Storage Technology
This topic covers the broad range of IBM's storage offerings, with a focus on how they can be deployed in support of Power Systems servers. Typical subtopics include: Disk Technology Overview and Directions, Enterprise and mid-range SAN Storage, N Series, Tape Storage Subsystems, SAN Volume Controller.

IBM BladeCenter Trends & Directions
This topic covers the current and planned products in the IBM BladeCenter product line. Typical subtopics include: BladeCenter Value Proposition; Available Blade Chassis, Blades, and Switches; Discussion of Competition; Recent Product Announcements and Roadmap.

IBM System x Trends & Directions
This topic covers the current and planned products in the IBM System x product line. Typical subtopics include: Innovative Technologies in a "Commodity" Market, Overview of Current Offerings, Discussion of Databases & VMware on High-end System x, Recent Product Announcements and Roadmap.

Virtualization & Future Technologies
A discussion of virtualization concepts, including current and future marketplace trends, server, storage and network virtualization directions and what's available from IBM and across the industry.

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
A discussion of the opportunities and challenges for building business resilience into IT infrastructures, decision criteria for the selection of appropriate technologies, and focus on products in Power Systems environments that can enable the required levels of resiliency for high availability, continuous operations and disaster recovery.