| x86 Server Technology Trends |
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| This topic reviews the key technology changes and trends affecting the x86 server segment from both an IBM and an independent industry view. Discussion elements include green computing, virtualization, hosting clients, processor technologies, storage and networking technologies. |
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| Please allow 30 - 45 minutes for this technology discussion. |
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| Leadership Innovation with System x |
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| This topic reviews IBM's focus on providing industry leading innovations and server offerings that deliver business value for our clients. Discussion elements include: IBM innovative technologies, X-Architecture, management tools and a review of System x Scale Out / Scale Up server platforms. |
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| A minimum of 75 - 90 minutes is needed for this presentation. |
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| BladeCenter Offerings |
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| This topic reviews the BladeCenter family of offerings. Discussion elements include: BladeCenter value proposition, server blades and switching options, BladeCenter ecosystem elements, as well as total cost of ownership considerations. |
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| Please allow 75 - 90 minutes for this presentation. |
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| System x and BladeCenter Overview |
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| This topic reviews IBM's strategy and offerings in the industry standard server marketplace. Discussion elements include: IBM innovative technologies (e.g., X-Architecture, power and thermal management, etc.) as well as System x and BladeCenter high level product overviews. |
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| Please allow 90-105 minutes for this presentation. This topic is typically used when time is limited. |
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| IBM System Storage Solutions |
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| This presentation will provide a review of storage trends and the IBM System Storage portfolio of offerings. Discussion will highlight how the IBM Information Infrastructure can provide security, integrity, retention and availability of data. Included will be a review and demonstration of key software solutions providing virtualization and resource management - SAN Volume Controller and TotalStorage Productivity Center. SAN, NAS and iSCSI offerings will be covered including the DS family of disk storage and the N series providing multi-protocol external storage solutions. Advanced features providing end-to-end solutions will also be discussed. |
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| Including demonstrations, this presentation will need 60-75 minutes. |
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| Next Generation Client |
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| This topic examines the opportunities that today's organizations have to improve security, simplify manageability and reduce the cost of their PC environment through the execution of a hosted/thin client implementation. Discussion elements include an architectural review and the strengths and limitations of the variety of different approaches available today ... shared services, physical platforms such as our HC10 and virtual hosted clients. |
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| Please allow 45 minutes for this presentation. |
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| IBM Project Big Green Overview |
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| This topic reviews one of the most pressing challenges facing today's IT executives: data center energy efficiency. IBM offers a comprehensive approach to helping organizations develop "energy efficient and environmentally responsible green data centers". This approach addresses five strategic business aspects of the green data center, including the physical infrastructure as well as the IT equipment, and can help a company regain power and cooling capacity, recapture resiliency and meet business needs - while dramatically reducing energy costs. |
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| Please allow 45 minutes for this presentation. |
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| Server Consolidation |
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| This topic reviews the value of consolidation. It starts with three areas of consolidation approaches - hardware performance, software scalability and virtualization technology. There will also be a brief review of the industry standard hypervisor technologies with insight into it's use for client consolidation. Then the discussion will focus on IBM's virtualization strategy in the x86 server marketplace. The virtualization discussion overviews what IBM's value add is to managing of virtual environments across multiple hypervisors and platforms. The module concludes with a brief overview of the consolidation tools available from IBM including CDAT. |
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| Please allow 45 - 60 minutes for this presentation. Please note: significant content overlap with the x86 Virtualization Strategy topic. Use either one or the other depending on a customer's priority. |
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| x86 Virtualization Strategy |
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| This topic reviews IBM's strategy for virtualization in the x86 space. It begins with an overview of typical customer usage scenarios, including the emerging use of virtualization as a client consolidation tool. It then examines the technology of virtualization and overviews the industry standard options from Microsoft, the Linux community and VMware. A more detailed review and demo of VMware ESX is available if requested. The relative merits of a scale up or scale out server platform for virtualization are discussed and mapped to the IBM product family. Finally, we examine IBM's focus on providing integrated virtualization management solutions. Virtualization Manager is demonstrated and Usage and Accounting Manager is reviewed. |
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| Please allow 45 - 60 minutes for this presentation. Please note: significant content overlap with the Server Consolidation topic. Use either one or the other depending on a customer's priority. |
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| New Enterprise Data Center |
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Today, changes demand that IT improve cost and service delivery, manage escalating complexity and better secure the enterprise while aligning IT more closely with the business. IBM's New Enterprise Data Center is an evolutionary new model for efficient IT delivery that helps provide the freedom to drive business innovation.
This strategy is the evolutionary result of our previous e-business and on demand approaches. This topic will briefly explore the 4 key entry points for new enterprise data center projects: virtualization, energy efficiency, security and business resiliency, and IT service delivery and give examples of the benefits they can provide. Please allow 30 minutes for this discussion.
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| Server Systems Management |
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| Customers are challenged by the increasing administration costs for industry standard servers. IBM's strategy is to implement tools which are easy to use, open and integrated. Basic management functions are provided as "built in" components of the hardware (BMC, Remote Supervisor, BladeCenter Management Module). More advanced features are available through IBM Director - a key foundational product of the IBM Systems Director Family. This presentation provides a discussion of each of these elements as well as in depth demonstrations focused on IBM Director functionality to deploy, monitor, optimize, analyze/troubleshoot and update System x and BladeCenter servers. |
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| Please allow 60-75 minutes for this presentation |
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| IBM System Storage for BladeCenter |
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| This presentation will provide most of the elements contained in the IBM System Storage Solutions presentation but with a focus on IBM BladeCenter. Highlighted will be external storage solutions available for BladeCenter including DS3000, DS4000, DS8000 and N series. Also discussed will be software virtualization and storage management solutions such as SVC and TPC. A review of the advantages and techniques associated with Boot from SAN technology will also be provided. |
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| Including demonstrations, this presentation will need 60 minutes. |
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| IBM System Storage Virtualization |
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| This presentation will provide most of the elements contained in the IBM System Storage Solutions presentation but with a focus on virtualization benefits. Emphasized will be the advantages of logical representation of resources not constrained by physical limitations, and that storage virtualization is a key enabler of IT simplification. Discussion will be segmented in two key areas: hardware such as the DS family and N series, and software such as SVC. |
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| Including demonstrations, this presentation will need 60 minutes. |
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| IBM System Storage "Deep Dive" |
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This offering provides the opportunity to discuss storage topics at a more technical, detailed level than normally covered in the standard presentation. Questions about assessment, design, implementation, installation, and operations can be explored. Applications may also be considered depending on accessibility in our demo environment. A workshop format is used for participants which may include hands-on activities. The storage topics covered in this offering:
- DS3000
- DS4000
- N series
- SAN Volume Controller
- TotalStorage Productivity Center
Location for the offering is the Executive Briefing Center in RTP. Duration will typically be a minimum of two hours up to a half-day, and can be included within or added onto another briefing event. Due to the highly customized nature of the offering, two-weeks advance notice for scheduling is required. |
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| IBM System Storage Executive Briefing and SAN Central Workshop |
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This offering is designed as a 1.5 day event to accommodate both a traditional briefing coupled with hands-on activity. A typical itinerary would involve travel to RTP on the morning of the first day. That afternoon (1/2 day) would be spent at STG SAN Central with in-depth hands-on activity on a choice of (4) storage topic areas:
- SAN Volume Controller
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- DS4000
- N series.
The client would typically choose only one of these topics for their workshop. While the staff of STG SAN Central would be able to handle both introductory and advanced topics, it is expected that no complex configuration would be required. This is a no-charge offering. However, if the requirements expand into complex configuration or greater than the 1/2 day time frame, then a services engagement with STG SAN Central could be explored. The 2nd day (full day) of the offering would then contain the typical agenda of a storage briefing. The timing of the workshop, e.g. which 1/2 day you choose, and agenda topics for the briefing are open for discussion and customization. Please be aware at least two weeks advance notice and planning is required , as we are dependent on STG SAN Central resource and staff availability. |
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| IBM Total Store Loss Prevention |
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| Recent advancements in digital capabilities and open systems have made it easier to integrate, administer and act upon large unmanageable amounts of information. IBM has created a scalable and highly available video security solution to meet Retail Loss Prevention requirements of the enterprise and the store. |
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| IBM Total Store Employee Productivity |
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| Store Strategy is not a choice between technology and business. The convergence of the two is unleashing new capabilities and customer experiences in the Retail Industry. This session will focus on "Executing a True Store Strategy in a Task-Oriented World." |
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| IBM's Threat and Fraud Strategy |
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| The Retail industry experiences losses from threat and fraud in excess of $30B annually. Find out how Entity Analytic Solutions (EAS), IBM's unique identity disambiguation software, provides retail enterprises with the ability to recognize and mitigate the incidence of fraud, threat, and risk. |
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| Innovative Self-Service Solutions in Retail |
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| Today's consumer is much more sophisticated in the use of technology, and are looking for self-service opportunities that are fast, easy and fun to use in all aspects of the shopping experience. This discussion will highlight market and customer dynamics shaping the retail industry and cover multiple customer solutions within the retail environment, as well as cover an overview of best practices for self-service solutions. |
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| IBM Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Solutions |
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| RFID is a powerful enabling technology that promises to streamline the supply chain and ultimately transform the retail and manufacturing ecosystem — so long as it is coupled with the improved business processes. This presentation helps your customers understand the current state of RFID standards and technology. A visit to the IBM Wireless and RFID Center of Competence can also be planned. |
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| IBM TotalStore Shopper-Driven Experience |
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| Investing in the latest gadgets alone will not guarantee a successful Retailer. Deployment of new technologies in the store from employees to your customers should be part of an overarching customer-centric experience strategy. In this session we will investigate some of the most recent implementations of technology enabling growth strategies for Retailers. |
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| IBM TotalStore Consumer Checkout |
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| Should you offer 50% staffed and 50% self checkout? What are the options for Mobile POS today? This discussion encompasses all things related to the process of checkout at the point of sale (POS), including a standard POS refresh, Open POS, IBM Self Checkout, Mobile POS, other payment systems, and lane optimization. |
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| IBM TotalStore Infrastructure, Communications and Support |
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| Better understand what the most innovative Retailers are doing to deliver The Next Generation Store. This presentation will show the integration of business process capabilities with technology to result in a store environment that can create an opportunity to leap frog competition. |
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| Multi- and Cross Channel |
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| Cross-Channel Optimization |
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| A new, superior retailing model is emerging, providing the retailer with powerful new capabilities based on cross-channel optimization. Learn how you can become a true multi-channel retailer by leveraging the iterative framework for cross-channel optimization and how to create and prioritize a multi-channel roadmap. |
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| Multi-Channel Order Management |
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| Today's empowered customers are demanding a more seamless shopping experience as they shop across multiple channels and touchpoints. IBM’s Multi-Channel Order Management solution combines market-leading software from IBM and IBM Business Partner Sterling Commerce, with IBM’s retail process and delivery expertise, to provide a comprehensive solution that satisfies a retailer’s order and inventory management problems to satisfy ever-increasing customer demands. |
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| Retail Business Intelligence Solution Update |
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| Today's economic climate is so complex that Retailers need to better leverage the data that they collect about their customers. The Retail Business Intelligence Solution from IBM has been successful with this challenge at a variety of major retailers. |
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| SIF Implementation in a 4690 Environment — A Case Study |
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| Review the store level components of the Store Integration Framework and take an in-depth look at how these components have been applied to a retailer's environment to simplify integration and accelerate their rate of innovation. |
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| Linux in Retail |
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| Are you ready for Linux? Come learn how major retailers are getting the most out of running Linux in their retail store environment. Together with our partner, Novell, you'll get a chance to hear how Linux compares to Windows for managing your store environment. |
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| SurePOS ACE Update |
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| In addition to the leading supermarkets, retailers outside of traditional grocery are installing ACE for its solid reliability and growing functional base. This presentation will include a review of V5 content, new function to be delivered in V6, as well as current thinking for the next few years |
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| Kiosk Solutions in Retail |
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| Review examples of many successful kiosk solutions currently deployed and an overview of how to most effectively utilize the competitive advantages of the IBM Anyplace Kiosk platform, learn about the business value of kiosk solutions and get an overview of the product roadmap. |
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| IBM Servers & Storage in the Retail Environment |
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| Retailers are implementing new in-store technologies such as kiosks, wireless devices, VOIP, and video surveillance, but this also creates new support requirements. IBM's Store in a Box delivers the robust, flexible compute platform to handle the next generation of workloads in the store. |
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| Next Generation Self Checkout Systems |
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| At this session, learn how retailers across multiple industry segments are improving customer service, improving labor utilization and delivering superior customer value by implementing IBM Self Checkout solutions. |
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