IBM Edge2012

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June 4-8 Orlando, FL

IBM Technical Edge


Agenda

  • -Monday – June 4th
    Time Title of Session / Speaker(s)
    8:00am – 10:00am General Session
    • Welcome: Deon Newman, VP Marketing, Systems and Technology Group, North America
    • Smarter Computing in a New Era of IT: Rod Adkins, Senior Vice President, Systems and Technology Group, IBM
    • A New Approach to Storage:
      Brian Truskowski, General Manager, Storage and Networking, IBM;
      Yoni Cohen, CEO, Snowball VFX;
      Rick Haverty, Director of IT Infrastructure, University of Rochester Medical Center
    10:00am – 10:30am Analyst Interviews
    • Dave Vellante and Guests
    10:30am – 12:00pm Executive Edge Main Tent
    • Executive Edge Welcome: Phil Guido, General Manager, North America, IBM
    • Efficient by Design: Ed Walsh, Vice President, Portfolio Strategy and BLE Solutions, System Storage, IBM;
      Ian Rimmer, Senior IT Architect, iBurst
    • Self-optimizing Storage: Bob Cancilla, Vice President, Enterprise Disk BLE, IBM;
      Andreas Himmelreich, CEO, IHK-Gfi
    12:00pm – 1:00pm Analyst Interviews
    • Dave Vellante and Guests
    1:00pm – 2:15pm IBM Cloud Storage Architectures
    • Clod Barrera, Distinguished Engineer and Chief Strategist, IBM
    2:15pm – 2:30pm Analyst Interviews
    • Dave Vellante and Guests
    2:30pm – 3:45pm IBM Total Storage Productivity Center 5:1: New Features and Functions
    • Mike Griese, Tivoli Storage Software Product Management, IBM
    3:45pm – 4:15pm Analyst Interviews
    • Dave Vellante and Guests
    4:15pm – 5:30pm What's New with IBM XIV Storage Solutions
    • Brian Sherman, Distinguished Engineer, IBM
  • -Tuesday – June 5th
    Time Title of Session / Speaker(s)
    8:00am – 8:45am Data Center Storage Study Presentation
    • Barry Beck, Manager, Global Storage Services and Enablement, IBM
    9:00am – 10:15am What's New with DS8000
    • Charlie Berger, Certified Consulting I/T Specialist, System Storage Advanced Technical Support (ATS), IBM
    10:30am – 11:45am Business Continuity: Data Collection, Risk Analysis and Planning Objectives
    • Jon Toigo, Toigo Partners International
    11:45am – 2:30pm Analyst Interviews
    • Dave Vellante and Guests
    2:30pm – 3:45pm Storage and Data Governance with ISSC
    • Laura Richardson, Senior Technical Staff Member, Storage Services Solutions, IBM
    4:15pm – 5:30pm What's New for IBM SONAS and V7000 Unified in 2012
    • Stephen Edel, Storage Portfolio Management, IBM
    • John Sing, Executive IT Consultant – Scale Out NAS, HA – DR – Business Continuity, IBM
  • -Wednesday – June 6th
    Time Title of Session / Speaker(s)
    8:00am – 9:00am IBM Social
    • Scott Laningham and Guests
    9:00am – 10:15am Architecture and Performance Consideration to Design Enterprise Storage Platform Using Intel® Xeon® Processor
    • Pankaj Kumar, Chief Architect and Principal Engineer Storage Group, Datacenter Connected System Group, Intel Corporation
    10:15am – 10:30am IBM Social
    • Scott Laningham and Guests
    10:30am – 11:45am Disaster Prevention: Part 2 - Protecting the Assets
    • Jon Toigo, Toigo Partners International
    11:45am – 1:00pm IBM Social
    • Scott Laningham and Guests
    1:00pm – 2:15pm Introducing VMware vSphere Storage Features
    • Stephen Foskett, Foskett Services
    2:15pm – 2:30pm IBM Social
    • Scott Laningham and Guests
    2:30pm – 3:45pm IBM Storwise V7000 Unified: A Comprehensive Product Overview
    • Norman Bogard, Technical Sales Specialist – Storwize V7000 Unified, IBM
    3:45pm – 4:15pm IBM Social
    • Scott Laningham and Guests
    4:15pm – 5:30pm Introducing the IBM XIV Multiplex Enterprise Cloud Systems
    • Aviad Offer, Storage Solutions Engineering, SSE Manager, IBM
  • -Thursday – June 7th
    Time Title of Session / Speaker(s)
    8:00am – 9:00am IBM Social
    • Scott Laningham and Guests
    9:00am – 10:15am Storage for IBM PureFlex Systems
    • Kevin Powell, Storage for PureSystems, IBM
    10:15am – 10:30am IBM Social
    • Scott Laningham and Guests
    10:30am – 11:45am Global Technology Services SIO Study Analysis
    • Steve Will, IBM
    • Barry Becker, Manager, Global Storage Services and Enablement, IBM
    • Uraine Browne-Armstrong, Market Segment Manager: Data Center Services: Storage, IBM
    11:45am – 1:00pm IBM Social
    • Scott Laningham and Guests
    1:00pm – 2:15pm Oracle, DB2 and SQL Server Database Integration with IBM XIV Storage
    • Glenn Fujimoto, World-Wide XIV Database Integration Lead, IBM
    • Jason Cataline, Senior Unix Administrator, Fossil
    2:15pm – 2:30pm IBM Social
    • Scott Laningham and Guests
    2:30pm – 3:45pm Storage Cloud
    • George Contino, Consultant – Global Cloud Services – Storage, IBM
    3:45pm – 4:15pm IBM Social
    • Scott Laningham and Guests
    4:15pm – 5:30pm Duplication: It's Not Magic, It's Math
    • Ron Herrmann, Executive Technical Storage Specialist – ProtecTIER, IBM
  • -Friday – June 8th
    Time Title of Session / Speaker(s)
    8:00am – 10:00am General Session
    • Welcome: Deon Newman, VP Marketing, Systems and Technology Group, North America
    • Smarter Computing in a New Era of IT: Rod Adkins, Senior Vice President, Systems and Technology Group, IBM
    • A New Approach to Storage:
      Brian Truskowski, General Manager, Storage and Networking, IBM;
      Yoni Cohen, CEO, Snowball VFX;
      Rick Haverty, Director of IT Infrastructure, University of Rochester Medical Center
    10:00am – 10:30am Analyst Interviews
    • Dave Vellante and Guests
    10:30am – 12:00pm Executive Edge Main Tent
    • Executive Edge Welcome: Phil Guido, General Manager, North America, IBM
    • Efficient by Design: Ed Walsh, Vice President, Portfolio Strategy and BLE Solutions, System Storage, IBM;
      Ian Rimmer, Senior IT Architect, iBurst
    • Self-optimizing Storage: Bob Cancilla, Vice President, Enterprise Disk BLE, IBM;
      Andreas Himmelreich, CEO, IHK-Gfi
    12:00pm – 5:00pm Summary of Sessions

    IBM Cloud Storage Architectures

    • Clod Barrera, Distinguished Engineer and Chief Strategist, IBM

    What's New for IBM SONAS and V7000 Unified in 2012

    • Stephen Edel, Storage Portfolio Management, IBM
    • John Sing,Executive IT Consultant – Scale Out NAS, HA – DR – Business Continuity, IBM

    Introducing the IBM XIV Multiplex Enterprise Cloud Systems

    • Aviad Offer, Storage Solutions Engineering, SSE Manager, IBM

    Storage for IBM PureFlex Systems

    • Kevin Powell, Storage for PureSystems, IBM

    Storage Cloud

    • George Contino, Consultant – Global Cloud Services – Storage, IBM

Edge Opening Night Concert

Grace Potter & The Nocturnals

Wednesday - Technical Edge Event Night at SeaWorld with concert by Foreigner

SeaWorld. Adventure Park. Orlando. Foreigner.

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