Groundbreaking Grid Architecture for the Enterprise

The IBM XIV^® Storage System is a revolutionary high-end open disk system designed to support key current and future business requirements for a highly available information infrastructure. Its design is a grid of standard Intel®/Linux® components, connected in any-to-any topology using Gigabit Ethernet. This groundbreaking architecture provides outstanding performance, scalability, and reliability. It is a core component of the IBM Information Infrastructure which helps clients address their needs for availability, security, compliance and retention of information.

Join us to learn more about how IBM XIV^® can help your business reduce storage costs with virtualization while improving reliability.

Agenda:

11:00 - 11:15    Welcome - Rod Wright, Technologent   
11:15 - 12:45    Kem Clawson, Senior XIV Advisor

• Storage Reinvented With XIV
• Customer Testomonials
• Tenja Group Consulting Report
• Total Cost of Ownership Assessment

12:45 - 1:00    Questions & Answers

Meet Kem Clawson:
Kem works for IBM as a Senior XIV Advisor supporting North America. His main goal is to accelerate market adoption of the innovative XIV storage in North America. He has a major focus on measuring, and improving, the total cost of ownership of enterprise storage. His IT career spans 37 years and includes a wide range of technical, sales, and management positions. Before joining IBM in May of 2008, he spent 17 years at EMC where he played a significant role in bringing the Symmetrix product to market. His technical background includes experience in large systems support and has specialized in storage management, performance tuning, and capacity planning.