IBM Cloud & Smarter Infrastructure Software, Lung Cancer Advocacy, and other stuff...

Join the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation for the Lung Cancer Living Room Support Group on May 21, 2013. Live Online!

2013-05-15T14:30:00.000-04:00

The Lung Cancer Living Room welcomes Paul Billings, MD, PhD as their guest speaker on May 21, 2013. Dr. Billings is a physician, lecturer, researcher, professor, and consultant on genetic information. He will be discussing the road map towards precision medicine and the role of Next Generation Sequencing and what it means to someone diagnosed with Lung Cancer. For more information on Dr. Billings CLICK HERE

Its going to be another great night, so BJALCF hopes to see you in person or online via Ustream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-lung-cancer-living-room-support-group

For more information CLICK HERE or contact Danielle Hicks at danielle@lungcancerfoundation.org or (650) 598- 2857.

Living Room Partners

Save the Date! @ibmPulse 2014

2013-05-15T10:20:00.000-04:00

Why and How You Should Adopt BYOD

2013-05-14T08:45:00.001-04:00

Check out this informative page from IBM.

BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)

All Sports Camp at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia

2013-05-13T16:58:00.000-04:00

This is your child’s chance to receive a well-rounded summer experience. He/she will receive excellent instruction from college athletes in the sports of basketball, soccer, lacrosse, volleyball, baseball, and tennis.

Who: Girls and Boys ages four years through 9th grade (up to 14 years)

Where
Agnes Scott College
Woodruff Physical Activities Building
225 E. Dougherty St., Decatur, GA

Time
8:30 a.m.–4:30p.m. Full Day
8:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. Morning Session (Half Day Campers are to bring lunch)

What to bring: Water bottle, baseball glove, tennis racquet, lunch, snacks, swim suit , towel , goggles. Camp Canteen will be available (Half-day campers do not have swim time.)

Full-day cost: $190 per child per week | Half-day Cost: $140 Morning Session
$10 discount for each additional child per family

Session 1: May28-May 31 ($170)
Session 2: June 3-7
Session 3: June 10-14
Session 4: June 17-21
Session 5: June 24– 28
Session 6: July 1-3 ($150)
Session 7: July 8-12
Session 8: July 15-19
Session 9: July 22– 26
Session 10: July 29 –Aug 2nd

Learn more and register here.

Questions contact: Jamenda Whitehead at jwhithead@agnesscott.edu or 404-471-6497.

Battle of Ohio! Come see the Cleveland Indians take on the Cincinnati Reds on May 29th at Progressive Field!

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YOU'RE INVITED

DATE:
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
5:45 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

LOCATION:
Progressive Field
3071 Westgate
Cleveland, OH
Room: Suite 1994
(Enter through Gate C)

By accepting this invitation, the invitee represents that his or her attendance at the event is not in violation of any applicable ethics laws, and that the invitee will abide by all applicable ethics laws pertaining to the event. Sirius Computer Solutions, Inc. does not intend for this event to influence the invitee in the performance of his or her duties, nor does it constitute a gift.

Come see the Cleveland Indians take on the Cincinnati Reds on May 29th at Progressive Field! Enjoy the game and great food while networking with your peers, IBM and Sirius experts. You'll also get the opportunity to learn how to stay ahead of security threats, and to ask questions about your security challenges in today's complex threat landscape.

An IBM expert will briefly present an overview of IBM's leading security solutions, which are all deep in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for their categories:
• IBM QRadar - Provides a security intelligence platform that enhances data management, visualization, and role-based access control for improved threat detection and compliance
• IBM InfoSphere Guardium - Manages the entire database security and compliance life cycle
• IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager - Manages virtual and physical endpoints and mobile devices

Join us for this complimentary event and learn how to hit a home run with IBM Security solutions, while reducing costs and complexity.

This event is by invitation only. Please register today to reserve your space!

AGENDA:
5:45 p.m. Registration & Sirius Welcome
6:00 p.m. Security Presentation
7:05 p.m. Game Time - Indians vs. Reds

CONTACT: Barbara Tomchik at barbara.tomchik@siriuscom.com
or 315.381.2505

FREE TRIAL! The next gen of cloud app monitoring.

2013-05-06T19:45:00.000-04:00

IBM SmartCloud® Monitoring - Application Insight is the next generation of application monitoring, purpose-built for public and hybrid clouds, provides visibility into what matters the most – the end user experience.

Try IBM SmartCloud® Monitoring - Application Insight at no cost and start monitoring your apps in the cloud.

Click here to learn more and to download the free trial now!

Amazing! IBM Makes a Movie Out of Atoms

2013-05-02T09:25:00.002-04:00

The following article was originally published at Time.com by Harry McCracken on May 1st, 2013.

A Boy and His Atom is less than 90 seconds long. It doesn’t have much of a plot, or any big laughs. And the animation is rudimentary — it’s monochromatic, blocky and generally reminiscent of the graphics I programmed on my Radio Shack TRS-80 computer in 1978, only not quite as fancy.

And yet IBM’s new cartoon — yes, IBM made a cartoon — is remarkable. It was produced at IBM Research’s Almaden Research Center in Northern California, by a bunch of scientists who used a scanning tunneling microscope as their animation tool. The pixels are individual atoms, nudged into place to form a picture. (The Guinness folks have certified this as the smallest movie ever made.)

IBM has been playing around with individual atoms for a long time: two of its Zurich-based researchers invented the scanning tunneling microscope in 1981 and won the Nobel Prize in Physics for it in 1986. The company’s Silicon Valley lab — where the hard disk was born in 1956 — uses the microscope to explore futuristic storage technologies. By using a tiny magnet, it’s shown that it’s possible to store one bit of information using 12 atoms, versus the 1 million atoms a hard drive needs to do the job. That discovery could eventually lead to digital storage that crams radically more data into far less space than any existing technology.

IBM’s atomic-animation equipment

The microscope needs “a low temperature in a very, very clean environment, so the only atoms that are there are the ones we want to be there,” says IBM researcher Andreas Heinrich. “The devil is in the details, as usual — it’s a complicated machine, but it can work very reliably.”

It occurred to the Almaden researchers that if you can use a subminiature magnet to flip bits on and off, you could also use it to create frames of animation. Over roughly 10 18-hour workdays, a team of four people created the cartoon, with storytelling assistance from an animation company called 1st Ave. Machine. Using the microscope to position individual atoms, Heinrich explains, is a bit like placing eggs in an egg cartoon: you push them in a general direction, and they plop into the precise spot where they want to sit.

The moviemakers had a total of about 10,000 atoms’ worth of resolution to work with, which didn’t seem like much at first. But “you can actually see his surprise when the trampoline appears,” says Heinrich, speaking of the movie’s stick-figure protagonist. “His hair is moving, his eyes are blinking — that’s the genius in the design.” The whole thing takes up 242 frames of action.

Here’s IBM’s own movie on the making of A Boy and His Atom.

Will IBM produce any sequels to its first atomic cartoon? It has no plans to go back to the, um, drawing board. “We don’t want to make movies for making movies’ sake,” Heinrich says. “Hopefully this will resonate, and people will get interested in science.” If the supershort tale has a message, it’s that “science can be fun — go study science, basically.”

Learn how IBM is addressing Mobile Devices in the Enterprise! [Ft. Lauderdale, FL. May 16th]

2013-05-01T15:22:00.000-04:00

You have to eat lunch, right? So why not take a break in your day and join us to hear about how IBM is addressing Mobile Devices!

The explosive growth of mobile devices means organizations need mobile solutions that deliver value quickly, leveraging their current investments in technology and skills, while still retaining high levels of security and manageability. You'll hear about IBM's application development solution, Worklight, which allows you to quickly build and manage mobile applications across the breadth of mobile platforms. You'll also learn about "Smarter, Faster Endpoint Management" featuring IBM Endpoint Manager, built on BigFix technology.

IBM Endpoint Manager combines endpoint and security management into a single solution that enables your team to see and manage physical and virtual endpoints—servers, desktops, roaming laptops, ATMs. self-service kiosks and more. In fact, IBM is currently running this solution internally on over 600,000 endpoints. And now, IBM Endpoint Manager provides end-to-end security and management of mobile devices within your enterprise! Worklight and IBM Endpoint Manager allow you to seamlessly manage the full mobile application lifecycle - from secure, cross-platform application development to deployment, to maintenance and deprovisioning of applications for employee- and corporate-owned mobile devices.

Intrigued? Please join us for lunch at The Capital Grille to hear more!

Seating is limited so your RSVP kindly requested.

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

If you have questions, please contact me via my IBM rep page at www.ibm.com/myrep/jagaeta.

We look forward to hosting you!

Bye-Bye Tivoli, Welcome Cloud and Smarter Infrastructure

2013-04-29T21:50:00.000-04:00

Bye-Bye Tivoli, Welcome Cloud and Smarter Infrastructure: A New Brand in IBM — In an internal reorg, IBM's Tivoli, Maximo, TRIRIGA, Endpoint Manager, and Netcool branded offerings, as well as its SmartCloud service management offerings, are now to be clustered under an "overarching umbrella" called IBM Cloud & Smarter Infrastructure. The new division, says IBM, reflects the evolution of client needs and IBM’s portfolio.

Application Performance Mgmt for Public & Hybrid Clouds

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Sprint Uses IBM Storage Solutions

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Watch this video to learn how IBM Storage solutions helped Sprint slash maintenance costs

by 60%, increase utilization by 45%, and more effectively utilize lower cost tier 2 storage

and their existing infrastructure.

To learn more, contact me at ibm.com/myrep/jagaeta today!

US Foods Avoids Potential Software License Penalties with Self Audit

2013-04-18T14:09:00.001-04:00

IBM Endpoint Manager reduces company's software spend, increases compliance.
Originally published 31 Mar 2013 on ibm.com.

"Out of the box, IBM Endpoint Manager software dramatically streamlined our patch deployment processes…, increased confidence in our software usage data and enhanced our lifecycle management and power management processes significantly." - Dan Corcoran, director of client technology, US Foods

Customer: US Foods
Industry: Wholesale Distribution & Services
Deployment country: United States

Overview
US Foods is a leading distributor of more than 350,000 products to over 250,000 customers, including independent and multi-unit restaurants, healthcare and hospitality entities, and government and educational institutions.

Business need: US Foods needed an automated, centralized endpoint management solution to replace cumbersome software compliance monitoring and application deployment processes across 15,000 endpoints.
Solution: The company selected IBM® Endpoint Manager software for lifecycle management, software usage analysis, power management, and security and compliance
Benefits: IBM Endpoint Manager software helped US Foods reduce patch deployment times by 80 percent, saving USD500,000 on software licenses and avoiding more than USD1 million in license noncompliance fines.

Case Study
US Foods is a leading distributor of more than 350,000 products to over 250,000 customers, including independent and multiunit restaurants, healthcare and hospitality entities, and government and educational institutions.

Seeking to streamline cumbersome endpoint management processes

Software vendors are increasingly vigilant about protecting their licensing revenue and enforcing their agreements, meaning their customers face the ongoing prospect of potentially costly software audits. Before finding itself in that situation, US Foods conducted an internal audit, analyzing software license compliance for its top-five applications.

For six months, Dan Corcoran, the company's director of client technology, spent nearly 10 hours a week collecting and assimilating software installation and licensing data from 15,000 laptops and desktops at 67 distribution centers.

“The process was very labor intensive with our endpoint management software at the time and it was difficult for us to wrap our arms around exactly what software we had,” he recalls. “Our previous tool didn't help us distinguish between different applications from the same vendor or between different versions of the same software.”

Lacking confidence and control

Less than confident in the endpoint data he had, Corcoran asked personnel at each distribution center to track down and confirm his findings. This was another cumbersome task requiring an hour or more per week throughout the internal audit period.

Even though the endpoint management tool supported centralized lifecycle management and deployment capabilities, bandwidth inconsistency from one distribution center to another forced Corcoran to decentralize some of those activities, at the cost of time and control. “It would take us 7 to 10 business days to do a Microsoft patch, because we had to rely on somebody else to take action. Nothing was systematized; we needed to institute a standard across the entire organization.”

Centralizing management of 15,000 endpoints

Significant inefficiencies in the internal software audit process, along with a power management initiative launch, led US Foods to replace its previous endpoint management software, Symantec Altiris, with IBM Endpoint Manager software.

The company deployed the IBM Endpoint Manager solution to ensure software license compliance across all of its 15,000 endpoints as well as to reduce its device-related electricity costs and compress its patch and application deployment cycles.

“Out of the box, IBM Endpoint Manager software dramatically streamlined our patch deployment processes, reducing deployment times by 80 percent. It also greatly increased confidence in our software usage data and enhanced our lifecycle management processes significantly,” says Corcoran, who points out that two years into full production with the IBM software, the company's central office now manages all of these endpoint-related activities, thus reducing time and effort spent in the company’s remote offices and locations.

As an example of how he uses the IBM Endpoint Management software for asset management, Corcoran points to a recent analysis of Microsoft Office Suite application usage. Sampling 500 endpoints, he discovered that all endpoints had the Microsoft Office Professional software suite with Microsoft Access software, but less than half ever opened Access software and the majority rarely used it. The company thus stopped providing the Professional version of the software, saving an estimated USD500,000.

Reducing audit vulnerability and optimizing custom Fixlets

Perhaps nowhere is IBM Endpoint Manager software more critical than in audits. “Prior to acquiring the IBM solution, our software compliance vulnerabilities were over six figures," recalls Corcoran. “But in just one instance, by using IBM Endpoint Manager software to audit ourselves, we reduced what could have been over a million dollars in penalties for a particular vendor to less than USD7,000.”

In addition to out-of-the-box functionality, US Foods uses several custom “Fixlets” (policies) to extend granular visibility and control into any endpoint. For instance, Corcoran's team developed a Fixlet allowing any device to interface with IBM Endpoint Manager software through a virtual private network to install a printer. Using the outward facing relays the team captured accurate hardware and software inventory information from a recently acquired company.

“Typically, we'd be in the dark regarding their software and hardware configurations, but we now capture that information, even if they're not on our network,” says Corcoran. Armed with that insight, Corcoran determined in one case that US Foods could retain a significant portion of the acquired company's hardware and software inventory, which saved US Foods USD70,000 in capital expenditures.

Corcoran sees an expanded role for IBM Endpoint Manager software in the future, by supporting more Apple Mac endpoints and also potentially supporting driver hand-held mobile devices. “I never had that same comfort level with the previous toolset. I see us getting more engaged with IBM Endpoint Manager so that we have a single source of the truth for our entire environment.”

Solution components
Software: IBM® Endpoint Manager

For more information
To learn more about IBM Endpoint Manager software, please contact your IBM marketing representative or IBM Business Partner, or visit the following website: ibm.com/software/tivoli/endpoint

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Components
IBM products and services that were used in this case study.
Software: IBM Endpoint Manager for Lifecycle Management

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Atlanta MADE. Open to Public on Friday, April 19th.

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The soft opening of Atlanta MADE featuring the works of local Atlanta artists and artisans,

including tina christina will be April 19th! Open to the public.

Grand Opening on May 16th.

Check out Atlanta MADE's Facebook page for more information.

The Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation presents... The Living Room

2013-04-15T18:57:00.000-04:00

April program is patient-focused, titled “Sharing My Personal Journey”

SAN CARLOS, Calif., April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation invites you to join The Living Room, a lively and interactive online support group for those who are directly and indirectly affected by lung cancer. The April Living Room will feature a patient-focused program, titled “Sharing My Personal Journey.” There’s no guest speaker this month, just stories and experiences from patients and family who can offer hope to others.

“When patients have questions about lung cancer, when they have something they want to talk about, when they need advice from someone who has been there before or from experts who can help, patients don’t have to go far,” said Bonnie J. Addario, founder of the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation. “They just have to go to The Living Room.”

WHERE: Visit http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-lung-cancer-living-room-support-group

WHEN: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 | 5:45 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. (PST)

The Living Room is the nation’s premier online lung cancer support group for lung cancer patients and their families, offering expert opinion and advice not found anywhere else. Participants listen and interact with leading experts and leaders in the field of lung cancer treatment and research. The Living Room takes place the third Tuesday of every month and is live-streamed online.

Hardcopies of the Patient Education Handbook, “Navigating Lung Cancer, 360 degrees of HOPE” will be given to all patients participating in person and patients online can request the handbook at: handbook@lungcancerfoundation.org.

Foundation staff monitors the chat room on the live-stream page and forwards questions and comments to support group participants throughout the entire two-hour program. Archived video of the program will be available on the Foundation’s Vimeo page by the second week of May. The program will also air once weekly on Peninsula TV Channel 26.

And join us next month, on May 21, for a special evening with Paul R. Billings MD, PhD, who will talk about the latest developments with molecular profiling and next generation sequencing.

About the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation
The Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation is one of the largest philanthropies (patient-founded, patient-focused, and patient-driven) devoted exclusively to eradicating Lung Cancer through research, early detection, education, and treatment. The Foundation works with a diverse group of physicians, organizations, industry partners, individuals, survivors, and their families to identify solutions and make timely and meaningful change. BJALCF was established on March 1, 2006 as a 501c(3) non-profit organization and has raised more than $10 million for lung cancer research.

Technology 1993 vs. 2013

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What a difference 20 years makes. I Love this...

Free IBM MobileFirst Webinar

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You are cordially invited to attend a complimentary IBM MobileFirst webinar

Date: Thursday, April 18th
Time: 11:00am ET - 12:00pm ET
Where: From the comfort of your own desk
How to register: Click here: www.ibm.com/myrep/jagaeta

IBM MobileFirst offers you true end-to-end mobile solutions. Some providers specialize in service offerings; some focus on platform and application development; some offer only mobile security; while others focus just on mobile device management. We bring it all.

Join IBM and our mobile experts to learn how to take the next steps to become a true mobile enterprise:

Securely manage mobile applications, devices and infrastructures, and leverage cloud-based services for seamless integration.
Build mobile applications to transform your organization.
Connect mobile apps to systems of engagement and record for deep contextual insights and to inform interactions.

If you'd like additional information or have any questions about IBM MobileFirst, you can reach me through my personal IBM Rep Page atthe link below:

www.ibm.com/myrep/jagaeta

Hands-On Lab: Tivoli Workload Scheduler for System z V8.6 [April 24th; Columbus, OH Area]

2013-04-12T13:49:00.002-04:00

You Are Cordially Invited to Participate in a hands-on lab exploring
the new features in Tivoli Workload Scheduler for System z V8.6

IBM is hosting an Open House for existing and prospective customers of our award winning System z environment. During this event, customers are invited to explore and exercise the new Tivoli Workload Scheduler 8.6 features and the more advanced features of this solution in a live System z environment. Whether you are an administrator or an end user, you will gain first hand experience with a hands on test drive of the latest Tivoli Workload Scheduler.

Experience the Dynamic Workload Console first-hand!

Questions may be directed to Chris Smith at 740-971-3245 or chsmith@us.ibm.com.

When: Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Registration: 8:30 am | Session: 9:00 am - 1:30 pm
Breakfast & Lunch Provided
Location: IBM Dublin Office | 4600 Lakehurst Court | Dublin, Ohio 43016 |Bldg 1 – Auditorium D

Agenda
8:30 Registration and Breakfast
9:00 Welcome and Introduction
9:15 What’s New in Tivoli Workload Scheduler V8.6
9:30 TWSz hands-on Lab exploration

Navigate to TWSz 8.6 features using the ISPF panels
Learn how Workload Service Assurance Feature can help you manage your SLA’s
Understand how to manage and monitor your TWSz environment using the Tivoli Dynamic Workload Console

11:45 Class Demo of native TWSz Innovative Reporting Features
12:15 Q&A
12:30 Lunch & Learn- TWS Dynamic Agent Installation & Configuration

Experience how to Install the new TWS Dynamic Agent and Dynamic Domain Manager ]'to extend your end to end environment for greater flexibility and resource optimization

2:00 Closing

Click HERE to RSVP

Live! IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager Monday Morning Demos (April 15th through June 17th)

2013-04-11T15:03:00.003-04:00

"If only I could more effectively manage all my endpoints, from servers to smartphones."

Sound familiar? Tune into the live webcast on Monday mornings at 10am EST to see how IBM Manager clients deliver greater value back to the business at a lower run rate. IBM Endpoint Manager helps IT manage ALL of a mobile workers' devices -- including laptops, smart phones and tablets -- plus all of an organization's PCs, Macs, Servers, ATMs, Kiosks, POS devices and more; all from a single console and server.

Join live demonstrations every Monday from April 15th through June 17th 10am-11am EST. See Endpoint Manager in action and have your questions answered by a technical expert.

Not familiar with IBM Endpoint manager? Watch this video.

To join the online meeting (Now from mobile devices!)
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1. Click here.
2. If requested, enter your name and email address.
3. If a password is required, enter the meeting password: Bigfix
4. Click "Join".
5. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen.

To view in other time zones or languages, please click here

To check out other events and software offerings please visit my ibm.com page at ibm.com/myrep/jagaeta.

Who Shouldn’t BYOD? (April 18th Webcast)

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Who Shouldn't BYOD?
BrightTALK and (ISC)2 present a Think Tank Panelist discussion Thursday, April 18, 2013 10:00 am Pacific / 1:00 pm Eastern

Face it, BYOD is already here, at least in parts of your enterprise. But, it is probably not the right solution for every part of the organization. By spreading the right message to the right people, you can slow this trend enough to identify who should, and who should not be connecting personal devices to the corporate network.

Join IBM Software Group and (ISC)2 as we take a look at key factors in identifying off-limits employee groups and how to include Human Resources (policy), Legal (contracts), Finance (billing) and IT (purchasing) to craft a much more robust risk picture from which your stakeholders can make an informed decision about this strategy.

Thursday, April 18, 2013 – 10:00 am Pacific / 1:00 pm Eastern

Featured Panelists

William Tworek, Senior Technical Staff Member & Executive IT Architect, Chief Information Security Office (CISO), Office of the IBM CIO
Randy V. Sabett, Counsel, ZwillGen, PLLC
Spencer Wilcox – CISSP, SSCP, Lead Security Strategist, Exelon Corporation

Sponsored by:

IBM MobileFirst Webinar: April 18, 2013, 11am ET

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Put your business in motion with IBM MobileFirst

IBM MobileFirst enables organizations to rapidly turn every interaction into an opportunity to drive return on investment because IBM can combine deep industry expertise with mobile, analytics, cloud, social, and security technologies to help enterprises capture new markets and maintain the integrity of their assets.

In a world where everyone is connected to everything, your organization's infrastructure has no boundaries. The challenge is managing and securing an infrastructure that connects an endless array of intelligent devices and sensors that are outside your control.

Join Mike Ziegler and Jennifer Kady to learn how to take the next steps to become a true mobile enterprise:

Securely manage mobile applications, devices and infrastructures, and leverage cloud-based services for seamless integration.
Build mobile applications to transform your organization.
Connect mobile apps to systems of engagement and record for deep contextual insights and to inform interactions.

Webinar Details
Date: Thursday, April 18
Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm ET

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Suite for Unified Recovery: Simplify Licensing

2013-04-09T13:28:00.001-04:00

For more information, contact me at ibm.com/myrep/jagaeta.

The Book Trailer to My Brother-in-Law's Debut Novel!

2013-04-07T16:12:00.000-04:00

Follow the story at johndcressler.com.

My Updated Web Site

2013-04-05T21:40:00.000-04:00

www.JoeGaeta.com

How IBM Tivoli Storage Solutions Save IBM Money (And How They Can Help YOUR Company)

2013-04-05T16:20:00.001-04:00

Learn how IBM leverages their own storage solutions to help manage their explosion of data growth of 25% - 40% year over year.

The IBM CIO office uses Tivoli Storage Manager to help them manage and protect data in 8 data centers and includes over 110 petabytes of data. Using new techniques that both Tivoli Storage Manager and Tivoli Productivity Center offer, the IBM CIO office can address data compression, data de-duplication, and storage virtualization to help manage data growth. They have experienced a cost savings of up to 50% in storage costs per gigabyte. Further, by leverage Tivoli storage cloud technologies for easier self-provisioning, they have experienced over 90% storage utilization.

Discussing Data Backup at IBM Pulse 2013

2013-04-03T10:38:00.000-04:00

Todd Watson talks with Jason Buffington and Tom Hughes about three IT trends that are disrupting traditional data protection strategies and legacy approaches:

Highly Virtualized / Private Cloud Infrastructures
Cloud-based Solutions for backup & storage
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) for endpoint protection