IBM Edge 2012 Storage Event: June 4-5, 2012

Date: June 4-5, 2012

Location: San Francisco, CA

Duration: 2 days

Tuition:  USD $1,295 through 5/6, USD $1,595 beginning 5/7

Overview

If your organization is struggling to strike a balance between controlling costs and driving innovation, then Executive Edge at IBM Edge2012, June 4-5, is not to be missed. This IBM event represents a coming together of the world’s leading storage industry analysts and consultants, IBM clients and company leaders and will focus on how leading companies are transforming their storage infrastructures to conquer big data challenges while achieving superior business outcomes.

During this exclusive event, you will gain critical insights on how to plan for and manage big data challenges, cloud architectures, enterprise application environments, next-generation analytics requirements and more - focusing on business outcomes that matter. You will also hear IBM clients, in companies similar to yours, share experiences in planning, migrating and supporting smarter storage solutions in today’s globally competitive environment.

Executive Edge will commence with a General Session on Monday, June 4, which will feature compelling real-world customer case studies, executive keynotes, exciting new technology announcements. Valuable networking opportunities for you to meet one-on-one with IBM executives will also be available throughout the event. Tuesday, June 5, will feature a full day of breakout tracks that include a mix of industry-focused, data storage solution content, and deep dive briefings on IBM Storage technologies including XIV, SVC, SONAS, V7000 and more.

Who Should Attend

This event is exclusively for C-Level Executives, Directors for IT and IT Managers. IBM Client and Business Partner managers are also encouraged to attend with their client executive and management teams.

IBM Information On Demand 2012: October 21-25, 2012

Date: October 21-25, 2012

Location: San Francisco, CA

Duration: 4 days

Tuition:  USD $1,755 through 3/18, $1,995 beginning 3/19

Overview

Mark your calendar, and plan to attend and participate in the premier discussion on the future of Information Management. Receive the best in technical education and free certification while attending. There will be extensive opportunities for networking with both your peers and industry experts. In one global event, you gain access and exposure to the full breadth of IBM Information Management technologies and experts.

Why You Should Attend

• Participate in the PREMIER discussion on the future of Information Management
• Hear how your peers are realizing ROI
• Understand the roadmap to long term strategic advantage
• Learn best practices in your industry
• IBM certification testing
• Extensive opportunities for networking with both your peers and industry experts
• Learn about all of IBM's newest software products, tips, tricks and more

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MSSi Annual Power Systems Solutions Day: April 20th, 2012

Date: April 20th, 2012

Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Duration: 1 day

Overview

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IBM Power Systems Technical Symposium 2012

Date: April 16-19, 2012

Location: San Francisco, CA

Duration: 4 days

Tuition:  USD $1,755 through 3/18, $1,995 beginning 3/19

Overview

This 4 day event will be the place to learn about POWER7® processor-based systems, software and solutions for companies of all sizes. The event will contain technical sessions, covering Power Systems, AIX, IBM i, Storage and Linux. This is a key opportunity to listen to NDA sessions and learn all about the exciting new features included in our Hardware and Software portfolio. You can meet and question the experts in dedicated sessions and interact with your peers.

Find out how new high-end offerings redefine computing to address the needs of a smarter planet – large scale business analytics and databases, high-volume transaction processing, and consolidation to exponentially lower costs.

Get up to speed on new Express® systems and solutions for midsize businesses that offer attractively priced servers and upgrades, integrated mission-critical solutions, and proven capabilities to simplify server rooms while positioning companies for future growth.

This event offers attendees an intense, consolidated focus on how to reduce operation costs, simplify the IT environment, access current and upcoming solution providers and leverage the newest technology innovation – virtualization with the IBM POWER7™ technology.

Sessions will extensively cover a broad range of Power Systems topics, multiple training levels (beginner to advance), best practices, solution center/expo and certification testing.

2012 IBM Power Systems Technical University

Date: October 29-November 02, 2012

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

Duration: 4.5 Days

Tuition:  USD $2,195 through 9/30, $2,495 beginning 10/1

Overview

This 4.5 day event will be the place to learn about POWER7® processor-based systems, software and solutions for companies of all sizes. The event will contain technical sessions, covering Power Systems, AIX, IBM i, Storage and Linux. This is a key opportunity to listen to NDA sessions and learn all about the exciting new features included in our Hardware and Software portfolio. You can meet and question the experts in dedicated sessions and interact with your peers.

Find out how new high-end offerings redefine computing to address the needs of a smarter planet – large scale business analytics and databases, high-volume transaction processing, and consolidation to exponentially lower costs.

Get up to speed on new Express® systems and solutions for midsize businesses that offer attractively priced servers and upgrades, integrated mission-critical solutions, and proven capabilities to simplify server rooms while positioning companies for future growth.

This event offers attendees an intense, consolidated focus on how to reduce operation costs, simplify the IT environment, access current and upcoming solution providers and leverage the newest technology innovation – virtualization with the IBM POWER7™ technology.

Sessions will extensively cover a broad range of Power Systems topics, multiple training levels (beginner to advance), best practices, solution center/expo and certification testing.

The breadth and depth of sessions offered at this IBM Technical University allows the attendee to take a deeper dive into smarter computing implementation, year-to-date product announcements, as well as, key topics across the Power Systems platforms.

Why Attend

IBM Power Systems Technical University is 4.5 days of intense and consolidated coverage of AIX, IBM i and Linux on Power Systems. In 2012, this event comprises a powerful agenda of technical session including Virtualization and Systems Management enhancements, product deep-dives and futures under Non Disclosures.

The breadth and depth of sessions offered at this IBM Technical University allows the attendee to take a deeper dive into smarter computing implementation, year-to-date product announcements, as well as, key topics across the Power Systems platforms.

Who Should Attend

The IBM Power Systems Technical University is intended for IBM customers, IBM Business Partners, IBM employees, Independent Software Vendors and System Integrators, such as:

• IT Executives
• IT and business managers
• Data center managers
• Technical support managers
• Project managers
• Systems administrators
• Systems programmers
• Application programmers
• IT architects
• Hardware planners
• Performance analysts
• Database administrators
• Storage administrators
• Capacity planners
• IBM Business Partners
• Other IT Professionals