IBM Systems z™ - Enterprise and Business Class

zEnterprise Executive Briefing Agenda Proposal briefing core topics:

 * Global Technology Outlook, Hybrid Systems focus Based on latest IBM research publication, this presentation describes technology trends and how IBM foresees the next breakthroughs.

 * zEnterprise for new services deployment: the competitive advantage This presentation shows the potential added value of the new Enterprise for new services and new applications deployment.

 * zEnterprise fundamentals, hybrid system architecture, integrated system management added value This presentation describes with more details the components of the zEnterprise architecture and how they fit together.

 * zEnterprise advantage for application integration Discover how the zEnterprise will bring value on application integration like multi-tier or SOA applications and why accelerators will benefit to the entire system.

 * Fit for purpose platform selection As many factors influence a platform selection, this method will help to establish the specific matrix selection according to customer context.

 *IBM zEnterprise and System z Software. Along with zEnterprise announcement, more than 150 new and enhanced IBM software are also released. This presentation will show how System z software exploits the strength of IBM zEnterprise.

  - Optional topics which can also be covered

 ** Leveraging the Mainframe to deliver Information on Demand The future of Data warehousing on System z, Cognos on System z

 ** IT Enterprise applications modernisation SOA on System z, WebSphere on System z

 ** Secure zEnterprise in today’s dynamic enterprise Security technology outlook overview

 ** Enhancing Applications Resiliency with zEnterprise

 ** Service Management on zEnterprise System Monitoring with OMEGAMON, Asset management, Security Administration

 ** Linux for System z The value of Linux on the Mainframe

 ** zEnterprise Cost and Value Proposition Value of system z, IT cost structure, Cost and value assessment Platform positioning for Application Deployment

 ** Cloud Computing on zEnterprise IT Simplification, IT Virtualization, Consolidation Provisioning Live demo

 ** Oracle Consolidation on zEnterprise Value of consolidating Oracle workload on zEnterprise

 ** Leveraging SAP Solution on zEnterprise platform

 ** ACI Solution payments Applications for zEnterprise How to reduce complexity and improve ROI with ACI applications on System z

 ** Deep Focus on the Green Data Center.

Virtualization

IBM invented virtualization 40 years ago. Virtualization, born on mainframe systems, has become the centerpiece of technology across all our server, storage, and middleware products. Hear how it can work in your organization.

Deep Computing

Deep computing applies specialized software, advanced mathematics and powerful hardware to the sea of digital data to solve extremely complex problems. Whether it's helping an airline fix its flight schedule during a snowstorm or searching through genome databases for useful new drug compounds, deep computing projects are tackling problems previously beyond reach. Topic includes a review of IBM's Deep Computing portfolio, trends, directions and SuperComputer Strategy.

Storage Technology

This topic covers the broad range of IBM's storage offerings, with a focus on how they can be deployed in support of pSeries serves. Subtopics include: Disk Technology Overview and Directions, ESS, SAN , Tape Storage Subsystems, SSA.

UNIX Trends & Directions

This topic covers IBM's UNIX system offerings, including AIX 6L™, which provides the industry's premier environment for building and managing both UNIX and Linux applications. Subtopics include: Benefits and Strengths, Trends and Directions, AIX 6L™ & Linux, Workload Management, System Management.

Virtualization & Future Technologies

A discussion of virtualization concepts, including current and future marketplace trends, server, storage and network virtualization directions and what's available from IBM and across the industry.

IBM Power Systems™

IBM Power Systems offers outstanding performance and reliability, and uncompromising UNIX and Linux enablement. Our presentations can provide IBM Power Systems POWER7 product updates, strategies, trends, directions and futures, depending on customer requirements. Specific topics can include processor road maps, POWER VM, BladeCenter, TCO, competitive positions, benchmarks, AIX, clustering, RAS and Linux on Power Systems.

IBM BladeCenter™

The IBM BladeCenter system is a high-density server solution providing a shared platform for up to 14 servers in single chassis, offering a space-saving solution compared to traditional servers. BladeCenter system design offers simplicity with respect to management, administration, and configuration. This simplicity is achieved through BladeCenter system shared platform where components are shared by all blade servers instead of a single component for each server. System management is a key feature of BladeCenter system allowing administrators to monitor the state of all blade servers and BladeCenter system components from a single interface. Another advantage is the BladeCenter system modular approach, which allows components to be added when needed, to meet the on-demand needs of organizations.

IBM System x™

IBM System x offers an end-to-end portfolio on Intel processors, and revolutionary Enterprise X-Architecture technology for Intel. Our presentations can provide System x product updates, strategies, trends, directions and futures. We can take you through industry-leading technologies that are behind our Enterprise X-Architecture strategy, including light-path diagnostics, high-availability memory offerings, KVM cabling solutions, and many more. We will also review IBM BladeCenter and X3 Architecture two of IBM's leading Intel-based scalability solutions in this area.

Business Continuity / GDPS™

Continuous availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity are hallmarks of System z. Whether you need an introduction to the concepts, or a deep dive into technology and futures, we have speakers who are experts in this complex area.

Infrastructure Simplification

Infrastructure simplification goes beyond server consolidation to create efficient, resilient and responsive IT environments by collapsing complex systems into simpler infrastructures. These "simplified" infrastructures help customers cut costs by leveraging key enabling technologies like mainframes, blades, Virtualization, Linux and Grid.

Cloud Computing

Cloud Data Center Showcase brings you to the heart of the cloud. Our showcase aims at customer immersion into the cloud by featuring and leveraging Montpellier Support Center  production clouds:

 * Service orientation of clouds is shown through a service dashboard of PSSC hands-on education cloud services

* Service automation with IBM cloudburst presents customers with the IBM offering that will allow them to jumpstart their private cloud implementation

* Virtual world data center modeling helps sense the power of Dynamic Infrastructure at work in PSSC clouds

* To demonstrate the importance of the infrastructure and IBM servers and storage solutions advice on needs and feeds for Virtualization and Image Management are shown.

These demonstration assets can be used as briefing standalone inspiration for customer awareness and opportunity identification or as support tools for more in-depth selling actions on validated opportunities through the whole portfolio of PSSC cloud support capabilities.

Smarter Computing

On a smarter planet, technology is fueling innovation and as a result the demand for computing resources – data storage, compute capacity and network bandwidth – is growing. But how could your clients continue to take advantage of the opportunity to innovate when IT budgets have actually shrunk over the past six years? Next era of computing is here – Smarter Computing – to integrate, automate and secure IT infrastructure and fuel innovation. Automate …with management capabilities across hierarchical server and storage environments Integrate …with hardware and software architected to address diverse workload demands Secure …with security automation, disaster recovery and a reduction of access points Big Data and Information Integration, Get the most our of your data and your storage systems: * A flexible information platform for the entire organization * Application transparent scalability, compression and governance * A single, trusted version of the truth across all information sources Optimized Systems, Choose the right strategy to match systems workloads: * Hardware and software designed to address specific workload characteristics * Flexibility to optimize complex, hybrid workloads in multi-architecture systems * Management across hierarchical systems with efficient scalability Cloud and Service Delivery, Ensure high service quality and efficiency to support innovation: * Support for new delivery models and automated service manage

Energy Efficiency

The Montpellier customer center  has built the most innovative Green Data Center Customer Showcase in Europe, based on a real-production environment with all IBM server platforms and storage. This showcase can be used for advanced technical support, remote demonstrations, proof of concepts, briefings & client assessment workshops. We offer the most powerful experienced team in one location with an end-to-end chain of competencies including the consolidation of complex IT architectures, virtualization on all server platforms and best practices in IBM Dynamic Infrastructure Leadership Center.

Life Insurance Showcases
IBM Life Insurance & Annuity Core System Solutions are a structured approach for carriers to develop and execute a strategy to modernize, transform and manage the primary systems that process and issue life insurance and annuity products. These 2 showcases embody many IBM Life Insurance Core System solutions and illustrates IBM’s vision of business and system transformation for the insurance industry. This vision is built on IBM world-class insurance industry services, integration, middleware, infrastructure, a Service-Oriented Architecture, and best-of breed application providers. Business Showcase : - A real application running on a z centric architecture integrating several third-party components in an SOA architecture, to demonstrate the value of using accepted industry standards, a straight through processing business approach, SOA technologies and IBM infrastructure. - Presentation of a scenario of the real use of the application by an insurance company agent to sell a contract to a customer in one visit Infrastructure Showcase : a workload simulating operations for a mid-size carrier in Europe. Through this part in which we run and monitor mixed workloads, we demonstrate System z and SOA scale, performance, resilience, cost effectiveness and security. Together, these 2 showcases demonstrate system solutions that can deliver game-changing business and IT transformation in the most cost-efficient and technologically effective manner.