IBM Mainframe Systems

IBM zEnterprise, a new dimension in computing and Systems z Business Class machines offer legendary qualities of service, security, scalability, and industry leading virtual partitioning for z/OS, z/VM, and Linux. Our presentations can provide IBM System z product updates, strategies, trends, directions, and futures. Poughkeepsie is home to mainframe development offering customers a deep pool of on-site IBM System z expertise and the opportunity to speak with our developers.

Smarter Systems for a Smarter Planet

The world's activities represent transactions--which add up to and constitute relationships that, over time and due to their results, become the foundations of trust and success. To manage those transactions, businesses, governments, nonprofits and international organizations need dependable IT systems that can heal themselves when broken, protect themselves when threatened, and provision additional computing power and storage when needed. Such systems are "smarter," in that they are able to perform tasks on the fly that once required hours and days of human analysis and intervention to achieve.

Dynamic Infrastructure

Globalization and knowledge-based economies are forcing companies to embrace new business models and rapidly emerging technologies to stay competitive in a fast-moving market. Yet the day-to-day pressure to run the business more cost-effectively – while also supporting business growth and innovation – is very real. The IBM Dynamic Infrastructure initiatives – Service Management, Energy Efficiency, Asset Management, Virtualization, Business Resiliency, Security, Information Infrastructure – will help improve service, minimize cost, and reduce risk. We can speak to Dynamic Infrastructure and to each of the initiatives in depth.

Total Cost of Ownership and System z

Total cost of ownership is more than the cost of the box. When you include all of the cost (purchase costs, administration, software licensing, depreciation, environmentals etc.), mainframe systems have been saving customers money. Find out how.

Green Data Center Showcase

Conveniently located a short indoor walk away, is a customer-oriented showcase of energy-efficient technologies in a working data center. We offer tours of the facility.

Service Management

Learn how to provide visibility, control and automation across all the business and IT assets to deliver higher value services.

Security

End to end industry customized governance, risk management and compliance solutions are a key part of a dynamic infrastructure.

Virtualization

End to end industry customized governance, risk management and compliance solutions are a key part of a dynamic infrastructure.

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 supercomputing strategy.

Operating Systems (z/OS™ , z/VM™, Linux®, AIX)

Technical update on current operating systems products as well as future plans.

Linux Workshops

The Linux Live workshop is intended to help customers gain an understanding of the value of Linux on zSeries and z/VM, and to assist in their decisions regarding deploying applications with Linux on zSeries by providing the basic skills necessary to launch a Linux on zSeries and z/VM trial evaluation. The workshop is designed in modular fashion which permits attendees to choose what they want to see and learn, with minimal lecture and maximum hands-on, practicing a learning by doing methodology. Experimentation is encouraged.

IBM POWER Systems™

IBM has become the industry's number one UNIX systems provider by delivering more performance and reliability for clients' IT investments than any other UNIX or Linux system provider¹. IBM's consistent delivery of POWER™ processor-based systems offer leadership performance and modular designs that grow easily with your workload needs. This performance assurance gives you the ability to focus on business innovation without being slowed down by the capability and flexibility of your IT infrastructure.

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.

Security and Business Resiliency / GDPS™

Security and business resiliency is manifested in business continuity strategies, security technologies and a highly resilient infrastructure. 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. Of course. continuous availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity are hallmarks of System z. We offer presentations on GDPS, the business resliency service for our mainframe systems.

Information Infrastructure

Information infrastructure helps clients meet the challenges of information explosion by improving the management of information availability, security, retention and compliance. We can address the information infrastructures provided by the wide array of IBM TotalStorage solutions.

New Workloads on System z

Workloads like SOA, J2EE, and Cloud can be hosted on System z. We have experts who can talk about this in depth.

Energy Efficiency and Green IT

Efficient, green and optimized infrastructure and facilities use technologies and data center best practices that enable management of facilities and overall energy consumption in partnership with IT management.

Development Test Floor Tours

See the largest concentration of MIPS and fiberchannel I/O in the world. Take a tour of the System z test facility located a short walk from the briefing center. Poughkeepsie is also home to the raised floor on which the world's fastest supercomputers are tested prior to delivery.

Manufacturing Tours

System z and high-end System p servers are assembled, tested, and shipped throughout the world from this large facility across the parking lot from the briefing center.