Systems Storage benefits and resources

IBM provides Systems Storage benefits and resources to help you understand general market trends, plan market and business strategies, and generate demand for your hardware, software, or services.

Develop and migrate

• Application development project support

• Get assistance in locating and using resources for building solutions with IBM hardware, storage and operating systems by accessing technical information, step-by-step guides, the Virtual Loaner Program (VLP) and IBM Sizing Guides.

• Earn significant margins with IBM Remote Product Services

• Selected implementation and migration product services are now available to be delivered remotely through IBM's Global Delivery Centers.

• IBM Innovation Centers: Porting and testing

• Get guided experience for your development process, build skills with our workshops, and leverage our customized design and architecture consultations. Our experts can you help build solutions, solve real problems in real time, and grow cutting-edge skills.

• IBM Systems solution roadmaps

• Solution roadmaps are end-to-end guides for solution porting, enablement and migration, or integrating functionality into solutions running on IBM Systems platforms, products, software and technologies.

• Technology Access Program

• The Technology Access Program (TAP) offers selected PartnerWorld members the ability to purchase System x servers, BladeCenter products, selected System Storage products, and discounts off the IBM list price for internal use, demonstration, or development purposes.

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Support and services

• Access to N series support resources

• The new N series entitlement process enables entitled access to N series support information, code downloads and product support updates. All users must register using the new registration process in order to access N series support information as of July 30, 2007.

• IBM PSSC Storage Demonstration Center

• Find a large range of IBM Storage demonstrations to learn how to simplify and optimize your IT, improve your business resilience, re-think your storage management and integrate data deduplication to reduce cost and improve data protection.

• IBM XIV Redbooks

• Help your clients understand how to implement IBM products and solutions. IBM Redbooks typically provide positioning and value guidance, installation and implementation experiences, typical solution scenarios, and step-by-step "how-to" guidelines.

• Implementing the IBM Storewize V7000

• This Redbooks is aimed at pre- and post-sales technical support and marketing, storage administrators, and will help you understand the architecture of the Storwize V7000, how to implement it, and take advantage of the industry leading functions and features.

• Implementing the SVC v6.1

• Access this detailed technical guide to the IBM System Storage® SAN Volume Controller (SVC) Version 6.1.0. This book is intended for readers who need to implement the SVC at a 6.1.0 release level with a minimum of effort.

• PartnerWorld technical support and resources

• Leverage other PartnerWorld benefits and resources to access tools for product development and support.

• Search XIV Techdocs

• Pre-sales planning, installation and support information

• Services for System Storage

• Making it easy for you to understand the services associated with our hardware offerings to provide an integrated solution that creates the value for you, our Business Partners and our mutual clients.

• System Storage support for IBM Business Partners

• PartnerWorld offers a variety of support options for IBM Business Partners throughout the technical support lifecycle, from offering selection to post-sales support.

• Techline

• Get technical sales support from skilled specialists through voice or e-mail. Access product information and positioning, solution design, configuration validation, pricing and performance information, education sources, solution assurance, and competitive solutions.

• XIV Services Opportunities

• Examples of Services Engagements for IBM XIV Storage

• XIV Storage System: copy services and migration

• Acquire a practical understanding of the XIV® Storage System copy and migration functions, suited for various data protection scenarios, enabling clients to enhance their business continuance, data migration, and online backup solutions.

• XIV Storage System:host attachment and interoperability

• This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides information for attaching the XIV® Storage System to various host operating system platforms, or in combination with databases and other storage oriented application software.

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Technical libraries

• Techdocs

• Pre-sales planning, installation and support information.

• Techline Pre-sales Repository

• The repository provides easy to use technical pre-sales support for the System x portfolio. A downloadable CD version of the repository for Power, Storage and System x is also available.

• Technical library

• Find a variety of technical resource to help you develop solutions based on IBM Systems, such as white papers, online education, labs, sample code and more.

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