2012 IBM Power Systems Technical University

• General Information
• Highlights and Featured Sessions
• Registration, Tuition Savings Offering and Applying for a Visa
• Keynote and Featured Speakers

• Hotel and Travel
• Week at a Glance and Event Guide
• Certification
• Cancel / No Show Policy

• Solution Center Package
• Sponsor/Exhibitor List
• Pre-conference classes for IBM Employees and Business Partners

• Power Systems
• AIX

• IBM i
• Linux

• Storage
• IBM PureSystems

Will feature sessions such as:

• Power Trends & Directions
• POWER7 deep-dives, throughout the range, updated for 2012
• How to Migrate/Upgrade to POWER7 servers
• POWER7 Capacity on Demand
• Smart Computing with Information Management on IBM Power Systems
• Cloud solutions and CloudBurst on Power Deep Dive
• Systems Director for Power with hands on labs
• New Systems Director based HMC appliance
• Top Ten tips for successful IBM Systems Director Deployment
• Application Development Strategy for Power

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Will feature sessions such as:

• AIX Trends and Directions
• Virtual I/O Server Sizing
• AIX Performance Tuning
• AIX Performance Updates and Issues for 2011
• PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX: Overview and offerings
• Understanding Memory Usage with SVMON
• Systems Director for Power & AIX Update Lecture
• AIX System Optimization
• Performance Monitoring for AIX and PowerVM
• AIX & Oracle Tuning
• AIX NIM Upgrade Strategies and Advanced Topics
• Update on Live Partition Mobility
• PowerVM processor virtualization - Capacity planning and SW licensing
• Designing the best Oracle solution on Power
• PowerVM processor virtualization - Concepts and configuration
• AIX NIM Tuning
• Virtual Networks - How do I setup that feature
• NPIV - Power Implementation in a Live Partition Mobility (LPM) environment
• IBM General Parallel File System -- Overview and Update
• Planning for Virtualization
• Versioned Workload Partitions (WPARs) for AIX 7

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Will feature sessions such as:

• IBM i Today, Tomorrow and Beyond
• VIOS in action: hosting IBM i
• What's New for Backup/Recovery on IBM i - Including Virtual Tape and Encryption
• PowerHA SystemMirror for IBM i: Overview and offerings
• Systems Management for IBM i
• IBM i - Latest and Greatest
• What's New - IBM i Virtual Media Management and Network Install using NFS
• IBM i Performance Management: Best Practices
• IBM i 6.1 and 7.1 Technical Overview
• Backup/Recovery Strategies on IBM i
• Implementation Guide to IASPs
• Navigating the World of Performance
• Essential Planning for IBM i 6.1 or 7.1 OS Upgrade
• DB Administrator Tasks using DB2 for IBM i Systems Navigator
• Exploring Virtualization Options for Communications with IBM i
• BRMS on IBM i Overview - What Does It Do and How Do I Implement It?
• IBM i - Platform for Software as a Service and Cloud
• Backup Encryption on IBM i
• PowerHA and DS8000 Storage Integration on IBM i
• IBM i Availability enhancements
• PowerHA Options for IBM i - Introduction
• Optimize performance of your application with POWER7 and IBM i 6.1.1 and 7.1
• CBU for IBM i
• IBM i - Designed for Business
• What Administrators Needs to Know about IBM i Access for Web: Restrict Access & Other Considerations
• Introduction to Database Optimization
• DB2 for IBM i Advanced SQL

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Will feature sessions such as:

• Linux for Power Trends and Directions
• IBM Power Linux - more powerful than x86, more scalable than VMware and more reliable than Windows
• Linux for Power Virtualization and Emerging Virtualization Technologies
• Reducing Your Time-to-value with Linux by using the IBM Installation Toolkit
• Management of the Power Linux Environment
• Introduction and Overview of the new Linux for Power Software Development Kit (SDK)

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Will feature sessions such as:

• Storage Trends and Directors for Power Systems
• SVC & Storwize V7000 Basics
• SAN 101
• IT Architect's 2011 Guide to Designing Storage HA, BC, and DR Best Practices
• Storage Tips & tricks / Best Practices
• The Next Generation for XIV
• Zoning and Mirroring 101
• DS8000 Logical Configuration
• Leveraging Systems Director and TPC for integrated Platform and Virtualization Management
• What's New with SVC & Storwize V7000
• Linear Tape File System (LTFS) Library Edition

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Will feature sessions such as:

• Managing and Virtualizing the Flex System Power node using the FSM
• Virtualizing the PureFlex Power node using the FSM
• IBM PureSystems - A shallow deep dive
• PureFlex Systems Management - Tasting the Secret Sauce
• First Experiences Implementing a PureFlex System
• The Power of PureFlex
• Notes from the Field after three PureFlex Power Installs
• IBM PureFlex System - Technical Overview
• Pure Systems x86 Compute Nodes - What you need to know
• IBM System Networking Innovations for IBM PureSystems
• Power Flex System Deep Dive
• Private Clouds on PureSystems with Power Reduce Labor Costs Dramatically for Data Centers
• IBM PureSystems - System Networking Management Update
• SmartCloud Entry on IBM PureFlex System

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