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Optimize Your Technology Infrastructure
Welcome to this IBM podcast series focused on how to Optimize your
Technology Infrastructure. Through this series, we'll cover topics
that help lower IT complexity and improve operating efficiency --
along with tips and advice on using technology and services to help
you and your company succeed.
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Episodes in this podcast
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- Securing your Virtualized Infrastructure
- Getting prepared for a pandemic
- Is your datacenter ready for cloud computing?
- Podcast on Wireless Services
- Data Center Strategy
- Data Center Relocation
- New services to help build a Dynamic Infrastructure
- Doing Virtualization right to gain efficiencies and savings
- Delivering energy efficiency in our strategic outsourcing data centers
- Using a Dynamic Infrastructure to help reduce costs
- Using Cloud Computing to reduce costs and better compete in today's economy
- Cost-effective data centers for mid-sized companies
- Cloud computing: the next big thing or another fad?
- Data center actions in times of economic uncertainty
- IBM Virtual Storage Optimizer for Virtual Clients
- How to simplify and speed up IT design and integration with new IBM blueprint for enterprise IT
- Data center design and how it can help businesses drive growth and energy efficiency
- How IBM is helping clients, today, build and deploy data centers that are flexible and efficient and how you too can get started
- How to help secure and manage your information infrastructure
- New approaches to archiving enterprise data and information
- New help to better manage your Storage and Data through IBM's Information Infrastructure initiative
- How to manage your infrastructure more efficiently
- ITS&A Carbon Strategy Study Podcast
- Saving Energy in your distributed end-user environment
- Scaling the Storage and Data "Wall" with Scale Out File Services
- Energy Efficiency - Part I
- Energy Efficiency - Part II
- Virtualizing your client/end users to help secure your data and save money
- How to virtualize your servers
- The network's role in your datacenter transformation
- Migrating your data without a migrane
Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EDT
Securing your Virtualized Infrastructure
OK, we all know virtualization is one of the hottest trends right now to help control costs and simplify management of IT infrastructure. But all those savings that virtualization provides aren't worth much if your security is compromised. Find out the steps you can take to secure your virtualized infrastructure in this audio podcast with David Abercrombie from IBM's Server Protection Solutions team.
Mon, 5 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EDT
Getting prepared for a pandemic
Get advice on preparing your company and employees for a pandemic. Join Russ Lindburg from IBM's Business Continuity Services team as he helps identify the top actions companies should take, and pitfalls to avoid, in preparing an effective business continuity plan for a pandemic threat.
Mon, 5 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EDT
Is your datacenter ready for cloud computing?
You're probably thinking about cloud computing and the potential benefits for your organization, but have you considered the readiness of your datacenter for this new computing platform? Listen in as Steve Sams, IBM's resident datacenter expert, describes the steps you need to take to plan for and deploy cloud computing in your datacenter.
Fri, 2 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EDT
Podcast on Wireless Services
If you're a CIO or IT manager, you're probably faced with an avalanche of employees with BlackBerry® smartphones asking for connectivity to your network. They want all the productivity and flexibility, but you have to figure out how to secure and manage it. This is a huge challenge to your staff and budget. Listen in as Dan Papes comes to the rescue with a solution that extends your IT and security policy from enterprise back-end to the BlackBerry smartphone for ease of mind and with utility pricing, so you only pay for as much as you need.
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Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:00:00 EDT
Data Center Strategy
Update your data center strategy to save up to 50% of your operational costs by rationalizing the number of data centers in your portfolio.
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Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:00:00 EDT
Data Center Relocation
Consolidate and relocate your data center to reduce costs while maintaining your application availability requirements and managing your risk.
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Wed, 20 May 2009 12:00:00 EDT
New services to help build a Dynamic Infrastructure
Join Rich Esposito, vice president of IT Strategy and Architecture services as he describes how clients are getting real benefits today by moving to a Dynamic Infrastructure and Rich also reviews new Dynamic Infrastructure services announced in April that can help deliver savings up to 40% with a fast ROI.
Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EDT
Doing Virtualization right to gain efficiencies and savings
Looking for TCO savings up to 70% and reducing maintenance costs by up to 50%? Virtualization is a great place to start. Join Jeanine Cotter, vice president of systems services, as she describes how to gain the benefits of virtualization and avoid the pitfalls. Jeanine describes IBM's own experience and savings in virtualizing our Events infrastructure which supports major sporting events like the U.S. Open and the Masters golf tournament.
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Tues, 24 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EDT
Delivering energy efficiency in our strategic outsourcing data centers
Joe Dzaluk shares lessons learned from our energy efficiency efforts and our unique position as an energy efficiency partner to host infrastructure or deliver energy efficiency solutions to data centers.
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Mon, 09 February 2009 06:00:00 EST
Using a Dynamic Infrastructure to help reduce costs
If you're looking to reduce cost, manage risk and improve service, you'll want to listen in as Rich Esposito, vice president of IT Strategy and Architecture services, describes the benefits of a dynamic infrastructure and how you can get started. Rich uses real life examples of how clients and IBM have realized significant increases in efficiencies and service levels by deploying a dynamic infrastructure.
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Mon, 09 February 2009 06:00:00 EST
Using Cloud Computing to reduce costs and better compete in today's economy
Join Marie Wieck, vice president of middleware services, as she discusses how Cloud Computing can help companies better compete in today's economic climate. Marie describes what Cloud Computing is, how it can help clients reduce costs, manage risk and improve service in their IT infrastructure, plus new IBM capabilities to help you take full advantage of Cloud Computing.
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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:00:00 EST
Cost-effective data centers for mid-sized companies
Are you in a mid-sized company and need to control server sprawl or modernize your data center? Join Joanne Olsen, general manager of general business services as she discusses energy efficiency and green data centers for mid-sized companies. Find out how you can deploy a Scalable Modular data center in 8-12 weeks at up to 20% less overall cost than a traditional raised floor data center and save up to 30% on energy costs per year. Scalable Modular data centers can be deployed quickly - in 8-12 weeks.
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Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:00:00 EST
Cloud computing: the next big thing or another fad?
Cloud computing has created a lot of buzz in the marketplace, as well as confusion about its benefits. Listen in as David Parker, vice president of marketing strategy and programs, as he helps separate the fact from the fiction. Find out what cloud computing is, the types of "clouds" and examples of how clients are using cloud computing today to reduce costs and increase efficiencies.
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Tue, 12 Nov 2008 16:00:00 EST
Data center actions in times of economic uncertainty
If you're managing your company's data center, today's economic situation has intensified the pressure to reduce your expenses and "do more with less." Join Steve Sams, vice president of IBM's site and facilities services, as he provides insight and advice on your data center actions during today's tough economic environment. Find out how clients are saving today by extending the life of existing data centers, increasing efficiencies and taking a scalable or "modular" approach to building new data center capacity that can defer up to 40-50% of capital and operating costs.
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Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:00:00 EDT
IBM Virtual Storage Optimizer for Virtual Clients
Join Jack Magoon, IBM business development executive from our end-user services organization, as he talks about a recent enhancement to the Virtual Infrastructure Access (VIA) services solution -- an advanced desktop virtualization solution that transforms the traditional distributed PC end user environment into a centrally managed model.
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Tue, 24 Oct 2008 16:00:00 EDT
How to simplify and speed up IT design and integration with new IBM blueprint for enterprise IT
Join KC Goodman, chief technology officer for IBM's IT Strategy and Architecture services as he describes IBM's blueprint -- called the "IT Operating Environment" -- that can help break down complex design and integration into modular capabilities and manageable implementation phases. If you need to simplify the integration of virtualization and automation technologies, this may be a worth a listen.
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Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:00:00 EDT
Data center design and how it can help businesses drive growth and energy efficiency
We all know that the pace of change is increasing -- companies are becoming more globally integrated, there's growing focus on energy efficiency and corporate social responsibility. Is your data center up to the challenge? Data centers have come a long way -- new thinking is shaping the leading edge data center strategy and design. Listen in as Steve Sams, vice president of IBM Site and Facilities services describes how CIOs can redesign the data center to fuel business growth and create energy efficiency savings.
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Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:00:00 EDT
How IBM is helping clients, today, build and deploy data centers that
are flexible and efficient and how you too can get started
Need some real client examples and the cost saving benefits of Energy Efficiency in the data center? Join Steve Sams, vice president of IBM Site and Facilities services, in part two of our interview as he describes how IBM -- with a new family of data center solutions -- is helping clients, today, redesign their data centers to drive business growth and deliver energy efficiency savings. Steve uses IBM client examples and provides some of the quantitative benefits that IBM is helping to deliver to clients around the world. Tune it to find out how IBM can help and how you can get started.
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Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:00:00 EDT
How to help secure and manage your information infrastructure
TData breaches and data losses are huge and serious issues for CIOs and IT managers. How can you better manage and secure your data? Listen as Brian Reagan, IBM director of business continuity and resilience services discusses how companies can take action today to secure and manage their information infrastructure.
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Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:30:00 EDT
New approaches to archiving enterprise data and information
Join Sergei Varbanov, one of IBM's storage and data leaders, as he discusses new developments in the area of archiving corporate data and information. Learn out you can start small and grow and how mid-size and large companies can take advantage of this solution.
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Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:30:00 EDT
New help to better manage your Storage and Data through IBM's Information Infrastructure initiative
Join Kevin Leahy, IBM director of IT optimization as he discusses how companies can take a holistic view of their data and information through the IBM Information Infrastructure initiative. In this podcast you'll get insight into the key issues that CIOs and IT managers are addressing around their information infrastructure and the steps you can take to help address your storage and data needs.
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Fri, 8 Aug 2008 18:00:00 EDT
How to manage your infrastructure more efficiently
CIOs and IT managers today are challenged with increasing the efficiency of their IT operations while ensuring systems are flexible to respond quickly to changes in their businesses. Listen in as Jeanine Cotter describes how a new approach to managing your IT infrastructure -- called Remote Managed Infrastructure Services -- can help simplify the management and increase the efficiency and security of your IT infrastructure while creating the potential for savings up to 50%.
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Tues, 22 July 2008 18:00:00 EDT
ITS&A Carbon Strategy Study Podcast
Many corporations are seeking ways to improve their energy efficiency - while much of the focus has been around the datacenter, consideration of IT within the entire infrastructure in an increasing source of interest. During this podcast one of IBM's lead IT energy consultants, Colm Feighoney, describes the IT Carbon Strategy Study, a service that helps organizations set priorities and identify potential energy savings across the infrastructure whether it be in the desktop, network, printing environment or the datacenter. It is a globally available service that helps organizations determine the best way to get started in the path to improving their energy position.
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Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:00:00 EDT
Saving Energy in your distributed end-user environment
If you are a CIO or IT executive, you're probably managing lots of PC and end-user devices in your infrastructure. Each of these consumes energy -- both from your utility to power them and from your team in managing and supporting them. Listen in as Jack Magoon, business development executive on our end-user services team describes how virtual infrastructure access services can help create efficiencies and savings up to 70%.
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Tus, 8 Jul 2008 18:00:00 EDT
Scaling the Storage and Data "Wall" with Scale Out File Services
Almost every company is faced with rapidly increasing storage demands. How do you effectively plan for and manage the deluge? Listen as Scott Fadden, one of the IBM Storage and Data resident experts, describes how companies can use Scalable File services to resolve their Storage and Data challenges.
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Mon, 7 Apr 2008 17:00:00 EDT
Energy Efficiency - Part I
Did you know that even with rising energy costs, some companies are lowering their IT energy bills by 40 - 50%? Get the "hot" news on how you can help turn your IT infrastructure lean and green through energy efficiency solutions. This podcast features IBM vice president, Steve Sams discussing the latest challenges and solutions for IT managers and CIOs around "greening" the data center. This is part one of a two part podcast.
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Mon, 7 Apr 2008 16:00:00 EDT
Energy Efficiency - Part II
How do you develop a "green" data center? Hear how IBM is helping clients today with a real, quantitative energy efficiency benefits using "building blocks" to a green data center. This second podcast on Energy Efficiency again features Steve Sams, of IBM as he discusses IBM's approach to helping clients improve their energy efficiency.
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Mon, 7 Apr 2008 15:00:00 EDT
Virtualizing your client / end users to help secure your data and save money
Have lots of client devices that are expensive to secure, manage and maintain? Maybe client / end-user virtualization is a technology that you should explore. Join Jack Magoon from IBM as he describes the opportunities to help drive cost savings and a more secure infrastructure using client virtualization.
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Mon, 7 Apr 2008 14:00:00 EDT
How to virtualize your servers
Virtualization has been around a while, but it has become one of the latest trends in helping to drive efficiencies in the data center -- from management to energy costs, server virtualization may be able to help you optimize your IT environment. Listen to Tom Ready, IBM vice president as he describes the latest trends and benefits of server virtualization.
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Mon, 7 Apr 2008 13:00:00 EDT
The network's role in your datacenter transformation
There's lots of discussion around datacenter transformation, but what's the role of the network? Find out as Cindy Klepich from IBM discusses what you need to know about networking when it comes to virtualizing and transforming your IT infrastructure into the IBM New Enterprise Data center vision.
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Mon, 7 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EDT
Migrating your data without a migraine
Data migration doesn't have to take down your systems and your productivity -- listen as Warren Hart from IBM's storage services team discusses how to use the latest in data migration software and services to help migrate your data, on-line, without disrupting your business.