Who's Attending
Summary
Network with like-minded business professionals and enjoy exclusive access to the British Motor Museum.
We’re hosting a full day of thought-provoking sessions for IT leaders, where we’ll be networking with peers at the British Motor Museum, which holds the world’s largest collection of historic British cars. We’ll also be exploring cutting-edge technologies, assessing prevailing industry trends, and addressing pressing business challenges.
As all forms of data continue to grow, organisations continue to explore more ways to draw value from it. That doesn’t come without its challenges. More than 90% of organisations today are engaged in enterprise-wide digital transformations. Every day, they are tackling the challenges of building and managing an agile infrastructure for application modernisation and managing unstructured data for AI and analytics, whilst also maintaining high levels of data resilience and governance across an ever-evolving threat landscape.
IBM’s rich heritage in areas such as storage virtualisation, storage platforms, and back-up and recovery solutions, continues to evolve. We are providing a rich set of modern solutions for today’s dynamic digital world, from simple, cost-effective, high-performing flash storage systems to software defined solutions for Hybrid Cloud and AI, high-performance infrastructures and zero trust principles. It’s time to take a fresh look: IBM Storage – there is so much more in store!
Breakout Sessions
Attendees will have the option of joining one of our three exciting breakout sessions on offer;
- Unlocking Data Everywhere for AI with IBM Storage Solutions, Frank Lee, Director & Distinguished Engineer, WW Storage Technical Sales, IBM, David Cremese Principal Sales Manager, EMEA, IBM: The purpose of this session is to prove the values of IBM Global Data Platform to make data accessible, available, manageable, and secured. Both SW and HW capabilities will be highlighted to address Data & AI challenges. A demo will showcase how Storage Scale and its embedded cataloguing capabilities can be applied to manage a multi-modal cancer dataset and create a doctor’s dashboard.
- Liberating The Hybrid Cloud with IBM Storage Solutions, Sam Werner, Vice President, Storage Product Management Infrastructure, IBM: The purpose of this session is to prove the simplification of all things Hybrid Cloud, from the simplicity of Virtualise for public cloud to leveraging Fusion to unblock delayed OpenShift deployments or preparing for new ones to support modern applications and mobility.
- Real Data Resilience with IBM Storage is more than you might think, Ian Shave, Director, WW Distributed Storage Sales, IBM: The purpose of this session is to understand the business impact of cyber-attacks when data recovery is compromised. IBM Storage for Data Resilience offers layers of discovery and recovery capabilities to minimise the business impact.
Agenda
| 10:30 | Registration, Networking and Brunch |
| 12:00 | Welcome and Introductions – Rob Gould, Brand Leader, IBM Storage, UK and Ireland, IBM |
| A View of the UK’s Technology Market – Andrew Brown, General Manager, IBM Technology Sales, UK and Ireland, IBM | |
| Ordnance Survey – Driven by Data – Dave Anderson-Ward, Server, Storage and Backup Lead, Ordnance Survey | |
| Answers to the Challenges with IBM’s Storage Strategy – Sam Werner, Vice President, Storage Product Management Infrastructure, IBM | |
| 14:00 |
Break |
| Breakout Sessions – A closer look | |
| 1. Unlocking Data Everywhere for AI with IBM Storage Solutions – Frank Lee, Director & Distinguished Engineer, WW Storage Technical Sales, & David Cremese Principal Sales Manager, EMEA, IBM | |
| 2. Liberating The Hybrid Cloud with IBM Storage Solutions – Sam Werner, Vice President, Storage Product Management Infrastructure, IBM | |
| 3. Real Data Resilience with IBM Storage is more than you might think – Ian Shave, Director, WW Distributed Storage Sales, IBM | |
| 15:30 | Break |
| Question and Answer Panel with our Speakers | |
| Wrap Up – Rob Gould, Brand Leader, IBM Storage, UK and Ireland, IBM | |
| 17:00 | Drinks Reception, Networking and Access to the British Motor Museum |
Who is this event for?
This event is designed specifically for IT and security leaders. It aims to provide a platform for these individuals to come together and discuss the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in the industry.
Key Takeaways
- Digital transformation is challenging, but essential for organizations to draw value from data.
- IBM provides modern solutions, including storage, backup, and hybrid cloud solutions, to address these challenges and help organizations succeed.
- IBM's storage solutions offer modern, high-performance options for today's digital world
Venue
British Motor Museum, Banbury Road, Gaydon, Warwickshire, CV35 0BJ
Directions and Travel:
Travelling by car: The British Motor Museum is five minutes from Junction 12 of the M40, on the B4100 near the village of Gaydon. Exit the M40 at Junction 12 and turn left, following the brown Motor Museum signs. Continue for approximately 1 mile and the entrance to the British Motor Museum is on your left.
Travelling by rail: The nearest mainline rail stations are at Warwick (8 miles), Leamington Spa (8 miles) and Banbury (11 miles). Taxi services are available to and from the station.
Speakers
Rob Gould
Brand Leader, IBM Storage, UK and Ireland
IBM
Rob has led international go-to-market teams for over 30 years. With a wealth of knowledge in delivering Data Storage, Cyber Security, Resource Management and Hybrid Cloud solutions, he’s well placed to support exciting IBM Storage innovations.
Andrew Brown
General Manager IBM Technology Sales United Kingdom & Ireland
IBM
Andrew is responsible for leading, transforming and expanding IBM's Technology adoption in the UK & Ireland. Andrew is focused on delivering superior client success and making IBM the #1 Hybrid Cloud & AI provider in UK&I.
Ian Shave
Director of Distributed Storage Sales
IBM
Ian has over 25 years of experience working in the storage industry, in roles from a storage seller to EMEA & WW sales leadership roles, as well as running the IBM Storage Virtualize.
David Cremese
Principal Sales Manager, EMEA,IBM Storage
IBM
IBM has taken David from product development to technical sales and sales leadership roles. He helps EMEA clients build a robust, secure and scalable foundation for the management of unstructured data in the hybrid cloud era.
Dave Anderson-Ward
Server, Storage & Backup Lead, Ordnance Survey
Dave Anderson-Ward specialises in data optimisation and helps IT & Storage Managers gain critical business insight from data, whilst improving data mobility and security, at the same time as reducing data complexity and data management costs.
Frank Lee
Director & Distinguished Engineer
IBM Storage Tech
Frank leads teams worldwide and cross-unit collaboration between IBM Systems, Cloud & Cognitive and Red Hat to develop use cases, technical solution, ecosystem enablement, and industry architecture for IBM Storage products and solutions.
Sam Werner
Vice President of Storage Product Management
IBM
Sam has end-to-end product management responsibility for the complete IBM Storage portfolio. He is an IBM Master Inventor with over 30 patents in Storage development with a focus on Business Continuance and Disaster Recovery solutions.
