Welcome to the IBM & Broadcom
Sunny SANDays (SSD) for Business Partner (BP) education & enablement.
Why Sunny SANDays ?
- We believe in networking and education in order to drive revenues for our Business Partners (BPs). Training is an essential part of our DNA ! Why ? Simply because our training modules are geared to providing you with relevant information for closing business !
- This event is an ideal opportunity for you to meet the Broadcom & IBM experts.
- You will learn the latest "trends & directions" in order to gain a competitive advantage on both IBM Storage and Broadcom SAN solutions.
About IBM & Broadcom
Broadcom Inc. is a global infrastructure technology leader built on 50 years of innovation, collaboration and engineering excellence. With roots based in the rich technical heritage of AT&T/Bell Labs, Lucent and Hewlett-Packard/Agilent, Broadcom focuses on technologies that connect our world. Through the combination of industry leaders Avago Technologies, LSI, Broadcom Corporation, Brocade and CA Technologies, the company has the size, scope and engineering talent to lead the industry into the future.
Why IBM & Broadcom
Long-time partners IBM and Broadcom build tightly integrated solutions that help customers create agile and secure infrastructures to enable new business models that support cognitive, cloud, analytics, mobile, and social business requirements, while positioning enterprises for success into the future.
Broadcom's Gen 6 Fibre Channel storage networking, combined with IBM FlashSystem and IBM Spectrum Storage, enables agile cloud architectures, supports massive volumes of data, and optimizes high-density server virtualized environments.
For the highest level of availability and performance, Broadcom Gen 6 storage networking and extension products support IBM’s z14 mainframe.
The partnership allows our customers to:
- Optimize high-density server virtualized environments, enable new workloads, and implement cloud architectures through Broadcom Gen 6 Fibre Channel technology and IBM storage solution
- Maximize the agility, efficiency, and control provided by IBM Spectrum Storage and Broadcom networking solutions
- Enjoy unmatched performance, scalability, and reliability, plus faster, better data-driven decisions with Broadcom Gen 6 Fibre Channel and IBM FlashSystem storage.
- Support mainframe workloads demanding 99.999% availability, including networking over distance for BC/DR requirements
- Gain visibility and insight across your storage infrastructure with powerful monitoring, diagnostic, and management tools powered by IBM b-type storage networking and BroadcomFabric Vision technology
VIP SSD 2023 Competition Rules
Terms & Conditions
This initiative contributes to creating a loyal partner community for IBM and Brocade BPs to share experiences & knowledge.
The event will take place from Monday 4th - Wednesday 6th Septemebr 2023 in Montpellier, The South of France. This event is an incentive study trip for the best performing Business Partners (BPs) in Europe Middle East & Africa (EMEA).
Terms & Conditions (Ts & Cs) :
- All countries in EMEA are entitled to participate.
- All IBM Broadcom BPs are entitled to participate.
- Only the best performing BPs will receive an invitation to attend the study trip based on the number of Gen7 directors or Gen7 b-type enterprise switches P96 sold.
- The Broadcom IBM team will select the BPs who will be eligible to attend.
Qualification :
– Sell minimum of 4 * Gen7 b-type directors will earn 1 ticket to SSD event
– Sell minimum of 4 * b-type SAN P96 switches will earn 1 ticket to SSD event
– We will invite the the 27 best performing BP’s and 3* “ rising stars “ based on the achieved turnover, measured from January 2023 to July 2023.
* The 3 "rising stars" will be identified and validated by the IBM and Broadcom management.
We will send approval invitations to the eligible BPs in the first week of July 2023 in order to provide you with enough time to reserve your travel tickets to and from Montpellier.
What is included in the incentive package ?
–2 nights hotel at the Hotel Mercure, La Grande Motte, France
– Breakfast, lunch/dinner's and transportation during the event
–2 days training at the IBM Montpellier Client Engineering Center
What is excluded ?
–BP's have to pay for their own travel (flight or train) and personal costs during the event.
VIP SSD 2023 Agenda
Please note that the agenda is subject to change.
15:00 Hotel Mercure, La Grande Motte check-in.
19:00 Bus from Hotel Mercure, La Grande Motte - La Voile Bleue, Beach Restaurant – The bus will be waiting on the left hand side as you leave the hotel entrance at the bottom of the small road.
19:30-23:00 Network drinks & dinner, La Voile Bleue.
23:00 Bus from La Voile Bleue - Hotel Mercure, La Grande Motte.
Tuesday 5th September
8:30-9:00 Bus from Hotel Mercure, La Grande Motte to IBM Montpellier
9:00-9:30 Welcome Coffee
9:30-10:30 Welcome by Monique Schardijn, IBM Alliance Manager EMEA Brocade Storage Networking & Key Note session, Olivier Fraimbault, IBM
10:30-11:15 Storage Networking: Why FibreChannel Matters for Enterprise Infrastructures, AJ Casamento, Principal R&D Engineer, Brocade Storage Networking
11:15-11:20 Coffee Break
11:20-12:05 What’s new on FlashSystems ? Antoine Maille & Stéphane Couteau IBM
12:05-13:50 Lunch
13:50-14:50 Brocade Gen7 Solutions: Highest-density on 64G and best cyber resilient replication connectivity for enterprise storage, AJ Casamento, Principal R&D Engineer, Brocade Storage Networking
14:50-15:50 Brocade Gen7, Autonomous Data Highway for High Performance Servers and Flashsystems, AJ Casamento, Principal R&D Engineer, Brocade Storage Networking
15:50-15:55 Coffee break
15:55-16:40 Demo : How your SAN is protected with QRadar Integration, Guillaume Legmar, IBM
16:40-17:25 Watson X: your enterprise-ready AI and data platform, Marie-Laure Pessoa, IBM
17:25 Bus from IBM Montpellier to Hotel Mercure La Grande Motte
19:00 Bus from Hotel Mercure La Grande Motte to La Voile Bleue
19:30-23:00 Network drinks & dinner, Beach Restaurant
23:00 Bus from La Voile Bleue - Hotel Mercure La Grande Motte
Wednesday 6th September
- Check-Out for all participants leaving on Wednesday 6th September.
- You can bring your suitcases with you onto the bus to La Voile Bleue.
- We can help you reserve a taxi from La Voile Bleue to the airport / train station.
9:00-9:30 Bus from Hotel Mercure La Grande Motte to La Voile Bleue
9:30-10:00 Welcome Coffee
10:00-10:45 FlashSystem and Storage Virtualize Roadmap, Barry Whyte, IBM (via webex)
10:45-11:30 SanNav Management Tools, AJ Casamento, Principal R&D Engineer, Brocade Storage Networking
11:30-12:30 IBM Storage Defender: data protection to real data resilience, Antoine Maille & Gerd Franke, IBM
12:30-14:30 Lunch & B2B meetings
14:30 Departures
Who's who
AJ Casamento
AJ Casamento, Principal R&D Engineer, BSN Division, Broadcom Inc.
AJ Casamento is a 40+ year IT industry veteran with experience working in a wide variety of market segments, IT leading companies, and engineering and product development roles. In more than 23 years as a Solutions Architect at Brocade, a Broadcom Inc. Company, AJ spends his time helping enterprises understand various technologies and architectural decisions, and the impact to their business. AJ started his career with Digital Equipment Corporation, and worked in various engineering and product development roles at Hewlett Packard, SUN Microsystems, IBM, and Avnet, before joining Brocade.
VIP SSD Participation Form
The VIP SSD 2023 Edition will take place from Monday 4th - Wednesday 6th September 2023.
- 1 Rue de la Vieille Poste, 34006 Montpellier
- IBM Montpellier
- +33- 6 63 25 68 77 - IBM
- nk@blue-channel.com
- Mon-Fri - 08:00-19:00
Country Sunny SanDays Events
IBM Gen7 collateral package
Brocade-GEN7-Presentation IBM Sunny SANDays 2021_compressed.pdf
Autonomous-SAN-Solution-Brief-July2020.pdf
Gen 7 webinar - September 17th.pdf
EMEA Infrastructure Storage Networking_Oct2020.pdf
7 Reasons for using Gen 7 in your Mainframe Environment (1).pdf
Brocade Gen 7 FICON Webinar Flyer.pdf
Brocade Sessions at IBM_TechU_2020.pdf
Brocade_SWFH_Webinar_Series_Amers.pdf
Brocade_SWFH_Webinar_Series_EMEA.pdf
ESG_NVMe_Oracle_Infographic.pdf
esg-technical-validation-broadcom-ibm-end-to-end-nvme.pdf
ESG-Technical-Validation-Broadcom-IBM-Sep-2020.pdf
ESG-White-Paper-IBM-Brocade-Cyber-Resilience-Aug-2020.pdf
IBM Gen 7 - Architecting Data Center for the Autonomous SAN.pdf
Keys to enhance the performance and availability of IBM Transparent Cloud Tiering Solutions.pdf
IBM Gen 7 - Introducing the Autonomous SAN.pdf
Presales Training - Using SAN Analytics to Enhance IBM Storage Solutions Training Module.pdf
VIDEO SECTION
Webinar Replays - Brocade Storage Networking - Technical & Commercial Learn & Earn Webinars
Recording of the English version : Introduction SAN Management and Analytics tool - Review and input
Recording : The Fundamentals of SAN vs Alternative Storage Technologies by Juan Tario, 14th April 2020
French replay - Pourquoi le Fibre Channel pour le stockage de nouvelle génération avec NVMe?
En Français par Eric Lacasse OEM Alliance Manager | Brocade Division Broadcom
Brocade_ Using Data Center Management and Discovery tools to access the customer’s Storage Network by John Turner, Pre-Sales, UK&I | Brocade Storage Networking Division, Broadcom
How to position Gen6 SAN for Enterprise Solutions with z15, DS8900F, and TS7770-20200507 0902-1
Web Based Training Modules
Earn 10 points for every Broadcom SAN training successfully completed.
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| Introduction | Audio MP4 link | Training module in pdf format with notes printout |
| How to sell SAN with IBM storage which ensures the best performance for client solutions and the compelling market events that demand that today's storage networks be upgraded. | YouTube Video : Selling IBM b-type Storage Networking - Click Here On-Line Test for this module, www.surveymonkey.com/r/IBM-Brocade-Sales-Quiz The estimated time for completion for both the training and the on-line test is 20 minutes. | Selling IBM b-type Storage Networking Print.pdf |
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| Introduction | Audio MP4 link | Training module in pdf format with notes printout |
| This module is great starter and refresher course for SAN, including how and why Fibre Channel SAN started, the positioning of SAN vs other storage methods and technologies, and the essential components, products, and architectures for IBM Storage and SAN solutions. | YouTube Video : Introduction to IBM b-type Storage Networking - Click Here On-Line Test : www.surveymonkey.com/r/IBM-Brocade-Presales-Quiz The estimated time for completion for both the training and the on-line test is 60 minutes. | Intoduction_IBM_SAN_Fundamentals.pdf |
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| Introduction | Audio MP4 link | Training module in pdf format with with notes printout |
| Based on the book, this training module introduces NVMe over fabrics, how NVMe is differnet than the current SCSI protocol, comparing the various networking options, the potential benefits to business applications, and where to find additional resources to learn more. | YouTube Video : IBM NVMe for Dummies video - Clik Here www.surveymonkey.com/r/IBM-Brocade-NVMe-Quiz The estimated time for completion for both the training and the on-line test is 30 - 35 minutes. | IBM_NVMe_For_Dummies_WBT.pdf |
Download IBM b-type SAN Resources Today!
- NVMe over Fibre Channel For Dummies
- SAN Sales Reference Guide (SSRM).
- IBM Director and Switch Matrix
- IBM 64G Gen 7 b-type Products
