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Alessio Bagnaresi is a Senior Solution Architect and Technical Sales Manager at Infracom,
a major IBM Business Partner in Italy. Currently, he is working on customer assessments and
proof of concepts about desktop, server, and storage virtualization, consolidation,
infrastructure optimization, and platform management. He is certified on several platforms,
such as AIX, Linux, VMware, Citrix, Xen, IBM Tivoli® software, and IBM Enterprise System
Storage products. His job includes the planning, design, and delivery of Platform
Management, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Backup/Restore, and
Storage/Server/Desktop Virtualization solutions involving IBM Director, IBM System p, IBM
System x, and IBM System Storage platforms (mostly covering IBM San Volume Controller,
IBM DS4000/DS5000 Midrange Storage Server, IBM DS8000® Enterprise Storage, and IBM
N series). He previously worked at IBM as a Cross-Brand System Architect. He worked in
customer projects about Server Consolidation (PowerVM™, VMware, Hyper-V, and Xen),
Business Continuity (DS8000 Advanced Copy Services, Power HA XD, AIX Cross-site
Mirroring, DB2® High Availability and Disaster Recovery, and DS4000/DS5000 Enhanced
Remote Mirror), Disaster Recovery (TSM DRM, ProtecTier TS7650G), and Storage
Virtualization (SVC and N series).
Chris Bogdanowicz has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry. He joined Sequent
Computer Systems 15 years ago, initially specializing in symmetric multiprocessing UNIX®
platforms and later NUMA-Q® technology. He remained in a support role when Sequent
merged with IBM in 1999. He is currently a member of the IBM MTS SAN and midrange
storage hardware support team in the UK. In addition, he is part of a Virtual EMEA Team
(VET), providing Level 2 support for DS4000 and DS5000 products in Europe. He also
maintains a keen interest in performance and configuration issues through participation in the
Storage Solution Expert (SSE) program.
Corne Lottering is a Systems Storage Sales Specialist in the IBM Sub-Saharan Africa
Growth Market Region for Systems and Technology Group. His primary focus is sales in the
Central African countries, but also provides pre-sales support to the IBM Business Partner
community across Africa. He as been with IBM for nine years and has experience in a wide
variety of storage technologies, including the IBM System Storage DS4000, DS5000,
DS8000, and XIV®, and IBM SAN switches, IBM Tape Systems, and storage software. Since
joining IBM, he has been responsible for various implementation and support projects for
customers across Africa.
Pablo Pedrazas is a Hardware Specialist working with Power Servers and Storage Products
at IBM Argentina Support Center, doing post-sales second level support for Spanish
Speaking Latin American countries in the Maintenance & Technical Support Organization. He
has 21 years of experience in the IT industry, with expertise in UNIX servers and storage
products. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and a Master of Science
degree in Information Technology and Telecommunications Management from the EOI of
Madrid.
Frank Schubert is an IBM Certified Systems Expert and Education Specialist for DS4000
family of storage systems. He works for IBM Global Technology Services (GTS) in the
Technical Education and Competence Center (TECC) in Mainz, Germany. His focus is on
deploying education and training IBM service personnel in EMEA to maintain, service, and
implement IBM storage products, such as the DS4000, DS5000, and IBM N series. He has
been with IBM for the last 14 years and has gained storage experience since 2003 in different
support rules.
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