COMMON POWERUp 2024: Full Schedule

THE BEST IBM i & POWER SYSTEMS EDUCATION.When you come to POWERUp, you’ll be able to customize your experience. Choose from 300 sessions, covering over 20 areas of IT, when you plan your schedule. Visit the largest Expo of its kind and meet the experts behind the solutions. Attend social events to meet renowned speakers and peers alike. This conference is structured to give you the pure education and professional connections needed to best enhance your career. Are you ready to POWERUp?

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11:30am CDT

404: NVME is your Friend

EVALUATION

Speakers

Daniel Sundt

IBM i Product Manager, IBM

Dan Sundt is an IBM i product manager. He has the responsibility for the IBM i business, including defining and guiding future directions and strategies. He works with the IBM i sales, marketing, and development teams as well as customers and partners to ensure that the IBM i operating... Read More →

John Folkerts

Power Systems IO Product Management, IBM

John Folkerts has recently taken on the role of Power Systems IO Product Manager. John is responsible for direct attach storage, network adapters, fibre channel adapters, IO expansion and a variety of other areas. His previous roles within IBM included hardware development of... Read More →

NVMe is your friend COMMON POWERUp 2024 V3 pdf

Monday May 20, 2024 11:30am - 12:30pm CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Hardware

Session Level Intermediate

2:45pm CDT

385: IBM Power: Made by Innovators for Innovators

EVALUATION

This session reviews the history of innovation driven by the Power platform and explores how Power innovations fit strongly into current and future industry trends

Learning Objectives:

Speakers

Bill Starke

Power Processor Chief Architect, IBM

William Starke is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and Chief Architect for Power microprocessors. Since graduating from Michigan Tech University, Bill has been employed by IBM for over 30 years in several roles, spanning mainframe and Power systems performance analysis, logic design... Read More →

2024 0520 PowerUP v4 shareable pdf

Monday May 20, 2024 2:45pm - 3:45pm CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Hardware

Session Level All

4:00pm CDT

402: IBM Power S1012: The Latest Hardware for IBM i

EVALUATION

Just like with the operating system, the team has been hard at work continuously innovating to provide our community with the latest technology to run business-critical workloads and applications. The IBM® Power® S1012 has new capabilities for IBM i users to help them achieve business and IT goals. In this session, Daniel Goldener, Product Manager, IBM Power Scale-Out Servers, and Brandon Pederson, IBM i and Power Product Marketing Manager, will show you the latest hardware to run IBM i. You'll learn the features and benefits of the system and new use cases, including edge computing and transactional AI.

Speakers

Daniel Goldener

Product Manager, Power Systems, IBM

I embarked on a dynamic career journey leading me to IBM, where I've dedicated over two decades to diverse roles. Beginning as an intern in 2004, I've navigated through Sales Operations, IT Strategy Consulting, and leadership in Systems Technical Sales, making significant contributions... Read More →

Brandon Pederson

IBM i and Power Product Marketing Manager, IBM

Brandon Pederson is the Product Marketing Manager for IBM i and Modernization within the IBM Power business. Prior to this role, Brandon was Content Marketing Manager for IBM WebSphere and Content and Community Manager for IBM Power. He has a degree in Marketing from Concordia University... Read More →

The Latest Hardware for IBM i POWERUp 2024 Presentation V1 5 17 24 pdf

Monday May 20, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Hardware

Session Level All

8:00am CDT

386: IBM Power's Differentiated Memory Roadmap

EVALUATION

This session explores the historical importance of Power's memory architecture, reviews recent developments in Power's memory roadmap, and highlights the strengths of Power's memory architecture going forward versus developments in industry memory architectures.

Learning Objectives:

Speakers

Bill Starke

Power Processor Chief Architect, IBM

2024 0521 PowerUP v2 shareable pdf

Tuesday May 21, 2024 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Meeting Room 203C 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Hardware

Session Level All

4:00pm CDT

258: Power10 for the COMMON User

EVALUATION

Did you know that the entire IBM Power server family has now been refreshed with Power10 processor technology? Starting in September, 2021, IBM introduced the Power10 E1080 enterprise system and in July, 2022, IBM introduced the rest of the product family which includes the S1014, S1022/S1022s and S1024. IBM i customers need to know the capabilities and positioning of the entire Power server family, so attend this session to hear about the latest and greatest.

Speakers

Daniel Sundt

IBM i Product Manager, IBM

Tuesday May 21, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Hardware

Session Level Intermediate
Audience Any IBM i customer on older hardware looking to upgrade their infrastructure