Profile
Publish Date
07 August 2007
Last Update
09 October 2007
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Author(s)
- David Watts
- Jim Blue
- William Champion
- Bradley Thomas
David Watts is a Consulting IT Specialist at the IBM ITSO Center in Raleigh. He manages residencies and produces IBM Redbooks publications on hardware and software topics related to IBM System x and BladeCenter servers and associated client platforms. He has authored over 80 books, papers and technotes. He holds a bachelor's degree of Engineering from the University of Queensland (Australia) and has worked for IBM both in the U.S.A. and Australia since 1989. He is an IBM Certified IT Specialist.
Jim Blue is an Advisory Software Engineer in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and is currently a member of the SAN Central Support Group. He has 26 years of experience in the areas of IT and networking. He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from North Carolina State University. His area of expertise includes numerous networking protocols. He is a subject matter expert for a number of IBM TotalStorage certification exams (High-end disk, Open Systems Storage, High-end Tape and Storage Networking Solutions) as well as the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) foundation exam.
William Champion is a Staff Hardware Engineer in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and is currently a member of ATS/BISC Americas. He has six years of networking experience working in the IBM Networking Hardware Division. He has managed and designed three large raised floor labs. He currently has the following roles in ATS/BISC: Rack and Power RDS (Regional Designated Specialist) Lead, Linux RDS, BladeCenter RDS, and Solaris SME (Subject Matter Expert). He holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University.
Bradley Thomas is a Staff Software Engineer in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and is currently a a member of the NOS Technology and Support Team. He has seven years of experience in operating system support covering Caldera Linux, SUSE Linux, Red Hat Linux, VMware, and Solaris. He holds bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from Auburn University. His current focus is specializing in the Solaris and Red Hat operating systems as well as supporting several hardware platforms. Bradley is the author of the many of the IBM installation instructions for Solaris, and Red Hat Linux.
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REDP-4269-00