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Publish Date
04 August 2009
Last Update
12 August 2009
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Author(s)
- David Watts
- Alexandre Chabrol
- Phillip Dundas
- Dustin Fredrickson
- Marius Kalmantas
- Mario Marroquin
- Rajeev Puri
- Jose Rodriguez Ruibal
- David Zheng
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 more than 80 books, papers, and technotes. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Queensland (Australia) and has worked for IBM both in the United States and Australia since 1989. David is an IBM Certified IT Specialist.
Alexandre Chabrol is an IT specialist for IBM in Montpellier, France. His areas of expertise include IBM System x and BladeCenter servers, IBM TotalStorage subsystems, Windows and Linux operating systems and Energy Efficiency. He holds an MS degree in Computer Science (Master II SITN) from Paris Dauphine University, France, and has worked in the IT industry for five years. Alexandre works on customer performance benchmarks in the Products and Solutions Support Center of Montpellier (PSSC), and is part of the EMEA benchmarks center and the Network Transformation Center teams.
Phillip Dundas is a manager with the Wintel Engineering Group at a global financial institution headquartered in Australia. He has almost 15 years of experience in platform engineering, delivery, support and management. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Computing) degree and a Master of Commerce (Information Systems Management) degree. He is a co-author of four other IBM Redbooks publications. Phillip holds industry certifications from Microsoft, VMware, Cisco, Citrix, and Novell.
Dustin Fredrickson is a Senior Engineer and Technical Team Lead for the System x Performance Development team in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. He holds a BS degree in Computer Engineering from Florida Institute of Technology, and has a background in small business IT management. He has 10 years of experience in the System x Performance Labs, with responsibilities including competitive systems analysis, file server and high speed network analysis, and server systems tuning. Dustin currently leads a team of engineers responsible for early hardware performance development activities across System x and BladeCenter servers and options.
Marius Kalmantas is a Brand Manager for System x and BladeCenter working for IBM CEEMEA, and he is based in Vienna. He has been with IBM for 13 years, mostly working in various product management positions with experience at the country, region, and geography levels. His areas of expertise include the IBM System x and BladeCenter product range, product positioning, lifecycle management, and solution optimization focused on finding the best product match for specific customer needs. He is actively participating in relationships with external vendors to develop business for the System x ecosystem. Marius co-authored the Redbooks publication IBM eServer xSeries Clustering Planning Guide, SG24-5845.
Mario Marroquin has worked for IBM since 2003 as an Advisory Technical Services Professional, and has received an award for the successful architecting, planning, solution, and implementation of the first VMware farm for an important customer. He has worked as an IT Architect, delivering virtualization solutions for different accounts within Strategic Outsourcing at IBM Global Services, supporting Enterprise class VMware farms. He has also been recognized as a subject matter expert for Intel-Windows and Intel-Linux class servers. Mario is an active member of the Virtualization Center of Competence, assigned to several accounts supporting engagements, transitions, implementations of VMware platforms and as a Security Focal overseeing Security Compliance of VMware solutions for Strategic Outsourcing customers. He is also a member of the VMware Governance Board. He holds a BS degree in Electronic Engineering and Communications as well as a BS degree in Information Technology from the University of Massachusetts. He is working towards his certification as a VMware Certified Design Expert.
Rajeev Puri has worked for IBM since 1994 and is a Senior Technical Staff Member. During his career with IBM, he has been recognized as an expert in Enterprise Infrastructure Management. He continues to architect integrated solutions covering a range of heterogeneous technologies from IBM, BMC, HP, Sun, Microsoft and many others for IBM customers. He leads global strategy in the areas of Operating System Provisioning and Electronic Software Distribution for Strategic Outsourcing customers. He possesses IT experience in all phases of IT delivery, from engagement to transition, implementation, lifecycle management, and client-related critical situations. Rajeev received his MS degree in Computer Science and BS degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Jose Rodriguez Ruibal is a Spanish IT Architect and Team Leader for Strategic Alliances for IBM in Montpellier, France, with the STG Industry Systems Next Generation Networks and OEM team. He has over 10 years of experience in IT, and has worked for IBM for more than seven years. His experience includes serving as Benchmark Manager in the IBM PSSC Benchmark Center in Montpellier, and working as an IT Architect for Nokia while living in Finland for three years. Prior to joining IBM, he worked for Red Hat and other consulting firms. He holds an MSC and a BSC in Computer Engineering and Computer Systems from Nebrija University, Madrid. His areas of expertise include Strategic Alliances and long-term IT projects in the Telecom industry, high-level IT architecture and complex solutions design, Linux and all x86 hardware. Jose has co-authored two other Redbooks, one on Linux solutions and another on IBM x86 servers.
David Zheng is a Technical Support Engineer in IBM China (ISC Shenzhen). He has two years of experience in the technical support of System x products, and previously worked on the development of embedded microcontrollers. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Xi'dian University, Xi'an, China. His areas of expertise include System x servers and C programming. He has written several documents on System x for customers and for the field support team.
ISBN
0738433071
IBM Form Number
SG24-5287-05