ExecutiveEdge Edge2015 Las Vegas, Nevada

IBM Power Systems

Day Two May 12, 2015

What Is ExecutiveEdge?This is IBM’s exclusive two-day summit for IT executives and leaders, featuring technology announcements, customer success stories, and presentations by industry leaders and IBM executives. The starring roles went to breakthrough innovations from IBM Power Systems, IBM z Systems, IBM System Storage, and IBM Middleware.

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Session:

General Session—Making It Possible, Building Your FutureDay Two opened with Doug Brown, VP–Marketing IBM Systems, discussing the rapid changes affecting the digital landscape. He reminded attendees that IBM was ready to help them get their enterprise ready for the next age with “future made” technology.

How can you be sure that your technology is ready?”—Doug Brown

The answer, according to Kevin Keverian, SVP of IBM Corporate Strategy, lies in

1. IBM’s strategic imperatives of data, cloud and engagement.

2. connecting a new world of technology with existing systems of record.

3. focusing on higher value for clients through collaboration.

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“ Rich JacksonSenior Technical ExpertWalmart

Kevin KeverianSenior VP,IBM Corporate Strategy

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General Session—Making It Possible, Building Your Future (Continued)A recurring theme on Day Two of ExecutiveEdge was data’s role in healthcare. To close the session, Gustavo Stolovitzky, Program Director, IBM Translational Systems Biology and Nanobiotechnology, explained that computing power needed to advance to make the most of available medical data.

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90%of data created over the last 10 years has been abandoned.

Gustavo StolovitzkyProgram DirectorIBM Translational Systems Biology and Nanobiotechnology

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ExecutiveEdge: Competitive Advantage Enabled by CloudThe day’s second session started with Jamie Thomas, GM Storage and Software Defined, IBM Systems, who explained that digital transformation means deploying a hybrid cloud and that a successful hybrid cloud that’s scalable, secure and integrated requires a world-class infrastructure.

And SoftLayer on POWER8 is the very definition of a world-class infrastructure.

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Stephen Gold,Chief Marketing Officer, Watson

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ExecutiveEdge: Industry Transformation and Open, Collaborative Innovation

IT doesn’t exist in silos, so this session focused on open technology as well as collaboration between enterprises. IBM has forged strategic partnerships with industry leaders to bring clients the best of the best.

IBM has strategic partnerships with Apple, Google, Facebook, The Weather Channel, Twitter and more.

Beyond that, IBM is dedicated to an Open approach to enterprise innovation with

100+ OpenPOWER-based innovations underway.

500+ IBM programmers working as part of open source communities.

100+ open source packages leveraged by WebSphere Application Server.

5x increased Department of Energy computing capacity for Big Data applications.

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ExecutiveEdge: Industry Transformation and Open, Collaborative Innovation (Continued)

IBM is committed to collaboration to give our customers the best of the industry, and that means SAP HANA on Power Systems for applications and analytics.

It’s an exciting time for IBM Power Systems, as we unveil a world without waiting that runs on POWER8.

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Vipin Singh,VP, SAP Practice NTT

Quentin ClarkCTO, SAP

Ken King,General ManagerOpenPOWER AlliancesIBM Systems

Ken King,General ManagerOpenPOWER AlliancesIBM Systems

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ExecutiveEdge: Future-Proof Your Business

ExecutiveEdge closed out the day with a session on preparing your business for the future, which included talks on transforming the economics of IT and services for enterprise-level hybrid IT.

Developments in Flash memory and the new POWER8 are two examples of high-end technology that’s available at a low TCO to enterprises today.

Cal Braunstein, CEO, Robert Frances Group, said the speed of technological change shouldn’t lead to decreasing investment in key components. When planning to invest in infrastructure, he said, spending a little more in the short run pays off with a more efficient stack and technology that makes an enterprise more competitive.

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Cal BraunsteinCEO, Robert Frances Group

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ExecutiveEdge: Future-Proof Your Business (Continued)

Bryan O’Neil, Director of Data Infrastructure, Allegiant Travel, closed out the session with a remarkable story about refreshing his technology using POWER8 with Flash storage and Linux. Allegiant Travel saved more than $1 million, but the most striking change was in performance.

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Bryan O’NeilDirector of Data Infrastructure,Allegiant Travel

ExecutiveEdge is all about IBM Power Systems. For more information,visit IBM Power Systems:Welcome to the waitless world.

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