GSE UK Conference 2007

"Virtually Yourz"

Abstract:

The computing platform commonly termed the mainframe has undergone many changes during its long history. The central nature of this platform as an essential part of enterprise infrastructures, is being reaffirmed by customers, analysts and the press. At the same time opportunities for its use in new areas and the technologies being integrated into it are causing the question to be raised "What happened to my mainframe?". In this presentation, Mark Anzani will discuss some of the areas the mainframe is appearing in that might surprise you and how trends are driving a new round of technology investment and innovation on the platform to continue it's transformation.

Mark Anzani is the Vice President of IBM System z Hardware Products. He has the responsibility for the development and launch of the hardware products within the System z Portfolio. He joined IBM in Poughkeepsie in 1983 and during his early years with the company worked in a variety of manufacturing and development positions within the large systems business. In 1998, Mark was named the Director of Program Management for zSeries Hardware Development, where he was responsible for the development and delivery of zSeries hardware product. In March of 2001, he was named Director of Integration and System Test for Servers and in July of 2002, he was named IBM Availability Executive for Wal-Mart. In January of 2003, Mark was appointed Vice President, Server and Storage System Test with the responsibility for testing hardware and some of the software associated with storage products and i, p, and zSeries servers. He was appointed to his current position in January 2004.

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