GSE UK Conference 2008

"Be Recognized"

Abstract:

What is DFSMS? It's the I/O subsystem for z/OS...Oh Wait! It's the tape management system for z/OS...Oh Ya...It's the Lifecycle Manager for all z/OS data...Oops..It also provides all the programmatic access to z/OS data...Oh you didn't know that it also makes z/OS an NFS server and Client?...Hmmm...How could we forget its Disaster Recovery capabilities? We'll overview all the main functions of DFSMS and how it helps most z/OS customers be productive with managing their Petabytes of data!

Scott Drummond is the Worldwide Program Director, Storage Networking, for the IBM Systems Group. Scott's career in Information Technology began in 1977, when he was an IBM customer doing applications and systems programming.

In 1982, he joined IBM and since has held a variety of technical and management positions including roles in product development, sales, business development and marketing. A frequent speaker in over 30 countries, Scott's subject area expertise includes distributed/mainframe storage and storage management, data sharing and Storage Networking (SANs and NAS).

Scott holds a Bachelors Degree in Sociology and a Masters of Business Administration Degree from the University of Georgia

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