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x IBM Power 770 and 780 Technical Overview and Introduction
Business Partners on Power Systems hardware, AIX, and PowerVM virtualization products.
He is also skilled on IBM System Storage®, IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager, IBM System x®,
and VMware.
Carlo Costantini is a Certified IT Specialist for IBM and has over 33 years of experience
with IBM and IBM Business Partners. He currently works in Italy Power Systems Platforms
as Presales Field Technical Sales Support for IBM Sales Representatives and IBM
Business Partners. Carlo has broad marketing experience, and his current areas of focus
are competition, sales, and technical sales support. He is a Certified Specialist for
Power Systems servers. He holds a master’s degree in Electronic Engineering from
Rome University.
Steve Harnett is a Senior Accredited Professional, Chartered IT Professional, and a member
of the British Computing Society. He works as a pre-sales Technical Consultant in the IBM
Server and Technology Group in the UK. Steve has over 16 years of experience of working in
post sales supporting Power Systems. He is a product Topgun and a recognized SME in
Electronic Service Agent™, Hardware Management Console, and high-end Power Systems.
He also has several years of experience in developing and delivering education to clients,
IBM Business Partners, and IBMers.
Volker Haug is a certified Consulting IT Specialist within the IBM Systems and Technology
Group based in Ehningen, Germany. He holds a bachelor's degree in business management
from the University of Applied Studies in Stuttgart. His career has included more than 24
years working in the IBM PLM and Power Systems divisions as a RISC and AIX Systems
Engineer. Volker is an expert in Power Systems hardware, AIX, and PowerVM virtualization.
He is a POWER7 Champion and a member of the German Technical Expert Council, an
affiliate of the IBM Academy of Technology. He has written several books and white papers
about AIX, workstations, servers, and PowerVM virtualization.
Craig Watson has 15 years of experience working with UNIX-based systems in roles
including field support, systems administration, and technical sales. He has worked in the
IBM Systems and Technology group since 2003 and is currently working as a Systems
Architect, designing complex solutions for customers that include Power Systems, System x,
and Systems Storage. He holds a master’s degree in electrical and electronic engineering
from the University of Auckland.
Fabien Willmann is an IT Specialist working with Techline Power Europe in France. He
has 10 years of experience with Power Systems, AIX, and PowerVM virtualization. After
teaching hardware courses about Power Systems servers, he joined ITS as an AIX
consultant, where he developed his compentencies in AIX, HMC management, and
PowerVM virtualization. Building new Power Systems configurations for STG presales is his
major area of expertise today. He recently gave a workshop on the econfig configuration tool,
focused on POWER7 processor-based BladeCenters during the symposium for French
Business Partners in Montpellier.
The project that produced this publication was managed by:
Scott Vetter, IBM Certified Project Manager and PMP.