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In this talk, Power Processor Chief Architect, William Starke, will describe the Power11 processor and the value drivers in the Power11 stack, including its advanced packaging technology, innovative memory architecture, and expanded AI strategy. Looking beyond Power11, he will provide details on the strength of Power’s emerging chiplet-based architecture, with comparisons to industry chiplet architectures.

During the last year a lot has happened. IBM Power Virtual Server has also made some major improvements. In this session we are going to discuss the updates and improvements that has been done on IBM Power Virtual Server, and how this helps you in archiving your business goals.This session is useful for current IBM Power Virtual Server customers, but also if you are currently not using IBM Power Virtual Server, this session can help you get a got impression of what IBM Power Virtual Server is, and why it is now a good moment to consider moving to IBM Power Virtual Server.During the last year a lot has happened. IBM Power Virtual Server has also made some major improvements. In this session we are going to discuss the updates and improvements that has been done on IBM Power Virtual Server, and how this helps you in archiving your business goals.This session is useful for current IBM Power Virtual Server customers, but also if you are currently not using IBM Power Virtual Server, this session can help you get a got impression of what IBM Power Virtual Server is, and why it is now a good moment to consider moving to IBM Power Virtual Server.

The Power11 family introduces an AI-ready infrastructure with on-chip acceleration for inference and the capability to scale toward more demanding AI workloads through the IBM Spyre accelerator. Combined with a broad open-source ecosystem, Power11 delivers the flexibility, performance, and cost efficiency needed to operationalize AI workloads close to existing data on Power systems.This session will begin with a concise overview of key AI concepts, focusing on the distinction between training and inference, particularly in the context of large language models (LLMs). It will then examine current trends in the GPU market, highlighting the major challenges customers face—such as availability, cost, and scalability limitations.Within this context, IBM Spyre will be introduced as a new generation accelerator designed to enhance inference workloads. The session will explain how Spyre complements CPU and GPU infrastructures, providing an efficient, scalable, and cost-effective alternative to traditional accelerator architectures. Attendees will gain a clear understanding of Spyre’s positioning, its integration with software solutions, and the tangible business and technical benefits it offers for AI deployment and optimization.

IBM Power customers face increasing pressure to improve cyber resilience, meet datasovereignty requirements, and maintain reliable offsite copies, often without disruptingestablished backup processes or introducing new infrastructure. While cloud objectstorage is frequently part of the solution, integrating it cleanly into existing IBM Powerenvironments remains a challenge.

This session provides an overview of FalconStor Habanero, a SaaS-based approach tosecure offsite data protection designed specifically for IBM Power workloads. Habanerointegrates directly with existing backup applications and operational processes, enablingcustomers to create secure offsite copies without changing how backups are run today.

Attendees will get a practical look at how Habanero works, what makes it different, andwhy it matters for IBM Power shops looking to strengthen resilience without addingoperational complexity.

Key topics include:

- Extending IBM Power backup environments to secure offsite storage without workflow disruption
- How Habanero works at a high level, including a brief look at deployment options
- Security, immutability, compliance, and recoverability benefits
- Predictable pricing and what that means for budgeting and planning
- Real-world scenarios relevant to IBM i environments and IBM customers

The session wraps up with practical use cases showing how IBM Power shops canmodernize data protection, improve resilience, and keep things operationally simple.

IT operations teams are under constant pressure to manage increasingly complex environments while maintaining the performance, availability, and security that mission-critical workloads demand.
For organizations running on IBM Power, the next evolution of operations is emerging through agentic and AI-assisted capabilities that move beyond simple automation toward intelligent operations.
In this session, we will explore how insights from telemetry, observability, and operational data are laying the foundation for a new generation of AI-driven operational models.
You will learn how agentic systems can analyze system behavior, recommend actions, and increasingly execute operational tasks.

Join us to understand the vision for agentic operations on Power, how organizations can begin their journey from insight to autonomy, and what their transformation could mean for the future of enterprise infrastructure management. 

AI continues its momentum in 2026 but enterprises are increasingly interested in understanding actually achieved outcomes from AI initiatives:- Can productivity gains be measured in production?- Where has AI led to true competitive advantage?- How much has AI contributed to business growth?- Has return-on-investment been observed?With its renewed AI portfolio (with products such as IBM Spyre™ for Power, IBM watsonx.data for Power, and IBM Open-Source AI Foundation for Power), IBM Power has put a strong signal into the market last year.Learn how some clients and partners have already adopted this portfolio and what business outcomes they have achieved. Lessons learned will help you to assess above questions for your enterprise.