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IBM Storage Insights is an intelligent, SaaS-based storage management and analytics platform designed to simplify and optimize enterprise storage operations. It provides a unified, real-time view of storage environments across on-premises and cloud, enabling proactive health monitoring, predictive analytics, and data-driven insights that help organizations improve performance, enhance reliability, and reduce operational costs.Key capabilities include:Centralized visibility across heterogeneous storage systemsPredictive analytics and alerts to identify issues before they impact operationsCapacity planning and utilization insights to optimize resource allocationAutomated health checks and recommendations for faster troubleshootingIntegration with hybrid cloud environments for seamless managementBy delivering actionable intelligence and automation, IBM Storage Insights empowers IT teams to make informed decisions, accelerate problem resolution, and drive greater efficiency across their storage estate—ultimately supporting business continuity and digital transformation initiatives.

Discover how to architect a truly resilient IBM i environment using IBM Power and IBM FlashSystem. This session presents a real-world, production-proven HADR (High Availability and Disaster Recovery) solution that eliminates single points of failure, enables seamless planned maintenance, and ensures business continuity—even across sites separated by 500 km. Learn how active-active storage, asynchronous remote replication, and Live Partition Mobility (LPM) combine to deliver near-zero RPO/RTO, while Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 and IBM Storage Insights provide dynamic resource allocation and proactive monitoring. Ideal for architects and administrators seeking to maximize uptime, operational flexibility, and cost efficiency in mission-critical IBM i landscapes.

This session introduces the mechanisms of Policy-Based High Availability (PBHA) and Policy-Based Replication (PBR) on IBM FlashSystem. We will explore how these advanced features enable automated, policy-driven data protection and disaster recovery strategies, ensuring resilience and compliance in modern IT environments. The presentation will cover the architecture, configuration principles, and operational benefits of PBHA and PBR, followed by a live demonstration showcasing their practical implementation on FlashSystem arrays.

Building on last year's introduction of Policy-Based High Availability (PBHA), this session shows how we have implemented and operationalized PBHA in our own production environment.We go deeper into how PBHA is combined with Policy-Based Replication (PBR), Safeguarded Copy (SGC), snapshots, automation, and monitoring. This creates a cyber-resilient, policy-driven HA and DR architecture across multiple sites, without relying on expensive third-party products. We also show how fully automated VTL and tape backups are driven directly from snapshots, and how cleanroom recovery using Safeguarded Copy is integrated into the overall design.The focus is on real-world design decisions, automation, monitoring, and continuous validation to ensure recoverability.This is IBM i high availability and cyber resilience as it is actually run in production in 2026.

"Enhancing IBM iOperational Resilience with IBM FlashSystem Technology This session details
the latest technical features in IBM FlashSystem storage technology that can be
used to enhance Operational Resilience for critical IBM I workloads. I'll cover the
following areas which focus on RPO and RTO for Cyber-attack and traditional DR
scenarios:New policy based
replication and how to improve RPONew policy based
snapshots and help size themImmutable backups as
part of a Cyber resilience strategyIBM I considerations
for snapshots and validation in a Clean Room as part of IBM Power Cyber VaultAnomaly detection
through IBM Storage Insights 

I'll show how the
technology applies to small, medium and large enterprises."

In enterprise environments, innovation only matters if it delivers tangible value to customers. This session explores how modern storage products are designed with customer outcomes as the primary driver, and how the thoughtful integration of AI can help address the most critical challenges enterprises face today.Drawing from real product strategy experience, the session will walk through the journey from roadmap definition to real-world results, highlighting how customer feedback, operational pain points, and business priorities shape product decisions. Rather than focusing on AI as a buzzword, the discussion centers on how AI-driven capabilities in enterprise storage are applied to improve performance, resilience, predictability, and operational efficiency.Attendees will gain insight into how AI can be embedded into storage platforms to proactively tackle issues such as performance variability, capacity planning, and risk reduction—ultimately helping customers operate with greater confidence and stability.

Come and find out what new features have been recently delivered on the IBM FlashSystem and SVC products, as well as finding out what's coming in the near future.

IBM Flash System is built for automation and openness. With support for Ansible, PowerShell, REST APIs, and a broad ecosystem of infrastructure and cloud management tools, organizations can automate everything from provisioning and monitoring to lifecycle management.
This enables faster operations, greater consistency, and seamless integration into existing enterprise workflows, allowing customers to manage storage as code and operate at cloud scale.