IBM - Expertise

Meet our Team

John Randolph

WWT

Sr. Global Partner Manager, IBM, Red Hat

Earl Dodd

WWT

HPC, ESG, Sustainability Architect and Alchemist

Ryan Avery

WWT

Storage Technical Solutions Architect

Hyung Kim

WWT

Technical Solutions Architect

Kevin Gee

WWT

Technical Solutions Architect - Compute Infrastructure

Reginald Joseph

WWT

Consulting Solutions Architect

Certifications

WWT holds the following certifications with IBM:

Badges

WWT holds the following badges with IBM:

List of IBM Badges/Certifications possessed at WWT

IBM Storage and Storage Software

IBM Certified Solution Architect - Spectrum Storage V2
IBM Certified Solution Advisor - Spectrum Storage V7
IBM Systems Business Partner for Enterprise Storage – Sales V1
IBM Systems Business Partner - Storage Fundamental Sales Concepts V1
Storage for Containers and Cloud Paks - Sales Foundation V2
Storage for Data and AI Sales Foundation
Storage for Data Resilience Foundational V2
Storage for Flashsystem Foundational
Storage for Hybrid Cloud Foundational V2
IBM Storage for SAP HANA Foundational V2
Storage for IBM Z - Sales Foundation V2
IBM Business Partner Storage - Enterprise Storage - Technical Advocate V1
IBM Systems Business Partner - Storage for Data and AI - Technical Advocate V2
IBM Systems Business Partner - Storage for Data Resilience - Technical Advocate V2
IBM Systems Business Partner - Storage for Hybrid Cloud - Technical Advocate V2
IBM Systems Business Partner - Enterprise Storage - Technical Advocate V2
Storage for Tape Foundational V2

IBM Compute - Power Systems / AIX / Linux

IBM PowerHA SystemMirror V7.2.5 for AIX Administrator Specialty
IBM AIX V7 Specialty
IBM Power Systems Solution Foundations
IBM Power Systems Infrastructure Sales Foundation V2
IBM Power Systems Enterprise Linux Technical V2
IBM Power Systems Infrastructure as a Service Technical V2
Quantum-Safe with IBM Power10 Sales Foundation
IBM Power Cyber Resiliency Foundational
IBM Power Systems Resiliency Foundational
Red Hat Sales Engineer Specialist - Platform
Red Hat Sales Specialist - Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Red Hat Sales Specialist - Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure

IBM Security

IBM Security Sales Foundations
IBM Cloud Pak for Security Sales Foundation v2
IBM Security Verify Sales Foundation v2
IBM Security QRadar XDR Sales Foundation

IBM Cloud Platform

Cloud for Financial Services Sales Foundation
Cloud Satellite Sales Foundation
SAP on IBM Cloud Sales Foundation

IBM Cloud Management

Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps Sales Foundation
Instana by IBM Sales Foundation
Turbonomic by IBM Sales Foundation

IBM Cloud Integration and Development

IBM Certified Associate Architect - Cloud Pak for Data V3.x
Cloud Pak for Data Sales Foundations
Cloud Pak for Data - Collect Sales Foundation
Cloud Pak for Integration Sales Intermediate
Cloud Pak for Integration Technical Sales Intermediate

IBM Sustainability

Maximo Application Suite Sales Foundation

Watson

Watson Assistant Sales Foundation

Miscellaneous

IBM Power Systems Champion
IBM Redbooks Silver Author
IBM Certification Exam Developer - Multi-Exam Contributor
IBM AIX Community Advocate V2
IBM Systems Technical University Speaker
IBM Enterprise Design Thinking

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Briefing Pure as a Service (PaaS)

Storage as a Service Briefing

This briefing is beneficial for customers wanting to learn about the various storage-as-a-service (STaaS) OEM offerings. Our team can help compare and contrast the different operating models from Dell, NetApp, Pure Storage, Hitachi, HPE, and IBM.

Jul 14, 2022

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Briefing Pure Storage

Primary Storage Briefing

The primary storage landscape has changed drastically over the last three years. The mass adoption of flash storage, the movement of workloads to the cloud and the emergence of new fabric technologies with NVMe are all trends that are reshaping how we go about selecting primary storage in the data center.

Jul 14, 2022

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Briefing CloudCheckr

Cloud Data Management Briefing

This briefing is beneficial for customers wanting to learn about the various cloud data management platforms and cloud storage options from several different providers. Our team can help compare and contrast the different public cloud storage options, whether these are independent software vendors (ISV), such as NetApp, Pure, Dell and HPE, or native public cloud storage offerings. We will also cover all of the top trending items relevant to data management in the cloud, including how cost optimization and cost management are important as public cloud resources are consumed. Finally, our team will highlight the different buying options (BYOL, Marketplace and OnDemand) available to customers.

Jul 13, 2022

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Article IBM Storage

IBM Spectrum Scale for AI and Highly Scalable Infrastructure

Learn about how customers are using IBM Spectrum Scale software-defined storage as a global data platform to simplify growth and enable new capabilities.

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Video Cyber Resilience

Let's create cybersecurity that keeps your business on track

IBM Security works with you to help protect your business with an advanced and integrated portfolio of enterprise security products and services, infused with AI and a modern approach to your security strategy using zero trust principles--helping you thrive in the face of uncertainty. By aligning your security strategy to your business; integrating solutions designed to protect your digital users, assets, and data; and deploying technology to manage your defenses against growing threats, we help you to manage and govern risk that supports today's hybrid cloud environments.

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Article Pure Storage

What is Cloud Data Management?

We answer the question "What is Cloud Data Management (CDM)?" and provide insights into how to turn a traditional data center into a public or hybrid cloud data management lifecycle.

Mar 15, 2022

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Lab ATC

ServiceNow + vRA 8.x + Ansible Lab: Multicloud DBaaS Provisioning and Custom Naming

In this lab, we will leverage multiple components to automate the deployment of a CentOS VM to either vCenter, VCF, AWS or Azure. You will have the choice to utilizing ServiceNow or the vRA Service Broker to perform the deployment. Further, we will leverage the vRA Ansible Core integration to do post deployment setup and configuration of a MySQL database, utilize PowerShell ABX code to perform custom resource and deployment naming, vRO with custom PowerShell scripting to accomplish MS DNS record handling, and lastly InfoBlox for our IP address management.

Aug 31, 2020

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News IBM

IBM Announces Its Intent to Acquire Red Hat for $34

IBM is set to aquire Red Hat for $34B. WWT and Red Hat will continue to provide innovative cloud solutions in our Advanced Technology Center.

Oct 27, 2018

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