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Table 1. Videos about IBM storage solutions and Spectrum Connect (English only)
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(12:15) IBM Spectrum Connect A9000 VMware Intro and Setup

Joshua Blumert, IBM Certified Consulting IT Specialist, and Andrew Greenfield, Global Storage & Network Engineer, show the ease of use and value of IBM Spectrum Connect, which enables a VMware admin full VMware control of the IBM FlashSystem A9000 Array from within VMware's vCenter.

Publication date: 3 March 2019

(3:27) What IBM Spectrum Connect can do for your business

Harald Seipp, IBM Certified Consulting IT Specialist, describes how to use the IBM Spectrum Connect suite for easy and fast integration of IBM block storage in multiple cloud environments.

Publication date: 13 May 2018

(42:50) IBM Spectrum Storage™ and Flash: Foundation for Multi-Cloud and AI

Eric Herzog, Vice President Marketing for IBM® Storage Systems, provides an in-depth overview about multi-cloud and AI environments that can integrate IBM flash storage.

Publication date: 28 February 2018

(5:29) IBM Storage and VMware: Partnership and Synergy for the Cloud Era

Executives and subject matter experts from both IBM Storage and VMware discuss their close working relationship and how they ensure integration of our products to improve data economics while delivering efficiencies and ease of use for our end users.

Publication date: 5 February 2016

(4:14) VMware Virtual Volumes with IBM Storage - The Power of Integration

Ben Meadowcroft, Senior Product Manager (VMware) and Yossi Siles, Principal Offering Manager (IBM), explain how VMware Virtual Volumes deliver and enable the right storage service levels according to the specific requirements of individual VMs.

Publication date: 16 December 2015

(5:49) Datastore Creation: IBM Spectrum Control Base Edition and VMware vRA

This video illustrates how to create a datastore upon a user request from VMware vRealize Automation platform and IBM Spectrum Control Base Edition, currently known as IBM Spectrum Connect.

Publication date: 1 October 2015

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Table 2. Blogs about IBM Spectrum Connect and its cloud interfaces (English only)
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IBM DS8880F: Deploy containers with confidence Calline Sanchez, Vice President, IBM Enterprise Systems Storage, presents a convincing case for using IBM DS8880F storage systems and IBM Spectrum Connect to run stateful containerized applications.

Last updated: 18 January 2019

Advancing Hybrid Cloud Adoption with IBM and VMware David Lapp, Vice President, Vice President, Marketing - IBM Cloud Platform, provides an update from VMworld Europe 2018, describing new solutions and capabilities from IBM Cloud and VMware.

Last updated: 5 November 2018

IBM Spectrum Connect – One stop integration for storage and modern server environments Cedric Cook, Principal Solutions Offering Manager - IBM Storage IBM Systems, provides an overview of the IBM Spectrum Connect storage integration solution.

Last updated: 21 February 2018

Making container technology work for persistent microservices

Heiko Ludwig, IBM Research staff member, introduces Ubiquity, a container-persistence service for IBM storage that the IBM Storage Enabler for Containers plugin is based on.

Last updated: 21 December 2017

IBM Storage systems go cloud native Sam Werner, Director, Offering Management, IBM Software-Defined Storage, focuses on IBM approach to container technology.

Last updated: 8 November 2017

IBM Spectrum Access for IBM Cloud Private

Shaluka Perera, Program Director for Storage & Software Defined Infrastructure Solutions, provides insights into IBM Spectrum Access solutions for IBM Cloud Private platform.

Last updated: 27 October 2017