Optica Technologies Incorporated and its European partners Dacoso and TrueCom will be sponsoring the IBM System z Conference in Brussels, Belgium May 4-8, 2009.

Optica’s Peter Dixon and special guest speaker Iian Neville from IBM are hosting a presentation on Managed Evolution for System z – a jointly developed and recommended infrastructure planning process by IBM and Optica.

The session (number zP001) will be held Tuesday, May 5th from 16:45-18:00 in room H

Partners of Optica Technologies – Europe

Germany, Austria, Switzerland

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Benelux, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg

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Visit Optica in the Brocade booth at SHARE in Austin, March 1 – 6, 2009, Booth 213.

You’ll learn how to:

• Prepare your z10 infrastructure to become workload-ready within a full FICON Fabric
• Consolidate and simplify IT for maximum operational efficiency
• Fully leverage the management, performance, and distance capabilities of FICON

Learn how to maximize your FICON investment when you visit Optica and Brocade at SHARE.

Moving to IBM System z10? IBM recommends that you leverage FICON I/O channels to service your applications, and that doing so can improve your operational processes, performance, and capacity. How can you accomplish this without writing off your investment in ESCON?

You’ll find the answers at Booth 213 at SHARE in Austin, March 1 – 6, 2009. Stop by and learn how Optica in partnership with Brocade can demonstrate how the Managed Infrastructure Evolution for IBM System z can help you migrate to an all-FICON z10 while protecting your investment in legacy ESCON devices.