Jake Carroll1, Andrew Beattie2
1Director, University of Queensland Research Computing Centre, 2Storage Senior Technical Specialist, Pre-Sales Engineering, IBM
Biography:
Jake Carroll is the current Director of The University of Queensland Research Computing Centre. Over his 19+ year career he has helped shape the local, state and national agenda on eResearch infrastructure, empowering the sector and supporting some of the most vibrant scientific discovery efforts in Australia. Jake has expertise in very large scale storage infrastructure, data governance, supercomputing, architecture and digital preservation. Jake is an elected member of the International Storage Board Industry Advisory Council and is a UQ Business School MBA Alumnus. Jake is a UQ Electronic Engineering and Computer Science Doctoral Candidate. He took up endurance running during the pandemic and spends more on shoes than his wife believes is sensible.
Andrew Beattie is currently a Senior Storage Technical Sales Specialist focusing on Storage Solutions for Data and AI. Prior to joining IBM in 2010, Andrew was instrumental in starting and developing IBM partner relationships with two separate business partner organisations, developing compute and storage offerings for the education sector. A published IBM Redbooks author, Andrew has more than 25yrs experience in creating solutions to managing data.
Abstract:
As artificial intelligence and machine learning become more pervasive and IT infrastructure options continue expanding, the need for a thoughtful information architecture for storing, securing, accessing and using data becomes more clear. IBM’s data fabric provides organisations with a trusted data foundation, enabling clients to leverage automation for data discovery, enrichment and protection with IBM data governance and quality capabilities. Join IBM Australia and the University of Queensland for a joint presentation to gain insights on a project that will be implemented across University of Queensland, University of New South Wales and University of Adelaide. Leveraging IBM’s Global Data Platform to implement a geographically dispersed storage fabric which allows for the sharing of data between research users and organisations, across the east coast of Australia.