His main area of expertise is IBM POWER architecture, IBM POWER entry - enterprise server brand portfolio running IBM AIX operating system and IBM/NetApp storage, data replication technologies. One of his main areas of interest is built on studying and offering solutions based on High Availability subsystem and Site Disaster Recovery. He has also provided consulting services to several organizations in Pakistan in the area of Disaster Backup Recovery, Systems Securities, AIX Systems Health Check and Optimizations, System Performance Monitoring & Management, IBM presales server and storage sizing & application benchmarking, Building IT strategies and IT policies, and Solution design based on cross brand technologies offered by IBM Dynamic Infrastructure primarily Business Resilience, System Consolidation and Virtualization, and Cloud Computing.

Adnan’s contribution to IT R&D is significant; he was a part of IBM’s international research teams and contributed in 10 IBM Redbooks. He is a passionate presenter and instructor and has been involved in conducting IBM AIX education and training courses both locally and internationally (GBM and BBM) from Users level to Advanced level for IBM and Si3 customers.

IBM AIX Operating System
Our instructor is associated in imparting UNIX training since 1991. He is a passionate instructor and has conducted various UNIX courses based on AT&T SVR4, SCO UNIX, and IBM AIX locally and internationally for IBM customers from user’s level to advanced level in various IBM Education Centers.

Contribution in IBM Redbooks
Following is the list of IBM Redbooks in which Adnan has contributed during his job at IBM on assignments in Austin, Texas, USA. These Redbooks are based on IBM AIX state-of-the-art UNIX operating system and IBM POWER Architecture.

RS/6000 43P 7043 Models 150 and 260 Handbook   IBM eServer pSeries Systems Handbook 2003 Edition   IBM Certification Study Guide AIX 4.3.3 Communications   IBM Certification Study Guide AIX 4.3.3 Installation and System Recovery   IBM Certification Study Guide AIX 4.3.3 Problem Determination Tools and Techniques   IBM Certification Study Guide AIX 4.3.3 Performance and System Tuning   IBM eServer Certification Study Guide - AIX 5L Communications   IBM eServer Certification Study Guide - AIX 5L Installation and System Recovery   IBM eServer Certification Study Guide - AIX 5L Performance and System Tuning   IBM eServer Certification Study Guide - AIX 5L Problem Determination Tools and Techniques

IBM Redbooks are developed and published by IBM's International Technical Support Organization, the ITSO. ITSO develop and deliver skills, technical know-how, and materials to technical professionals of IBM, Business Partners, and customers and to the marketplace in general.
 

Professional Certifications and Accreditations TOGAF® 9 Certified - The Open Group Architectural Framework IBM Certified Infrastructure Systems Architect  SNIA Architect - Assessment, Planning and Design Information Security Foundation based on ISO/IEC 27002 ITIL® Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management Foundation Certificate in Green IT - BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT VMware Technical Sales Professional 5 VMware Sales Professional 5 VMware Competitive Accreditation (vCA) Program (Version 5 Update) VMware Business Continuity Sales Accreditation 5 VMware Business Continuity Technical Sales Accreditation 5 VMware Infrastructure Virtualization Sales Accreditation 5  VMware Desktop Virtualization Sales Accreditation 5 IBM Certified Specialist - PureFlex Technical Support V1 IBM Certified Specialist - PureFlex Systems Sales V1 IBM Certified Solution Specialists - Systems Management Technical Support V1 IBM Certified Systems Expert - Infrastructure Technical Design V1 IBM Certified Solution Architect – IBM Cloud Computing Infrastructure Architect V1 IBM Certified Specialists –XIV Storage System Technical Solutions V3 IBM Certified Specialists – High End Disk for Open Systems V2 IBM Certified Specialists – Storwize V7000 Technical Solutions V1 Power Systems with POWER 7 and AIX Technical Sales Skills V1 Power Systems with POWER7 Common Technical Sales Skills - v1 IBM Certified Solution Advisor - Cloud Computing Architecture V1  IBM Certified Solution Expert – Dynamic Infrastructure Team Leader IBM Certified Spec.– Dynamic Infra. Virtualization & Consolidation Tech. Design  IBM Certified Spec.– Dynamic Infrastructure Business Resilience Technical Design IBM Certified Spec.– Dynamic Infrastructure Energy Efficiency Technical Design IBM Certified System Administrator – AIX 7.1 IBM Certified System Administrator – AIX 6.1  IBM Certified Specialist – IBM System p5 Sales V5.3 IBM Certified Specialist – RS/6000 Solution Sales IBM Certified Specialist – AIX 4.3 Installation, Backup and System Recovery  IBM Certified Specialist – AIX 4.3 System Support IBM Certified Specialist – AIX 4.3 System Administration Microsoft Certified Professional – Internetworking with Microsoft Windows NT4.0 TCP/IP

 

International Training, Assignments and Technical Conferences
Following is the list of international trainings, assignments and technical conferences attended during 1989 to date.
Symantec - New Products Announcements and Technical Conference, Dubai. 2008
Islamic Banking Conference, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 2007
Annual Sales and Technical Conference by NetApp. Bangkok, Thialand. 2005
IBM Technical Managers Forum - IBM POWER and Storage Technologies, Dubai. 2001
HACMP/ES AIX Version 4 System Administration. Austin, Texas, USA. 1999
IBM Technical Managers Forum - IBM eServer pSeries and Storage Technologies, Dubai, 1998
Eight week residency assignment at IBM ITSO Labs. Austin, Texas, USA. 1998
IBM EMEA International Technical Conference, Istanbul, Turkey. 1998
Introduction to IBM MQ Series Version 2.2. London, England. 1997
Planning, Installation & Configuration of IBM MQ Series 2,2. London, England. 1997
Introduction to IBM Telecommunication Management Networks 2.2, Heidelberg, Gernmany. 1997
Planning, Installation & Configuration of IBM Telecommunication Management Networks 2.2, Heidelberg, Germany. 1997
Test & Measuring Instrumentation Fundamentals, Tektronix, Singapore. 1989
Concerpts and Operations of Logic Analyser PA300 by Tektronix, Singapore. 1989
Familiarization of Model 100 and Model 200 Video Production Switchers by Grass Valley Group, Winchester, England. 1989
The Servicing of GenRad's Instrumentation Products, Maidenhead, England. 1989
Introduction to Data Analyzers Model 10 and Model 20, Wandel and Goltermann, Eningen, Germany. 1989
Introduction and Operations of Automatic TLD-Reader 8800 by Engelhard, De Meern, Holland. 1989