Biographical Sketch: Ellis Holman is a Open Systems certified Architect with IBM's System z Sales and Distribution group with 26 years experience. He specializes in Multi-vendor interfacing, availability, performance, and security architectures. Mr. Holman has worked with many clients in local, state, and federal government, manufacturing, insurance, pharmaceutical industries, and educational institutions performing availability, network design and planning, tuning, migration, and security engagements.