The team that wrote this Redpaper

This Redpaper was produced by a team of specialists from around the world 

working at the International Technical Support Organization, Austin Center.

Edson Manoel

 is a Certified IT Specialist at IBM working in the ITSO, Austin 

Center, in the systems management area. Prior to joining the ITSO, Edson 

worked in the IBM Software Group, Tivoli Systems, and in IBM Brazil Global 

Services Organization. He was involved in numerous projects in designing and 

implementing systems management solutions for IBM clients and Business 

Partners. Edson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in applied mathematics 

from Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. 

Patrick Horkan

 is an IBM Field Technical Sales Specialist for SAP on zSeries 

DB2. He has worked with both SAP R/3 and SAP BW over the past 10 years and 

is one of the technical sales leads for the support of IBM Dynamic Infrastructure 

for the Americas. His areas of expertise include assisting customers planning for 

and implementing complex multi SAP application solutions when high availability 

or continuous operations are required. Patrick has 21 years of information 

technology experience.

Lydia Parziale

 is a Project Leader for the ITSO team in Poughkeepsie, New 

York, with domestic and international experience in technology management 

including software development, project leadership, and strategic planning. Her 

areas of expertise include e business development and database management 

technologies. Lydia has been employed by IBM for 22 years in various 

technology areas.

Thanks to the following people for their contributions to this project:

Budi Darmawan

International Technical Support Organization, Austin Center

Peter Taube

IBM Systems &Technology Group, IBM Dynamic Infrastructure L3 Service 

Gerold Kurth

IBM Systems &Technology Group, IBM Dynamic Infrastructure Development

Albert D. Rodi

IBM Sales and Distribution, Certified Technical Sales Specialist for SAP 

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Dynamic Provisioning of SAP Environments using IBM DI for mySAP and Tivoli Provisioning