NetApp Industry Leaders and Customers Advance Discussions Around Flexible and Efficient IT at SNW Spring 2011

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-March 21, 2011- NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) experts and customers will drive industry discussions around flexible and efficient IT solutions at SNW Spring 2011 by participating in speaking sessions focused on virtualization, cloud computing, shifts in industry trends, and much more. During the show, the NetApp booth (booth 508) will feature presentations on how to make data centers more flexible and efficient, and NetApp technical experts will be on hand for discussions at the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) booth (booth 509), the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Cloud Pavilion, and leading the Cloud Storage Hands On Lab. NetApp is a gold sponsor of SNW Spring 2011, which takes place April 4-7, 2011 in Santa Clara, California.

Following is a list of the various sessions NetApp will present during SNW Spring 2011:

Session: The Benefits of Solid State in Enterprise Storage Systems

Speaker: Dave Dale, director of Industry Standards, NetApp

Date: Monday, April 4

Time: 10:15-11 a.m. Pacific Time

Session: Advanced Deduplication Concepts

Speaker: Larry Freeman, Data Storage technologist, NetApp

Date: Monday, April 4

Time: 1-1:45 p.m. Pacific Time

Session: Trends in Data Protection and Restoration Technologies

Speaker: Jason Iehl, Data Protection Solutions architect, NetApp

Date: Tuesday, April 5

Time: 10:45-11:30 a.m. Pacific Time

Session: Green Storage Technologies, Capex, and Opex

Speaker: Dr. Alan Yoder, Office of the CTO, NetApp

Date: Tuesday, April 5

Time: 3:05-3:50 p.m. Pacific Time

Session: Three Virtualization Management Myths Busted

Speaker: Rich Corley, senior director of Product Management, NetApp

Date: Wednesday, April 6

Time: 10:45-11:30 a.m. Pacific Time

Session: Solving Infrastructure Complexities with the Flexibility of a Converged Network

Speaker: Jason Beckham, director of IT Operations, Payformance Corporation

Date: Wednesday, April 6

Time: 10:45-11:30 a.m. Pacific Time

Panel: Data Center Transformation: The Changing Roles of the People and Technology

Moderator: Camberley Bates, managing director, The Evaluator Group, Inc.

Speakers: Darryl Meidinger, director of Technical Services, Univita Health

David Davies, CIO, Flight Options

Shahin Pirooz, CTO, CenterBeam, Inc.

Date: Wednesday, April 6

Time: 10:45-11:30 a.m. Pacific Time

Session: Stepping Stones to the Cloud: Building a Shared IT Infrastructure

Speaker: Val Bercovici, Office of the CTO, NetApp

Date: Wednesday, April 6

Time: 11:40 a.m.-12:25 p.m. Pacific Time

Panel: Converged Networks: Here Today, Here to Stay

Moderators: David Vellante, CEO and co-founder, The Wikibon Project

Stu Miniman, senior analyst, The Wikibon Project

Speakers: Mike McNamara, senior manager of SAN Product Marketing and Alliances, NetApp

Satish Lakshmanan, senior director of Marketing, Host Solutions Group, QLogic

Jason Beckham, director of IT Operations, Payformance Corporation

Date: Wednesday, April 6

Time: 11:40 a.m.-12:25 p.m. Pacific Time

Panel: Kick-Butt Advancements in Fibre Channel and FCoE

Moderators: David Vellante, CEO and founder, Wikibon Project

Speakers: Mike McNamara, senior manager of SAN Product Marketing and Alliances, NetApp

Mark Jones, director of Corporate Planning and Technology, Emulex

Skip Jones, director of Technology, QLogic Corporation

Greg Scherer, vice president Server and Storage Strategy, Broadcom

Steve Wilson, director of Technology and Standards, Brocade

Claudio DeSanti, distinguished engineer, Advanced Architectures and Research, Cisco

Date: Wednesday, April 6

Time: 2:10-2:55 p.m. Pacific Time

Session: RFP 2.0: How to Prepare Your IT Infrastructure for the Future

Speaker: Larry Freeman, Data Storage technologist, NetApp

Date: Wednesday, April 6

Time: 2:10-2:55 p.m. Pacific Time

Session: IT Healthcare: Univita Health Prescribes Unified IT to Cure Disjointed IT Environments

Speaker: Darryl Meidinger, director of Technical Services, Univita Health

Date: Thursday, April 7

Time: 8:30-9:15 a.m. Pacific Time

NetApp Booth: 508

Registration: For complete information or to register for the event, visit communities.netapp.com/docs/DOC-10064.

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