Can IT be "Future Ready"? NetApp Executives Explore the Poibilities at VMworld® 00 San Francisco

Can IT be "Future Ready"? NetApp Executives Explore the Possibilities at VMworld 2010 San Francisco SUNNYVALE, Calif.-August 18, 2010-NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) executives will discuss the hottest trends in infrastructure transformation, cloud computing, and virtualization at VMworld 2010 San Francisco. Manish Goel, executive vice president of Product Operations; Jay Kidd, senior vice president of Product Strategy and Development in the Storage Solutions Group; and Val Bercovici, NetApp cloud czar, will all present at the show. NetApp is a Global Diamond sponsor of VMworld 2010 San Francisco, which takes place August 30-September 2, 2010, at Moscone Center in San Francisco, California.

During the show, NetApp will demonstrate how organizations can use virtualization to transform the foundation of their business with a shared IT infrastructure. The NetApp booth (#601) will feature joint solutions from NetApp, Cisco, and VMware and highlight infrastructure solutions for cloud computing, desktop virtualization, and business applications. Visitors can schedule private demonstrations with NetApp vExperts.

Following is a list of the various sessions NetApp will present during VMworld :

Session: Imagine Virtually Anything: Building a Fully Dynamic Data Center with Cisco, NetApp, and VMware

Speakers: Jay Kidd, senior vice president of Product Strategy and Development, Storage Solutions Group, NetApp

Ed Bugnion, vice president and CTO, Server Access Virtualization Business Unit, Cisco

Vittorio Viarengo, vice president of Program Management, Desktop Product Management, VMware, Inc.

Date: Monday, August 30

Time: 9:00-10:00 a.m. PT

Session: Journey Through a 3,000-Seat VMware View (VDI) Deployment- Snowmageddon 2010

Speakers: Abhinav Joshi, reference architect, Virtualization and Cloud, NetApp

Robert De May, principle analyst, Project Performance Corporation

Date: Tuesday, August 31

Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. PT

and

Date: Thursday, September 2

Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m. PT

Session: Desktop Virtualization and Its Role in Transforming IT

Speaker: Manish Goel, executive vice president of Product Operations, NetApp

Date: Tuesday, August 31

Time: 3:30-4:30 p.m. PT

Session: Whats New in VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager

Speakers: Larry Touchette, Technical Marketing engineer, NetApp

Arturo Fagundo, senior R&D manager, Site Recovery Manager, VMware, Inc.

Date: Tuesday, August 31

Time: 5:00-6:00 p.m. PT

and

Date: Thursday, September 2

Time: 10:30-11:30 a.m. PT

Session: Disaster Recovery of Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, and SharePoint Server

Speakers: Abhinav Joshi, reference architect, Virtualization and Cloud, NetApp

Larry Touchette, Technical Marketing engineer, NetApp

Date: Wednesday, September 1

Time: 9:00-10:00 a.m. PT

and

Date: Thursday, September 2

Time: 1:30-2:30 p.m. PT

Session: Cloud: NetApps Cloud Strategy, the Latest on Our vCloud Solution, Our Offering of Cloud Services

Speaker: Val Bercovici, cloud czar, NetApp

Date: Wednesday, September 1

Time: 10:30-11:30 a.m. PT

Session: Storage Super-Heavyweight Challenge

Panelist: Vaughn Stewart, virtualization evangelist, NetApp

Date: Wednesday, September 1

Time: 3:00-4:00 p.m. PT

NetApp Booth: 601

Registration: For complete information or to register for the event, please visit: www.vmworld.com

For more information about NetApp at VMworld 2010 San Francisco or to schedule a one-on- one meeting with a NetApp vExpert, please visit communities.netapp.com/community/events/vmworld.

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