NetApp to Drive Discuions Around Cloud and Virtualization at SNW Spring 00

NetApp to Drive Discussions Around Cloud and Virtualization at SNW Spring 2010 Sunnyvale, Calif.-April 5, 2010-NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) executives, technical experts, and customers will participate in 17 separate sessions at SNW Spring 2010, discussing topics ranging from cloud computing to virtualization to Ethernet technologies and more. SNW is the worlds largest event for IT end users, vendors, channel partners, press, and analysts involved in storage, data center, infrastructure, and business continuity. NetApp is a Gold Level sponsor of SNW Spring 2010 and the sole sponsor of Dinner in the Expo on Tuesday, April 13. The event takes place April 12-15, 2010, in Orlando, Florida.

In addition to participating in speaking sessions, NetApp and two customers have been named finalists for the SNW Best Practices Awards. NetApp is a finalist in the Planning, Designing, and Building a Next-Generation Storage and Server Infrastructure category. NetApp customers Kelley Blue Book and Sprint are both finalists in the Virtualization and Cloud Computing category. The top honoree in each category will be announced during the Best Practices Awards Ceremony at SNW Spring 2010.

SNW Spring attendees can see NetApp executives, technical experts, and customers at the following sessions:

Session: Sufficient Evidence Pointed to Litigation Firms Need for a Consolidated Storage Solution

Speaker: Mark Harris, senior network architect, Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

Date: Monday, April 12, 2010

Time: 9:20-10:05 a.m. Eastern Time

Session: Server and Storage Consolidation with iSCSI Arrays

Speaker: David Dale, director of Industry Standards, NetApp

Date: Monday, April 12, 2010

Time: 9:20-10:05 a.m. Eastern Time

Session: Trends in Data Protection and Restoration Technologies

Speakers: Jason Iehl, architect, Data Protection Solutions, NetApp

Andreas Schwegmann, product architect, HP

Date: Monday, April 12, 2010

Time: 10:15-11:00 a.m. Eastern Time

Session: Panel: FCoE-The Arrival of the 21st-Century Data Center

Panel Member: Mike McNamara, senior manager, Product Marketing, NetApp

Date: Monday, April 12, 2010

Time: 1:00-1:45 p.m. Eastern Time

Session: Panel: Is SSD Right for Your Enterprise?

Panel Member: David Dale, director of Industry Standards, NetApp

Date: Monday, April 12, 2010

Time: 1:00-1:45 p.m. Eastern Time

Session: Optimizing Your Storage for Server Virtualization

Speaker: Chris Lionetti, reference architect, NetApp

Date: Monday, April 12, 2010

Time: 2:50-3:35 p.m. Eastern Time

Session: Leading the Governance Challenge: How Storage Administrators Should Shape Successful Enterprise Data Center Convergence

Speakers: Jeffrey Eckard, director, SAN Product Manager, NetApp

Jeff Popnoe, distinguished member of Technical Staff, Verizon VSO Architecture

Date: Monday, April 12, 2010

Time: 2:50-3:35 p.m. Eastern Time

Session: ITaaS: Data Center Inc. Stays Ahead of the IT Infrastructure Curve with Cloud-Based Storage Solution

Speaker: Robert Ross, chief security officer and senior vice president of Network and Technical Services, Data Center Inc.

Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2010

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

Session: Kelley Blue Book: Getting Your Company on the Road to Storage and Server Efficiency

Speaker: Grant Leathers, director of Enterprise Infrastructure, Kelley Blue Book

Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2010

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

Session: Well-Grounded Approach to the Cloud: Defining and Delivering on the Promise of an Enterprise Cloud

Speaker: Val Bercovici, Office of the CTO, NetApp

Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Time: 4:00-4:45 p.m. Eastern Time

Session: Taking the Plunge: Effectively Deploying Virtualized Desktop Infrastructure

Speaker: Rich Clifton, senior vice president and general manager, Technology Enablement and Solutions Organization, NetApp

Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Time: 4:55-5:40 p.m. Eastern Time

Session: pNFS, Parallel Storage for Grid, Virtualization, and Database Computing

Speaker: Pranoop Erasani, senior Ecosystem Architect, NFS Protocol, NetApp

Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Time: 4:55-5:40 p.m. Eastern Time

Session: Provisioning State of the Art Technology as a Continuum

Speaker: Robert Ross, chief security officer and senior vice president of Network and Technical Services, Data Center Inc.

Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Time: 4:55 p.m.-5:40 p.m. Eastern Time

Session: Green Storage Technologies and Your Bottom Line

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

Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Time: 10:50-11:35 a.m. Eastern Time

Session:/td> The Benefits of Solid State in Enterprise Storage Systems: Today and Tomorrow

Moderator: David Dale, director of Industry Standards, NetApp

Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Time: 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Eastern Time

Session: SCSI SANs: Ideal Applications, Large and Small

Speakers: Jason Blosil, manager, Product Marketing, NetApp

Gary Gumanow, senior product manager, Dell

Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010

Time: 10:20-11:05 a.m. Eastern Time

Session: iSCSI: A Lossless Ethernet Fabric with DCB

Speakers: Jason Blosil, manager, Product Marketing, NetApp

Gary Gumanow, senior product manager, Dell

Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010

Time: 11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Eastern Time

NetApp Booth: 400

Where: Rosen Shingle Creek Resort

9939 Universal Blvd.

Orlando, Florida 32819

(866) 996-9939

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

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