SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - April 5, 2010) - NetApp (
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 Firm's 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" |
| Speaker: | 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" |
| Speaker: | 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: | "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" |
| Speaker: | 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" |
| Speaker: | 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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