SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - October 5, 2010) - NetApp (
NetApp is a Platinum Plus sponsor of SNW Fall 2010, and NetApp executives and experts will participate in several speaking sessions at the show. At the NetApp booth, visitors can see live demonstrations and presentations in the minitheater. NetApp will also have a presence at the Fiber Channel Industry Association (FCIA) booth, the Cloud Pavilion, the Platinum Galleria, as well as the Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and Cloud Hands-on Labs.
Following is a list of the various sessions NetApp will present during SNW Fall 2010:
| Panel: | "FCoE -- The Great Convergence" |
| Moderator: | David Vellante, CEO, Wikibon |
| Speakers: | Mike McNamara, senior manager, Product Marketing, NetApp |
| Greg McSorley, manager, Technical Business Development, Amphenol | |
| Steve Wilson, director, Technology and Standards, Brocade | |
| Claudio DeSanti, distinguished engineer, Advanced Architectures & Research, Cisco | |
| Mark Jones, director, Technical Marketing, Emulex | |
| Sean Fitzpatrick, manager, Business Development, Hewlett-Packard | |
| Skip Jones, director, Corporate Planning and Technology, QLogic Corp | |
| Date: | Monday, October 11 |
| Time: | 1:00-1:45 p.m. CT |
| Session: | "Best Practices for Data Optimization and Enterprise NAS" |
| Speakers: | Linda Wu, senior manager, Product Management, NetApp |
| Nigel Burmeister, director, Product Marketing, F5 Networks | |
| Date: | Monday, October 11 |
| Time: | 1:00-1:45 p.m. CT |
| Session: | "Trends in Data Protection and Restoration Technologies" |
| Speaker: | Jason Iehl, architect, Data Protection Solutions, NetApp |
| Date: | Tuesday, October 12 |
| Time: | 10:45-11:30 a.m. CT |
| Session: | "From Virtualization to Flexible IT -- Transforming Data Centers to Meet Business Needs" |
| Speaker: | Phil Brotherton, vice president and general manager, Microsoft Business Unit, NetApp |
| Date: | Tuesday, October 12 |
| Time: | 2:10-2:55 p.m. CT |
| Session: | "Writing Storage RFPs in 2010 -- This is Not Your Father's Storage Array" |
| Speakers: | Larry Freeman, senior technologist, NetApp |
| John Webster, senior partner, The Evaluator Group | |
| Date: | Wednesday, October 13 |
| Time: | 10:45-11:30 a.m. CT |
| Session: | "pNFS, Parallel Storage for Grid, Virtualization, and Database Computing" |
| Speaker: | Alex McDonald, Office of the CTO, NetApp |
| Date: | Wednesday, October 13 |
| Time: | 11:40 a.m.-12:25 p.m. CT |
| Session: | "The Benefits of Solid State in Enterprise Storage Systems" |
| Speaker: | David Dale, director, Industry Standards, NetApp |
| Date: | Wednesday, October 13 |
| Time: | 2:10-2:55 p.m. CT |
| Session: | "The Journey to a Private Cloud: An Executive Interview" |
| Moderator: | John Gallant, senior vice president and Chief Content Officer, IDG Enterprise |
| Speakers: | Phil Brotherton, vice president and general manager, Microsoft Business Unit, NetApp |
| Mark Morelli, managing director, United Parcel Service (UPS) | |
| Date: | Wednesday, October 13 |
| Time: | 4:00-4:30 p.m. CT |
| Session: | "Significant Difference Between Scaling Virtual Desktops from 20% to 80% Virtualization and 0% to 20%" |
| Speaker: | Phil Brotherton, vice president and general manager, Microsoft Business Unit, NetApp |
| Date: | Thursday, October 14 |
| Time: | 9:25-10:10 a.m. CT |
| NetApp Booth: | 307 |
| Registration: | For complete information or to register for the event, please visit: www.snwusa.com/ |
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