SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - August 18, 2009) - NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) Founder and Executive Vice President Dave Hitz will deliver a Platinum Super Session presentation with VMware CTO Dr. Steve Herrod at this year's VMworld. The presentation is titled "Clear Up the Cloud: Key Infrastructure Requirements and Real-World Implementations." The pair will discuss the shared NetApp and VMware vision for cloud computing and explain how NetApp and VMware work together to provide unique benefits to virtualized dynamic data center infrastructure. Dr. Gregory Smith, vice president of T-Systems, a NetApp customer, will also be on hand to share how NetApp and VMware -- working together -- helped T-Systems deliver a world-class IT-as-a-service offering to its customers. NetApp is a platinum sponsor of VMworld 2009, which takes place August 31 to September 3, 2009, at Moscone Center in San Francisco, California.
NetApp will also have executives, technical experts, and customers on hand leading technical breakout sections. These sessions will cover best practices for dynamic data centers, business continuity, data storage and recovery with VMware® vSphere, dependable telework solutions, and vSphere enterprise stability.
At VMworld 2009, discover how virtualization is revolutionizing the next generation of computing by providing efficiency and flexibility at a time when both are critical to the future of IT. Learn how VMware is transforming the data center and desktop into a flexible, reliable cloud infrastructure. Discover the best way to introduce more efficiency, control, and choice. Today it's more important than ever for organizations to do more with less. VMworld 2009 is the place to discover how.
Session: Large-Scale Virtualization Speaker: Michael Crader, Thomson Reuter Director of Virtualization Date: Tuesday, September 1 Time: 1:30-2:30 p.m. Location: Moscone North, Room 110 Session: Clear Up the Cloud Speaker: Jeff O'Neal, NetApp Senior Director of Data Center Solutions Date: Tuesday, September 1 Time: 1:50-2:20 p.m. Location: VMware Cloud Pavilion, Booth 1614 Session: Deploying the Foundation for a Dynamic Data Center Speakers: Phil Brotherton, NetApp Vice President and General Manager, Virtualization & Enterprise Applications Business Unit Ed Bugnion, Cisco Vice President and Chief Technical Officer Date: Tuesday, September 1 Time: 3:00-4:00 p.m. Location: Moscone North, Esplanade 304 Session: Best Practices for Recovery with SRM and NFS in vSphere Speakers: Larry Touchette, NetApp Technical Marketing Engineer Jeremy Merrill, NetApp Technical Marketing Engineer Date: Wednesday, September 2 Time: 1:30-2:30 p.m. Location: Moscone North, Room 110 Session: Platinum Super Session: Clear Up the Cloud: Key Infrastructure Requirements and Real-World Implementations Speakers: Dave Hitz, NetApp Founder and Executive Vice President Dr. Steve Herrod, VMware Chief Technology Officer Dr. Gregory Smith, T-Systems Vice President Date: Wednesday, September 2 Time: 2:30-3:30 p.m. Location: Moscone North, Hall E, Room 134 Session: How Storage Enhances Business Continuance: From Backup to Fault Tolerance Speakers: Vaughn Stewart, NetApp Infrastructure Virtualization Consultant Mike Laverick, RTFM Education Consultant Date: Wednesday, September 2 Time: 4:00-5:00 p.m. Location: Moscone North, Esplanade 303 Session: The Journey to a Dependable Telework Solution Speakers: Bryan Salek, VMware Technical Alliance Manager Robert DeMay, Project Performance Corporation Date: Wednesday, September 2 Time: 4:00-5:00 p.m. Location: Moscone North, Esplanade 307 Session: vSphere Enterprise Stability--It's All in the Design Speaker: Rick Scherer, San Diego Data Processing Center, City of San Diego Infrastructure Architect Date: Thursday, September 3 Time: 10:00-11:00 a.m. Location: Moscone North, Esplanade 306 Session: Designing Dynamic Data Centers with NetApp and VMware Speakers: Arthur Lent, NetApp Technical Director Scott Davis, VMware Chief Data Center Architect Date: Thursday, September 3 Time: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Location: Moscone North, Room 110 Session: Sizing Tools for Storage: vSphere and VMware View Environments Speaker: Peter Learmonth, NetApp Reference Architect Date: Thursday, September 3 Time: 1:30-2:30 p.m. Location: Moscone North, Room 110
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