NetApp Presents at the Next Generation Data Center

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) will deliver five presentations on key
storage networking topics at the Next Generation Data Center event and
will be part of the Blade.org Pavilion. The Next Generation Data
Center event will take place August 4 to 7, 2008, in San Francisco,
Calif.

The Next Generation Data Center conference is a technical industry
event that focuses on practical, real-world guidance and inspiration
from more than 75 technical sessions and visionary keynotes by the
industry's top practitioners. It provides the knowledge and education
needed to make your data center more dynamic, virtual, and power-aware
than ever.

As an industry leader, NetApp is working with the SNIA Data
Management Forum to provide industry education in the Data Center
Storage track on Storage and Information Management. This track will
provide essential education and tips to help IT staff, management, and
end users interested in improving their IT portfolio maximize the
value of their IT and storage infrastructure.

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Session: "Data Protection: Transforming Data Protection for the
Information-Centric Enterprise"
This tutorial focuses on how new data protection
technologies can be deployed to meet the business
objectives and service level requirements of
organizations that rely on electronically stored
information. Whether your business is subject to FRCP,
HIPAA, SOX, or just more stringent corporate
governance, your IT department is tasked with
understanding and protecting multiple classes of data
throughout its lifecycle and ensuring that costs are
contained.
Speaker: Jason Iehl, NetApp Data Protection Solutions architect
and SNIA DMF Data Protection Initiative cochair
Michael Fishman, EMC and SNIA DMF Education chair
Date: Monday, August 4, 2008
Time: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. PDT

Session: "Benefits of Networked Storage: iSCSI and Fibre Channel
SANs"
This presentation outlines the benefits of networked
storage, contrasting the different options. It
describes both Fibre Channel and iSCSI-based SAN
configurations, capabilities, options, and best
practices, including contemporary storage array
features. The presentation also compares and contrasts
where Fibre Channel and iSCSI fit in typical IT
environments today. Finally, this presentation
discusses emerging and future capabilities for both
Fibre Channel and iSCSI, including the Fibre Channel
road map, 10Gb Ethernet, and Fibre Channel over
Ethernet (FCoE).
Speaker: David Dale, director of Standards, NetApp; vice chair,
SNIA
Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Time: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. PDT

Session: "Introduction to Data Protection: Back Up to Tape, Disk,
and Beyond"
Extending the enterprise backup paradigm with disk-based
technologies allows users to significantly shrink or
eliminate the backup time window. This tutorial focuses
on various methodologies that can deliver an efficient
and cost-effective disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T)
solution. This includes approaches to storage pooling
inside modern backup applications, using disk and file
systems within these pools, as well as how and when to
utilize virtual tape libraries (VTLs) within these
infrastructures.
Speaker: Jason Iehl, NetApp Data Protection Solutions architect
and SNIA DMF Data Protection Initiative cochair
Date: Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Time: 10:15-11:15 a.m. PDT

Session: "New Regulation and Compliance Issues: How to Stay One
Step Ahead"
When it comes to storing and protecting digital data on
disks and tapes, what should the rules be and who
should set them? There are already hundreds of laws
that affect digital data storage and this space is
rapidly changing. Rather than wait for each state to
pass its own law, companies must implement a data
security infrastructure that combines advanced security
technologies, like encryption and key management, with
processes that manage risk on an ongoing basis. This
session will address how enterprise businesses can
partner with the federal government to develop laws and
regulations that strongly protect consumer data without
being overly burdensome to the companies that must keep
this data.
Speaker: Tim Russell, vice president and general manager,
Archive, Compliance, and Storage Security, NetApp
Date: Thursday, August 7, 2008
Time: 10:15-11:15 a.m. PDT

Session: "Best Practices for Long-Term Retention of Digital
Information"
Compliance requirements, legal discovery, business
pressures, and security risks have dramatically changed
the roles of those who own and manage information
within the data center. Previous approaches to
retaining, preserving, and disposing of information no
longer meet today's requirements for reduced operating
costs, scalability, and increased efficiency. This
presentation highlights the new work spearheaded by the
SNIA's Data Management Forum to produce reference
architecture for long-term digital information
retention based on information lifecycle management
best practices and methodologies.
Speaker: Gary Zasman, Worldwide Practice director, NetApp; SNIA's
LTACSI cochair
Date: Thursday, August 7, 2008
Time: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. PDT

NetApp Booth: #726, Blade.org Pavilion

Where: Moscone Center North
800 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: (415) 974-4000
www.moscone.com

Registration: For complete information or to register for the event,
please visit www.ngdcexpo.com/live/11/.
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For more information about NetApp industry standards efforts to
help rapid application deployment, smooth integration into customers'
existing infrastructures, and improve interoperability with other
vendors' solutions by utilizing and supporting open standards, please
visit www.netapp.com/us/company/leadership/industry-standards/.

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