NetApp Founder Dave Hitz to Present Keynote at VMworld 2008

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Tue Sep 2, 2008 8:01am EDT 

LAS VEGAS--(Business Wire)--
NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) founder and executive vice president, Dave
Hitz, will deliver a keynote address titled "Virtualization: The Road
to Heaven and Hell" at VMworld 2008. NetApp, a platinum sponsor of the
event, will have executives, technical experts, and customers Burt's
Bees and Virginia Credit Union on hand to deliver eight additional
speaking sessions. VMworld 2008 takes place at the Venetian Hotel in
Las Vegas, Nevada, September 15-18, 2008.

   At VMworld 2008, customers and partners can meet with NetApp
executives at the customer VIP breakfast and VIP partner and customer
party, as well as in scheduled one-on-one meetings. In addition, the
NetApp booth (number 400) will feature NetApp(R) technology in action
with mini theater presentations and private demonstrations so
customers can discover how to take their businesses further, faster.

   VMworld is the largest virtualization industry event and draws
professionals ranging from technology experts, business executives,
and VMware employees and strategic IT leaders to CIOs, reporters, and
analysts. Now in its fifth year, VMworld is a must-attend event for
all IT professionals looking for actionable ideas, innovative
products, and best practices for virtualizing their enterprise, from
the desktop to the data center.

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Session:      "NetApp Virtualization Specialization: Maximizing
               Productivity and Profitability"
Speaker:      David Yeary, strategic partner manager, NetApp
Date:         Monday, September 15, 2008
Time:         2:30-3:15 p.m. Pacific Time

Session:      "Considerations for the Numerous Infrastructure Choices
               in Today's Virtual World"
Speaker:      Rich Clifton, senior vice president and general manager,
               Virtualization and Grid Infrastructures, NetApp
Date:         Tuesday, September 16
Time:         10:00-11:00 a.m. Pacific Time

Session:      "LandAmerica Beats the Street with NetApp"
Speaker:      Jay Kidd, chief marketing officer, NetApp
              Jack Kinsey, Network Systems manager, LandAmerica
               Financial Group
Date:         Tuesday, September 16
Time:         1:30-2:30 p.m. Pacific Time

Session:      "Best Practices for Running VI3 on IP-Based Storage"
Speaker:      Larry Touchette, technical marketing engineer, NetApp
              Peter Learmonth, reference architect, NetApp
              Paul Manning, storage architect, VMware
Date:         Tuesday, September 16
Time:         1:30-2:30 p.m. Pacific Time

Session:      Keynote: "Virtualization: The Road to Heaven and Hell"
Speaker:      Dave Hitz, founder and executive vice president, NetApp
Date:         Wednesday, September 17
Time:         9:30-10:30 a.m. Pacific Time

Session:      "Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling IT Resources with
               VMware"
Speaker:      Tres Vance, manager of Technical Infrastructure, Burt's
               Bees
Date:         Wednesday, September 17
Time:         11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Pacific Time

Session:      "Storage for VDI: Thousands of Desktops for the Price of
               One"
Speaker:      Eric Forgette, technical marketing engineer, NetApp
              Michael Slisinger, technical marketing engineer, Server
               Virtualization, NetApp
              Tommy Walker, engineer, VMware
Date:         Thursday, September 18
Time:         9:30-10:30 a.m. Pacific Time

Session:      "VMware over NAS: Scale, Simplify, and Save"
Speaker:      Vaughn Stewart, Virtualization evangelist, NetApp
              Rich Barlow, systems architect and engineering manager,
               Virginia Credit Union
Date:         Thursday, September 18
Time:         11:00 a.m.-noon Pacific Time

NetApp booth: 400

Where:        The Venetian Hotel
              3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South
              Las Vegas, NV 89109
              (877) 883-6423

Registration: For complete information or to register for the event,
               visit www.vmworld.com/conferences/2008.
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   For more information about NetApp at VMworld 2008 and to schedule
a one-on-one meeting, visit
www.netapp.com/us/company/events/vmworld/vmworld.html.

   About NetApp

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that accelerate business breakthroughs and deliver outstanding cost
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