Mark your calendars for the NetApp keynote address.

Clear up the Cloud: Key Infrastructure Requirements and Real-World Implementations

Schedule:

• Wednesday, September 2, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Presenters:

• Dave Hitz, NetApp founder and executive vice president
• Dr. Steve Herrod, VMware chief technology officer
• Dr. Gregory Smith, T-Systems vice president

Learn how a virtualized dynamic data center infrastructure enables real-world cloud deployments. Join Netapp founder and executive vice president, Dave Hitz, and VMware CTO, Dr. Steve Herrod, as they reveal 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. Learn how the tight integration of NetApp and VMware products and technologies can help you realize dramatic improvements in data mobility, data center security, and IT efficiency.

Dave and Steve will be joined by Dr. Gregory Smith, vice president of T-Systems, who will share how NetApp and VMware -- working together -- helped T-Systems deliver a world-class IT-as-a-Service offering for its customers. Fnd out how NetApp solutions helped T-Systems improve service flexibility and storage utilization, reduce administration costs, and implement efficient and robust data protection.

Key Takeaways:

• The shared NetApp and VMware vision for cloud computing
• The IT infrastructure requirements of cloud computing
• The difference between cloud computing and traditional computing

About Dave Hitz

As executive vice president, Dave Hitz is responsible for the future strategy and direction of NetApp. Dave Hitz and James Lau founded NetApp in 1992 with a desire to simplify storage the way Cisco simplified networking. Hitz and Lau believed that general-purpose computing systems were too complex, so they built dedicated devices called appliances. These appliances were designed to handle one thing well: storage.

Prior to 1992, Hitz worked as a senior engineer at Auspex Corporation, an enterprise storage solutions provider, where he was responsible for file systems and microkernel design. He also held engineering positions at MIPS Computer, focusing on file system and IO subsystem design for the System V kernel development effort. Before his career in the computer industry, Hitz worked as a cowboy, getting valuable management experience by herding, branding, and castrating cattle. Hitz documented these and other formative business experiences in his autobiography, "How to Castrate a Bull: Unexpected Lessons in Risk, Growth, and Success in Business." Hitz holds a bachelors degree in computer science and electrical engineering from Princeton University.

About Dr. Steve Herrod

Stephen Herrod is responsible for VMware's new technologies such as mobile phone virtualization and technology collaborations with customers, partners, and standards groups. Herrod joined VMware in 2001 and has led the VMware ESX group through numerous successful releases. Prior to joining VMware, he was senior director of software at Transmeta Corporation, co-leading developing of their "Code Morphing" technology. Herrod holds a Ph.D. and a Master's degree in computer science from Stanford University, where he worked with VMware's founders on the SimOS machine simulation project.