Visitors experience virtual machine environment at stand 

London, February 1, 2011 – NetApp demonstrates storage efficiency at Cisco Live. Visitors to the NetApp stand, Gold G11 at Cisco Live are able to test a virtual machine environment and view compute, networking and storage hardware.

At the stand, NetApp will be demonstrating an Integrated Storage Networking and Compute infrastructure which will allow visitors to visually experience the benefits that existing generations of future-ready IT can provide. The demonstration will be visually showing the importance of Automation, Deduplication, One-Wire and Rapid Cloning. Each of these features will show the amount of savings that can be made through an efficient infrastructure with the ability to quickly provision and automate with flexibility and agility. Visitors can carry out comparisons to evaluate the benefits in time to market and cost reduction.

NetApp executives at the stand can provide personal demonstrations of:

Unified Data Centre Architecture: FlexPod for VMware

Unified Connect. One Wire. One Storage.

Unified Storage Platform for Cloud & Virtualisation

NetApp’s booth at the show will be combined with a virtual booth displaying activity at the show and also continual blog posts from NetApp. Executives including John Rollason (@JohnRollason) and Tim Waldron (@timwaldron) will be tweeting and blogging at the event and posts can be accessed via the virtual booth here: http://tiny.cc/snqwl

Paul Sudlow, EMEA Technical Alliance Lead for Cisco and VMware will be speaking at the show on Wednesday in the Gold Theatre and will be focusing on ‘Building Future Ready IT with NetApp Shared Storage & Cisco’. Paul will discuss how a Flexible IT approach built on a Shared Storage Infrastructure from NetApp, combined with Cisco Unified Networking & Computing is faster and more efficient than traditional approaches to IT.

In Booth Promotions and Contests:

Team NetApp Racing Simulators

Attendees can sign up to race against a simulation of Team NetApp

Best time of the show wins a full set of summer & winter cycling outfits

QR Code Contest

Take a ticket from reception and scan unique QR code with their smart phone. Each scan wins a prize. Random prizes include: Apple iPads, Team NetApp jerseys and water bottles, Team NetApp iPhone Apps

NetApp speaking session at Cisco Live:

Session: Building Future Ready IT with NetApp Shared Storage & Cisco

Speakers: Paul Sudlow, EMEA Technical Alliance Lead for Cisco and VMware

Date: Wednesday, 2nd February 2011

Time: 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

NetApp booth: Gold G 11

Speakers available for media briefings:

Paul Sudlow, EMEA Technical Alliance Lead for Cisco and VMware

John Rollason, Solutions Marketing EMEA

To schedule a one-on-one meeting with a NetApp executive, please contact:
Champion Communications
Ph: +44 (0) 20 7268 3076
[email protected]

For complete information or to register for the event, please visit: http://www.ciscolive.com/europe/registration