NetApp to Sponsor Microsoft TechEd 2010 and Cisco Live 2010 in June

Sunnyvale, Calif. - NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) will sponsor and present at a variety of industry events in June, including Microsoft TechEd 2010, the USENIX Annual Tech Conference (ATC), and Cisco LIVE 2010. In addition, NetApp will launch a contest aimed at helping customers maximize the value of their existing storage efficiency technologies.

Microsoft TechEd 2010
NetApp is a Gold sponsor of Microsoft TechEd 2010, which takes place June 7–11 at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. In its booth (#801), NetApp will feature a fully functional on-site data center to demonstrate the efficiencies of its broad portfolio of storage and data management solutions for Microsoft® environments. For more information, visit www.microsoft.com/events/techednorthamerica.

Storage Decisions
Mike Riley, chief technology officer of Americas Sales at NetApp, will present “Changing the Trajectory of IT” at Storage Decisions on June 9 in Chicago, Illinois. During his presentation, Mike will explore cloud computing, storage-class memory, virtualization, and object-based storage, looking beyond how they work and focusing on how these technologies converge and which problems they solve. NetApp is a platinum sponsor at Storage Decisions and, in addition to this session, will have a booth (# 500–501) in the exhibition. For more information, visit storagedecisions.techtarget.com/chicago/index.html.

NetApp’s Biggest Storage Loser Contest
NetApp will launch a new contest on June 21 to determine which existing customers use NetApp’s comprehensive portfolio of storage efficiency technologies most effectively. Customers may submit information from the NetApp® My AutoSupport™ monitoring tool, along with their back story. Winners will be selected each month through October 2010 and a grand prize winner will be selected in November 2010. For more information, visit www.netapp.com/us/company/leadership/storage-efficiency/se-measurement.html.

USENIX Annual Technical Conference 2010
NetApp is a sponsor of the 2010 USENIX Annual Technical Conference, which brings together leading systems researchers for cutting-edge systems research and offers insight into leading industry topics, including virtualization, system administration, cloud computing, security, and networking. USENIX ATC 2010 takes place June 23–25 in Boston, Massachusetts. For more information, visit www.usenix.org/event/atc10.

Cisco LIVE 2010
NetApp is a Gold sponsor of Cisco LIVE 2010, and will demonstrate its best-of-breed solutions for virtualization, cloud computing, and the dynamic data center in its booth (#939). NetApp will also participate in joint presentations with customers and Cisco, as well be featured in Cisco’s Data Center of the Future lab in booth #1349. Cisco LIVE 2010 will be held at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 27–July 1. For more information, visit www.ciscolive.com.

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