Austin
April 25-29, 2016

Event Details

Please note: All times listed below are in Central Time Zone


NetApp - The World’s Most Interesting Storage Session: The #UnstoppableForce of NetApp & SolidFire

In February 2016 NetApp acquired SolidFire. As the top two OpenStack storage vendors there has been an interest from the community to learn about our unified vision and where we see potential for innovation and growth in OpenStack data management services.

You will:

  • Hear about how NetApp and SolidFire will jointly lay out our development priorities to accelerate the maturation of OpenStack’s storage services for production deployment.
  • Also, we will share the stage with some current NetApp and SolidFire customers to talk about how they are integrating enterprise storage in their OpenStack environments.    
Monday, April 25, 12:05pm-12:45pm (5:05pm - 5:45pm UTC)
Difficulty Level: Beginner
Product Management and Strategy, NetApp
Rob’s involvement with OpenStack dates to the origins of the community in 2010. He founded and continues to lead NetApp’s efforts in this area. He’s been engaged as an architect of deployments and an ATC (technical contributor to the community), serves as NetApp’s OpenStack Foundation representative, and is a regular speaker at OpenStack Summits, conferences and user... FULL PROFILE
Principal Engineer at NetApp
John Griffith, Principal Software Engineer at SolidFire now a part of NetApp, helped to create the Cinder project in OpenStack.  His primary responsibilities over the last several years have been as a technical contributor to OpenStack.  He served as Technical Lead for the Block Storage Project since it's beginning through the Juno release, and has also held elected seats on the... FULL PROFILE