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NetApp to Be Recognized as a Corporate Partner of the Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering in October 2009
| Source: NetApp, Inc.
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - October 1, 2009) - In October, NetApp (NASDAQ : NTAP ) will be
recognized as a corporate partner of the Johns Hopkins University Whiting
School of Engineering. NetApp will also provide a keynote address for
People 2009, the Saba global user summit.
Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering
In October, NetApp will be recognized as a leading corporate partner of the
Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering. Johns Hopkins
University Whiting School of Engineering corporate partners share in and
support the school's growth and success while advancing their own
initiatives through access to the school's research, faculty, and
prospective employees. Each year, the university recognizes the lead
contributors to its mission by featuring them on an honor roll displayed in
the lobby of the Computational Science and Engineering Building.
People 2009
Sundar Nagarathnam, vice president of NetApp University, will deliver a
keynote address at People 2009, Saba's annual user summit. Nagarathnam will
discuss how NetApp addresses customer, employee, and partner training needs
and governance associated with the business of education. During the event,
attendees will have the opportunity to hear about the latest market trends
from industry thought leaders, interact with fellow executives from leading
companies worldwide, and obtain valuable information and training on the
latest Saba solutions. People 2009 takes place October 19-22 in San
Francisco, California. For more information, visit www.sabapeople.com/.
Recent Industry Activity
Recently, David Dale, director of Industry Standards at NetApp, was elected
to SNIA's Solid-State Storage Initiative (SSSI) governing board. The SSSI
was formed to foster the growth and success of the market for solid-state
storage in both commercial and consumer environments. For more information,
visit www.snia.org/forums/sssi/.
In September, Subhash Sankuratripati, senior security engineer at NetApp,
was elected cochair of the Organization for the Advancement of Structured
Information Standards (OASIS) Key Management Interoperability Protocol
(KMIP) Technical Committee. The OASIS KMIP TC works to define a single,
comprehensive protocol for communication between encryption systems and a
broad range of new and legacy enterprise applications, including e-mail,
databases, and storage devices. By removing redundant, incompatible key
management processes, KMIP will provide better data security while reducing
expenditures on multiple products. For more information, visit
www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=kmip.
Also in September, Val Bercovici, office of the CTO at NetApp, participated
with Halliburton in a Hart Webinar titled "E&P Technology Trends You Can't
Afford to Ignore." This Webinar explored new technologies within
exploration and production and early adopter success stories. To view the
archived version of this Webinar, visit
https://secure.oilandgasinvestor.com/webinars/?eventid=15.
For more information about NetApp industry standards efforts to help rapid
application deployment, smooth integration into customers' existing
infrastructures, and improve interoperability with other vendors' solutions
by utilizing and supporting open standards, visit
www.netapp.com/us/company/leadership/industry-standards.
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