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NetApp Showcases 10-Gigabit Ethernet Performance and Efficiency at Supercomputing 2009
| Source: NetApp, Inc.
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - October 26, 2009) - As part of the Ethernet Alliance, NetApp
(NASDAQ : NTAP ) experts will participate in a multivendor demo at SC09 to
demonstrate the performance and efficiency of a unified and converged data
center fabric using 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE). NetApp will showcase file
and "block" storage network protocols running on a single unified 10Gb
Ethernet wire, including Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), iSCSI, and
NFS. SC09 takes place November 14-20, 2009, in Portland, Oregon. NetApp and
the Ethernet Alliance will be at booth #1259. For more information, visit
http://sc09.supercomputing.org.
Recent Industry Activity
Ninth Annual Linux Kernel Summit
In October, Brian Pawlowski, chief technology officer at NetApp, and his
office sponsored the ninth annual Linux Kernel Summit in Tokyo, Japan. The
Linux Kernel Summit brought together the world's leading core kernel
developers to discuss the state of the existing kernel and to plan the next
development cycle. This annual two-day conference is invitation only and
focuses on development and innovation through sessions and workshops that
encourage interaction and discussion between kernel developers and industry
leaders. To read Brian Pawlowski's blog entry on Linux Kernel Summit 2009,
visit
http://blogs.netapp.com/on_the_edge/2009/10/linux-kernel-summit-2009.html.
SNIA
Also in October, SNIA announced that NetApp employees were elected to
several leadership roles within the SNIA organization. SNIA members elected
Alan Yoder, member of the Technical Staff at NetApp, as chair of the SNIA
Board of Directors. David Dale, director of Industry Standards at NetApp,
was elected as vice chair of the SNIA Board of Directors. The SNIA Board is
charged with oversight of the association's vision and mission and ensuring
that tangible value accrues to member companies.
David Dale was also elected to the Solid State Storage Initiative (SSSI)
Board of Directors. The SSSI fosters industry education, growth, and
success of solid-state storage in both commercial and consumer
environments.
NetApp also became one of the founding members of the new SNIA Cloud
Storage Initiative in October. The Cloud Storage Initiative focuses on
promoting cloud storage as a new delivery model that provides elastic,
on-demand storage. For more information, visit www.snia.org/forums/csi/.
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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