As you may or may not know NetApp asked members of our VIP program for storage users, Tech OnTap, and our communities to vote on what session topics they would most like to hear about at NetApp Accelerate. The results are in and we would like to thank all those who participated. We heard you and now you will hear us when we deliver more information around these topics at NetApp Accelerate.
Here is a list of the initial topics we asked for feedback on:
- NetApp's Technical Vision for Backup and Recovery
- Backup with Various NetApp Snap Solutions
- Virtualization
- Data ONTAP
- SAN performance
- iSCSI
- FC SAN
- Storage Management and Administration
- Microsoft Exchange Solutions
- Database Environments
- Platform Specific Discussions (Windows, Unix, VMware, etc.)
After tallying the results there were some that clearly stood out:
Of course we expected backup & recovery to be one of the top picks. But the survey results overwhelmingly confirmed the interest in protecting data with over 70% of the participants selecting it among their top three choices. Other topics besides compliance, Data ONTAP and virtualization, that generated some of the highest levels of interest were VMware/NetApp best practices, iSCSI, NetApp storage systems, FC SAN, and storage management.
At this point we've narrowed the total number of potential Accelerate breakout sessions down to just over 100, and our final decisions were definitely influenced by the feedback and suggested topics we received.
Again ... thank you to all our Tech OnTap and communities members who participated. We're excited about designing a NetApp user conference tailored to providing the information, education, training and insights that YOU care about.
Not a Tech OnTap member but would like to provide feedback, feel free to comment here. Or join our NetApp Accelerate community, where you can share opinions and ideas that could continue to help shape and define NetApp Accelerate 2009.
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Greg Woloszczuk
Director of Professional Services Development
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