Got Dedupe?? Ask the Experts - June 22-26

Deduplication is all the buzz these days as customers try to keep up with the massive amount of data that is being created by new applications and new end-user behaviors.  We constantly talk about the value that Deduplication plays in the overall role of Storage Efficiency and Virtualization, but customers and partners often have interest in learning about the impacts and value of Deduplication in greater depth.

To help educate customers and partners, NetApp will be hosting a "Deduplication - Ask an Expert" event on our NetApp Communities site, the week of June 22nd. We'll post more details and schedules in the next few days, but I just wanted to give everyone a heads-up to mark their calendars and queue up any questions you might have. Our expert panel will be leading the discussion, but the community is encouraged to bring their questions, experiences, and concerns so that we can address Deduplication from every angle. We hope you'll be able to join us sometime during that week, and we look forward to your participation in the community!

Date - June 22 - June 26
Title - Got questions about deduplication in your SAN environment?

http://communities.netapp.com/community/events/ask_the_expert-dedupe_san  

Experts:

·         Sajan Agrawal is a QA Architect at NetApp. He specializes in defining deduplication test strategies for archiving, compliance, storage efficiency and security.

·         Carlos Alvarez is a Technical Marketing Engineer at NetApp and currently authoring reference architectures and storage efficiency technical guides.

·         Larry Freeman (a.k.a. "Dr.Dedup") is a Senior Marketing Manager at NetApp. His current role at NetApp is providing clarity around data storage efficiency techniques, including deduplication.

·         Rick Jooss is a SAN Senior Technical Manager at NetApp responsible for authoring technical and business requirements for the SAN ecosystem.