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📆 Join Spot and Microsoft for a Hands-on Workshop

Join the Spot and Microsoft teams at these in-person events in the following cities:

• San Francisco (January 17)
• Dallas (January 23)
• Atlanta (January 25)

Learn how the Spot products can integrate and help optimize your Azure Workloads. You'll learn from our Solutions Architects and network with peers at a post-event happy hour hosted by our friends at the Microsoft Technology Centers.

When registering for this event, be sure to sign up and take advantage of our free AKS Optimization Assessment where our experts will analyze your environment and estimate cost savings and efficiency improvements.

Click this link to register and save your seat!

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NetApp ONAIR returns in 2024

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As we kick off the new season in 2024, we wanted to start with recapping some highlights from 2023 as well as showcasing some of our ideas and plans going into 2024! We're going to talk about Discord, events, special exclusives, and more! Join us for live chat and bring your questions and feature requests! We're here for them!

Click here to RSVP!

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📣 AI & Cyber-Resiliency Announcements | NetApp ONAIR

Yesterday was full of big announcements and updates for us here at NetApp. Today, on NetApp ONAIR, we're joined by Ingo Fuchs, Sr Director of Solutions Marketing, to go over each of them and bring us up to speed on the latest and why they're so impactful!

The show begins in just over an hour, and we look forward to having you all there! Bring your questions and we'll answer them LIVE!

Click here to RSVP
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📣 NVIDIA GTC Keynote Live Stream

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Click Here to watch the NVIDIA GTC 2024 keynote live stream by NVIDIA CEO, Jensen Huang, from the SAP Center in San Jose, CA.

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📣 Generative AI in the Enterprise | NetApp ONAIR

Hot off a mega-week at NVIDIA GTC, we're joined by @junior barn to go over all-things AI in the Enterprise! As our Sr TME for AI Solutions, Mike spends his days innovating unique solutions our customers enjoy around RAG, MLOps, and how NetApp accelerates that journey!

Click here to RSVP
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📣 Virtualization in the Broadcom Era | NetApp ONAIR

Rich Teslow from 2GuysTek joins the show for this SPECIAL FEATURE episode to discuss his recent series on VMware alternatives, his findings, and the intricate details that are important to virtual infrastructure admins.

Click here to RSVP
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📣 The Future of Unified Data Storage, Built for the AI Era

We’ve been working on something BIG… Tune in LIVE <t:1715702400:F> and say hello to the next generation of intelligent data infrastructure!

RSVP ➡️ https://discord.com/events/855068651522490400/1237418918696583228
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🗓️ Reminder: Join us tomorrow for a BIG announcement!

@everyone You won't want to miss this one! We'll have a keynote and a special edition livestream of NetApp ONAIR with live chat starting at 9AM Pacific! Bring your questions to the chat LIVE on YouTube! Be sure to click "Notify Me" so you get a reminder when the stream starts!

Link > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfSioalJt_M

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📣 ONTAP 9.15 Intro & Overview | NetApp ONAIR

Join us as we dive into the awesome new features of ONTAP 9.15. We'll show you how this update boosts performance, adds cool security enhancements, and makes hybrid cloud setups even better. Get expert tips, tricks, and see how to get the most out of your NetApp systems. Don't miss out on the latest and greatest from ONTAP!

It's always great to have @stone stone join the show! He always brings the goods, and ONTAP 9.15 is chock full of them!

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RSVP here and join us on YouTube!

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📣 StorageGRID 2024 Launch | NetApp ONAIR

Part of our recent massive launch was a full update and refresh to the entire StorageGRID portfolio! It's a part of the NetApp family that doesn't get enough attention, so we wanted to bring on the flag-bearer of the platform that has championed StorageGRID for more than a decade and discuss the latest and greatest when it comes to Object Storage at NetApp!

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RSVP here and join us on YouTube!

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📣 Next-Gen AFF Deep Dive | NetApp ONAIR

The all-new next-generation AFF A-series systems are here! To navigate us through all the gooey, geeky details of each of the new platforms, we're bringing back some old friends of the show and our true resident hardware geeks, @main storm and @half crest, both heavily involved in the development and testing of the new systems.

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RSVP here and join us on YouTube!

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📣 CyberVault & Security Updates | NetApp ONAIR

NetApp announced a new CyberVault reference architecture that extends the company’s industry-leading data protection capabilities. Combining the latest advances in secure data storage, autonomous real-time ransomware detection, and rapid data restoration, NetApp’s secure and resilient cyber vault delivers “logically air-gapped” storage based on proven NetApp ONTAP technology, for unparalleled protection of customer data against advanced cyber-threats.

To go into deeper details on this and other security updates for 2024 at NetApp, we're bringing back our resident cybersecurity expert, Matt Trudewind.

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RSVP here and join us for live chat/Q&A on YouTube!

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📣 [Launch] New Levels of Intelligence for GenAI & RAG Workloads | NetApp ONAIR

Automate the management and operations of cloud resources and services in your own Intelligent Data Infrastructure. Unlock the promise of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) to increase the relevance of GenAI results by securely using your own proprietary data. Optimize VMware workloads with the scale needed, at lower TCO and less risk -- without compromising performance!

This summer, NetApp is bringing our latest enhancements around many data management solutions to you, making it easier to build and operate your own Intelligent Data Infrastructure.

Join Nick Howell and Chuck Foley LIVE as they discuss the details around these new opportunities to grow and manage your Intelligent Data Infrastructure! Bring your questions!

RSVP here and join us for live chat/Q&A on YouTube and Discord!

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Tech ONTAP Live events!

We wanted to get the word out to all of our NetApp Customers (and Partners) that there are some local NetApp Tech ONTAP Live events that will be in July in a few cities. Register now and join your NetApp friends for some delicious food, beer/seltzer, and good conversations! Visit with subject matter experts as they discuss why NetApp is the only intelligent data infrastructure platform! Making your data infrastructure more seamless, more dynamic, and higher performing than ever before!

Please see the links below for one near you!

(More coming soon + INSIGHT Xtras regional events happening across 30 cities worldwide beginning this fall! We'll keep you posted!)

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Tampa, FL - July 10th @ 4PM Eastern - Coppertail Brewery
Kansas City, MO - July 16th @ 3PM Central - Boulevard Brewery
Chicago, IL - July 18th @ 5PM Central - Short Fuse Brewing Company

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📣 HPC Simulation with FSx ONTAP | NetApp ONAIR

Have you ever wondered what was truly, truly possible with NetApp ONTAP? And how you could take advantage of all the features and functionality to maximize the output and processing power of the latest NetApp storage systems on-prem, as well as our cloud storage offerings?

Then this is the show for you.

Senior Technologist @coral loom joins the show from the OCTO team to share with us some of the latest work he's been doing to push ONTAP to its limits.

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RSVP here and join us for live chat/Q&A on YouTube and Discord!

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📣 Using AI to build "DOC" Support Bot | NetApp ONAIR

Ever wonder how a major manufacturer is leveraging AI to improve support response? Over the summer, we've overhauled our support site. And joining us this week is Grant Glass, PhD, a Data Scientist here at NetApp, to discuss what they did, how they did it, and answer any questions you may have!

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RSVP here and join us for live chat/Q&A on YouTube and Discord!

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🇦 Yes! Very interested in hearing more!
🇧 No, it's not a priority for us.
🇨 Not a priority, but curious to listen in.

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