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PRESENTATION SCHEDULE

Times and topics for all NetApp sessions at Cisco Live.

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Monday

Monday, June 3, 2024

10:00

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Compete for prizes in this fun, interactive quiz as we demonstrate why FlexPod is a secure, smart, sustainable, hybrid-ready platform suitable for all of your workloads. Cisco Live runs on FlexPod— our joint solution from Cisco and NetApp— and has for more than a decade!

10:30

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Compete for prizes in this fun, interactive quiz as we demonstrate why FlexPod is a secure, smart, sustainable, hybrid-ready platform suitable for all of your workloads. Cisco Live runs on FlexPod— our joint solution from Cisco and NetApp— and has for more than a decade!

11:00

FlexPod Security

Reese Lloyd | NetApp

Join our session to understand the FlexPod approach to Zero Trust Architecture.  We'll look at Zero Trust from a high level and discuss specific actions you can take to harden your FlexPod infrastructure, segment networks, leverage secure multi-tenancy, and integrate additional security offerings like Autonomous Ransomware Protection and Cisco security tools.  We'll pull it all together with a look at how you monitor your environment and maintain your security posture.

11:30

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Compete for prizes in this fun, interactive quiz as we demonstrate why FlexPod is a secure, smart, sustainable, hybrid-ready platform suitable for all of your workloads. Cisco Live runs on FlexPod— our joint solution from Cisco and NetApp— and has for more than a decade!

12:00

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Compete for prizes in this fun, interactive quiz as we demonstrate why FlexPod is a secure, smart, sustainable, hybrid-ready platform suitable for all of your workloads. Cisco Live runs on FlexPod— our joint solution from Cisco and NetApp— and has for more than a decade!

12:30

Unlock your AI journey with NetApp and Intel

Kiran Agrahara | Intel

This session will dive deep into how generative AI is driving disruption across industries by enhancing business creativity and accelerating product innovation. NetApp ONTAP, coupled with Intel® technologies, can increase the performance of your AI workloads and simplify managing your AI data pipeline—both on-premises and across clouds.

1:00

NetApp in the Cisco Live NOC

Bobby Oommen | NetApp

A high-level overview of the Cisco Live NOC, and the networking Infrastructure needs of this conference. You'll see how FlexPod enables us to Deploy, Manage & Secure the Cisco Live network in real time, and how we collect metrics with it. FlexPod has been the heart of the NOC for over 10 years. and is a perfect example of engineering commitment from NetApp and Cisco to deliver a world class solution. We highly recommend you take a NOC tour this week to get to the details. Or see the live NOC feed here in the NetApp booth!

1:30

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Compete for prizes in this fun, interactive quiz as we demonstrate why FlexPod is a secure, smart, sustainable, hybrid-ready platform suitable for all of your workloads. Cisco Live runs on FlexPod— our joint solution from Cisco and NetApp— and has for more than a decade!

2:00

Gen AI RAG with FlexPod AI

Urshila Lohani | Cisco

Sriram Sagi | Cisco

In this session, we will explore the capabilities of the FlexPod AI infrastructure as a foundational platform for powering GEnAI applications with a focus on RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) use cases-- and delve into how FlexPod's high-performance environment is particularly well-suited for applications that require the reliability of robust hardware, the availability of extensive computing resources, and the generalizability of advanced AI models.

2:30

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Compete for prizes in this fun, interactive quiz as we demonstrate why FlexPod is a secure, smart, sustainable, hybrid-ready platform suitable for all of your workloads. Cisco Live runs on FlexPod— our joint solution from Cisco and NetApp— and has for more than a decade!

3:00

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Compete for prizes in this fun, interactive quiz as we demonstrate why FlexPod is a secure, smart, sustainable, hybrid-ready platform suitable for all of your workloads. Cisco Live runs on FlexPod— our joint solution from Cisco and NetApp— and has for more than a decade!

3:30

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Compete for prizes in this fun, interactive quiz as we demonstrate why FlexPod is a secure, smart, sustainable, hybrid-ready platform suitable for all of your workloads. Cisco Live runs on FlexPod— our joint solution from Cisco and NetApp— and has for more than a decade!

4:00 - 6:00

Welcome Reception

Tuesday
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Tuesday, June 4, 2024

10:00

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Compete for prizes in this fun, interactive quiz as we demonstrate why FlexPod is a secure, smart, sustainable, hybrid-ready platform suitable for all of your workloads. Cisco Live runs on FlexPod— our joint solution from Cisco and NetApp— and has for more than a decade!

10:30

Essentials of AI: how WWT and FlexPod are intelligent together

Eric D'Lallo | WWT

As AI continues to revolutionize industries and transform the way we live and work, it is crucial to understand the essential components that enable its remarkable performance. Eric will dive into how WWT is utilizing FlexPod AI to address the changing landscape of IT and solve the complex challenges customers are facing.

11:00

FlexPod AI simplifies and secures your AI/ML Challenges Now

Michael Hommer | NetApp

This presentation explores the innovative combination of FlexPod and NetApp ONTAP® technology to highlights the compelling reasons that your organization should choose FlexPod for your AI/ML operations. 

11:30

Flex your way into AI with FlexPod

Brian Wilson | Core BTS

Flex your way into AI with FlexPod​ – the flexible architecture to meet today’s AI needs​.  This session will focus on the flexibility, simplicity, and adaptability of the FlexPod architecture with changing business needs, and how it has helped customers adapt over the years.  Brian will highlight how their Higher Ed customers are using NetApp and FlexPod to drive multiple AI initiatives. 

12:00

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Compete for prizes in this fun, interactive quiz as we demonstrate why FlexPod is a secure, smart, sustainable, hybrid-ready platform suitable for all of your workloads. Cisco Live runs on FlexPod— our joint solution from Cisco and NetApp— and has for more than a decade!

12:30

Unlock your AI journey with NetApp and Intel

Kiran Agrahara | Intel

This session will dive deep into how generative AI is driving disruption across industries by enhancing business creativity and accelerating product innovation. NetApp ONTAP, coupled with Intel® technologies, can increase the performance of your AI workloads and simplify managing your AI data pipeline—both on-premises and across clouds.

1:00

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Compete for prizes in this fun, interactive quiz as we demonstrate why FlexPod is a secure, smart, sustainable, hybrid-ready platform suitable for all of your workloads. Cisco Live runs on FlexPod— our joint solution from Cisco and NetApp— and has for more than a decade!

1:30

FlexPod AI with Redhat OpenShift

George James | Red Hat

This presentation explores how the integration of Red Hat OpenShift with FlexPod creates a robust platform for Generative AI applications. We delve into how NVIDIA AI Enterprise (NVAIE) and the latest Cisco UCS M7 servers equipped with NVIDIA GPUs enhance AI inferencing capabilities.

2:00

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Compete for prizes in this fun, interactive quiz as we demonstrate why FlexPod is a secure, smart, sustainable, hybrid-ready platform suitable for all of your workloads. Cisco Live runs on FlexPod— our joint solution from Cisco and NetApp— and has for more than a decade!

2:30

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Compete for prizes in this fun, interactive quiz as we demonstrate why FlexPod is a secure, smart, sustainable, hybrid-ready platform suitable for all of your workloads. Cisco Live runs on FlexPod— our joint solution from Cisco and NetApp— and has for more than a decade!

3:00

FlexPod with Generative AI Inferencing

John George | Cisco

In this session, we will present a deep dive into the technical integration of FlexPod with Generative AI Inferencing, demonstrating how this cohesive infrastructure supports cutting-edge AI endeavors. FlexPod, a converged infrastructure solution, has been optimized for the high demands of Generative AI, leveraging the power of NVIDIA AI Enterprise, NVIDIA NeMo for speech and language models, and NVIDIA Multi-Instance GPU (MIG) capabilities for task isolation and GPU resource optimization.

3:30

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Compete for prizes in this fun, interactive quiz as we demonstrate why FlexPod is a secure, smart, sustainable, hybrid-ready platform suitable for all of your workloads. Cisco Live runs on FlexPod— our joint solution from Cisco and NetApp— and has for more than a decade!

4:00

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Compete for prizes in this fun, interactive quiz as we demonstrate why FlexPod is a secure, smart, sustainable, hybrid-ready platform suitable for all of your workloads. Cisco Live runs on FlexPod— our joint solution from Cisco and NetApp— and has for more than a decade!

4:30

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Compete for prizes in this fun, interactive quiz as we demonstrate why FlexPod is a secure, smart, sustainable, hybrid-ready platform suitable for all of your workloads. Cisco Live runs on FlexPod— our joint solution from Cisco and NetApp— and has for more than a decade!

Wednesday
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Wednesday, June 5, 2024

10:00

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Compete for prizes in this fun, interactive quiz as we demonstrate why FlexPod is a secure, smart, sustainable, hybrid-ready platform suitable for all of your workloads. Cisco Live runs on FlexPod— our joint solution from Cisco and NetApp— and has for more than a decade!

10:30

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Compete for prizes in this fun, interactive quiz as we demonstrate why FlexPod is a secure, smart, sustainable, hybrid-ready platform suitable for all of your workloads. Cisco Live runs on FlexPod— our joint solution from Cisco and NetApp— and has for more than a decade!

11:00

What's new with FlexPod?

Reese Lloyd | NetApp

Join us for an overview of what's new in the world of FlexPod.  We'll discuss new storage additions from NetApp, including the newly announced A-Series additions and the All-Flash SAN Array (ASA) line and how both integrate into FlexPod systems.  We'll then touch on why VMware and FlexPod are a perfect match and round things out with new solutions focused on AI, security, and more!

11:30

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Compete for prizes in this fun, interactive quiz as we demonstrate why FlexPod is a secure, smart, sustainable, hybrid-ready platform suitable for all of your workloads. Cisco Live runs on FlexPod— our joint solution from Cisco and NetApp— and has for more than a decade!

12:00

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Compete for prizes in this fun, interactive quiz as we demonstrate why FlexPod is a secure, smart, sustainable, hybrid-ready platform suitable for all of your workloads. Cisco Live runs on FlexPod— our joint solution from Cisco and NetApp— and has for more than a decade!

12:30

Unlock your AI journey with NetApp and Intel

Kiran Agrahara | Intel

This session will dive deep into how generative AI is driving disruption across industries by enhancing business creativity and accelerating product innovation. NetApp ONTAP, coupled with Intel® technologies, can increase the performance of your AI workloads and simplify managing your AI data pipeline—both on-premises and across clouds.

1:00

Jump start your Zero Trust security architecture with FlexPod

Mike Hommer | NetApp

This presentation illustrates how FlexPod provides a verified, secure infrastructure foundation, ensuring your data and applications are protected against the evolving threats of cybercrime.

1:30

Accelerating Gen AI with NVIDIA Inference Microservices on FlexPod

Sicong Ji | NVIDIA

Generative AI is impacting every industry, catalyzed by the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Join us to discover what enterprises need to put generative AI into practice and create new revenue streams. We'll discuss how NVIDIA's full stack computing approach to Gen AI and NVIDIA Inference Microservices (NIM) enables enterprises to accelerate data processing, Large Language Model (LLM) customization, and quickly deploy Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) Inference across data center to edge on performant, validated, and scalable FlexPod architectures.

2:00

NetApp & Cisco FlexPod AI: Built for GenAI

Ryan Rascop | Insight

Learn how NetApp delivers the most affordable cloud storage available and find out why NetApp brings you unrivaled enterprise storage— now managed by Google Cloud!

2:30

Enterprise Apps on FlexPod

Sriram Sagi | NetApp

SADA Systems leverages NetApp solutions to build Enterprise Landing Zones in Google Cloud; the enterprise solutions that tackle security, disaster recovery and performance at scale. Learn how you can leverage your current cloud NetApp ecosystem for Generative AI and more.

3:00

"X" as a Service with Keystone, Cisco, and FlexPod

Kent Christensen | Insight

In this session, learn how the evolution of as a service is a fresh way to meet client expectations and drive key business outcomes by providing scalability, financial flexibility, and agility for innovation. Kent will discuss how the XaaS approach connects on-premises to cloud consumption.  Learn how Insight Managed Services together with Cisco, NetApp Keystone and FlexPod as a Service, help solve their clients’ complex business challenges

3:30

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Compete for prizes in this fun, interactive quiz as we demonstrate why FlexPod is a secure, smart, sustainable, hybrid-ready platform suitable for all of your workloads. Cisco Live runs on FlexPod— our joint solution from Cisco and NetApp— and has for more than a decade!

4:00

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Compete for prizes in this fun, interactive quiz as we demonstrate why FlexPod is a secure, smart, sustainable, hybrid-ready platform suitable for all of your workloads. Cisco Live runs on FlexPod— our joint solution from Cisco and NetApp— and has for more than a decade!

4:30

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Compete for prizes in this fun, interactive quiz as we demonstrate why FlexPod is a secure, smart, sustainable, hybrid-ready platform suitable for all of your workloads. Cisco Live runs on FlexPod— our joint solution from Cisco and NetApp— and has for more than a decade!

Thursday
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Thursday, June 6, 2024

10:00

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Learn how NetApp delivers the most affordable cloud storage available and find out why NetApp brings you unrivaled enterprise storage— now managed by Google Cloud!

10:30

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Learn how NetApp delivers the most affordable cloud storage available and find out why NetApp brings you unrivaled enterprise storage— now managed by Google Cloud!

11:00

NetApp in the Cisco Live NOC

Bobby Oommen | NetApp

A high-level overview of the Cisco Live NOC, and the networking Infrastructure needs of this conference. You'll see how FlexPod enables us to Deploy, Manage & Secure the Cisco Live network in real time, and how we collect metrics with it. FlexPod has been the heart of the NOC for over 10 years. and is a perfect example of engineering commitment from NetApp and Cisco to deliver a world class solution. We highly recommend you take a NOC tour this week to get to the details. Or see the live NOC feed here in the NetApp booth!

11:30

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Find out how customers can benefit from running their mission-critical application SAP on NetApp Volumes in Google Cloud.

12:00

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Learn how NetApp delivers the most affordable cloud storage available and find out why NetApp brings you unrivaled enterprise storage— now managed by Google Cloud!

12:30

FlexPod: a modern foundation for all your applications

Paul Traynor | NetApp

Watch how easily anyone can create a fully-managed enterprise-grade cloud file services volume for any Windows or Linux application in less than 10 clicks.

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