HDS WebTech Series

Designed for the storage professional

Hitachi Data Systems is pleased to sponsor an on-going monthly webcast forum where technical end-users can learn from HDS experts how to:

• Maximize the potential from your existing IT infrastructure
• Deploy best-in-class techniques for storage and storage management
• Benefit from real-life before/after scenarios

Each lively one-hour webcast will be filled with ideas and information for you and will have plenty of time for questions. At many of the webcasts, you’ll receive an exclusive white paper to help you keep abreast of current and upcoming technologies.

North America

Hitachi Unified Storage and Hitachi NAS Platform Performance Optimization with Flash Acceleration
August 14, 2013 (9am PT, 12pm ET)

Hitachi Unified Storage VM (HUS VM) and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) flash technology helps increase performance and decrease total disk quantity and while lowering power, cooling and space costs. Attend this WebTech to learn more about how to optimize Hitachi Unified Storage and Hitachi NAS Platform performance using flash acceleration, SSD storage, and other technologies.

By attending this webcast, you’ll learn how to:

• Increase HUS and HNAS Platform performance by using flash technology.
• Identify key technologies and products needed to achieve optimum results.
• Locate and tune key parameters necessary for performance optimization.

Speaker
Nick Jarvis, director, File, Content and Cloud Solutions Verticals - Americas, Hitachi Data Systems

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Comprehensive and Simplified Management for VMware vSphere Environments - now, even better!
September 11, 2013 (9am PT, 12pm ET)

Join us for a live webcast and learn how to build out a robust private cloud infrastructure with the assurance that all the underlying server, storage, and network resources are in place and aligned to the appropriate business service levels. See how to achieve predictable reliability based on business needs in a robust, enterprise-class cloud platform - Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Pro for VMware vSphere. We’ll take you through the latest updates to this industry-leading solution that is deeply integrated with vSphere, including HDS storage products and your choice of Cisco or Brocade Ethernet networking, and software updates that include bare-metal support, improved monitoring and performance tuning, federated management, and non-disruptive firmware upgrades.

Attend this webcast and learn how to:

• Quickly capitalize on the benefits of your private cloud, and grow as needed.
• Enable both physical and virtual infrastructure consolidation while supporting thousands of VMs across the data center.
• Achieve cost reductions through automation and orchestration of your VMware vSphere environment across server, network, and storage tiers.

Speakers
Allen Zargar, solutions product manager for UCP Pro
Peter Gerr, senior product marketing manager

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Easily Deploy Microsoft Private Cloud and SQL Server 2012 Data Warehouse on Hitachi Converged Solutions
September 25, 2013 (9am PT, 12pm ET)

Learn how you can virtualize and optimize your Windows applications and workloads while accommodating growth with Microsoft^® Private Cloud and SQL Server 2012 running on Hitachi Unified Compute Platform. With Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Select for Microsoft Private Cloud, you can create building blocks for a cloud environment that is reliable, scalable, multitenant and multi-tiered. With Hitachi Unified Compute Platform for Microsoft SQL Server, you can build a foundation for a data warehouse that is ready for immediate deployment, cost-effective, and scalable.

Attend this webcast and you’ll learn how to:

• Turn on solutions that "just work."
• Be up and running in days with solutions that have been pre-validated by the Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track program.
• Optimize performance of your Microsoft SQL Fast Track solution with minimal data and storage latency.
• Realize immediate ROI from your investments, whether on-premise or in the cloud.

Speakers
Chris Marsh, Sr. Solutions Marketing Manager - ERP, Data Warehousing, BI & Analytics, HDS
Claude Lorenson, Ph.D. DIRECTOR, Product Management, BPMG Management, Microsoft
Julianne Raedeke, Sr. Solutions Marketing Manager - Virtualization, HDS

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