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

Reduce Costs by Eliminating Backups and Dependence on Local Storage at the Edge
February 8, 2012 (9am PT, 12pm ET)

Challenged by supporting the needs of unstructured data in distributed IT models, such as remote or branch office and cloud service providers? Learn how to reduce cost and complexity at the edge and simplify cloud deployments with Hitachi Data Ingestor (HDI). HDI is a bottomless and backup-free cloud on-ramp and filer that provides a seamlessly scalable edge-to-core storage solution.

By attending this webcast, you'll learn how to

• Take advantage of the latest features and use cases of HDI v3 and deliver file services to the edge in the most efficient and flexible way
• Gain agility and react faster to the changing needs of your business
• Reduce operational and capital costs through a flexible infrastructure powered by HDI

Speakers
Jon Chinitz, technical product manager
Ken Lamb, technical product manager

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Improve Cloud Adoption with Converged Infrastructure Solutions from Hitachi Data Systems and Brocade
February 22, 2012 (9am PT, 12pm ET)

Join us for a live Webcast on tightly integrated compute solutions with open and flexible cloud architectures for your easy ordering, deployment and management, with Ram Kailasanathan from Hitachi Data Systems and Dick Masyga from Brocade.

Listen in to the Hitachi Data Systems and Brocade discussion to learn how to deploy a Microsoft Exchange 2010 and Hyper-V environment with:

• Application specific solutions to reduce integration and tuning time
• Pre-tested configurations of virtualized infrastructure blocks that are repeatable, reliable and easy to deploy
• Centralized and simplified management with end-to-end visibility across the stack-server, network, storage, and application domains

Speakers
Ram Kailasanathan, Systems Engineer, Hitachi Data Systems
Dick Masyga, Systems Engineer, Brocade

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Flexible Options to Simplify Cloud Deployment
March 28, 2012 (9am PT, 12pm ET)

As the cloud model for delivering IT continues to mature, HDS has developed a variety of deployment and consumption models to help you become more agile and lower costs. Since every organization has unique requirements, it's important to provide flexibility and choice in consuming, delivering and maintaining a cloud environment. Join us to learn how you can leverage different approaches to move into the cloud at your own pace, all while minimizing risk and disruption to your existing business and users.

By attending this webinar, you will be able to

• Describe options for consuming and delivering IT
• Identify best practices and expected benefits of offloading IT management
• Determine which consumption model best meets your needs in aligning IT cost to business value

Speakers
Tanya Loughlin, senior product marketing manager
Joe Jose, services product marketing manager

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