OpenStorage Summit EMEA 2013 Keynote Speaker Line-up Confirmed

May 17, 2013 - PRLog -- Amsterdam, the Netherlands – 17 May 2013 - Nexenta® Systems, the world leader in Software-Defined Storage (SDS), today announced its full line up of keynote speakers who will be presenting at the OpenStorage User Summit, running on May 29th and 30th 2013, at the Mercure Hotel, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Full keynote speaker line up:

•   Evan Powell, Chief Strategy Officer, Nexenta
•   Robin Kuepers, Board of Directors, SNIA
•   Sjaak Westdijk, Specialist and Senior Systems Administrator, Rotterdam Library

The event has become a key date in the diary for architects, systems engineers, developers, technology support administrators, CIOs, CTOs and IT managers who are interested in hearing from industry leaders who represent the diversity and pioneering spirit of the thriving OpenStorage community. Speakers will cover topics such as virtualisation, cloud technologies, performance, big data, high availability, OpenStack, backup, and more.

Evan Powell, Nexenta’s Chief Strategy Officer will open the Partner Day on the 29th of May. This ‘invite only’ first day allows Nexenta partners to convene and discuss products and future developments in the solutions roadmap.

The second day (May 30) is the educational conference day, which is focused on sharing and learning about the latest developments in the OpenStorage industry. This will be kicked off by Robin Kuepers, Board of Directors, SNIA. Kuepers will be discussing how SDS makes storage more fluid and efficient. SDS will be a key topic during the event as will cloud, virtual desktop infrastructure and data integrity.

The final keynote session will be a first hand account of Rotterdam Libary’s implementation of a NexentaStor solution by Sjaak Westdijk the library’s Infrastructure Specialist and Senior Systems Administrator.

To register and see the full Nexenta OpenStorage Summit EMEA 2013 agenda, keynote presentations, various breakout sessions, and other activities, please visit: http://www.openstoragesummit.org or follow us on Twitter at @nexentaoss.

Confirmed event sponsors currently include: Cisco, Dell, Rhodix, Smart Storage Systems, STEC, Supermicro, SGI, Nexenta and Bacula Systems.

About Nexenta Systems
Nexenta Systems is the world leader in Software-Defined Storage. Its flagship software platform, NexentaStor, delivers high-performance, ultra-scalable, cloud and virtualisation-optimised storage solutions. Built upon ZFS technology and running on a broad choice of industry-standard hardware, NexentaStor eliminates vendor lock-in and provides open, unified storage management at significantly less cost than legacy systems.

More information about Nexenta Systems, and free trials of the ZFS-based NexentaStor, can be found at www.nexenta.com. Partners selling NexentaStor-based hardware/software appliances can be found at: http://www.nexenta.com/corp/store/resellers-search.

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