SUNNYVALE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/18/09 -- NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) Founder and Executive Vice President Dave Hitz will deliver a Platinum Super Session presentation with VMware CTO Dr. Steve Herrod at this year's VMworld. The presentation is titled "Clear Up the Cloud: Key Infrastructure Requirements and Real-World Implementations." The pair will discuss the shared NetApp and VMware vision for cloud computing and explain how NetApp and VMware work together to provide unique benefits to virtualized dynamic data center infrastructure. Dr. Gregory Smith, vice president of T-Systems, a NetApp customer, will also be on hand to share how NetApp and VMware -- working together -- helped T-Systems deliver a world-class IT-as-a-service offering to its customers. NetApp is a platinum sponsor of VMworld 2009, which takes place August 31 to September 3, 2009, at Moscone Center in San Francisco, California.

NetApp will also have executives, technical experts, and customers on hand leading technical breakout sections. These sessions will cover best practices for dynamic data centers, business continuity, data storage and recovery with VMware® vSphere, dependable telework solutions, and vSphere enterprise stability.

At VMworld 2009, discover how virtualization is revolutionizing the next generation of computing by providing efficiency and flexibility at a time when both are critical to the future of IT. Learn how VMware is transforming the data center and desktop into a flexible, reliable cloud infrastructure. Discover the best way to introduce more efficiency, control, and choice. Today it's more important than ever for organizations to do more with less.