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Nexenta, Ascentech, SanDisk and GMO Internet Group to Showcase the Power of Software-Defined Data Center and Cloud Transformation at Software-Defined Storage Summit in Tokyo
[May 18, 2016]

Nexenta, Ascentech, SanDisk and GMO Internet Group to Showcase the Power of Software-Defined Data Center and Cloud Transformation at Software-Defined Storage Summit in Tokyo


Nexenta (@Nexenta), the global leader in Open Source (News - Alert)-driven Software-Defined Storage (OpenSDS), today announced that it will be hosting a summit, May 20th 2016, 14:00-17:00 (JST), dedicated to highlighting the capabilities of NexentaStor. The summit will be held in conjunction with GMO Internet and sponsored by partner SanDisk and certified reseller Ascentech, at Fujisoft Building Akiba Plaza 7F, Tokyo, Japan.

As organisations continue to deploy ever-more data demanding workloads, the need for advanced large-scale storage solutions that provide flexible and reliable architecture is becoming a necessity. Through case study and expert-led presentations, attendees of the half day seminar will discover how NexentaStor, Nexenta's flagship unified file and block OpenSDS solution, is empowering organizations to increase agility and availability, and simplify the management of their storage infrastructure; all the while removing the shackles of expensive vendor lock-in, enabling them to cherry-pick best-in-breed technology for their required environment.





Summit timetable

 

What:

   

[Special case lecture] GMO Internet explains why it chose Nexenta and SanDisk's (News - Alert) joint NexentaStor / InfiniFlash solution for its 'ConoHa' public cloud service

When:

14:00-14:45

Speakers:

Mr. Hironobu Saito, Technical Evangelist, Hosting Division, GMO Internet Inc.

Details:

Virtual private server (VPS) hosting service 'ConoHa', which was introduced by GMO Internet to kick-start the internet hosting industry in Japan, was revamped into a public cloud service in May 2015. With the need for a cloud storage infrastructure that could provide high scalability, availability and performance to meet the needs of its growing customer base, GMO Internet chose to deploy the joint NexentaStor / InfiniFlash solution. Attendees will discover why the solution was selected, including the review process and verification statistics.

 

What:

All-Flash SDS: The next-generation of storage performance

When:

14:45-15:45

Speakers:

Jun Matsuura, Japan representative, Nexenta Systems Japan Co., Ltd.

Details:

Nexenta's disruptive SDS portfolio is empowering businesses across the globe with agile, flexible and scalable storage infrastructure. This presentation will delve into the capabilities of the technology, explaining how it's enabling organisations to support more demanding VM environments and large-scale computing deployments, by referencing national and international user-case examples.

 

What:

InfiniFlash: The new era of all-Flash storage

When:

15:55-16:35

Speakers:

SanDisk

Details:

Flash storage achieves significantly better performance compared to conventional hard disk-drive based set-ups. It provides seamless integration, is easy to manage and is a cost-effective solution to many of today's data center performance issues. In this talk, SanDisk will discuss its partnership with Nexenta, including the joint NexentaStor / InfiniFlash IF100 solution.

 

What:

Peace of mind: Ascentech's Nexenta support services

When:

16:35-16:55

Speakers:

Ascentech Co., Ltd.

Details:

In this presentation, attendees will discover how Ascentech aids Nexenta in Japan, including its product support services, and will receive a demonstration of the Nexenta's OpenSDS portfolio.

 

Registration for the summit is free, just visit http://www.sbbit.jp/eventinfo/34117/.

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About Nexenta

Nexenta is the global leader in Open Source-driven Software-Defined Storage (OpenSDS) with 6,000+ customers, 400+ partners, 42 patents, and more than 1,500 petabytes of storage under management. Nexenta uniquely integrates deep software-only "Open Source" collaboration with one of the largest and most vibrant Open Source communities (46,000 members) and a comprehensive vision around a commodity hardware-centric "Software-Defined Storage" innovation enabling ANY app, cloud platform and protocol. Nexenta is 100% Software-based; and 100% hardware-, protocol-, cloud platform-, and app-agnostic providing organizations with Total Freedom, protecting them against punitive "vendor-lock-in", "vendor-bait-n-switch", and "vendor-rip-n-replace" gimmicks. Nexenta provides enterprises with the "true" benefits of "true" Software-Defined Everything-centric Cloud Computing - from data centers to end users; from the infrastructure to apps. Nexenta enables everyday apps from rich media-driven Social Living to Mobility; from the Internet of Things to Big Data; from OpenStack and CloudStack to Do-It-Yourself Cloud deployments - for all types of Clouds - Private, Public, and Hybrid. Founded around an "Open Source" platform and industry-disrupting vision, Nexenta delivers its award- and patent-winning software-only unified storage management solutions along with enterprise-scale 24x7 - around the globe - All Love - service and support with a global partner network, including Canonical, Cisco, Citrix, Dell, Docker, HPE, IBM, Lenovo, Micron, Quanta, SanDisk, Seagate, Supermicro, VMware, Western Digital (News - Alert), Wipro, and many others. Nexenta: 100% Software. Total Freedom. All Love.

For more information, visit, www.nexenta.com, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. Also, download the newly published Nexenta Special Edition Software Defined Data Centers (SDDC) for Dummies eBook.

Nexenta, NexentaStor, NexentaConnect, NexentaEdge and NexentaFusion are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nexenta Systems Inc., in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks, service marks and company names mentioned in this document are properties of their respective owners.


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