Name: Storage Wars: Object vs. File vs. Block
Start: 2020-07-30T09:00:00Z
End: 2020-07-30T09:01:17.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
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Data is your greatest asset, if you know how to use it. The key to new revenue streams, better customer experiences, and lower costs of doing business is there in your data, waiting to be discovered. It reveals your path to innovation and new ways for you and the world to work. Hitachi Vantara elevates your innovation advantage by merging operational and informational experience to offer you a data partner with unprecedented range and depth in data management. We are analytics, industrial expertise, technology and outcomes rolled into one great solution provider. We listen. We understand. We work with you.  Visit us at www.HitachiVantara.com

AI can dramatically enhance the world of education — but only if your organization has the right foundation. From messy data to overlooked security gaps, many education entities face challenges with addressing the core building blocks needed for successful AI implementation.

This 30-minute webinar will explore the essential groundwork education leaders need to put in place before scaling AI across systems and services.

We’ll discuss:

- Why data readiness, security and storage lead to successful AI implementation
- How to identify and close the pre-AI gaps slowing your team down
- What steps to take now, no matter where you are in your AI journey

The AI Readiness Checklist: What Education Leaders Need to Get Right First

This is webinar where experts from Hitachi Vantara discuss about the offerings and benefits of VSP One Object storage

Smart. Secure. Scalable.  Unlock the Future of Data with VSP One Object Storage

Introducing Virtual Storage Platform One Block High End Storage - Partner Launch 
The launch of Virtual Storage Platform One (VSP One) Block High End marks the completion of Hitachi Vantara’s unified VSP One Platform — a single data foundation that powers every workload from core to cloud to AI.
For partners, the VSP One Block High End launch represents one of the biggest growth opportunities of the year. Built for the most demanding enterprise and AI-driven environments, VSP One Block High End delivers:
Blazing performance — up to 50 million IOPS with consistent sub-millisecond latency
Eight nines (99.999999%) availability in a single array — for true mission-critical assurance
End-to-end NVMe and the industry’s only No-Questions-Asked 4:1 Data Reduction Guarantee
Integrated cyber resilience and clean-data recovery guarantees
Unified management with VSP 360, delivering complete visibility, automation, and AI-powered insights
Sustainable efficiency with 60 TB NVMe TLC SSDs and Dynamic Carbon Reduction features
Join the Hitachi Vantara Partner Team as they unpack the new VSP One Block High End launch and show how you can turn this breakthrough into business growth. You'll learn:
What makes VSP One Block High End a competitive game-changer
Real-world performance proof points and ROI stories you can lead with
How to activate the ready-made Partner Marketing Hub campaign

Generating New Revenue with Modern AI-Ready Infrastructure

The modernization conversation has reached a breaking point. For organizations running mission-critical workloads — including increasingly demanding AI-driven applications — the traditional approach often introduces unnecessary risk. But does modernization always lead to costly investments, operational downtime, and uncertain outcomes? 

It's time for a different approach that positions modernization as a strategic enabler of performance, resilience, agility, and efficiency.

Join industry expert Scott Sinclair from Omdia, and Jay Subramanian, General Manager, Core Storage Platforms at Hitachi Vantara, as we cut through the noise to address what really matters: Can you achieve AI-ready infrastructure without the gamble?

We’ll deliver clear answers on:
• How leading enterprises transform without disruption (see how one bank completed data migration in 51 minutes with zero downtime)
• The real difference between upgrade and wholesale modernization strategies
• Proven architectural patterns for AI integration across hybrid environments
• Critical mistakes that derail modernization initiatives

The bottom line: This isn’t about starting over. It’s about building forward with technology that amplifies your existing investments while unlocking tomorrow’s opportunities.

This event is for infrastructure leaders, architects, and IT decision-makers who refuse to compromise mission-critical stability for innovation.

Build Modern AI-Ready Infrastructure Without Starting Over

Cyber defense in the AI era is more complex than ever. Watch how VSP One simplifies everything with a guarantee that covers all the critical points of cyber resiliency. From data corruption detection to rapid recovery at scale, learn how to quickly bounce back from cyber attacks and keep your business running smoothly.

Business Continuity. Guaranteed.

Join David Schmitt, Ben Clifford, and Whit Walters, Field CTO at GigaOm as they explore how modern object storage is reshaping data lakehouse strategies. Topics include evolving requirements, real-world use cases, and future innovations like metadata management and S3 integration.
Don’t miss this expert-led discussion. Register today!

Modernize your Data Lakehouse with Object Storage - Trends, Tech, and the Road Ahead

The contemporary threat landscape, characterized by advanced persistent threats and supply chain compromises, has rendered the concept of a perfectly secure network a dangerous fallacy. This analysis moves beyond traditional cybersecurity's prevention-centric model to propose a framework for cyber resiliency—the ability to deliver intended outcomes despite ongoing cyberattacks. Hitachi with 100+ years of legacy and having leadership in both IT and Operational Technology (OT), deconstructs resiliency into critical operational domains: Assume Breach mindset, Zero Trust principles to minimize blast radius, and Cyber Recovery assurance with isolated, immutable backups to ensure restoration. Furthermore, we identify the existential threat posed by quantum computing to current public-key cryptography (e.g., RSA, ECC). A truly resilient posture must therefore be "Quantum-Safe," proactively integrating post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms and quantum key distribution (QKD) to safeguard data against both present and future cryptographically-relevant quantum attacks.

Secure by Design: Quantum-Safe Resilience in the Age of Inevitable Breaches

Cyber threats are escalating in volume and sophistication, and the increasing complexity of data environments can hinder recovery efforts. But all this, alongside growing regulatory and compliance demands, means it’s more important than ever before to bolster cyber resilience to mitigate downtime, data loss, and regulatory risk by ensuring business continuity. Our experts discuss navigating uptime and data integrity in this challenging environment, and the crucial role of predictable rapid recovery in the event of a breach. 
From the importance of proactive ransomware detection to data recovery preparedness in the face of automated attacks, get all this plus: 
• Why traditional backup and recovery processes, which can take hours to restore data, are no longer fit for purpose. 
• The importance of predictable recovery times and the ability to recover clean, usable data. 
• How a faster, clean production data recovery guarantee gives customers predictable cyber resilience.

Join our webinar to overcome cyber-attacks fast, meet regulatory requirements, and keep business moving no matter what.

Cyberattacks: Is Predictable Business Continuity Possible?

AI is rewriting the rules of competition. Compliance regulations are constantly shifting. The pressure to choose data storage that can handle the unpredictable has never been greater.

Making the right infrastructure investment demands foresight. In this webinar, our guest speakers from Forrester bring more than just predictions: they discuss findings from a Total Economic Impact™ study commissioned by Hitachi Vantara that reveals the key drivers behind high-impact data storage decisions. You’ll discover:

• What the future of enterprise storage looks like
• Demystifying what it means to be “AI-Ready” 
• The great gap between modernized infrastructure vs a patchwork of quick fixes
• Future-testing Virtual Storage Platform One (VSP One). Customers reveal how VSP One performs under pressure, and its readiness for what’s next.

In short: we’ll explore the key factors to ensure your data storage decisions deliver the most reliable, predictable return on investment — today and into the future.

Unlocking ROI: The Forrester Study That Could Save Your Next Storage Investment

As organizations increasingly adopt object storage solutions for managing vast amounts of unstructured data, many find that their traditional backup and recovery models do not offer adequate protection against ransomware and the ever-increasing threat of cyberattacks.
RWTH Aachen University is a public research university known for its science and engineering research. To protect their sensitive user and research data, they adopted a Multi-Layer Data Protection approach to provide ransomware resilience and rapid recovery.
 
How RWTH united dated, disparate systems under a sustainable, consistent model for data protection.
How to Implement an immutable, reliable, and secure last line of defense against data loss and cyberattack.
Best practices and emerging trends in data protection and security — and the pitfalls you might encounter on the road to resiliency.
 
Join our experts for real-world stories about what you can do to thwart malicious actors trying to disrupt your traditional data protection and recovery methods.

Multi-Layer Protection: Deeper Defense Against Cyberattacks

We all call our data critical, but is your most valuable asset truly secure? 

Your most sensitive data is often the hardest to protect, making it a prime target for ransomware and regulatory scrutiny. As data grows and threats evolve, so do the costs and business risks. 

Join DCIG and Hitachi Vantara to learn how to proactively protect your enterprise data. We'll share insights from DCIG's TOP 5 Cybersecure NAS Solutions report, revealing how leading organizations are moving beyond traditional backups to resilience. Discover how to embed zero trust, compliance, and rapid recovery into your data strategy to reduce risk and ensure uptime. 

You'll learn to: 
- Build Cyber Resilience: Move beyond reactive measures with layered, intelligent detection, protection, and recovery. 
- Protect Growing Data: Preserve data availability and integrity with hybrid tiering and zero trust for scalable, cost-effective security. 
- Stay Audit-Ready: Avoid penalties and adapt to evolving regulations with compliance as a core part of your infrastructure. 

Walk away with practical insights to reduce risk, ensure uptime, and stay ahead of what’s next without stifling innovation.

Resilience by Design: Reducing Data Risk, Downtime, and Regulatory Exposure

Scott Sinclair, Practice Director for Infrastructure & Modernization of Enterprise Strategy Group and Ian Clatworthy, Director of Data Platform Product Marketing of Hitachi Vantara will be sharing strategies from their decades of expertise in helping enterprises unlock data’s full potential.

Besides getting tips on a proper Dallas BBQ, you’ll come away with:
- Future vision on why a data platform is so important in the era of AI
- An introduction to how Virtual Storage Platform One helps businesses tame hybrid cloud complexity
- Actionable insights on how to unlock the benefits of a data platform foundation

On the Grill: Fresh Takes on Hybrid Cloud Storage

Ian Clatworthy and Dale Sides explore the complexity of managing, observing and protecting data for today’s data-intensive applications. Learn how Hitachi Vantara Virtual Storage Platform 360 (VSP 360) gives you complete control and clarity of data, wherever it lives. Watch this discussion to discover VSP 360’s capabilities, including:

• Centralized Management: A unified approach  to manage data resources and policies across diverse environments, simplifying administration.
• Improved Data Governance: Ensure consistent governance and compliance across data policies, enhancing data security and integrity.
• Operational Efficiency: Streamline routine management tasks like provisioning, reducing manual effort, operational complexity and costs.
• Enhanced Visibility: Gain actionable AIOps insights, enabling better decision-making and resource optimization.

We’ll also take a look at VSP 360 in action with Ansible.

Transforming the Data Platform Experience with Hitachi VSP 360

In an era of escalating cyber threats, with 5,289 ransomware attacks reported in 2024 - a 15% increase year-over-year - organizations must prioritize cyber resiliency to safeguard their mission-critical data and applications. This webinar explores how advanced solutions, in collaboration with leading data protection partners, empower organizations to protect their data, detect ransomware and suspicious activity early, and recover quickly from attacks or data loss.

Inspired by the NIST Framework for Cyber Resilience, hear from experts about protection, detection, and recovery strategies, solution capabilities, and real-life use cases. Join us to discover how integrated, high-value solutions ensure data availability, minimize risk, and accelerate recovery in today’s threat landscape.

Elevate Your Cyber Resiliency Posture: Protect, Detect, Recover

In today's rapidly evolving IT landscape, financial firms face the complex challenge of leveraging cloud technologies while also managing costs, ensuring compliance, and driving innovation.

This webinar brings together industry from Citi, Hitachi Vantara, and FSTech to explore the strategic implications of private and hybrid cloud adoption in the era of digital transformation.

Speakers delve into the intricacies of optimizing hybrid cloud architectures, discussing how to strike the perfect balance between on-premises private cloud infrastructure and public cloud services, and offer insights on how organizations can adapt their IT operations and budgets to these shifts.

The conversation also addresses the modernization of legacy systems and the extension of cloud capabilities, with a keen focus on maintaining robust data protection and rapid recovery mechanisms. Speakers share cutting-edge techniques for managing cloud costs and orchestrating resources across hybrid environments, taking into account the evolving landscape of licensing models and cloud service offerings.

As regulatory requirements continue to evolve, we explore best practices for ensuring data governance and compliance in distributed cloud environments. Throughout the discussion, our panelists provide valuable insights on aligning technology strategies with broader business objectives, fostering innovation whilst effectively managing risk and cost.

Navigating cloud transitions: Balancing innovation, cost, and compliance in the era of hybrid IT

Join us for an exclusive AI session with Iain Winfield, Field CTO for AI/HPC & Converged at Hitachi, as they explore how cutting-edge AI technologies are transforming industries. Gain insights into real-world use cases, scalable architectures, and how Hitachi is enabling smarter decisions, operational efficiency, and innovation across sectors with its AI-driven solutions

From Data to Decisions: Transforming Enterprises with Hitachi AI

According to a recent study by the analyst firm Enterprise Strategy Group, 89% of organizations rank ransomware as a top five threat to the viability of their business. Another 75% have experienced a ransomware attack in the last 12 months.

During this webinar led by Scott Sinclair, Practice Director at Enterprise Strategy Group, you’ll gain insights the increasing complexity with modern data protection, management, and cyber resilience given the scale of contemporary application and data environments. You’ll also learn how you can simplify your environment to minimize risk as attacks become more sophisticated.

Don’t miss this opportunity to strengthen your security posture. Tune in now to find out how you can enhance cyber resilience and data management in the AI era.

Enhancing cyber resilience and data management in the AI era

Join us for an in-depth discussion on the modernization of storage infrastructure. Two industry experts, Sunitha Rao, SVP/GM of Hybrid Cloud and Software Defined Storage for Hitachi Vantara, and Henry Baltazar, Research Director for S&P Global Market Intelligence 451 Research, discuss how organizations can address current challenges through storage modernization.  Learn essential capabilities for GenAI workloads, multi-protocol flexibility and AI-driven insights that will help your organization streamline and optimize your data management for today's hybrid cloud environments.

Podcast: Storage Modernization Evolution Driven by Data Growth, Cost and New Workloads

Research firm IDC projects that by the end of 2020, the world will generate 44 zettabytes (44 trillion gigabytes) of data per year. Data storage, therefore, is no longer simple, and in the age of cloud maturity and Digital Transformation, storage infrastructure strategies are shifting. With object stores having a very different set of characteristics than file and block storage, it can be confusing to know which is the right strategy that will keep up with an expanding digital universe.

Even small businesses struggle to manage the ever-growing pile of files stored on various networks and systems, so the challenges for enterprise companies can be hard to wrap your head around.

Join this panel of object, file and block storage experts as they discuss:

- The best way to manage unstructured data
- Are there deceptive costs in a file storage strategy?
- Use cases for object storage

Speakers:
Alex McDonald - SNIA Networking Storage Forum and Office of the CTO, NetApp (Moderator)
Tom Christensen, CTO & Customer Advocacy - Northern EMEA, Hitachi Vantara
Anne Blanchard, Sr. Director of Product Marketing, Nasuni
Sanjay Jagad, Senior Director of Products and Solutions, Cloudian
Bill Martin, SNIA Technical Council Co-Chair and Samsung

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