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NetApp INSIGHT 2026

NetApp INSIGHT 2026 is a global conference for data infrastructure professionals, focusing on the latest advancements in AI-ready enterprise, unified storage, intelligent automation, and data protection. The event offers keynotes, technical breakout sessions, hands-on labs, certification opportunities, and customer case studies. Attendees learn about data ma…

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21Speakers
38Sponsors
5On the bill · sessions
46Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at NetApp, in alphabetical order.
Arindam Banerjee
CPTO (Chief Platform and Technology Officer) · NetApp
Bret Hull
SVP, Platform Engineering · NetApp
Curtis Burchett
AI Strategist · NetApp
Darnell Fatigati
Product Marketing Mgr · NetApp
Gary Grider
Sr Director, Computing Technology · Los Alamos National Laboratory
George Kurian
Chief Executive Officer · NetApp
Ivan Iannaccone
VP, GM, Keystone-as-a-Service · NetApp
Jason Hardy
VP, Storage Technology · NVIDIA
Jonathan Bletscher
SVP, Infrastructure Platform & Engineering · SAP
Justin Borgman
Chairman and CEO · Starburst Data
Kummy Doraiswamy
Dir, Global IT · GSK
Martin Chovanec
Director and CTO · Technical University of Košice
Matt Williams
Dir, Compute Ops · News Corp
Mitch Mueller
Revenue Enablement Architect · NetApp
Pranay Ahlawat
Chief Technology and AI Officer · Commvault
Pravjit Tiwana
SVP & GM Cloud Storage · NetApp
Priyadarshi Prasad
VP, GM Enterprise Storage · NetApp
Rajan Goyal
Founder and CEO · DataPelago
Rodger Manning
IT Storage Service Owner · Ford Motor Company
Sandeep Singh
SVP, GM Data Platform and Infrastructure · NetApp
Syam Nair
Chief Product Officer · NetApp
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Arrow ElectronicsPlatinum
AHEADGold
CGIGold
CommvaultGold
Diskover DataGold
F5Gold
HCLTechGold
KompriseGold
NutanixGold
NVIDIAGold
OPSWATGold
Red HatGold
SHIGold
VultrGold
Arista NetworksSilver
Berkeley CommunicationsSilver
BrocadeSilver
CheckmkSilver
ComputacenterSilver
EplusSilver
Peer SoftwareSilver
PresidioSilver
StarburstSilver
XoruxSilver
Amazon Web Services
AWSTitanium
CDWSapphire
CiscoSapphire
GDTSapphire
Google CloudTitanium
InsightSapphire
IntelSapphire
MicrosoftTitanium
Microsoft Azure
OracleTitanium
SupermicroSapphire
TD SYNNEXSapphire
World Wide TechnologySapphire
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Agenda

Selected from 5 sessions on the bill.
  • Monday, Sep 28 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM PDT

    Ready, Set, Certify - NetApp Certified Data ONTAP Administrator Professional [CERT1001]

    Want to pass the NS0-165 exam? Join this preparation session to get ready for your NetApp Certified Data ONTAP Administrator Professional certification. Together, we will review sa…

    Unified Storage
  • Monday, Sep 28 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM PDT

    Ready, Set, Certify - NetApp Certified Technology Solutions Professional [CERT1003]

    Want to pass the NS0-005 exam? Join this preparation session to get ready for your NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer - SAN certification. Together, we will review sample pra…

    Unified Storage
  • Monday, Sep 28 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM PDT

    Ready, Set, Certify -NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer SAN [CERT1002]

    Want to pass the NS0-522 exam? Join this preparation session to get ready for your NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer - SAN certification. Together, we will review sample pra…

    Unified Storage
  • Monday, Sep 28 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM PDT

    Networking Social [APPPARTY-003]

    On Monday evening, The Garden comes to life for a Networking Social, featuring light bites, refreshing drinks, and the perfect opportunity to kick off the week together. Join us on…

  • Tuesday, Sep 29 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM PDT

    Intelligent Data Infrastructure for the AI era and beyond. [KEY0001]

    Agentic AI is revolutionizing business, impacting every workload as organizations integrate AI into production to enhance efficiency, competitiveness, and speed to market. In today…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 46 companies show up, and 2 bet on three roles at once?

46 companies. two are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
2All threespeak · spons · exh
35Sponsoringsponsor only
9Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Commvault·NVIDIA

Speakers by seniority

76% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite733%
  • Founder / Owner15%
  • VP-level733%
  • Director / Head of15%
  • Engineer · IC15%
  • Marketing / Brand15%
  • Other roles314%

Of 21 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01NetApp11V
  2. 02CommvaultSp·G1V
  3. 03NVIDIASp·G1V
  4. 04AHEADSp·G
  5. 05Arista NetworksSp·S
  6. 06Arrow ElectronicsSp·P
  7. 07AWSSp·T
  8. 08Berkeley CommunicationsSp·S
  9. 09BrocadeSp·S
  10. 10CDWSp·S
  11. 11CGISp·G
  12. 12CheckmkSp·S
  13. 13CiscoSp·S
  14. 14ComputacenterSp·S
Sponsors by tier
platinum1
3% of 38
gold13
34% of 38
silver10
26% of 38
sapphire8
21% of 38
titanium4
11% of 38
unspecified2
5% of 38
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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