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What to see at Google Cloud Next 2026 in the NetApp booth
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Mike McNamara
Mike McNamara

Google Cloud Next 2026 is headed to Las Vegas—April 22–24, 2026 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center—and it’s shaping up to be a must-attend event for teams modernizing infrastructure and putting AI into production. With a spotlight on enterprise AI, cloud-native app development, and Gemini-powered agentic AI, Next is the place to see where cloud innovation is heading—and what it means for your roadmap.

From the NetApp booth #1607 in the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, we’re bringing you the latest technology, hands-on demos, live in-booth sessions, expert solutions, and free giveaways. Discover how NetApp and Google Cloud can help you reduce costs by up to 70% and improve the way you do business. We’re also presenting a 20-minute Lightning Talk session, hosting more than 25 mini-theater sessions in our booth, sponsoring an exclusive customer and partner reception on April 21 at the Sphere, and hosting a partner happy hour on April 22. Learn how NetApp can power agentic AI with your enterprise data, accelerate EDA workloads, reduce enterprise database costs, and help you easily migrate to Google Cloud.

Why you should visit NetApp at Google Cloud Next

  • Innovative solutions. Solving today’s IT challenges requires enterprise data storage that is high-performing, secure, and AI-ready. Simplify data management with Google Cloud NetApp Volumes, a fully managed storage service built on NetApp technology; NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, a self-managed unified storage service; and open-source data and search technologies from NetApp Instaclustr. Streamline migrations and optimize EDA, database, virtualization, file-share, and AI workloads with intelligent, cloud-based storage. NetApp solutions on Google Cloud deliver secure, high-performance storage optimized for AI projects. Explore our solutions.

  • Lightning Talk session. Is your data infrastructure keeping up with the demands of your business? Turn your cloud journey into an innovation engine. Join us to see how Google Cloud NetApp Volumes is removing barriers for UKG, a workforce management and human resource management services company. We’ll discuss how UKG is accelerating its database deployments while achieving high performance and resiliency. In just 20 minutes, learn how to use unified storage to optimize your enterprise applications and unleash the next generation of cloud computing. View the session details.

  • Live demos and mini-theater sessions. See NetApp and Google Cloud solutions in action—and take away practical strategies you can use right away. Stop by the NetApp booth #1607 to learn how to migrate enterprise workloads and bring AI to your data with NetApp and Google Cloud. We’ll share new capabilities, show short product walkthroughs, and discuss how you can lift and shift even your most demanding workloads to Google Cloud.

  • VIP meetings. Engage with NetApp executives, sales, and technical experts in a 30- to 60-minute discussion to outline your next steps toward a custom solution. Receive personalized assistance in a one-on-one VIP meeting. Book your spot now.

  • Swag and giveaways. Swing by booth #1607 for fun freebies and a few surprises—because no conference visit is complete without taking something home.

See you at Google Cloud Next 2026

Whether you’re looking to modernize infrastructure, accelerate AI initiatives, or simplify cloud migration, we’d love to connect in Las Vegas. Stop by booth #1607 to meet the team and see what’s possible with NetApp at Google Cloud Next 2026. For more information, visit the Google Cloud solution page.

Mike McNamara

Mike McNamara is a senior product and solution marketing leader at NetApp with over 25 years of data management and cloud storage marketing experience. Before joining NetApp over ten years ago, Mike worked at Adaptec, Dell EMC, and HPE. Mike was a key team leader driving the launch of a first-party cloud storage offering and the industry’s first cloud-connected AI/ML solution (NetApp), unified scale-out and hybrid cloud storage system and software (NetApp), iSCSI and SAS storage system and software (Adaptec), and Fibre Channel storage system (EMC CLARiiON).

In addition to his past role as marketing chairperson for the Fibre Channel Industry Association, he is a member of the Ethernet Technology Summit Conference Advisory Board, a member of the Ethernet Alliance, a regular contributor to industry journals, and a frequent event speaker. Mike also published a book through FriesenPress titled "Scale-Out Storage - The Next Frontier in Enterprise Data Management" and was listed as a top 50 B2B product marketer to watch by Kapos.

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