Object storage in the real world

Duncan has spent the last 26 years at NetApp working to build solutions to solve customer problems in the areas of: Backup & Recovery, Disaster Recovery, Object Storage and Storage Security. He joined NetApp in 1999 to work on NetApp's first, and still industry leading, replication product SnapMirror and since then has been involved with many other industry firsts including: Unified primary/secondary storage deduplication, near-line storage appliances as well as integrations with leading data protection software vendors.  

Duncan’s current focus area is Object Storage where he leads the teams building NetApp’s StorageGRID enterprise object storage portfolio.

 Duncan holds a BS in Computer Science from California State University at San Jose as well as an MBA from the University of Kansas. He is based at the NetApp Technology Center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

Rodger Manning is the Storage Service Owner at Ford Motor Company. He is responsible for global service planning, delivery and strategy for File, Block, Object Storage and Data Protection Services.\nRodger has a proven track record of simplification and transformation having previously held positions with Plant Floor Systems, Dealer Systems, PD Systems and OS Engineering & Support, during which time he drove transformational changes, improved operational efficiencies and reduced time to customer.

Storage Administrator for Atruvia AG | NetApp A-Team | dinosaur herder\n\nDatacenter guy with a magic screwdriver ready to void warranties :)\nI use Metrocluster and StorageGRID to provide the best IT solutions for our banking customers.

Ville Harmaala specializes in storage platform architecture at RELEX. He ensures collaboration between platform engineers and software developers to integrate one of the leading supply chain analytics solutions with a robust storage platform, helping retailers and consumer brands to plan better, sell more, and waste less.