FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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WHAT WE'RE ANNOUNCING TODAY

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RED HAT TODAY

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IMPORTANCE OF SOFTWARE-DEFINED STORAGE

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THE SOFTWARE-DEFINED STORAGE OPPORTUNITY

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INTRODUCING INKTANK

• Founded in 2012

• Creators of the Ceph distributed storage system

• Robust Ceph community

• Enterprise-grade products, consulting, and support for customers

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INTRODUCING INKTANK

• Enterprise customers include:• Cisco, Bloomberg• Deutsche Telekom, CERN

• Major partnerships:• Dell, Alcatel-Lucent

• Leading storage for OpenStack

• Data stored on Ceph expected to grow 10x by end of 2014

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UNIFIED VISION

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LOOKING AHEAD

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“Software-defined platforms will continue to grow faster than any other market segment in the file- and object-based storage market. This growth will primarily be driven by a rich and diverse set of data-intensive use cases across multiple industries and geographies.”

Ashish Nadkarni, research director for Storage Systems at IDC

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SOURCE: http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=247700IDC Worldwide Software-Defined Storage Taxonomy, 2014 - Doc # 247700 - Mar 2014

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