AGENDA:

11:30 – 12:30

Lunch and Registration

12:30 – 12:40

Introduction

Kjell Ahlzen, Hitachi Vantara, Country Manager - SEFINO region 

12:40 – 13:10

Unifying Data Services: How VSP One Transforms Hybrid Storage Strategy 

Presented by: Carsten Braagaard, Hitachi Vantara Solutions Manager

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform One unifies block, file, and object storage under a single architecture — delivering consistent data services, simplified management, and enterprise-grade scalability across on-prem, cloud, and edge environments. This session highlights the status and recent announcements that position VSP One as one of the most comprehensive hybrid storage platforms on the market.

13:10 – 13:40 

Presented by: Tony Franck, Hitachi Vantara, Global Technical Expert for Business Applications & Cloud 

VSP 360 is our newly launched powerful consolidated platform for control, observability and govern the full portfolio of Hitachi Vantara solutions and products. VSP360 simplifies, modernizes and accelerates the experience of using the Hitachi products both in on-prem and even your hybrid cloud datacenters, all as a modern data management platform).

13:40 – 14:10

Driving Resilience Through Data Protection

Presented by: Carsten Braagaard

Hitachi Vantara is driving data resilience through powerful global partnerships with Commvault and Veeam — two of the most trusted names in data protection and ransomware recovery. This session showcases how Hitachi ally with partners to deliver a unified, multi-layered defense strategy across hybrid cloud environments – whether it’s immutable backups, rapid recovery, or advanced ransomware detection.

14:10-14:40

Coffee break 

14:40 – 15:10 

AI 

Presented by: Veebishna Devendran, Hitachi Vantara EMEA AI & High-Performance Data Platforms Sales Specialist

15:10 – 15:40

RedHat OpenShift Containers & Virtualization is better on Hitachi VSP 

Presented by: Tony Franck

Working in the labs, RedHat and Hitachi Vantara have together developed an accelerated virtualization migration, and enhanced RedHat OpenShift to run k8s stretched in a highly resilient 2-datacenter active-active setup and finally a new Hybrid Cloud data replication.

15:40 – 16:10

Lyko -Customer testimonial

16:10 – 16:30 

Q&A & networking