Gartner projected that IT faces an average annual growth rate (AAGR) of 10% in server workloads; 20% in power demands; 35% in network bandwidth; and an astonishing 50% AAGR in storage. To meet and exceed these requirements, Sam Bohlin from NetApp Solidfire will discuss how to build the next generation data center architecture based on flash storage technology, satisfying these five criteria: - Scale-Out: Seamlessly and granularly add storage capacity based on business needs - Guaranteed Performance: Optimize IT Infrastructure by managing performance independent of capacity, for complete control of utilization performance. - Automated Management: Automatically respond to rapidly changing business needs - Data Assurance: Protect your most critically important information - Maximum Efficiency: Maximize TCO with always-on deduplication, compression, and thin provisioning to drive down storage, power and space costs