Welcome to ITPro's live coverage from NetApp Insight 2026 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
It's a dark, drizzly morning here in the City of Sin, but the opening keynote at the annual conference will certainly brighten things up.
On the agenda today, we'll hear from a host of executives at NetApp on how the company's evolution in the age of AI is unfolding. CEO George Kurian will kick things off at 9am PST.
In a year fraught with growing concerns over rising hardware prices and the maturation of agentic AI, we can expect NetApp to sharpen its focus on high-performance infrastructure and helping enterprises get 'data ready'.
We're still an hour or so out from the opening keynote with CEO George Kurian, but while we're waiting why not catch up on what we expect to hear at the conference this week?
NetApp's data management push is likely to be a big talking point. As with its counterparts elsewhere in the industry, NetApp is no longer a simple hardware company, it's offering a full stack setup for customers spanning hardware, software, and open standards.
Elsewhere, you can't escape the spectre of hardware costs. The memory crunch has hit organizations hard, with vendors hiking prices to compensate for the crisis. NetApp will likely look to calm customer concerns on this front.