Nexenta and Silicon Valley Education Foundation Partner to Help Education

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – May 28, 2015 – Nexenta, (@Nexenta) the global leader in Open Source-driven Software-Defined Storage (OpenSDS), today announced that Tarkan Maner, Chairman and CEO of Nexenta and Board Member of the Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVEF), will participate in the 2015 ‘Be Sharp, Silicon Valley!’ (B#SV!) event at Santana Row today at 5:30pm PT. This fun-filled fashion show benefits SVEF’s STEM education programs and San Jose Jazz’s music education programs.

Held in the beautiful park at the heart of Santana Row, across from the Left Bank Brasserie, Silicon Valley executives and other regional luminaries will “work” the catwalk in the latest fashions from select Santana Row retailers.  The evening will also feature live music by SJZ’s wonderful student ensembles, complimentary wine and appetizers.

What:             Be Sharp, Silicon Valley! (B#SV!)

When:             Thursday, May 28th at 5:30pm PT

Where:            Santana Row Park, (Across from Left Bank Brasserie), 3090 Stevens Creek Boulevard, San Jose, CA 95128

For more information or to buy tickets for $30, please visit http://svefoundation.org/besharpsiliconvalley.

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About Nexenta

Nexenta is the global leader in Open Source-driven Software-Defined Storage (OpenSDS) with 6,000+ customers, 1,000+ partners, 30+ patents, and more than 1,000 petabytes of storage under management. Nexenta uniquely integrates software-only “Open Source” collaboration with commodity hardware-centric “Software-Defined Storage” innovation. Nexenta OpenSDS solutions are 100% software-based; and 100% hardware-, protocol-, and app-agnostic providing organizations with Total Freedom protecting them against punitive vendor lock-in. Nexenta provides organizations with the "true" benefits of Software-Defined Everything-centric Cloud Computing – from data centers to end users; from the infrastructure to apps. Nexenta OpenSDS enables everyday apps from rich media-driven Social Living to Mobility; from the Internet of Things to Big Data; from OpenStack and CloudStack to Do-It-Yourself Cloud deployments – for all types of Clouds – Private, Public, and Hybrid. Founded around an "Open Source” platform and industry-disrupting vision, Nexenta delivers its award- and patent-winning software-only unified storage management solutions with a global partner network, including Cisco, Citrix, Dell, HP, Quanta, SanDisk, Seagate, Supermicro, VMware, Western Digital, Wipro, and many others. 

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