David Scott, GM of HP Storage – yes, HP Storage, home of the delectable 3PAR units – will be having an in-depth conversation with storage blogger Chris Evans on November 1st, 2012.

The topic of the conversation will be The Evolution of Storage.

In the webcast, David & Chris will converse about the problems plaguing current-day storage systems, and in the future, looking at systemic gaps left by legacy storage.

Be aware that HP will be making a very significant storage-related announcement in December, and you might be able to glean what that is by listening closely to this webcast.

As usual, this HP Storage webcast will be hosted by HP Storage Guy himself, Calvin Zito.

You are invited to join the conversation.

The webcast address is http://watchitoo.com/show/wcd-080

A replay of this event will be available shortly after the event.

A brief intro to Chris & David follows below.

David Scott is responsible for the long-term growth and profitability of the US$4 billion storage technology business as senior vice president and general manager of HP Storage. 

Prior to joining HP, David was President and CEO of 3PAR. Under his guidance, 3PAR defined and introduced Utility Storage, a new category of storage designed for utility and cloud computing. During his tenure, 3PAR expanded a high-profile and satisfied customer base in large- and medium-sized enterprises, government agencies, and service providers.

David has 27 years experience in the enterprise storage, software, and server market. He was previously the General Manager of Hewlett-Packard's XP enterprise storage business in its Network Storage Solutions organization. In the 21 months from its introduction in May 1999, this business generated over $1 billion in sales, leading HP to move from sixth to third place in the external storage market as reported by IDC.

Chris M Evans has worked as an independent consultant for over 22 years, covering Windows, Open Systems and Mainframe platforms with a focus on storage, virtualization and cloud.  Chris blogs at  http://blog.thestoragearchitect.com.