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Karen Lopez

@datachick.bsky.social

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Digital Smartiskirt. Vibe Code Data Cleanup Specialist. Data Platform MVP. MCT. Space Exploration fan. VR4 fan. Available for contract projects

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Karen Lopez @datachick.bsky.social · Aug 18

Are you feeling fuzzy today? That might be just right.

Vector Search in SQL Server 2025: What It Is and Why It Matters

Traditional T-SQL queries are great for structured data and exact matches. But they struggle with nuance. That’s where vector search comes in.

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Karen Lopez @datachick.bsky.social · 4h

That’s perfect.

Karen Lopez @datachick.bsky.social · 6h

I didn’t see it as “just an annex”. It looks to me more like a step that reads and updates data (metadata)

Karen Lopez @datachick.bsky.social · 6h

It’s the lighting. Makes even my selfies look good.

Karen Lopez @datachick.bsky.social · 6h

#NetAppInsight #TFDx Keynote 2: data, data, data

Heaven.

Karen Lopez @datachick.bsky.social · 7h

#NetAppInsight #TFDx

Pano photo of a large stage with moody blue and ppurple lighting.

One screen says

NetApp
INSIGHT
NETAP IS THE ONLY ENTERPRISE STORAGE VENDOR VAL DATED TO STORE TOP-SECRET DATA
NetApp

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Karen Lopez @datachick.bsky.social · 20h

@deepstorage.bsky.social

Karen Lopez @datachick.bsky.social · 1d

Also agility and speed.

#NetAppInsight #TFDx

Man standing with wide luges and flexed knees, waiting for 8” Brien cylinders to drop from and arch. He’s wearing a jacket that says

NetApp
AI Genius Lab
#1

On the back.

Vertical banner

NetApp
INSIGHT
FAST HANDS.
SECURE DATA.
THE ULTIMATE WIN.
Think you've got the lightning-quick reflexes of a pro football player?
Prove it!
Grab the falling "data" sticks before they hit the ground.
By keeping them secure, you're protecting what matters most - just like NetApp, making sure no data ever takes a timeout.

Karen Lopez @datachick.bsky.social · 1d

No.

Karen Lopez @datachick.bsky.social · 1d

Data performance at #NetAppInsight #TFDx

3 miniature slot cars on a track at the starting line. The photo is lighted by deep blue lights. A “billboard” appears over the track at the upper left.

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Karen Lopez @datachick.bsky.social · 1d

#NetAppInsight #TFDx

Karen Lopez @datachick.bsky.social · 1d

More @esa.int coverage.

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Phoebe Goh @ NetApp INSIGHT @phoebegoh.com · 1d

“Doing what google did for the internet’s data.”

The NetApp Data Platform is making data AI ready- without moving or copying data, and while properly governing it.

#NetAppINSIGHT

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Karen Lopez @datachick.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly!

Karen Lopez @datachick.bsky.social · 1d

Scott Guthrie sighting, talking about Azure NetApp Files. #NetAppInsight #TFDx #Microsoft #Azure

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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 1d

Jensen Huang is everywhere! Here he is discussing the long partnership between NetApp and Nvidia. #NetAppINSIGHT

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Guy Currier @guycurrier.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s a neat way to tease a reveal! New NetApp offer coming up soon, from Syam Nair, the company’s new chief product officer

#NetAppInsight #TFDx @techfieldday.com

NetApp chief product officer is shown on the big screen at the NetApp INSIGHT event keynote, next to a slide titled NETAPP DATA PLATFORM with a descriptive illustration of the platform. Part of the illustration is blurred, where a new NetApp offer will later be revealed

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Karen Lopez @datachick.bsky.social · 1d

And the audience was happy to see him be part of this.

One of the best family stories in the tech world.

Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 1d

Who's this handsome guy? Oh yeah that's Thomas Kurian, brother of NetApp CEO George Kurian!

#NetAppINSIGHT

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Denny Cherry @mrdenny.com · 1d

I've been telling people for decades that data silos don't work. Great to see a vendor agreeing with me. #NetAppInsight #Tfdx

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Karen Lopez @datachick.bsky.social · 1d

Next up: NetApp AI Data Engine

#NetAppInsight #TFDx

NETAPP DATA PLATFORM
The Unified, Enterprise-grade Foundation for Intelligent Data Infrastructure
INTELLIGENT EXPERIENCE
As-A-Service
Keystone:
SLA-driven hybrid cloud consumption
Control Plane
NetApp Console:
Al-driven automation & management
Open Source
Ecosystem
Instaclustr: Fully
Open APls for broad
managed optimized
industry integration
performance
DATA
MANAGEMENT
SERVICES
Protection
Most secure storage on the planet
Governance
Consistent policies and control everywhere
AI DATA ENGINE
Discover/Classify
Semantic Search
Curated and compliant data made Al-ready in real-time
Intent-based search of Al-ready data to drive Al
UNIFIED STORAGE

On-Premises Storage
ONTAP Data Plane One data management operating system for a customer's entire digital estate, everywhere
Public Cloud Storage
Al Factory

Proven & trusted storage for file, block, and object
Integrated
Hybrid Cloud
Only storage native on all major public clouds
Sovereign Cloud

Karen Lopez @datachick.bsky.social · 1d

What Is Disaggregated Storage?

Disaggregated storage separates performance & capacity into distinct components, rather than bundling them together. This allows organizations to scale compute and storage independently, optimizing for AI and other data-intensive workloads.
#NetAppInsight #TFDx

Karen Lopez @datachick.bsky.social · 1d

Karen with ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and Venus Barbie

Karen Lopez @datachick.bsky.social · 1d

Sooo much data.

Karen Lopez @datachick.bsky.social · 1d

Yes! I’m all about pins these days. And I see that there may be others to find.

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Becky Elliott @beckylelliott.bsky.social · 1d

Sonogram photo on screen.

"The first picture a mother has of her child is data" -- George Kurian

Love how George stated with this micro meaningful example and then zoomed out. #NetAppINSIGHT

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Denny Cherry @mrdenny.com · 1d

Steps to get your data ready for AI
1. Organize Data
2. Implement Data Governance
3. Leverage Metadata (and moving form passive to active metadata)
4. Efficiently process and transform data into vector
5. Manage data & model lifecycle (rince and repeat)
#NetAppInsights #TFDx

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