Supporting high-performance apps is essential to any organization. With so many new apps to support, it can be a challenge to ensure they remain available and perform consistently without being overwhelmed. Never fear. With Nutanix, you can be HyperConfident that your business-critical apps and databases will stay up and running.
And to take that performance to the next level, we’re inviting you to join us on July 21 for a private and very special virtual performance with five-time Grammy-winning, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame music legend Michael McDonald.
In addition to this exciting free performance, you’ll also learn how Nutanix can solve your toughest cloud challenges, including how to:
- Transform your infrastructure to ensure your legacy and modern applications are available, secure and consistently deliver high levels of performance.
- Optimize your crucial workloads while fostering innovation and limiting costs.
- Achieve unmatched flexibility with our support for hybrid multicloud architectures.
This one-hour, invitation-only event features live interviews with legends in tech, transformational customer stories, and a fireside chat and performance with singer and songwriter Michael McDonald.
The first 500 people who register for IT Unplugged and attend have a chance to win one of 25 unique artist-signed posters as well as one of 50 handcrafted mini guitars. Register now and discover how to revive your hybrid cloud infrastructure at IT Unplugged.
With a career that encompasses five Grammys, numerous chart successes and personal and professional accolades, as well as collaborations with some of the world’s most prominent artists, Michael McDonald remains an enduring force in popular music.
Hailing from St. Louis, McDonald arrived in Los Angeles in the early 1970s, honing his talents as a studio musician before becoming an integral part of Steely Dan. In the mid-’70s McDonald was invited to join the Doobie Brothers as the band redefined their sound with McDonald serving as singer, keyboardist and songwriter on such Top 40 singles as “Takin’ It To The Streets,” “It Keeps You Runnin’,” “Minute By Minute” and “What A Fool Believes.” Throughout the ’80s and ’90s McDonald’s solo career took off with a string of hits including “I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near),” “Sweet Freedom,” “On My Own” (with Patti LaBelle) and the Grammy-winning James Ingram duet “Yah Mo B There,” plus he co-wrote the Van Halen hit “I’ll Wait.” McDonald has performed with a who’s-who of critically acclaimed artists across a number of genres, including Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Joni Mitchell, Vince Gill and Grizzly Bear.
In 2020, McDonald was elected to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Doobie Brothers. In celebration of the group’s 50th anniversary, McDonald is touring with the band for the first time in nearly 25 years on a five-month run of U.S. dates that is scheduled to kick off in 2021.
McDonald’s other recent collaborations include his work on the critically acclaimed track “Show You The Way” with multi-genre bassist, singer and producer Thundercat and Kenny Loggins, as well as performances with Solange Knowles, Allen Stone, Lawrence and members of Snarky Puppy and Vulfpeck. Wide Open, McDonald’s first full length record of all new music in nearly a decade, came out in 2017 and received extensive critical acclaim from NPR “Weekend Edition,” NPR Music, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, the Los Angeles Times and many more. McDonald continues to tour extensively as a solo artist as well, completing a U.S. tour with R&B legend Chaka Khan last summer.
Questions? Get in touch or request an event near you at events@nutanix.com.
