A couple of weeks ago I made a commitment to you—that I would tap into our innovative NetApp nature to design a cutting-edge, digital experience that will bring the content that we had planned for Paris and Berlin in-person events to all of you across EMEA. So, it’s with great excitement and gratitude that […]
What an incredible honor it is for every one of us here at NetApp to be recognized by Google Cloud as a Google Cloud Technology Partner of the Year for Infrastructure. This makes it two years in a row which is a proud and humbling moment for NetApp, particularly in this uncertain and worrying time when our employees are still working as hard as ever from their homes with family duties through the day, […]
We had to make some tough decisions today. To postpone our NetApp INSIGHT events in Paris and Berlin that were scheduled for March 2020. NetApp INSIGHT events are something I look forward to: hosting our customers, our partners and our employees in venues where we come together to collaborate on data-driven innovation—in the public cloud […]
Today’s business environment demands continuous IT transformation. Our customers are turning to NetApp to help them modernize traditional IT infrastructure, build private clouds and harness the power of public clouds. But along with this IT transformation, they expect simple and flexible cloud-like experiences whether they chose to build their own infrastructure or buy as a […]
To stay relevant and win in a hyperconnected digital world, business leaders need a modern approach to data management that will break down the islands of infrastructure, data silos, and disparate storage tiers that impede IT agility and business speed. There are a few things that I hear consistently from our customers, prospects and […]
It’s finally here: the 2016 Gartner Magic Quadrant (GMQ) for Solid-State Arrays. It’s the third year that it has been published and the third year that SolidFire has been recognized. This year, as part of NetApp, we are proud to be in the Leaders quadrant. So much has changed here at SolidFire since the […]
At NetApp SolidFire, we have always sought out the most demanding customers in the world. Whether service providers or enterprises, it really doesn’t matter — the common characteristics are around delivering shared IT Infrastructure at scale. These environments are dynamic, unpredictable, and experiencing rapid growth, and have thrived on the unique SolidFire technology platform. […]
What a week here at SolidFire — and what an indication that if you are considering all-flash arrays, you ought to be evaluating the industry’s leading solution: SolidFire. First, we were one of only a few companies to move up on the ability to execute axis and right to the completeness of vision access […]
Oxygen is a precious commodity here in SolidFire’s hometown of Boulder, Colorado. A town where athletes from around the world come to train, and where the impact of oxygen deficit on your anaerobic system is a common lunchtime conversation. But today, SolidFire delivered an extra shot of O2 with the introduction of version 8 of […]
Join SolidFire for the Perfect Pour Happy Hour, happening in cities across the U.S. beginning February 25th! It’s February, Winter Storm Quantum has gripped the nation from the Rockies to the Deep South, and we pick this week to start our national “Perfect Pour” roadshow. Great timing. But I do think it’s worth […]
I spent a few days in Vegas last week attending the Gartner Data Center Infrastructure and Operations Summit. Despite my dislike of Vegas, I really enjoyed the summit, its great content, lots of small roundtables, keynotes and plenty of analyst time. Gartner Events staff told me it was a record-breaking event for them in […]
You know who you are. You designed everything to function exactly the way it should, you double check your work, and you don’t like anyone messing with your system. When it comes to your data center, there have always been a few things you wish you could control, but just couldn’t. That is, until now. […]
James Whitemore