Choosing the right partner to build your virtual environments just got a lot easier. NetApp continues to execute its strategy to deliver one (kickass) experience across any (VMware) cloud. Our portfolio delivers unified capabilities from the edge to your core private cloud to every public cloud, enabling you to build your own unique data fabric. […]
Update: Tuesday, we announced a new set of combined solutions to accelerate VMware workloads and make it easy to run applications in any environment. Read the following blogs to learn more: Performance. Scalability. Simplicity. Choose Three. Any Cloud, One Experience – Managed Kubernetes on VMware Private Cloud Kubernetes for the Enterprise – Done Easily Enhance and Accelerate […]
So long, Las Vegas. We had a fantastic week learning, leading, and engaging at VMworld, VMware’s annual digital infrastructure event. As close collaborators with the VMware team, we’re not exaggerating when we say that this is always one of our most exciting weeks of the year. And it was especially true this year. That’s because […]
The 2017 VMworld events delivered a strong, refined message to build upon the VMware vision: VMware continues to evolve from on-premises to the new reality where locality matters less, and multi-cloud capabilities are the standard. This year, VMware debuted functional parts of their vision, including: VMware Cloud on AWS Pivotal Container Service Introduction to […]
In this post, I’m going to talk about the evolution of end user computing (EUC), and why for the modern EUC buyer, HCI is a must-explore path. If you’re not familiar with NetApp’s HCI announcement, I encourage you to explore what’s coming up. And if you’re attending VMworld US 2017 this week, stop by […]
With the introduction of FlexPod® SF, Cisco and NetApp have jointly developed a new Cisco Validated Design based on VMware vSphere 6.5. What makes this FlexPod solution uniquely capable of jumpstarting VMware environments is the new Cisco-based SF9608 storage nodes powered by NetApp® SolidFire® Element® OS9. Combining Cisco’s UCS C220 with Element OS gives traditional […]
For the first time post-$870-million acquisition, NetApp SolidFire has returned to Barcelona for VMworld 2016 Europe. You can expect SolidFire to have as pronounced of a presence as we did in VMworld 2016 US (recap here) at Booth #D307 and all around the venue and events. VMware is at a crossroads with the […]
After more than a decade, VMworld has become an annual staple in the fabric of IT infrastructure users, technology providers, and the channel. But in recent years, VMworld has somewhat leveled off in both attendance and sponsors. VMware is under attack by public clouds, open source (including OpenStack), and the containers movement. VMware has entrenched […]
We began the week of VMworld US blogging about “Software Defined Storage the SDDC has been asking for” and anticipating what is always an exciting week, with 23,000 attendees seeking the latest updates from VMware and the ecosystem. Since the virtualization revolution has begun, we’ve noticed a range of truth-seeking. From “How do I advance […]
At VMworld 2015 the theme “Ready for Any” aims to empower organizations to develop, deploy, and consume IT. When you deliver virtual environments in your organization, a common threat to success is that your virtualization boat is likely still anchored by legacy storage. And that may be why your initiatives never seem to go quite […]
Last week, VMware’s Rawlinson Rivera posted on both his personal blog and VMware’s blog about addressing a key missing link in IT automation: storage. Rawlinson did a great job of detailing what IT consumers want, what they get, and how not all virtual disks are equal. The current paradigm, however, treats storage as an […]
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