Have you ever had one of those days when everything was aligned and went perfectly? Like when your team’s efforts are rewarded with a performance that rivals that of Michael Phelps at the 2008 Beijing Olympics? Believe it or not, this happens to me all the time… A great example was NetApp’s participation in […]
As desktop offerings grow and evolve, the line between VDI and DaaS weakens and blurs. As each new desktop solution adds features and extends use cases, it can be incredibly challenging to identify the right choice for your organization. Gartner researched how complexity, security requirements, and user experience lend themselves to each solution, and […]
To transform their enterprises, many businesses are moving from on-premises infrastructure and applications to cloud-based storage and applications. Such a move can help them improve their data management, enable application mobility, and improve data governance. NetApp XCP is client-based software that uses all the available system resources to handle high-volume datasets and high-performance migrations. […]
Recently, we had an unusual opportunity — to talk with Spencer Hamons, an executive architect at NetApp. With a background as a healthcare CIO for more than 20 years, he’s a critical leader for the NetApp® Professional Services team. He’s also a genius at gently guiding companies as they evolve their data center infrastructures and […]
There’s no question that the success of the cloud has changed our daily lives, from the way we work, to the way we learn, to the way we socialize. Cloud has also changed the expectations for the way IT services are delivered. We’ve become accustomed to the simple, fast, and efficient model of consuming IT […]
So you got through the first article in the series? Congratulations, it’s the longest one! In it, we took a detailed look at how many different elements go into pricing cloud resources‚ Availability Zones, performance SLAs, drive types, and tenancy types, to name a few. We also explained different ways to reduce your costs, including […]
I migrated my first SAP database to NetApp® storage in 1999. When I demonstrated the ease of restoring a large Microsoft SQL Server database to a consistent point in time, my customer was willing to deal with integrator complaints and give it a go, first for their development/testing systems, and then for their production […]
This is part 1 of our two part series about the pitfalls and perils of unexpected cloud costs, and how to avoid them. The other day, we saw an interesting quote. “Cloud is the new IT.” Do we think that’s right? Not quite, but it’s getting there. It’s true that every infrastructure capability, […]
I am thrilled to announce today we closed the Spot acquisition! Together we are Spot by NetApp. We will offer the only solution that combines analytics, guidance and automation to continuously optimize the cloud infrastructure for every application. We don’t just show you information, we use advanced analytics to show you what matters […]
In the past few months, every event that I’m aware of has had to significantly change how it’s delivered to its participants. SAP SAPPHIRE NOW 2020 was no exception. Although day 1 will be remembered largely for technical glitches during the keynote address, SAP showed true resilience in the remaining days of the conference. Great […]
Freedom of choice isn’t just an old Devo video from 1980 — or any of its gazillion covers. Freedom of choice means having more than one path to follow, and it implies freedom to refuse. Freedom of choice looks like a pretty good gig — but is it always good? When it comes to […]
The movement of application workloads to cloud continues to accelerate as companies streamline development, distribute deployment, and optimize solutions by using highly scalable and lower-cost infrastructure delivered by Google Cloud. Building upon NetApp’s 25+ years of storage industry leadership, NetApp® Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud has quickly cemented itself as a proven solution component […]
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