Enterprises aren’t the only businesses that are exploring multicloud strategies. Cloud and hosting service providers who want to support enterprise multicloud needs are also looking to build services that span infrastructures and deliver multicloud value in a more controlled and managed environment. Why are service providers looking at multicloud deployments? Enterprises are trying to unburden […]
In a build-versus-buy paradigm for IT infrastructure, many business owners like you prefer to buy instead of build. Specifically, they choose to buy a converged infrastructure that provides a flexible, scalable, and cost-efficient architecture with FlexPod® Datacenter and VMware. Even with a superior CI in place, however, you might still have a barrier between […]
This week on the podcast, we bring in some of the NetApp OpenStack crew to discuss OpenStack Summit 2018 in Vancouver. Join Product Marketing Manager Pete Brey and TMEs Amit Borulkar and David Blackwell as we discuss all the happenings of the conferences, as well as Amit’s new OpenStack FlexPod Cisco Validated Design! For more information on FlexPod SF, check out the FlexPod SF with Red Hat OpenStack Platform Design […]
When it comes to massive unstructured data growth, the NetApp® StorageGRID® software-defined object-based storage solution has you covered. This scale-out, node-based architecture gives you the agility to increase capacity on demand across your sites for up to hundreds of petabytes. Instead of trying to manage multiple active namespaces across multiple data centers that can’t […]
This week, our NetApp engineering team released the latest version of the Virtual Storage Console unified software to connect users of NetApp® ONTAP® to their VMware environments, including vSphere 6.5. The release of vSphere 6.5 includes some new storage features that should be very useful for ONTAP customers around the storage relationship with vSphere. Some […]
NetApp® HCI continues to deliver features and capabilities that simplify your data center operations and ensure that your company’s most valuable asset, your data, is secure. Just a few months ago, we introduced SnapMirror® support for NetApp Element® software, enabling data replication across the NetApp Data Fabric. The ability to replicate Snapshot™ copies at […]
Have you experienced immense data growth in your business? How about immense unstructured data growth? Applications that drive unstructured data prefer a system of folders and directories to help locate unrelated text and media files, as well as other types of distributed content, such as those generated by Internet of Things (IoT) sensors. Unstructured […]
On June 27, 2018, IDC released the latest version of its MarketScape for object-based storage. In this report, IDC named NetApp a leader. NetApp® StorageGRID® is a software-defined object-based storage solution for unstructured data. As part of the product team at NetApp that builds StorageGRID, I am very proud of the callout as well as […]
As NetApp transforms its current hybrid cloud into the next generation data center (NGDC), NetApp IT has prioritized building a development platform for cloud aware applications using cloud aware application architectures through DevOps and automated deployment cycles. The team has set a target via application rationalization for the next 3-5 years, that 70% of […]
NetApp recently participated in Tech Field Day in Austin, Texas, where we introduced the three different hyper converged infrastructure (HCI) solutions in the market today and the relative strengths and weaknesses of each. The three HCI architectures include: Hypervisor with storage in a virtual machine Integrated hypervisor and storage Independent hypervisor and storage Gartner predicts […]
In our data-driven world, data creation is rampant. As the breadth and depth of data increase, and technology evolves and advances, a time-saving, scalable, agile solution that can adapt and mold to the shape of the future is key for a business to remain relevant and competitive. Interest in HCI systems (HCIS) is growing as organizations of all sizes and market verticals seek to […]
In my last blog post, I discussed the challenges of using Git as the version control system (VCS) for source code development. In this post, I discuss how Git’s traditional approach to code commits consumes time and infrastructure, and how NetApp® ONTAP® and NetApp AFF can make commits more efficient. Git provides pre- and […]
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