I recently had a lot of time to play with NetApp’s new cloud services including Cloud Volumes ONTAP (CVO) and Azure NetApp Files (ANF). In these 2 blog posts, I’ll describe my experiences with both CVO and ANF. I think these are great products that you can’t get inside of Azure or AWS by themselves. […]
NetApp has recently announced Cloud Volumes ONTAP (CVO) for Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This makes CVO available on all three major cloud platforms: Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, and Google Cloud Platform. What is CVO? Cloud Volumes ONTAP (CVO) is a virtual ONTAP instance that lives in the cloud. CVO supports all of the features that […]
The benefits of moving to the cloud are well understood, and most companies are quickly moving to adopt a cloud strategy. But the challenges associated with moving applications and data to the cloud may delay plans. Most companies face the decision of whether to build new applications in the cloud, rearchitect existing applications, lift applications […]
This week on the podcast, we talk about how FlexCache and Cloud Volumes ONTAP play together in ONTAP 9.6, as well as what use cases you might leverage for the feature. Featured in this podcast: Oren Inbar, PM Cloud Solutions Shriya Paramkusam, PM FlexCache/Flexgroups Chris Hurley, TME FlexCache/NAS For more information on FlexCache, […]
Listening to cloud evangelists and cloud providers, it sounds like moving SAP systems to the cloud should be an easy task. And in fact, customers have many options to move or copy a system to the cloud. For most customers, this move can involve significant changes in system configuration and daily operations, including intense testing […]
Today, many businesses are using Microsoft Azure to accelerate their SAP deployments, reduce costs, and increase agility for their business processes. Many customers using NetApp® Clustered Data ONTAP® for their on-premises data center also want to embrace the same features and deep SAP integration when moving their SAP systems to Microsoft Azure. Cloud Volumes ONTAP®, […]
This blog post is part 2 of my discussion on Active IQ. For background, read part 1. This year’s early technology predictions have all had one consistent point: forecasting growth in the adoption of multicloud. Many organizations have invested in cloud for the speed, automation, flexibility, and elasticity that it brings. However, the cloud […]
Whether you’re an IT manager looking to operate an application in the cloud, a data scientist using big data in the cloud, or a developer building a new best-in-class SaaS solution, NetApp® cloud data services can provide you with enterprise-class solutions to empower you to inspire innovation in the cloud. Today, let’s talk about three […]
This week on the podcast, we give the lowdown on Cloud Volumes ONTAP. What are they? Who’s using them? What are the use cases? Join us as we invite the NetApp Manager of Cloud Solutions Architecture, Jens Dickmeis and NetApp Cloud Solutions Architect Akash Gupta to talk all about ONTAP in the cloud. […]
As mentioned previously in a prior blog, NetApp has worked with VMware Cloud on AWS to provide enterprise-class storage features in AWS. Now called Cloud Volumes ONTAP (formerly, ONTAP Cloud), NetApp can provide the same enterprise-class features in a virtualized appliance that we do on-premises in an engineered system. NetApp and VMware continue to work […]
Simply put cloud computing is helping business around the world save money, improve productivity, and deliver unparalleled customer service . It’s also an integral part of our company’s DNA and our data driven strategy. NetApp Cloud Data Services deploy, run, monitor, maintain and manage services to the world’s biggest clouds so customers don’t have to. […]
Consider this common situation. Your production cloud storage environment is nearing capacity and you need to add more costly premium cloud storage or run out of space. The cloud providers know that once they get your data in their cloud it only grows and grows — meaning more cost for you and more money in […]
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