SYDNEY, Australia.-June 15,
2011- Today, NetApp is announcing new technologies within
NetApp® OnCommand™ management software that control,
automate, and analyse the shared storage infrastructure for greater
optimisation and service efficiency. And to extend these
capabilities beyond storage for a complete enterprise cloud
infrastructure service, NetApp is enhancing its Alliance Technology
Partner Program with the inclusion of cloud management leaders,
enabling integration between industry-leading cloud management
solutions and NetApp OnCommand to provide end-to-end management of
the full-stack cloud infrastructure.
"IT leaders are seeking alternatives that
help them keep pace with the demands of their business today while
allowing them to adapt and evolve as their business grows," said
Val Bercovici, cloud czar at NetApp. "Winners in this market are
thinking, choosing, and behaving differently. Enterprises,
government organisations, and partners are turning to NetApp to
help them transition to a
flexible and efficient
shared IT infrastructure-the foundation for cloud
computing-that will help them be ready for the
future and enable IT to accelerate business growth."
NetApp provides the storage foundation for
cloud with the NetApp Unified Storage Architecture and a
comprehensive set of storage and data management capabilities built
on Data ONTAP®. NetApp's flexible and efficient shared IT
infrastructure provides a secure, multi-tenant solution that can
dynamically scale up or back down to meet changing demand.
Enterprise customers can transition to a private cloud environment
at their own pace as their business grows, without disrupting their
IT infrastructure.
Key Facts
- NetApp's new OnCommand management software delivers four
fundamental elements that compose a cloud: service catalog, service
analytics, automation, and self-service. The new NetApp OnCommand
unified manager enables the creation of a storage service catalog
and provides policy-based automation, including provisioning, data
protection, and service monitoring. In addition, new NetApp
OnCommand Insight provides the service analytics for storage and
the rest of the infrastructure so customers have the visibility and
knowledge needed to optimise a cloud service delivery. This
includes usage-based metering, service-level monitoring, and
performance and capacity modelling and planning.
- Building on its Alliance Technology Partner Program, NetApp has
integrated nearly 20 enterprise
cloud management partners, including BMC, CA, Fujitsu,
Microsoft, newScale, Tivoli, and VMware. These partners' cloud
management software solutions enable automation and management of
the cloud infrastructure and integrate with NetApp OnCommand to
incorporate NetApp's innovative storage into a full-stack
orchestration to increase flexibility and efficiency while reducing
overall total cost of ownership and complexity.
- Today's news builds on the tremendous cloud momentum NetApp has
achieved over the past year. Last June, NetApp officially launched
its Partner Program
for Service Providers, which was the first of its kind in the
storage industry and today includes more than
30 service providers delivering more than 50 cloud services
around the world. The program is a key part of NetApp's strategy to
broaden and leverage its diverse pathways to reach customers and
has helped provide cloud services built on NetApp to over one
billion end users.
- In November, NetApp unveiled new
platform features, products, and technologies-including the
first Cisco and NetApp FlexPod™ solution with VMware-to help
customers transition to a flexible and efficient shared IT
infrastructure, the foundation for cloud computing. And with more
than 150 customers having already implemented joint data center
solutions based on the FlexPod design architecture, last month
NetApp and Cisco introduced a
new design guide for FlexPod that supports SAP applications, as
well as the new NetApp Hyper-V
Cloud Fast Track with Cisco in collaboration with Microsoft,
giving partners and customers greater flexibility and freedom of
choice as they transition to the cloud. Leading global and regional
system integrators are leveraging these integrated private cloud
solutions and tailoring them to each customer's unique business
requirements.
Supporting Quotes
- Greg Kennish, CEO, IntraPower
"One of the key factors for us is scalability and that is why we
are confident building our business based on the FlexPod. There is
no other solution on the market that has the capability to scale
through thousands of users and tens of thousands of users in the
way that the FlexPod does. As a result, NetApp enables us to
deliver on our promise of trusted cloud capability to our
customers. It's the world-class capability of not just technology
but a commitment to customer service that makes the partnership so
powerful."
- Adam Simpson, Cloud Manager, Harbour IT
"A lot of potential customers are on the front foot about bringing
true cost savings back to the business and they see the cloud as
the option to do it. The FlexPod environment Harbour IT has
implemented has a lower cost of ownership per terabyte compared to
other providers which has allowed us to pass on the savings to our
customers but also invest in other technologies that benefit our
customer experience. FlexPod is secure, it's tried and tested, and
best of breed, so it gives customers the comfort that we've
invested in the technology so they don't have to."
- Simon Durkin, Director of Sales,
Interactive
"Interactive is proud to offer world-class Cloud solutions with
NetApp as our trusted storage partner. The NetApp Partner Program
gives us access to even more tools and processes that improve our
Cloud value proposition. To be successful in the Cloud market you
need to be able to demonstrate that you can utilise your resources
effectively and thereby provide your customers the best solutions
at a cost effective price. Together with NetApp, we have a winning
team."
- Steve Duplessie, Founder and Senior Analyst at
ESG
"Our research consistently shows that material business process
improvements and cost reductions are the easiest way to justify IT
investments. The promise of cloud implementations, including
private, public, and hybrid approaches, is to deliver on both:
making business more agile while making IT more efficient. Thus
there are substantial pressure and opportunity for those
organisations and cloud service providers to build innovative,
economic, and secure infrastructures. Today's NetApp announcements
focusing on service automation and analytics are destined to be a
cornerstone for any cloud environment because these capabilities
along with adjoining partners' feature sets help optimise service
levels at the lowest possible cost."
- Peter Molloy, Executive Vice President, Global Sales,
FireScope
"Cloud initiatives are driven by the need for greater business
agility, reducing the cost and time to deliver key services to
customers and leveraging competitive advantages. With this in mind,
it's imperative that cloud initiatives deliver relevant, measurable
business outcomes such as increased market share or more
appropriate businesses response to a competitive challenge.
FireScope's alliance with NetApp delivers customers compelling
benefits in the areas of manageability and analysis, thereby
enabling genuine flexibility and efficiency in the delivery of
these outcomes to organisations."
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About NetApp
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