Netapp delivers cloud infrastructure for enterprise

MUMBAI, INDIA: NetApp unveiled Data ONTAP 8 along with other new technologies and solutions that will serve as the cloud infrastructure foundation.

Rajesh Janey, President—Sales, India and SAARC, NetApp said, “Customer dynamics are changing in the face of increased economic pressures as IT executives are tasked with doing more with less. As a result, the makeup of the data center is drastically changing, as companies choose to take advantage of applications, infrastructure, and platforms delivered in the form of services. NetApp is primed to take advantage of this major shift in the market by providing enterprises with not only storage and data management solutions but also serve as the technology partner of choice to guide enterprises on their journey in deploying a cloud infrastructure.”

Data ONTAP 8 will build upon these proven cloud capabilities with enhanced functionality for virtualized and shared infrastructure environments, including non-disruptive data mobility, dynamic growth through scale-out architecture, and 64-bit storage aggregates to support multipetabyte deployments. Data ONTAP 8 will also provide customers with improved data management capabilities and tighter integration with data center orchestration and management systems, enabling the storage, server, networking, and application layers to interface with one another.

...Shares its cloud strategy with TCL

NetApp will also be sharing its cloud strategy with IT vendors and enterprise value added resellers. According to an IDC study, around 40 percent of Indian enterprises are considering the adoption of cloud services to save costs and compete in the challenging market environment.

NetApp’s announcement was made along with Tata Communications, who are providing cloud infrastructure on NetApp platform. Global service providers and system integrators are also leveraging NetApp technology to create cloud service offerings for their own enterprise customers.

Speaking on the occasion, Alok Bardiya, VP—Managed Services, Marketing & Alliances, Tata Communications said, “Tata Communications has built its global hosting, on-demand storage services based on leading technologies and industry practices. Using NetApp for our cloud-based services allows us to easily manage and monitor our infrastructure to provide secure, 24x7x365 availability and lower costs for our enterprise customers, while relieving them of the day-to-day management of their IT infrastructure. Together with NetApp, we enable our customers to flexibly support their business requirements today and then quickly scale up or down as their business needs change, paying only for what they need.”