VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

NetApp considers India as an important market as the country holds a lot of opportunities with the ongoing digital transformation. So the company looks forward to grow with its partners as they play a critical role in NetApp’s go-to-market strategy. In a chat with VARINDIA , Wendy Koh, Vice-President, Pathways, Alliances and Strategy, Asia-Pacific, NetApp discusses about digital transformation as an opportunity, focus on channel partners and importance of a channel program For NetApp, India is a critical market in the Asia-Pacific region. The company is growing in India at a faster pace and this indicates that channel partners will continue to play an important role in its go-to-market strategy. The company also makes sure about the profitability of its partners so that they continue their alliance with NetApp.   “India is certainly the fastest-growing market and it is very important for us in Asia-Pacific. Across the organization, we are growing. In India, we ar...

Cisco and NetApp have announced new FlexPod solutions. FlexPod combines Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure with NetApp data services to help organizations accelerate application delivery and transition to a hybrid cloud with a trusted platform for innovation. The new Managed Private Cloud solution offers new consumption options for more flexible access to powerful IT infrastructure and applications as customers modernize their data center for hybrid cloud. Additionally, FlexPod Datacenter for Epic EHR, a key healthcare application, is the first in a series of new pre-tested vertical solutions, with support for more healthcare applications, coming soon. FlexPod continues to be a platform for innovation and investment protection, introducing new validated solutions for the latest virtualization software, enterprise applications, and databases incorporating the latest technologies from Cisco and NetApp. The new Managed Private Cloud solution built on FlexPod enables customers t...

NetApp has announced the launch of NetApp ONTAP 9 operating system, an enterprise data management software that combines new levels of simplicity and flexibility with powerful capabilities and efficiencies. With ONTAP 9 software, enterprises can quickly integrate the best of traditional and emerging technologies, incorporating flash, the cloud and software-defined architectures to build a Data Fabric foundation across on-premises and cloud resources. “As effective flash dollar-per-GB costs drop, flash deployment in the enterprise is accelerating. NetApp’s release of the industry’s first 15TB flash drive, combined with new storage efficiency technology features in ONTAP 9, continues to drive that cost down in a flash-optimized, enterprise-class storage platform that is well suited for the type of dense mixed workload consolidation that customers are increasingly looking to their trusted suppliers to deliver,” said Eric Burgener, Research Director for IDC’s Storage ...

NetApp has introduced a new software for its NetApp EF Series all flash and E-Series storage arrays . It has dramatically boosted the performance and value of data analytics applications. Lee Caswell, Vice-President, Products, Solutions and Services Marketing, NetApp , said, “Our SANtricity software meets the challenge with high-bandwidth analytics when delivered on disk arrays and low-latency response times when matched with all-flash media. By combining this performance with enterprise reliability and unmatched density, the E-Series and EF-Series arrays make enterprise storage economically superior to even white-box servers for real-time analytics applications.” Read more

Blue Coat Systems and NetApp have joined forces and are working together to provide high-density storage solutions that enable extended network forensic analysis. This combination of NetApp’s high-density storage and Blue Coat’s Security Analytics incident response and forensics solution provides customers a high-performance and high-density storage solution that significantly expands the capture window from weeks to months within the same physical footprint. Customers can retain more valuable evidence that can help limit exposure in the event of a breach, together with the ability to replay and reconstruct exactly how the attacker compromised the system and what was extracted. “Security professionals rely on an unprecedented volume of data that they must be able to swiftly capture, control and analyze. At NetApp, we ensure that security professionals have the freedom and mobility to access the data and insights they need and support key data security and complian...

NetApp has announced a special offer for buyers of select NetApp all-flash systems, with a guaranteed 3X increase in enterprise database performance compared to that of traditional, non-flash disk-based systems. “Speed is now a clear differentiator for businesses of all types. Customers can add NetApp all-flash systems as a low-risk means to dramatically accelerate performance, with payback on their investment in as little as six months. Our 3X Performance Guarantee is appealing to enterprises with competitive systems coming off warranty or those doing data center consolidation to prepare for hybrid cloud,” said Lee Caswell, Vice-President, Product, Solutions and Services Marketing, NetApp. NetApp all-flash storage changes the way companies do business by dramatically speeding application performance, improving server efficiency, and shrinking time to value... Read more

NetApp has released new Data Fabric solutions and services that deliver the data management capabilities organizations need to accelerate success in the hybrid cloud era. The new offerings extend NetApp’s leadership in enabling customers to seamlessly manage data across whatever IT resource they choose, speeding innovation and enabling better business decisions. “NetApp’s Data Fabric vision, solutions and services allow customers to realize the full potential of hybrid cloud, helping them drive speed and scale while balancing cost and risk,” said Lee Caswell, Vice President, Product, Solutions and Services Marketing, NetApp. “Today’s announcements further strengthen the core role NetApp technologies hold as the foundation for the hybrid cloud, particularly our clustered Data ONTAP environment, which provides a single platform spanning flash, cloud and disk resources.” Read more

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   By Anil Valluri, President, NetApp India & SAARC If 2014 was a year of big change in technology and new visions for India by the government – the digital India, Make in India and the smart cities campaign, 2015 will solidify these changes and start a transformation. Technology will play an important role, with massive deployments in network, data, storage and analytics. Some top technology trends we envisage in India are –  # Mushrooming of Internet of Things and Big Data Analytics  The year ahead will see quantum increases in data generation, led by the IOT phenomenon. Data will become the new gold. A leading industry analyst firm’s Digital Universe analysis of the growth of data projects that intelligent connected devices will increase the amount of “useful data” that can be analyzed and used to make decisions from 22% in 2013 to 35% in 2020. This “useful data” needs to be in digital stora...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   With over 1,000 customers in India and comprising the support of Certified Partners and Sales, Pre-Sales Certified Partners across the Star, Platinum, Gold and Silver categories, NetApp(NASDAQ:NTAP)  has announced to strengthen its focus and partnership with the channel base in Pune. With this declaration, NetApp is focussed on providing more tightly integrated and automated storage and data management solutions to their customer base. By leveraging each other’s expertise, NetApp will work with the partner base in Pune to enable customers to derive greater value and efficiencies from their dynamic infrastructures as well as reach across market segments. Krithiwas Neelakantan, Director, Channel & Alliances, India & SAARC, NetApp , said, “The idea behind redefining this approach is to expand NetApp’s reach to all parts of the country. Given the strengthened and enhanced relationships that we share with our channel pa...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   In today's business environment, organizations must quickly adapt to change and provide increasing value to customers to stay one step ahead of the competition. To fuel this level of business agility, an organization requires the right IT infrastructure. Keeping this in mind, Orange Business Services sets new dimension to become a leading global Cloud services provider with Flexible Computing. As a result of this,  NetApp  extends its support to help  Orange Business Services deliver Cloud solutions  and create outstanding customer experience. Furthermore, it has been revealed that Orange Business Services has developed its Flexible Computing solution with NetApp Data ONTAP at its core. With Flexible Computing, Orange Business Services has attained the ability to offer customers, a Cloud infrastructure on which they can innovate, transform their own IT organizations, and create a competitive advantage. ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   In order to support data-intensive workloads in a more automated, responsive system that increases efficiency and lowers operational expense,  Cisco(NASDAQ:CSCO)  and NetApp(NASDAQ:NTAP)  have jointly broadened the FlexPod portfolio with new validated designs across the entire portfolio. This will help to make data center infrastructure more responsive to applications’ dynamic needs. The enhanced FlexPod portfolio includes FlexPod Datacenter for core enterprise data centers and service providers, FlexPod Express for medium-sized businesses and branch offices, and FlexPod Select for data-intensive workloads. The new offerings will ensure to unify branch offices, core data centers, service providers, and dedicated application infrastructures. The  FlexPod Datacenter solutions  now feature the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switch. The new FlexPod Select family of this FlexPod portfolio will enable to address t...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   NetApp  has announced plans to strengthen its base and accelerate growth in the Ahmedabad market. The decision is a strategic move to capture market share in the growing Tier-II cities across India. NetApp is focussed on extending its leadership in the information infrastructure market in India with a strong go-to-market plan underlined by robust relationships with key service provider partners and  value-added reseller (VAR) partners , enabling them to work together to more effectively address the customer base in Ahmedabad. It is worth noticing here that with over 422 medium- and large-scale industries worth US$133.2 billion, Ahmedabad is emerging as one of the most promising IT technology and R&D hubs in India. Krithiwas Neelakantan, Director, Channel & Alliances, India & Saarc, NetApp , said, "We see tremendous opportunities in Ahmedabad. Our go-to-market strategy is channel partner-intensive and given t...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   With over 1,000 customers in India and comprising the support of Certified Partners and Sales, Pre-Sales Certified Partners across the Star, Platinum, Gold and Silver categories, NetApp(NASDAQ:NTAP)  has announced to strengthen its focus and partnership with the channel base in Pune. With this declaration, NetApp is focussed on providing more tightly integrated and automated storage and data management solutions to their customer base. By leveraging each other’s expertise, NetApp will work with the partner base in Pune to enable customers to derive greater value and efficiencies from their dynamic infrastructures as well as reach across market segments. Krithiwas Neelakantan, Director, Channel & Alliances, India & SAARC, NetApp , said, “The idea behind redefining this approach is to expand NetApp’s reach to all parts of the country. Given the strengthened and enhanced relationships that we share with our channel pa...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   NetApp has unveiled NetApp Private Storage for AWS  - an enterprise storage solution that utilizes AWS Direct Connect to provide customers the ability to establish a dedicated network connection from their existing infrastructure to Amazon Web Services (AWS).  Organizations can now replicate data from on-premise NetApp storage environments to NetApp Private Storage in an AWS Direct Connect facility to leverage on-demand cloud services. NetApp Private Storage for AWS allows enterprises to build an agile cloud infrastructure that balances internal datacenter resources along with AWS cloud resources to best meet their business needs.... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   NetApp and Desktone have announced a solution that simplifies the  delivery of virtual desktops-as-a-service (DaaS) . The solution helps service providers avoid the common challenges of virtual desktop deployment by reducing startup costs, removing design and management complexity, and improving performance.  With this solution, service providers can rapidly deploy a full-featured service that enables their customers to easily reap the benefits of virtual desktops such as supporting mobile users, reducing the cost of desktop support, helping to safeguard intellectual property, and supporting user demand for “bring your own device policies” policies..... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Cisco and NetApp have introduced ExpressPod , a prepackaged and tested solution for growing small- and medium-sized organizations, the addition of new storage clustering capabilities to the FlexPod data center platform, and the release of a validated VMware solution for Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) on FlexPod.  For growing small- and medium-sized organizations that are beginning to virtualize their networking, storage, and computing environments, ExpressPod offers a prepackaged and tested solution bundles... See More  

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE  NetApp has announced support for Windows Server 2012 with storage solutions for server and desktop virtualization, storage and availability, Web and application platform development, and private cloud deployment. Phil Brotherton, VP, Enterprise Software Ecosystem, NetApp said... more

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   NetApp has announced a single integrated platform for an Agile Data Infrastructures that is built on essential attributes of Intelligent, Immortal and Infinite. NetApp, in collaboration with its partners, with a vision for the future, is paving a new way for customers to fundamentally architect and manage their data storage infrastructure differently to be more agile. Building on years of storage efficiency and clustering innovation, new platform features, products, and technologies with the latest release of Data ONTAP software, enable IT to better respond to changing business requirements, maintain non-disruptive operations, and grow the business without limits. Anil Valluri, President, NetApp India Marketing & Services Pvt. Ltd., commented, “This is an exciting time for NetApp and its customers. We, along with our partners, are at the forefront of enabling IT transformation with Data ONTAP and help businesses scale far b...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Cisco and NetApp have launched a global channel initiative to accelerate the market momentum of the popular FlexPod converged infrastructure solution. The FlexPod Premium Partner Framework will reward FlexPod channel partners for investing in sales capabilities and services practices.  In addition, the companies also announced that more than 1,000 customers have deployed the FlexPod solution since it was launched in November 2010. Nearly 100 percent of FlexPod solutions are now sold through Cisco-NetApp channel partners.   Peter Howard, Senior Director, Data Center Alliances, NetApp said, "Our partners play a critical, consultative role helping customers understand and achieve the financial and operational benefits of moving from inefficient infrastructure silos to converged, virtualized environments built on FlexPod. The FlexPod Premium Partner Framework reflects Cisco's and NetApp's commitment to recognizing partners...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   NetApp has launched new low-cost FAS2220, the latest member of its entry-level product portfolio and builds on the success of the recently introduced FAS2240.  NetApp also unveiled an expanding ecosystem of value-added reseller (VAR) partners to provide midsize businesses with cloud backup and disaster recovery services built on NetApp along with new channel enablement programs to help partners expand their business. NetApp's FAS2220 leverages new NetApp Flash Pool technology to provide an unmatched combination of performance and value to help midsize businesses start right and stretch their dollars. Flash Pools, which extend NetApp’s Virtual Storage Tier approach to the midsize market. Manish Goel, Executive Vice-President, Products, NetApp, said, "The growth of data and an ever-expanding competitive landscape combined with limited budgets and resources means that midsize businesses must make smart decisions when it c...