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NetApp unveiled new data fabric solutions and services that maximise control and enhance the secure movement of data across the hybrid cloud. The company also came up with new versions of NetApp AltaVault, StorageGRID Webscale, and SnapCenter technologies to help customers extract the value of their data from anywhere in the hybrid cloud.
According to Iain Rouse, Group Director – Cloud, TechnologyOne, “This is the cloud portfolio we were looking for; our lives couldn’t have been made simple. After a flood caused a three-day outage, we basically sat down and said, ‘Never again,’ and began working with NetApp and AWS. They take care of some very complex engineering on our behalf. Best of all, we consume this as a monthly fee.”
Rick Villars, Vice President, Datacentre and Cloud, IDC said “Enterprises are broadening their vision of cloud to include transformation of the existing applications and IT environments, making them more scalable, extensible, and agile. Data management services such as NetApp’s new data fabric solutions will enable the effective movement and control of data within corporate datacenters and across a growing range of cloud environments.”
New Data Fabric Solutions and Services
As customers evolve their IT for the digital era, they need the flexibility to leverage data and compute resources from anywhere. NetApp’s new data fabric solutions and services enable customers to monitor, manage, secure, and move data across on-premises and public cloud resources to architect the IT environment that best meets their demands. The announcements include:
Cloud Sync Service
This on-demand software-as-a-service offering simplifies cloud service usage by enabling users to progressively move and synchronise data between on-premises storage and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Simple Storage Service (S3) in the cloud. Customers achieve greater visibility into data by impeccably leveraging AWS analytics tools with on-premises data. They experience a lower total cost of ownership by paying only for cloud resources when needed. Cloud Sync is currently available through AWS Marketplace.
NetApp Private Storage (NPS) as a Service
NetApp is enlarging the availability of NPS for Cloud by making it available as a service through an increasing partner delivery ecosystem, including Arrow, Faction, ASE, DARZ, and ThinkOn. This new opex-based consumption model, which leverages colocation partners such as Equinix, allows customers to scale cloud capacity, performance, and cost. Customers can also securely and simultaneously connect to multiple public clouds with NetApp’s patent-pending architecture.
Cloud Control for Microsoft Office 365
This SaaS offering provides a simple way to monitor and secure critical data kept in Microsoft Office 365, including SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and Exchange Online. The offering also gives support for data retention in cloud services such as Amazon S3 and Azure as well as on-premises storage.
Cloud Backup Solution
This solution delivers simplified end-to-end cloud backup for NetApp ONTAP customers using NetApp SnapMirror technology. Through integration with AltaVault and SnapCenter, customers can now easily assign hybrid cloud backup targets and swiftly look and recover files from on-premises and public cloud repositories.
Tony Bishop, Vice President, Enterprise Vertical Marketing, Equinix said, “As the flexibility and economy of scale in IT continue to expand and as insights from distributed data become more critical, the case for the hybrid cloud has never been stronger. We’re excited to team with NetApp to help enterprises successfully deploy hybrid cloud architectures to maximise data visibility and the performance of their enterprise applications.”
NetApp also introduced new releases of:
AltaVault
This cloud-integrated storage solution accelerates recovery and lowers risk, allowing customers to securely back up data to on-premises and public clouds at up to 90 percent lower cost compared to traditional on-premises solutions. The new version includes integration with SnapMirror, making it easier for customers using ONTAP to back up to AltaVault.
StorageGRID Webscale
NetApp’s object-based storage solution for web applications is created for the hybrid cloud to store and administer immense datasets in a single global namespace. It provides a full solution stack incorporated and distributed by NetApp. The solution also has enhanced data protection through support for Amazon S3 versioning and an enhanced user interface, including the capability to simulate the effects of changing data storage policies on billions of objects.
SnapCenter
The newest release unifies data protection and clone management with new application plug-ins, including the capability to invent custom plug-ins for third-party applications and databases. The release also includes an intuitive graphical interface with predefined protection relationships and backup policies for cloud-integrated backup, allowing enterprises to protect more of their data across all application environments.
Service-Level Implementation from NetApp Professional Services
This service bundle allows enterprises to offer storage services to their users just like a cloud provider. It also channels processes and procedures that shrink the complexity and cost of storage operations while upgrading performance.