NetApp Announces Six New Products and Promotes Partnerships for Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure and Services

NetApp today announced six new products to support customers moving from traditional on-premise IT to IT as a service (ITaaS) and cloud computing models. The company also highlighted its technology and channel partners delivering infrastructure and services for the cloud.

The new products are:

• Data ONTAP 8, which provides secure multi-tenancy, transparent data access during mandatory shutdowns or upgrades, service automation to meter usage and enable departmental chargebacks, improved storage efficiency, integrated backup/recovery and business continuity capabilities.
• NetApp Data Motion, which allows enterprises to move data non-disruptively across storage systems with no application downtime.
• Performance Acceleration Module II, a flash technology-based caching module that increases I/O throughput and speeds response time with no additional power usage or rack space.
• NetApp Dynamic Data Center (NDDC) Solution, which includes three components for delivering ITaaS: a service-oriented infrastructure (SOI) that allows customers to consume and deploy storage, network, and compute resources in a repeatable manner; a service management framework that provides processes and best practices to help manage the infrastructure and reduce fixed costs wherever possible; and a delivery methodology that leverages NetApp Professional Services and NetApp systems integrator partners to deploy ITaaS infrastructures efficiently and with the least risk to customers.
• NetApp Fast-Start Customer Workshop, a two- to four-day consulting workshop to help customers develop their plan to deploy their NetApp dynamic data center solution.
• DS4243 disk shelf, a SAS/SATA disk subsystem that enables enterprise customers to streamline their data footprint and more efficiently use valuable data center resources.

In a separate announcement, NetApp highlighted its technology and channel partnerships that deliver infrastructure and services for the cloud. NetApp partners include BMC Software, Brocade, Cisco, Citrix, Computer Associates, Fujitsu America, Microsoft, SAP, VMware, Avnet Technology Solutions, INX, Long View, Joyent, Rackspace, Siemens IT Solutions and Services, Inc., Tata Communications Ltd., Terremark, T-Systems, Accenture, Avanade, CSC, and Unisys.

“Today’s announcements truly usher in a new era and way of doing business for NetApp,” said Tom Georgens, president and chief executive officer, NetApp. “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 the industry-leading storage and data management solutions that are ideal for the cloud, but, more importantly, also serve as the technology partner of choice to guide enterprises on their journey in deploying a cloud infrastructure.”