NetApp Positioned to Capture Digital Transformation Opportunity with Leadership in Hybrid Cloud Data Services
June 07 2017 - 8:00AM
More than two-thirds of CEOs of the 2,000 largest global
organizations have identified digital transformation as the
centerpiece of their growth and profitability strategies (1) moving
forward. To successfully transform, business leaders are
recognizing the need for new ways to harness their most valuable
asset — their data.
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Becoming data-centric is no small undertaking. It requires new
approaches to computing now that data is much more distributed,
dynamic, and diverse. Customers also face data integration
challenges as they adopt hybrid and multi cloud models for greater
agility, scale, and cost control. IDC has released a new report,
“Worldwide Data Services for Hybrid Cloud Taxonomy, 2017” (2) that
reflects the business opportunities and IT requirements for
enterprises to maximize the value of data in a hybrid cloud
world.
NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) ushered in the era of simplified data
management at its founding 25 years ago. Today, it enables
organizations to unleash the full value of their data for
competitive advantage. NetApp is included as a key player by IDC
for its ability to provide hybrid cloud data services.
Specifically, IDC called out the NetApp Data Fabric strategy, which
provides consistent and integrated services that deliver data
visibility and insights, data access and control, and data
protection and security.
“Successful digital organizations exploit data insights to
deliver personalized value services, optimize the customer
experience, explore new opportunities, and reduce the overall cost
of doing business,” said Laura DuBois, group vice president,
Enterprise Storage, Servers and Infrastructure Software, at
IDC. “Hybrid/multi-cloud deployments are becoming the new
norm for organizations looking to harness data’s potential, but
siloed approaches to development are limiting effectiveness and
slowing digital transformation. What’s needed is a comprehensive
hybrid cloud data services solution set that delivers a full range
of capabilities, including data protection, security, compliance,
integration, orchestration, and data location optimization, that
span structured and unstructured data, on-premises and cloud.
NetApp, with its Data Fabric approach, is already innovating in
these categories and is making the investments in hybrid cloud data
services to attract new customers to its vision of a data-driven
future.”
“Data is the lifeblood of every organization, and today’s
leaders are under tremendous pressure to harness the potential of
that data to create new value—with limited time, skills, and
budget,” said Jean English, chief marketing officer for NetApp.
“Our relentless focus on data drives us to help solve these
customer challenges with new approaches such as the NetApp Data
Fabric. That’s why pioneering hybrid cloud data services is a
natural next innovation that gives customers and partners the
confidence to move into the future with NetApp.”
NetApp customer Polaris Alpha is a data visionary whose team,
including 400+ software developers, is key to making the world
safer. With major locations in Colorado, Maryland and Virginia, the
high-tech specialist provides custom software solutions that allow
government agencies such as the Department of Defense and
Department of Homeland Security to quickly evaluate potential
threats and make smarter decisions.
The company undertook an ambitious transformation to embrace a
multimodal approach that required modernizing every aspect of their
enterprise IT. They quickly began transitioning from monolithic
applications to cloud-native containerized technologies. Rapid IT
changes resulted in 10% monthly growth in storage requirements,
which increased latency and hampered productivity. A new
converged infrastructure solution provided by NetApp and partners
Cisco and Flair Data Systems delivered the agility they needed to
accelerate time to market.
“Our credibility is our competitive advantage. Being able to
deliver when we say we will makes a big difference to our
credibility and relationships with our customers, who use our
systems to visualize and share massive amounts of data in support
of critical decision-making for U.S. national security across air,
sea, ground, cyber, and space operations,” said David Coker, senior
vice president of Information Systems at Polaris Alpha. “With the
solutions and support of NetApp and its partners Cisco and Flair
Data Systems, we have reclaimed time to focus on innovation,
increased our data efficiency, and significantly accelerated the
development of new offerings to meet our customers’ unique
deployment needs.”
NetApp also unveiled a “Data Visionaries” awareness campaign to
drive visibility of the strategic importance of data. The campaign
connects to content that showcases how NetApp’s expertise and Data
Fabric portfolio support customers in their transformation to
data-centric organizations that will lead the future.
Additional Resources
- See how Polaris Alpha is innovating with NetApp
- Become a Data Visionary
- Read the blog from NetApp CTO Mark Bregman
About NetApp NetApp is the
data authority for hybrid cloud. We provide a full range of
hybrid cloud data services that simplify management of applications
and data across cloud and on-premises environments to accelerate
digital transformation. Together with our partners, we empower
global organizations to unleash the full potential of their data to
expand customer touchpoints, foster greater innovation and optimize
their operations. For more information, visit www.netapp.com.
#DataDriven
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- IDC Press Release, 11/15
- IDC’s Data Services for Hybrid Cloud Taxonomy, 2017, report can
be accessed at www.netapp.com/datavisionary.
Press Contact:
Judy Radlinsky
NetApp
1 408 822 6572
ng-uspr@netapp.com
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