NetApp to Acquire CloudCheckr to Expand its CloudOps Platform
The acquisition will strengthen the company's Spot by NetApp offering.
This week NetApp announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire CloudCheckr. The deal will bring NetApp a leading cloud optimization platform that provides cloud visibility and insights to lower costs. CloudCh... Read more
NetApp brings NVMe over TCP to ONTAP via the iSCSI upgrade path
NetApp is upgrading its accelerated storage access for its iSCSI-using FAS and AFF array customers by adding fast NVMe-over-TCP access to ONTAP for iSCSI users in general.
NVMe-over-TCP allows remote direct memory access for data using an Ethernet TCP link. The idea to use NVMe like this (extend... Read more
AWS Announces general availability of Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
Customers can now run fully managed NetApp ONTAP file storage on AWS.
Amazon Web Services announced the general availability of Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP. The new storage service allows customers to launch and run fully managed NetApp ONTAP file systems in the cloud.
ONTAP is NetApp’s fil... Read more
NetApp acquires Data Mechanics to utilize Spark Analytics
NetApp acquires Data Mechanic to enable their customers to use the Apache Spark analytics engine on Kubernetes’s platform for optimization purposes.
NetApp has revealed that it has acquired Data Mechanics, a startup providing cloud analytics and big-data processing on an enterprise-scale throu... Read more
NetApp brings ONTAP updates to simplify hybrid Cloud Data Management
NetApp announced that they are updating their ONTAP data management software to expand its features and capabilities to simplify and centralize data administration within hybrid cloud environments.
What’s included in the updates?
NetApp Inc.’s ONTAP data management software is updated to ... Read more
Rubrik offerings to appear on NetApp price list
Rubrik and NetApp have announced an even stronger collaboration. Rubrik's services will appear on Netapp's Global Price List, making the two companies' services easy to purchase together.
With the collaboration, the two companies hope to provide stronger product integration for their customers a... Read more
NetApp releases Spot services for Azure and Apache Spark
The release of Spot Wave, a data management service for Apache Spark, is NetApp’s way of adding Azure Kubernetes Services to the list of Kubernetes-orchestrated container app deployment services supported by Spot Ocean.
NetApp acquired Spot and its containerized app deployment tech in June 202... Read more
NetApp releases Astra to target Kubernetes management and security
NetApp officially released its data management suite for Kubernetes workloads, NetApp Astra. Astra is a SaaS-type managed service that is used to protect, recover and move containerized apps. There is no software to download, install, configure or upgrade.
Eric Han, the product management Veep f... Read more
NetApp to exit HCI market after only four years
NetApp has announced that it is discontinuing its HCI appliance. The company introduced the service in 2017, but believes it is already obsolete in today's market.
With the demise of its HCI application, NetApp wants to persuade its customers to switch to Project Astra instead. The company intro... Read more
NetApp announces new storage platform for Kubernetes apps
The solution is described as "serverless and storageless" solution for Kubernetes containers.
This week at NetApp announced that it was bringing better optimization and enterprise data servers to the Cloud. The announcements came at the company's NetApp Insight virtual event, which runs from Oct... Read more