SUNNYVALE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/25/09 -- As part of NetApp's cloud computing news
announcements today, NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) highlighted its close
relationships with industry-leading Information Technology (IT) vendors and
enterprise Value Added Resellers (VARs) to provide enterprise customers
with the technology and solutions needed to build their cloud
infrastructures, including global service providers and system integrators
that are leveraging NetApp technology to create cloud service offerings for
their own enterprise customers.
"NetApp believes that because there are several elements that must come
together to create a cloud infrastructure, no single vendor is able to
adequately address each and every layer," said Patrick Rogers, vice
president of Solutions Marketing, NetApp. "It's imperative that customers
identify the right partners that can provide the services, technology, and
integration necessary for their unique cloud needs. Today's announcement
not only spotlights the best-of-breed partners that NetApp has cultivated
to help customers, but also helps validate our technology offering for the
cloud thanks to the many service providers and system integrators who are
leveraging NetApp solutions."
Following is an overview of some of the partners and customers NetApp is
working with to enable the cloud. To watch a video and hear what they're
saying about their relationship with NetApp and the company's strategy and
approach to cloud computing, click
here.
TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS
NetApp works closely with the industry's leading IT vendors to provide
joint customers with the solutions and infrastructure needed to enable the
cloud. These technology partners include vendors who provide leading
management, server, application, software, and networking technologies and
solutions that all leverage the power of virtualization to help deliver a
service-oriented dynamic data center.
BMC Software
"The benefits of cloud computing -- improved business agility,
self-service, reduced capex -- are well documented, but they can only be
truly recognized with a comprehensive business service management strategy
that reduces risk and drives compliance. Together, BMC and NetApp are
providing IT organizations and service providers with a comprehensive,
integrated service and storage management solution for cloud and virtual
environments."
- Kia Behnia, chief technology officer for BMC Software
Brocade
"A powerful and flexible IT infrastructure must be in place to deliver upon
the key requirements of an IT-as-a-service model. In support of this
emerging trend, Brocade intends to work with industry partners such as
NetApp through our Network Infrastructure as a Service (NIaaS) technology
platform, which is designed to support a heterogeneous environment and
interoperate seamlessly with multiple manufacturer products and all
virtualization software offerings. Brocade and NetApp have long shared a
goal of helping our mutual customers drive out costs, improve agility, and
increase reliability, and this collaboration is the latest example of
that."
- Dave Stevens, vice president and chief technology officer for Brocade
Cisco
"As our customers simplify and streamline their cloud data center
infrastructure they need to ensure that their networking, computing, and
storage infrastructure work seamlessly together. Cisco is working with
industry-leading companies like NetApp to ensure interoperability for
dynamic networking and unified computing solutions to help enterprise
customers unleash the power of their enterprise clouds."
- Soni Jiandani, vice president of marketing, Server Access
Virtualization Business Group for Cisco
Citrix
"Citrix Cloud Center (C3) integrated with NetApp storage systems provides
cloud providers with a robust platform for delivering infrastructure as a
service. As the foundation for Citrix C3, XenServer and Citrix Essentials
enable cloud service providers to seamlessly leverage the advanced NetApp
storage capabilities across their cloud platform, reducing the time and
cost to deploy highly scalable and elastic services."
- Frank Artale, vice president of business development for Citrix
Systems, Inc.
Computer Associates
"CA and NetApp are excited about how enterprises and cloud computing
providers utilize automation and virtualization to drive business value in
the next-generation data center and achieve lean IT. Storage is a key part
of the overall IT-as-a-service value. We look forward to continued
collaboration that integrates CA's business-driven automation and assurance
offerings with NetApp's storage management solutions to help customers
create and leverage a cloud-based business service across multiple
infrastructure elements, including storage. This comprehensive approach to
cloud management will further help improve productivity and service
quality, provide increased agility, and reduce risks."
- Roger Pilc, corporate senior vice president and general manager for
CA's Infrastructure Management and Automation business unit
Fujitsu America
"As data center dynamics shift to a service-oriented infrastructure,
Fujitsu is committed to providing customers with a complete and
well-rounded technology infrastructure for the cloud. In order to
deliver cloud solutions to our customers, we work closely with some of the
industry's leading virtualization technology providers such as NetApp."
- Richard McCormack, senior vice president, Product & Solution
Marketing for Fujitsu America
Microsoft
"Microsoft and NetApp provide powerful solutions for building and managing
private cloud infrastructures. We're helping innovative organizations
transition to private cloud computing environments by providing them with
the required combination of virtualization, service-oriented management
systems, and a scale-out application model. With NetApp storage and
Microsoft® virtualizations solutions, customers can deploy cost-effective
and efficient data center infrastructure that provides fast response to
their businesses' needs."
- Zane Adam, senior director, virtualization and management for
Microsoft Corp.
SAP
"SAP® Business ByDesign leverages NetApp to provide our customers with a
complete, integrated on-demand software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution. With
the NetApp platform we are able to quickly provision our internal storage
resources, enabling customers to accelerate deployment of their SaaS
solution. In addition we can quickly conduct disk-to-disk backup, providing
our customers with access to their data on demand.
