NetApp Delivers an Innovative, No-Compromise, Unified Hybrid Cloud Experience

New ONTAP Software and Hybrid Cloud Portfolio Enhancements Reduce Costs and Complexity; Provide Simple, Unified Data Management Across On-Premises and Public Cloud

SINGAPORE – Media
OutReach – 9 June 2021 – NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP) a
global, cloud-led, data-centric software company, today unveiled a new release of
its ONTAP software that powers data services on premises and in the cloud, as
well as an array of portfolio updates that leverage ONTAP to provide a
flexible foundation for hybrid cloud, unify data management across on-premises
and cloud environments, and simplify consumption and operation of hybrid cloud
services. As the only provider of hybrid cloud solutions that offers native
integration with the world’s leading public clouds, NetApp is unifying
management of on-premises and public cloud environments, delivering new ways to
consume and operate data services that make it easier for enterprises
to put their data to work – wherever and whenever they need it.

The latest enhancements to NetApp’s hybrid cloud portfolio and
ONTAP data services include: 

• Flexible Foundations
  for Hybrid Cloud: Enterprises need to modernize their IT environments
  to enable hybrid cloud operations. NetApp is updating its foundational
  solutions to better support them:

o  
FlexPod: The next generation of the globally trusted converged
infrastructure platform from NetApp and Cisco provides a better foundation
for hybrid cloud with the flexibility to run and manage all your modern
workloads. New capabilities include intelligent application placement
across on-premises and cloud, automated hybrid cloud data workflows, and the ability
to consume FlexPod as a fully managed, cloud-like service.

o  
NetApp StorageGRID: The 11.5 release of NetApp’s highly scalable object
store now supports data encryption using external key management, offers
compliance and ransomware protection with S3 object locks, and delivers
increased performance with intelligent load balancing.

• Simple, Unified Data Management Across Hybrid Cloud Environments: Managing data and applications in
  hybrid cloud environments can be extremely challenging – enterprises need a
  simple, standardized approach. NetApp centralizes data management across the
  hybrid cloud to make things simpler. NetApp Cloud Manager and enhanced multicloud
  management services automate ONTAP data services to simplify application
  migration, disaster recovery, data protection, governance and compliance. In
  addition, NetApp Astra, an application-aware data service for Kubernetes,
  enables customers to manage, protect, and migrate stateful applications in
  Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure – and now on-premises.

• Cloud-Like Financial
  Flexibility and Operational Simplicity: Organizations want the same
  financial and operational elasticity they get from the cloud in their data
  center, with the freedom to move and manage workloads easily and securely
  across hybrid and public cloud environments. The new NetApp Keystone Flex Subscription
  at Equinix gives customers the ability to deploy Keystone data services in
  Equinix International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) for low-latency access to
  multiple clouds – without having to move their data to the cloud. The Keystone
  Flex Subscription at Equinix is uniquely delivered as a single subscription by
  NetApp.

“NetApp’s Keystone Flex Subscription at Equinix uniquely provides a
flexible, on-demand storage
alternative to traditional capex infrastructure investments,” said Royce
Thomas, Senior Vice President, Strategic Alliances and Global Account Management at Equinix. “With this offering, global businesses can host their
data adjacent to the cloud and utilize Equinix Fabric™ to connect to
service providers, taking advantage of centralized hybrid cloud data management
across all major public clouds.”

“A hybrid
cloud strategy is critical to ensuring organizations
can keep pace with the growth and complexity of distributed data and
applications, thrive in the face of uncertainty
and compete effectively in the digital economy,” said Sanjay
Rohatgi, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific, NetApp. “NetApp
specializes in helping enterprises at every phase in their
digital transformation journeys to implement hybrid cloud strategies and
technologies that will help keep them ahead of the curve.”

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