NetApp ONTAP Cloud for Microsoft Azure

Enterprise data Management in the Cloud

Published July 2018

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IT teams face challenges in three critical areas: responsiveness, control, and choice. How can you innovate to respond quickly to dynamic business demands? How can you be the steward of your own data no matter where it resides or for how long? And how can you choose resources that work best for your business?

To address these needs, enterprises are turning to the cloud. However, having a hybrid cloud environment that spans on-premises data centers and public cloud locations creates unique problems in terms of data protection, security, and governance. Too often, the hybrid cloud approach results in isolated, incompatible data silos.

As a leading provider of software, systems, and services to manage and store data on premises and in the cloud, NetApp identified these challenges early. They pioneered the concept of a Data Fabric with a common set of data services. Delivered through a software-defined approach, a Data Fabric provides consistent data management, efficient data transport, and the visibility to utilize the right IT resources when and where you need them.