NetApp Enables Customers to Seamlessly Extend Their IT Infrastructure to Microsoft Azure - Seite 3

Availability
NetApp Private Storage for Microsoft Azure is immediately available through select delivery partners in North America and will be available in Europe and Asia in the near future.

Additional Resources

• Read about NetApp's Cloud Strategy
• Listen to Phil Brotherton discuss NetApp's Cloud Stratey
• Link to Microsoft case study
• Blog - NetApp, Microsoft and Equinix deliver secure, scalable hybrid clouds with private storage
• Blog - NetApp Private Storage for Microsoft Azure
• Demonstration of NPS for Microsoft Azure
• Follow NetApp on Twitter.

About NetApp
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Partner Support:

Mike Thompson, president and CEO, Groupware Technology
"Groupware is eager to bring the NetApp Private Storage solution to our cloud customers. The Groupware turnkey private cloud solution is based on Microsoft and NetApp technologies. Our Microsoft private cloud and FlexPod customers will see tremendous value in their NetApp investment by being able to further realize the benefits of NetApp technology in Microsoft Azure. NetApp Private Storage will be critical for our customers making the transition to Hybrid cloud architectures by leveraging Microsoft ExpressRoute and Microsoft Azure."

Rod Sapp, vice president for security and cloud products, Unisys Stealth
"As the frequency and sophistication of cyber threats grow, enterprises need highly secure hybrid cloud solutions to remain competitive and maintain the confidence of their customers. NetApp plans to leverage Unisys Stealth cloud security capabilities to deliver mission-critical cloud offerings to hosting service providers. With NetApp Private Storage for Microsoft Azure, NetApp can further improve the performance of hybrid cloud solutions."

Noam Shendar, vice president of business development, Zadara
"Being part of the NPS for Azure solution family allows us to help NetApp customers take business agility to the next level, with a purely OpEx solution tailor-made for the NetApp community. Our elastic NetApp Private Storage for Microsoft Azure offering provides pay-by-the-hour flexibility and fast, low-latency connectivity to the Microsoft Azure cloud -- with all the power and performance of NetApp Data ONTAP and Microsoft Azure. That's truly the best of all worlds."

¹ FlexPod with Microsoft Private Cloud recognized as 2013 Best of TechEd Winner for Systems Management and Operations

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