NetApp Unveiled Serverless and Storageless Solution for Containers From Spot

NetApp, Inc. unveiled serverless and storageless solution for containers from Spot by NetApp, an autonomous hybrid cloud volume platform, and cloud-based virtual desktop solutions.

The company’s new capabilities help simplify and optimize multicloud management for performance at a low cost, offering portability for data-rich cloud applications and delivering workplace solutions across hybrid cloud environments.

Spot Ocean By NetApp
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“To thrive in the new normal, digital transformation has become a business imperative. To succeed, businesses need to optimize their hybrid multicloud IT architectures,” said George Kurian, CEO, NetApp. “No matter where customers are on their transformation journey, NetApp can help them build a data fabric to maximize the value of their data, ensure applications are running optimally, and unlock the best of cloud.“

Spot Storage By NetApp
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Features and capabilities introduced include:

Serverless and storageless solution for containers, Spot Storage by NetApp combined with Spot Ocean by NetApp makes it easy for organizations to cost-effectively build, deploy, and run microservice-based applications on Kubernetes without having to administer storage and data services.
Autonomous cloud volume platform, providing a single experience to manage NetApp hybrid, multi cloud storage and data services. The company’s Cloud Manager offers visibility and control across on premises, Azure, AWS and GCP storage and delivers an easy, native cloud experience for advanced data services: data sync, backup, data tiering, file caching and compliance.
Fully managed, cloud-based NetApp Virtual Desktop Management Service (VDMS) and a validated hybrid cloud VDI design. These solutions help organizations scale their infrastructure resources to meet the growing needs of their remote workforce. Resources can be continuously optimized without increasing complexity and while reducing costs by up to 50%.

Resources:
Bringing together the best of cloud and data
Blog: Introducing Spot Storage: Simple, Optimized, Integrated Storage for Cloud Applications
Webinar: Ocean Demo: How to create a serverless experience for containers and kubernetes
Ocean documentation

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