| | December 20146CIOReviewCopyright © 2014 CIOReview, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.CIOReviewDECEMBER - 12 - 2014CIOReview's circulation is audited and certified by BPA International (Audit Pending). Mailing AddressCIOReview44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.402.1463, F:510-894-8405 December 12 - 2014, volume SE 29 Published by CIOReview To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com Editor-in-Chief Pradeep ShankarEditorial StaffSalesT:510.565.7564 VisualizersStephen ThomasArpita GhoshNetApp SPECIALCIOReviewDaniel Craigdaniel@cioreview.comKevin Morriskevin.morris@cioreview.comJem ElizabethMatthew JacobSandeepa MajumdarSonia SacharAlex D'Souza Joshua Parker Raj Kumar Shirley FaithLawrence Tselawrence@cioreview.comNetApp is taking a big new step--a full-on move to the hybrid cloud. NetApp wants to help enterprise take advantage of the cloud by providing them right solutions for improved management of data between on-premises and cloud environments.NetApp believes sharing of data between on-premises environment and an off-premises environment has not taken off. It understands that 'data' has unique value at the center of the cloud and wants to help bridge multiple clouds and on-premises storage infrastructures. This will help enterprises architect a cloud storage strategy for hybrid clouds. This brings the number one storage operating system in the world to the cloud and makes it run the way you want it to run on the world's biggest public cloud.The "data fabric strategy" is NetApp's vision for a hybrid cloud reality. It is a data-centric approach to a world where enterprises need to manage data in a multi-cloud, multi-vendor environment. The data fabric strategy is about taking control across public and private domains in a multi-cloud strategy that includes Microsoft Azure, Amazon and IBM SoftLayer. When these come to fruition in terms of enterprises being on board, NetApp's believes data-centric strategy will be the only way.In October, NetApp unveiled a new version of the NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP storage operating system that brings back metro clustering capabilities and increases flash storage performance and storage cost efficiency. The new solutions also enhance the ability to use ONTAP technology for managing clouds.NetApp's move to better embrace hybrid clouds presents multiple opportunities for the company's partners and other solutions providers. In this issue we feature 20 most promising NetApp solution providers. Over the last few months, our editorial team evaluated several technology companies, particularly service and solution providers and systems integrators that can deliver value added solutions based on NetApp hardware and software. The chosen 20 are the ones who not only are capitalizing on data center, storage and cloud opportunities but also help customers to optimize their IT infrastructure investments, deploy new capabilities, and accelerate time to market. Hope this will help you in formalizing strategies for your organization.Pradeep Shankar Editor-in-Chief editor@cioreview.comNetApp: (ON)TAPing the CloudEditorial
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