| | October 20186CIOReviewJeevan George Managing Editoreditor@cioreview.comEditorialStrengthening its Storage FootholdPrior to 1995, NetApp was popularly known for its network appliance filer. Soon after, the founding trio, David Hitz, James Lau, and Michael Malcolm made the company public, overseeing a significant grown in the dot com evolution. One of the key aspects that earned NetApp the market share it has today is how the appliance revitalized the data storage architecture without employing specialized hardware while also being compatible with industry standard storage requirements. As a result, NetApp became the go-to hardware component of small, medium and large enterprises. The NetApp filer is also referred to as Fabric-Attached Storage (FAS), a type of hardware that controls the file system, data, and directories on the associated network through an operating system known as Data ONTAP. The ingenuity of such a system is that it minimized the bloatware relating to backups, snapshot copies, and failover protection modules while offering the same level of flexibility. It allowed organizations to connect unified cloud systems and facilitate network configurations such as NAS and SAN. Consequently, NetApps market share grew to a staggering 13 percent of the global external storage systems, cementing its ground as one of the prominent and secure data storage options available in the current day and age. The NetApp framework now offers Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), thereby allowing users to host a plethora of cloud services with automation feasibilities. It enables third party vendors to augment the capabilities of the framework with their in-house solutions and services, in turn, offering customers a wide array of cloud-based features and functionalities.Identifying such promising NetApp connoisseurs, the editorial board of CIO Review has compiled insights of industry specialists, along for a portfolio of solutions and services from leading organizations. In our assessment, we recognized a vendor's capability to fulfill the need for cost-effective and efficient NetApp solutions that add value to the technological world.CIOReviewOCTOBER 04, 2018Editorial StaffAaron PierceCarolynn WaltersDane StanleyJustin SmithKyle SummersSri KrishnaSalesRichard Watsonrichardwatson@cioreview.comNETAPP SPECIALContact Us:Phone:510-402-1463Fax:510-894-8405CIOReviewCopyright © 2018 ValleyMedia, 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.This special edition on NetApp is an initiative of CIO Review magazine. The selections for this 10 Most Promising NetApp Solution Providers is made by an independent body, and NetApp has no involvement in this initiative nor any partnership with CIO Review.*Some of the Insights are based on the interviews with respective CIOs and CXOs to our editorial staffVisualizersAlvin AndrewsAsher BlakeManaging EditorJeevan GeorgeEmail:sales@cioreview.comeditor@cioreview.commarketing@cioreview.comOctober 04, 2018 Vol 07 SE 74 Published by ValleyMedia, Inc.To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com
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