NetApp Insight 2024 was a major success in bringing together partners, innovators, and data enthusiasts to explore the future of intelligent data infrastructure. If you missed it, don’t worry. As a proud attendee and sponsor, the Arrow team is happy to share the event’s major highlights!
Full of compelling content, this year’s event focused on the importance of intelligent data infrastructure in the era of AI and data-driven decision-making and featured the launch of new products that will help organisations harness the full potential of their data.
NetApp ASA A-Series for all-flash block storage
NetApp announced a new ASA A-Series storage system optimised for block storage that’s now more powerful, simple, and affordable. Built for the future AI era, it allows companies to modernise without sacrificing advanced data management and protection.
NetApp ASA A-Series powered by ONTAP—proven in the marketplace by tens of thousands of organisations of every size, in every industry, around the globe—promises to revolutionise advanced block storage.
Key Benefits:
Simple
Anyone can deploy it, manage it, and upgrade it. Get it running in minutes, provision in seconds, and protect in one click.
Powerful
Accelerate database apps with market-leading performance, with a 99% data availability and a ransomware recovery guarantee.
Affordable
Unmatched value and better ROI vs the competition. Gain leading raw-to-effective capacity and an always-on 4:1 storage efficiency guarantee.
Bridging the gap between Data and AI
NetApp is committed to bridging the gap between siloed AI systems and enterprise data systems with an intelligent data infrastructure that’s agile, attainable, and secure. By partnering with industry leaders like Microsoft, Google Cloud, NVIDIA, and AWS, NetApp plans to create a robust infrastructure capable of handling AI’s complexities.
NetApp’s recent innovations across the infrastructure portfolio—ranging from unified data storage to intelligent services and solutions—underscore this commitment.
During his keynote speech, NetApp CEO George Kurian emphasised the critical components for success in this AI and data-driven era:
- Strategically managing data
- Leveraging deep domain insights
- Adopting a dynamic operating model
- Building a compatible data ecosystem
By focusing on these areas, businesses can unlock the full potential of their data and achieve exponential growth through the seamless integration of AI and cloud solutions.
The unique insights and innovations announced throughout the event are set to redefine the future of intelligent data infrastructure and solve customers’ biggest data storage challenges in a new era of data and AI.