Thursday 29 July 2010
NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP), a leader in advanced
networked storage solutions, today announced that Tim Russell, VP and GM,
Cloud Solutions and Core Products, will participate in a panel
discussion at the Goldman Sachs Data Center Techtonics Conference in New
York on Wednesday, November 11, 2009, at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
Check the latest cloud computing solutions and cloud storage solutions
A live audio Webcast of the presentation will be available at
http://investors.netapp.com : http://investors.netapp.com . The audio Webcast archive of the event will be
available until noon Pacific Time on November 18, 2009.
About NetApp
NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions that
accelerate business breakthroughs and deliver outstanding cost efficiency.
Discover NetApp’s passion for helping companies around the world go
further, faster at www.netapp.com : http://www.netapp.com .
NetApp, the NetApp logo, and Go further, faster are trademarks or
registered trademarks of NetApp, Inc. in the United States and/or other
countries. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such.
PRESS CONTACT:
David Naumann
(408) 822-6551
ndavid@netapp.com : ndavid@netapp.com
INVESTOR CONTACT:
Billie Fagenstrom
NetApp
(408) 822-6428
billief@netapp.com : billief@netapp.com
Free Cloud Computing Webcast
Carpathia Hosting, the leading provider of enterprise managed hosting services for government agencies and businesses, is partnering with ParaScale to host a free, live cloud computing webcast on Wednesday, August 19 at 1:00PM (EDT).
In the webcast, Cloud Computing and the ParaScale Platform, experts from ParaScale and Carpathia Hosting will demystify cloud computing and explain how a cloud storage platform can enable many unique and cost-effective solutions. Attendees will learn where to apply this technology offering and how to judge the strengths and weaknesses of different solutions.
“Many technology professionals are confused by cloud computing and storage and how it compares to existing technologies,” said Jon Greaves, CTO at Carpathia. “This is compounded by a lack of real world examples or workloads to use as a reference. The result is that many don’t know where to begin or even if “cloud” adds value.”
Join Greaves as he discusses how the ParaScale storage platform has enabled Carpathia Hosting’s InstantOn cloud computing offering to provide seamless integration of cloud and dedicated resources. He will detail real-world customer examples that highlight the scalability and flexibility of the InstantOn cloud infrastructure in solving specific customer requirements. ParaScale CEO, Sajai Krishnan will explain how ParaScale software can be leveraged to create a cloud storage solution using commodity hardware and standard protocols.
To register for the webcast, click here to learn how the ParaScale platform and Carpathia Hosting can help you to harness the power of this innovative solution
ParaScale Forecasts Cloud Storage Opportunities
Cloud applications, computing, and storage are just emerging on the scene, yet there is a rapid heightening of interest in all things cloud. Google and Amazon popularized the concept, now businesses of all sizes and types are interested in its potential. With the availability of cloud storage-enabling solutions, many service providers and hosting companies are investigating new cloud storage service offerings.
“Tier1 quantifies the cloud service market to be $300M in 2009 and growing at a compound annual growth rate of 100% over the next three years,” said Analyst Antonio Piraino. “I estimate the cloud storage services opportunity to be 40-60% of this market, and consider it the low-hanging fruit amongst cloud services and the quickest for MSPs to deploy.”
Sajai Krishnan, CEO of ParaScale, a start-up company developing cloud storage software, believes the impact of cloud technologies will be transformational and cloud will be a major way by which IT is consumed in the future. For service providers, this presents tremendous opportunity, as well as challenges.
Krishnan asserts that the public cloud storage service provider market is beginning to segment. Segment one includes the mass-market cloud service providers like Amazon S3, Google, Rackspace, and a few others. Segment two consists of the sophisticated enterprise cloud service providers who are rapidly creating new services that are combining virtualization, multi-tenant storage cloud and compute cloud service and private hosted clouds. Segment three is comprised of the giant telcos such as AT&T, Verizon Business, and Deutsche Telecom.
“Most manage hosters and service providers will need to determine their strategy for winning business in the second segment of contenders,” said Krishnan. “While the cloud services market is going to provide upside for many years, service providers must have a well thought-out entry strategy to succeed. Surprisingly, a number of mid-sized new entrants are considering a “build and they will come” approach and launching into segment one. This is a recipe for a “build and you will get run-over” scenario, as the goliaths of segment one already have first mover advantage and tremendous economies of scale.”
Business Questions To Ponder As Service Providers Consider Offering Cloud Storage Services
Krishnan identifies several considerations for service providers and managed hosting companies as they develop their cloud storage services offering. These include:
* Evaluate your customers and their data needs.
* What amount of data do you intend to store for your customers?
* What sustainable differentiator should you base your business on?
* What cloud services are already available and how will you compete?
* If you succeed, is the business and architecture going to scale?
Cloud Storage Technology Factors To Consider
Regardless of how the service provider answers the above business questions, the systematic approach to evaluate cloud storage technologies remains the same:
* A cloud storage solution has three key parts. Research the options to ensure a full storage cloud solution.
* Choose a cloud solution that can start small with a few TBs and scale up.
* Avoid proprietary interfaces and APIs.
* Determine if your preferred cloud storage solution can offer data access via familiar enterprise protocols.
* Do you have an opportunity to offer differentiated cloud storage integrated application services? Can your cloud storage platform help you deliver this high value service?
* Cloud is about scale. Ensure that your cloud data access protocol can scale as your business grows.
* Always perform a proof of concept within your own environment.
About ParaScale, Inc.
ParaScale is headquartered in Silicon Valley and is the leader in cloud storage software that enables service providers to quickly and easily create storage cloud service offerings. As a software-only solution that can be downloaded from the web and applied to any standard Linux platform, ParaScale Cloud Storage enables hundreds of commodity servers to be clustered together to act as a file repository with massive capacity and parallel throughput. For more information visit www.parascale.com.
