Science & Technology
Science and Technology
Science and Technology
Tue, July 28, 2009
NetApp, Inc.: NetApp Offers Channel Resellers Specialized Training and Accreditation for Microsoft Virtualization Environments
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - July 28, 2009) - NetApp (
Microsoft® virtualization solutions based on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V integrates with Microsoft's System Center suite of management tools so that customers can achieve greater cost savings, IT efficiency, and optimized server hardware investments. Microsoft virtualization combined with NetApp storage solutions provides data center customers a complete virtual architecture to enhance infrastructure flexibility, lower costs, and simplify data management.
NetApp channel partners can take advantage of the growing adoption of Hyper-V and NetApp solutions and offer their customers expertise they may not be able to find elsewhere. In addition, Virtualization Specialized partners can improve sales and margins and become a highly sought-after resource for Hyper-V and NetApp solutions. The NetApp Virtualization Specialization Program complements the recently released Microsoft Virtualization Solutions Competency Program in helping partners develop their virtualization solution practices.
"Our partners are excited about the opportunity and are seeing increased deployments of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V," said Julie Parrish, vice president, Global Partner Sales, at NetApp. "We are meeting our partners' specific request for training and expertise on Hyper-V. This program provides partners with the training and competency to bring together components from Microsoft and NetApp in a best-practice configuration."
"NetApp and Microsoft virtualization solutions are reshaping data center environments," said Zane Adam, senior director of Virtualization Strategy and Management at Microsoft. "As the 2009 Storage Solution of the year award illustrates, NetApp offers a compelling storage platform for customers. The NetApp Virtualization Specialization Program helps bring together technologies for resellers' specialized practices. Together we're equipping our partners to better deliver solutions that increase efficiency, reduce costs, and increase business agility for customers."
NetApp has a long-standing partnership with Microsoft delivering complete solutions that help reduce customers' costs, maximize storage efficiency, improve data availability, and simplify data management of their virtual server environments. Microsoft customers running Hyper-V can reduce the amount of storage they need by up to 50% by using recommended NetApp technologies that are inherent in the company's Data ONTAP® operating system, including thin provisioning and deduplication. See [ www.netapp.com ] for details on our virtualization guarantee program.
NetApp resellers can participate in the NetApp Virtualization Specialization Program immediately. Benefits of the program include access to the customized Storage Efficiency Calculator and NetApp Lab on Demand, and priority enrollment for GetSuccessful™ workshops and NetApp regional events. For more information, visit the NetApp Field Portal.
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NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions that accelerate business breakthroughs and deliver outstanding cost efficiency. Discover our passion for helping companies around the world go further, faster at [ www.netapp.com ].
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*This guarantee and related Program are limited to the terms set forth in [ www.netapp.com/guarantee ] applicable only to prospective orders placed after the Program effective date and are dependent upon your compliance with the terms and conditions set forth in this document and any of the instruction sets and specifications set forth in the referenced documents. NetApp's sole and exclusive liability and your sole and exclusive remedy associated with the terms of this guarantee and related Program is the provision by NetApp of the additional storage capacity as set forth in this guarantee and related Program.
