Tech OnTap Newsletter January 2015

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January 2015

Editor's Note Happy New Year! We’ve been working hard at Tech OnTap to keep you up to date on everything going on at NetApp, and across the IT world. NetApp enters 2015 with great momentum, and Tech OnTap will continue to bring you the latest on hot topics such as cloud and flash, forward-looking articles on industry trends, and deep dives on new technologies and products. This month, we’ve taken a closer look at transitioning to clustered Data ONTAP. Our second feature highlights the recent NetApp Insight conference. Enjoy! - Mina Eng, Tech OnTap Editor, @minayeng

Making the Transition To Clustered Data ONTAP Jay White and Roy Scaife, Technical Marketing Engineers It's time to make the move from 7-Mode to take full advantage of nondisruptive operations, scale-out, and more. The latest ONTAP release removes the last remaining barriers to entry. NetApp has refined the tools/processes you need to make a smooth transition to the next generation of data storage. This article explains the methodology and provides links to the latest resources and tools. View article

NetApp Insight 2014 Wrap-Up Nick Howell, Virtual Storage Architect Glenn Sizemore, Reference Architect Hosts of the NetApp Communities Podcast When NetApp opened its technical conference to customers for the first time in 2014, attendees were surprised by the degree of depth and candor in keynotes, break-out sessions, and hands-on labs. Read the highlights on NetApp’s hybrid cloud offerings, the latest on clustered Data ONTAP, and the entire NetApp product portfolio. View article

2015 Will Be a Wild Ride Jay Kidd, NetApp CTO With every part of the IT stack in transition, NetApp CTO Jay Kidd predicts a thrilling ride ahead. Learn more Listen to podcast

Symantec Protects the World's Information with Innovative Private Cloud Find out how Symantec, the fourth-largest software company, built one of the world’s largest virtual private clouds using the FlexPod® platform. Learn more

NetApp Communities Podcast: Roundtable on Recent Happenings Nick Howell, Virtual Storage Architect Listen to Nick and Glenn talk about the Gartner Data Center Conference, the NetApp Integrated EVO:Rail Solution, hyper-converged infrastructure, SteelStore, and more. Listen to podcast

The Future is Not All Flash Larry Freeman, Senior Technologist Instead of breaking your IT budget, consider hybrid storage—and how a bit of well-placed flash can have a significant impact on speeding up data IO from HDDs. Read Larry's blog

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