NetApp Named a Leader in 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Primary Storage
October 14 2021 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
NetApp also ranked amongst the top three
vendors for server virtualization and VDI, containers and cloud IT
operations in complementary “2021 Critical Capabilities for Primary
Storage” report
NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), a global cloud-led, data-centric
software company, today announced that it has once again been
recognized as a Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for
Primary Storage1 based on its completeness of vision and ability to
execute. Concurrently, NetApp was also recognized amongst this
year’s top vendor solutions evaluated in the 2021 Gartner Critical
Capabilities for Primary Storage2 across all use cases. In the
Cloud IT Operations use case, NetApp AFF A-Series received the
highest scores.
According to Gartner, “Primary storage systems deployed as
arrays or software-defined storage solutions are crucial to
mission- and business-critical workloads. I&O leaders need to
evaluate platform attributes, core technologies and business model
capabilities across use cases shaping next-generation IT
strategies.”
“We believe that NetApp’s positioning again in this year’s
Leaders quadrant for Primary Storage and the Critical Capabilities
study reflects our success helping organizations everywhere build a
data fabric strategy, backed by our ONTAP unified management
software and solutions portfolio, to support primary storage
workloads and drive true business impact,” said James Whitemore,
CMO at NetApp. “We see this as another indicator that our strategic
investments, continuous R&D and innovation, and native
integrations with public cloud partners are in line with the needs
of enterprises and ahead of the market curve. As a truly cloud-led,
data-centric software company, we are enabling organizations to put
their data to work—wherever their data lives in the hybrid
cloud.”
NetApp leads the storage industry with its next-generation ONTAP
data management software that spans on-premises and cloud
environments to deliver common data services with simplified
management and consumption of valuable storage resources. With
ONTAP providing the flexible foundation for hybrid cloud, NetApp’s
portfolio provides enterprises with deep cloud integrations and
capabilities to modernize IT infrastructures and achieve true
digital transformation. NetApp’s primary investments in innovation
are driven by key business drivers, including:
- Digital transformation using file/block in the public cloud and
core infrastructure that supports enterprise applications,
unstructured data, and AI workloads.
- Seamless, unified management platforms that provide a
consistent operational experience regardless of physical location
of data.
- Specialist-level capabilities that are simple enough for IT
generalists to use for flexibly managing consumption, operation,
and risk detection/mitigation.
- Adopting the latest innovations like NVMe without having to
execute costly and disruptive technology transitions.
- Flexible consumption models that extend from on-premises to the
edge to the cloud.
In Gartner’s 2021 Critical Capabilities for Primary Storage,
NetApp’s AFF A-Series was recognized as a top product suite amongst
all vendors evaluated against critical capabilities across all use
cases including containers, application consolidation and cloud IT
operations.
On a five-point scale, NetApp’s AFF A-Series received the
following use case scores:
- Online Transaction Processing – 4.13
- Server Virtualization and VDI – 4.20
- Containers – 4.20
- Application Consolidation – 4.19
- Cloud IT Operations – 4.23
According to Gartner, “Critical Capabilities research
complements a Gartner Magic Quadrant by allowing deeper insight
into the providers’ product or service offerings by identifying
which ones best fit various use cases.” 3
Resources
- Download a complimentary copy of the 2021 Gartner Magic
Quadrant for Primary Storage here.
- Download a complimentary copy of the 2021 Gartner Critical
Capabilities for Primary Storage here.
- Learn more about ONTAP here.
- Read our blog post here.
- Explore NetApp’s accolades here.
1 Gartner, “Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage, 2021,” Jeff
Vogel, Roger W. Cox, Joseph Unsworth, Santhosh Rao, October 11,
2021.
2 Gartner, “Critical Capabilities for Primary Storage, 2021,”
Santhosh Rao, Roger W. Cox, Joseph Unsworth, Jeff Vogel, October
11, 2021.
3 Gartner Methodology
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About NetApp NetApp is a global cloud-led, data-centric
software company that empowers organizations to lead with data in
the age of accelerated digital transformation. The company provides
systems, software and cloud services that enable them to run their
applications optimally from data center to cloud, whether they are
developing in the cloud, moving to the cloud, or creating their own
cloudlike experiences on premises. With solutions that perform
across diverse environments, NetApp helps organizations build their
own data fabric and securely deliver the right data, services and
applications to the right people—anytime, anywhere. Learn more at
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