Technology & IT | Tuesday 28 February, 2017 5:55 pm |

Dubai, UAE – February 27, 2017 – With millions of endpoints and devices, constantly generating information, it is more important than ever to build a unified layer to store, analyze, and protect enterprise data. Hence, regional organizations are increasingly looking to build a deeper understanding of data in order to accelerate decision-making processes and manage workloads effectively. “As businesses evolve their IT infrastructure for the digital era, there is need to have the flexibility to leverage data and compute resources from anywhere. Additionally, scalability and flexibility are critical for addressing requirements of the digital economy and providing the freedom to leverage cloud services effectively. Hence, NetApp’s Data Fabric solutions are designed to enable clients to manage data across on-premises and public cloud resources to architect the IT environment that best meets their needs,” said Fadi Kanafani, Regional Director for Middle East and Africa at NetApp. “We are looking forward to showcasing our latest innovations around digital transformation at Gartner Symposium and creating awareness amongst our partners and customers about data sovereignty, security and management,” added Kanafani. Successful IT transformations integrate data siloes, automate processes to speed results and remove barriers to scale that limit growth. It also enables simplification and automation of processes, which in turns frees up time spent on data management. NetApp facilitates digital transformation by delivering unified data management across clouds. With NetApp’s data fabric, organizations can increase efficiency, improve IT responsiveness, and ultimately accelerate innovation. Solution Showcase at Gartner NetApp will share the latest advancements in its portfolio of flash, cloud, and next-generation data center solutions that help businesses with digital transformation, at Gartner Symposium, taking place from February 28 to March 2 2017, at Madinat Conference Hall, Mina A'Salam Hotel. These technologies will allow customers to control, manage, secure, and move data. • The new NetApp® All Flash FAS (AFF) A200, an entry-level all-flash array, delivers enterprise-grade flash performance at a very attractive price point. The new system makes it easy for midsize businesses to move to all flash, and it features a compact 2U chassis design with an internal solid-state drive (SSD) shelf. • The latest version of NetApp SolidFire® Element® OS storage software lets customers respond to business demands quickly with dynamic adjustments. This centerpiece of the next-generation data center lets users accommodate mixed workloads on a single storage system, adding capacity and performance with seamless granularity. • FlexPod® converged infrastructure solutions speed deployment of both infrastructure and applications and deliver superior performance. Customers can slash administration time and total cost of ownership by up to 50% with FlexPod prevalidated solutions from NetApp and Cisco. • AltaVault – This cloud-integrated storage solution speeds recovery and reduces risk, enabling customers to securely back up data to on-premises and public clouds at up to 90% lower cost compared to traditional on-premises solutions. • Cloud Backup Solution—Adding to the existing Data Fabric Solution for Cloud Disaster Recovery, this solution delivers simplified end-to-end cloud backup for NetApp ONTAP® customers assisting with quick search and recovery of files from on-premises and public cloud repositories. • NetApp’s industry-leading portfolio of ONTAP-powered all-flash and hybrid arrays provides customers with unrivaled scale, speed, and data services as they transform their IT. Simplification is a key enabler for today’s digital transformation, ONTAP software and flash systems give customers a way to bridge existing and emerging IT architectures as they build and evolve their hybrid cloud Session on Hybrid Cloud: Evolution, Risks & Opportunities Carlos Ruiz, Business Development Manager, EMEA Cloud & Solutions will share insights on the complex cloud market on February 28, 2017, at 12 50 pm on ITxpo Stage, Madinat Arena. He will discuss the crucial role data plays, especially as companies shift priorities to generate deeper customer insight, find new sources of revenue, and boost productivity. Having the right cloud storage solution in place can enable businesses to achieve their objectives and maintain control of the changing IT environments.