NetApp to Ride Virtual Data Storage Wave

NetApp bets that its approach will give it an edge as customers deploy virtual storage. As mentioned in this Network World article, NetApp already offers deduplication tools and says that the Data Domain acquisition was intended to expand into a new market.

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""Having data in silos makes storage complex, says Manish Goel, NetApp's executive vice president of product operations. Goel says the company's software allows enterprises to manage different types of storage systems, such as network-attached storage (NAS) and fiber channel storage area networks (SANs), as a single infrastructure. NetApp bets that its approach will give it an edge as customers deploy virtual storage or move their data to cloud providers."

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