To deliver enterprise-class protection solutions to cloud service providers and their SMB customers, NetApp has integrated with Microsoft by leveraging the Microsoft Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Hosters. NetApp has announced the availability of new professional service offerings and additional resources and guidance for service providers to build a variety of enterprise-class cloud services.
The Dynamic Data Center Toolkit provides sample code and guidance for building cloud services powered by Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V and the Microsoft System Center Suite.
John Zanni, General Manager, Worldwide Hosting for the Communications Sector, Microsoft, said, "We are pleased to be working with NetApp as part of the Dynamic Data Center Alliance to enable hosting service providers to offer these disaster recovery solutions, and to take another step to move beyond commoditized hosting services to become full-service IT providers to their customers."
Patrick Rogers, Vice-President, Solutions and Alliances Marketing, NetApp, said, "To date, small- and medium-size businesses have not been able to make the investments necessary to enjoy the benefits of robust disk-based data protection. Working with Microsoft, we are helping to address this gap by arming regional and local service providers with the ability to deliver cost-effective enterprise-class data protection services to their customers."
NetApp has also unveiled new consulting offerings and design guidance documentation for Microsoft environments, along with new capabilities to help service providers improve their SLAs. It has published new design guidance documentation to give service providers best practices around rapidly and efficiently deploying as-a-service offerings for their customers.
To provide further assistance to service providers deploying NetApp data protection as a service (DPaaS), NetApp has partnered with InControl software to help service providers monitor and meet their customers' SLAs.
