Alliance Organization:
NetApp
On the Web:
http://www.netapp.com
Overview:
As IT departments align more closely with the business, and as IT systems become the very platform of business, companies are experiencing data explosion. A company’s data enables the analytics-driven insight so essential to keeping companies competitive nowadays. It is becoming clear that data is an important resource and as data becomes a strategic asset, so does its storage.
Accenture and NetApp have teamed to help organizations address strategic opportunities through storage transformation. NetApp offers advanced and emerging storage virtualization technologies—including a unified management platform that can scale and adapt to meet an enterprise’s changing storage needs. Accenture brings industry-specific insights into how technology affects people, applications and business processes, as well as leading consulting, systems integration and outsourcing services. Together, Accenture and NetApp are uniquely positioned to help organizations use storage to deliver greater business value. Through Accenture’s broad and deep capabilities and NetApp’s innovative products, we help design and implement a storage foundation for flexible, efficient IT.
Accenture and NetApp have designed integrated solutions to meet a range of needs:
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Data center optimization. This solution addresses the reduction of physical data center locations, as well as standardization, consolidation, virtualization and transformation of the infrastructure platform.
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Cloud transformation. A single, end-to- end storage foundation that scales for private cloud implementations.
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IT management. Accenture’s delivery and outsourcing capabilities combine with NetApp’s leading products to deliver proactive storage management and operations.
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Business application support. Capabilities to accelerate projects and improve data protection on SAP, Oracle and Microsoft business applications.
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Virtual desktop implementation. Integrated, virtual cloning capabilities for Citrix and VMware View.
About NetApp:
NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions that accelerate business breakthroughs and deliver outstanding cost efficiency. Discover our passion for helping companies around the world go further and faster.
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“Accenture’s combination of industry, technical and business strategy expertise complements and enhances NetApp’s innovative storage and data management solutions. Together we help customers dramatically improve their competitiveness and profitability, and do more with less. Our partnership, often in combination with other industry-leading partners, delivers solutions that improve storage efficiency and enable customer breakthroughs.”
—Tom Georgens, president and chief executive officer, NetApp