Arrow, Artisan debut NetApp cloud data protection service

Grazed from TechTarget. Author: Editorial Staff.

Cloud-based Data Protection for NetApp is the latest addition to Arrow Electronics’ ArrowSphere cloud aggregation marketplace, as part of a strategic partnership between Artisan Infrastructure and Arrow that was announced today.

According to Brian Hierholzer, CEO of Artisan, an Austin, Texas-based wholesale-only provider of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), this is the first partnership between the two companies. The new partnership enables Arrow partners to sell the service — which includes NetApp data protection infrastructure and a suite of services to speed time to market, simplify billing and contracts, and reduce management overhead — to their enterprise and to small- and medium-sized business (SMB) customers…

The cloud-based Data Protection for NetApp uses native NetApp SnapMirror tools as the foundation for cloud-based data protection. "A lot of enterprises and SMBs have NetApp boxes on-premises but need a backup option. The problem is that many solutions out there require a third-party solution set," Hierholzer said. "What we’ve done is put together a native tool set that allows a VAR [value-added reseller] or end-user client to be able to gain control of a cloud-based target virtual filer," he added…

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