October 19, 2012
Citrix, NetApp partner to simplify enterprise cloud deployments
Grazed from CBROnline. Author: Editorial Staff.
The partnership will address storage automation, resource allocation, and virtual machine backup and recovery Server, desktop virtualisation, networking, software-as-a-service (SaaS) and cloud computing technology firm Citrix has extended its partnership with storage, data management applications provider NetApp to accelerate the adoption of enterprise cloud deployments.
Under the expanded collaboration, the companies will provide an integrated cloud orchestration and storage application that claimed to address storage automation, resource allocation, and virtual machine backup and recovery…
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