NetApp Insight 2025: NetApp Transforms Enterprise Cloud Google Cloud
NetApp Inc., the intelligent data infrastructure company, announced that it has deepened its collaboration with Google Cloud to help customers accelerate cloud transformation and address critical business challenges. New block storage capabilities in Google Cloud NetApp Volumes enhance unified storage for today’s most important data workloads, including virtualized environments, self-managed databases, and AI innovation.
The NetApp data platform enables any Al model-whether on-premises or in any major public cloud-to securely access a customer’s entire data estate, without needing to move data between environments. New integrated caching capabilities in NetApp Volumes allow for seamless access to that unified data foundation, along with advanced new integrations with Gemini Enterprise, empowering customers to break down silos, eliminate complexity, and accelerate their AI journeys.
“With the enhancements to Google Cloud NetApp Volumes including the addition of block storage capabilities, we’re giving enterprises more flexibility and power, without added complexity,” said Pravjit Tiwana, SVP and GM, cloud storage and services, NetApp. “These updates represent a significant leap forward. Our customers will benefit from consistent low-latency performance, enhanced data management with features like snapshots and replication, and the operational simplicity of managing both file and block storage from the same NetApp Volumes service.”
New capabilities in NetApp Volumes include:
Increased Data Unification with Block Capabilities: With the addition of block capabilities to NetApp Volumes, the Flex service level now supports unified storage with both the NAS (NFS/SMB) and SAN (iSCSI) protocols.
