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NetApp Collaborates with Google Cloud to Power Data Infrastructure for Distributed Cloud<\/b><\/p>\n

Collaboration delivers a secure data platform to power AI and sovereignty in private clouds<\/i><\/p>\n

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)–
\nNetApp\u00ae (NASDAQ: NTAP), the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, today announced that it has expanded its collaboration with Google Cloud with a 4-year Enterprise Agreement to accelerate the deployment of the NetApp storage solutions within the Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped (GDC), Google’s sovereign cloud platform delivered by World Wide Technology (WWT). The NetApp data platform within this full-stack, air-gapped private cloud solution delivers the built-in security organizations need to handle sensitive information and meet data sovereignty requirements.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cFor government agencies and defense organizations, sensitive and classified data can\u2019t leave controlled environments, but that data is also critical to AI\u2011driven decision\u2011making,\u201d said Cesar Cernuda, President at NetApp. \u201cBy embedding NetApp\u2019s secure-by-design storage systems into Google Distributed Cloud, we’re enabling customers to build Intelligent Data Infrastructure that provides the foundation to support accredited, enterprise\u2011grade AI directly within sovereign and air\u2011gapped environments. Now, public sector customers can modernize operations, accelerate insight, and innovate responsibly without compromising security, compliance, or national sovereignty.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nGoogle Distributed Cloud extends customers\u2019 cloud infrastructure and services to the places customers need them, including on-premises data centers and network edges. NetApp AFF, StorageGRID, and Trident solutions enable Intelligent Data Infrastructure that, with the integrated GDC solution, provides private cloud with zero-trust security and the ability to store data locally, manage encryption keys, and maintain control. Leveraging these systems within GDC enables customers to deploy cloud technology and applications, including AI capabilities, while maintaining more control over their IT environments by bringing the cloud closer to where their data is generated or creating air-gapped environments that limit or eliminate outside connections.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cAcross the public sector, agencies are being asked to do more with data while operating under increasingly strict sovereignty, security, and compliance mandates,\u201d said Muninder Sambi, VP, Product Management & Supply Chain, Google Distributed Cloud, Google Cloud. \u201cGoogle Distributed Cloud was designed for exactly these environments, enabling customers to bring modern cloud services and advanced AI capabilities into sovereign, air\u2011gapped, and disconnected settings. By working with NetApp, we are helping government and regulated enterprises innovate where their data resides\u2014supporting mission\u2011critical workloads with the highest levels of security, compliance, and operational integrity, without slowing the pace of transformation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nOver the last year, Google Cloud has extended its AI capabilities for regulated use cases. Gemini\u2019s advanced reasoning and state-of-the-art generation capabilities are available on GDC to unlock key generative AI capabilities such as automation, content generation, discovery, and summarization on-premises. Customers can operate fully disconnected, while still integrating Google’s AI capabilities, enabling innovation while meeting strict security and compliance requirements.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cAI has the potential to transform how every organization operates, even those facing the most stringent controls to meet national security and data sovereignty requirements,\u201d said Joe Koenig, President at WWT. \u201cLeveraging data-driven insights to power your business requires a combination of innovative AI capabilities with powerful infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n

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