Practical Guide to Cloud Management Platforms

whitePaper | June 14, 2022

The acceleration and convergence of IT and communications innovations are unlocking new revenue opportunities for service providers. In 5G, the biggest differentiation will come from the introduction of standalone 5G cores and 5G Advanced capabilities, much of it aimed at enterprise use cases and much of it just beginning. Cloud adoption continues globally, with the migration of cloud from core to edge set to underpin many of the emerging 5G use cases. This migration will also help transform the communications service provider (CSP) networks themselves.

whitePaper | August 12, 2022

The NetApp Virtual Desktop Service (VDS) orchestrates Remote Desktop Services (RDS) in major public clouds as well as on private clouds. VDS supports Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) on Microsoft Azure. VDS automates many tasks that must be performed after deployment of WVD or RDS, including setting up SMB file shares (for user profiles, shared data, and the user home drive), enabling Windows features, application and agent installation, firewall, and policies.

whitePaper | July 22, 2022

This paper defines a set of requirements for edge-to-cloud architectures that apply broadly across multiple industries. These potential uses span from factory floors and healthcare to remote oil and gas installations and expeditionary, forward operating defense bases. This architecture requirement list is not comprehensive, and some of the capabilities are not technically achievable yet. However, they can help define areas for development and can guide the synergy of existing capabilities.

whitePaper | June 3, 2023

As organizations continue to increase their cloud investments, the challenge of reducing and optimizing cloud costs has become bigger than ever before. According to various surveys and state of cloud reports, enterprises typically waste around one-third of their cloud budgets due to multiple inefficiencies and planning failures. Regardless of their cloud maturity, most organizations identify cloud cost optimization as a key challenge.

whitePaper | June 30, 2022

Multi-cloud is when a company employs more than one cloud platform service for its diverse application requirements. A multi-cloud is generally constituted of a private, public cloud to fulfill a company's end goals. Multi-cloud Management usually uses many different convenient architectures, such as IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS, to achieve business goals.

whitePaper | December 31, 2022

2020 will go down in history as the year the world met with one of its most significant challenges in nearly a century – the great coronavirus pandemic. The resulting situation can be aptly described by the term “VUCA,” an acronym standing for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity. In other words, the world faced a crisis.