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NetApp HCI 2 Node is a product channel partners have been waiting for, said John Woodall, GDT West VP of Engineering.

The CloudJumper acquisition, in addition to being a key part of NetApp’s cloud strategy, will also make it easier for partners to make NetApp a part of their managed services, Woodall said.

“America gives us freedom of choice, which includes the freedom to do the right thing,” Woodall said.

Project Astra represents the next generation of container technology with a focus on container management, said John Woodall of GDT.

The best storage requires security, efficiency and visibility, Woodall said.

After years of being a leading enterprise storage and cloud provider in the San Francisco Bay Area, IAS, now a part of General Datatech, has become an important conduit for laptops and other end-user equipment as shelter in place orders expand.

CRN has named GDT to its 2020 Tech Elite 250 list, which acknowledges the top tier of North American IT solution providers that have earned the highest number of advanced technical certifications from leading technology suppliers.

The Software Report recently announced the awardees for 2020’s Top 50 Tech Services CEOs, including GDT’s own JW Roberts.

John Woodall noted that Talon Storage’s FAST technology gives NetApp a way to centralize a wider range of data other than its traditional focus on data with the NFS protocol.