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Data Mechanics is the ideal acquisition for NetApp to increase the reach of some of its other technology including Spot, said John Woodall, vice president of engineering at General Datatech.
With Ontap 9.9, NetApp is continuing its record of chipping away at hybrid cloud deployment complexity and doing it more often than in the past, said John Woodall.

This article was originally posted on CRN by Joseph F. Kovar. NetApp on Tuesday unveiled significant changes to its channel partner program aimed at better rewarding partners who focus on digital transformation and helping their clients more quickly move to the cloud. The changes include making partner benefits available to new types of channel partners

It is important that NetApp is giving its channel partners a full year to prepare for the new program, Woodall said.
The Rubrik and NetApp relationship is a welcome one to the channel, said John Woodall, vice president of engineering west at General Datatech, a Dallas-based solution provider and partner of both vendors.
CRN has named GDT to its Tech Elite 250 list for the seventh time.
What NetApp is doing with NetApp Astra is exciting, GDT's John Woodall said.
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This article was originally post on CRN by Joseph F. Kovar. NetApp, a late entrant into the hyperconverged infrastructure business, is planning to end production of its NetApp HCI technology and shift its focus to Project Astra, its planned platform for providing persistent storage when managing Kubernetes data and applications.

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It makes sense for NetApp to focus on Project Astra instead of HCI going forward, Woodall said.