![]() And if a company has Microsoft licenses, CloudJumper helps optimize the use of those licenses." "That increases the efficient use of resources. "The CloudJumper platform does automatic optimization, letting a workspace spin up when needed and spin down when not," he said. It is focused on VDI optimization, and doesn't care what cloud it works on. " George Kurian is known for saying, 'Let's build data fabrics, not data centers.'"ĬloudJumper fits right in with that strategy, Woodall said. ![]() "Cloud data services is a big part of NetApp's Data Fabric strategy," he said. NetApp has over the last few years been building its cloud capabilities with such acquisitions as its 2017 acquisition of Greenqloud for cloud automation, and its 2020 acquisition of Talon Storage for its ability to centralize data from multiple branch offices to the cloud, Woodall said. But it's recently taken on a life of its own." "Virtual desktops will be the new normal," Woodall told CRN. While virtual desktops have been around for years, the world has changed with the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, said John Woodall, vice president of engineering west at General Datatech, a Dallas-based solution provider and NetApp channel partner. If you had asked me yesterday whether NetApp would buy a VDI company, I would have laughed. It's part of NetApp's overall movement towards cloud management. As it brings CloudJumper in, it's a nice little story for NetApp, its partners, and its customers. "And it has a great infrastructure to support VDI. "NetApp provides an awesome solution for storage," he said. NetApp's channel partners said the vendor is continuing to drive new opportunities with its expanding cloud focus, and the CloudJumper acquisition fits in well with that strategy.Ĭhampion Solution Group’s Pyle has been selling VDI management technology from CloudJumper rival Nerdio, but will be giving CloudJumper a new look because of its acquisition by NetApp.Ĭustomers can run VDI without technology from companies like CloudJumper or Nerdio, but their technologies make offering VDI so much easier, simpler, and better, Pyle said. NetApp is focused on enabling solutions for customers." ![]() As the CloudJumper team comes into NetApp, we will be able to add complimentary offerings, such as our SaaS data protection for Office 365. ![]() "Customers will be able to just fire up virtual desktops as needed. "We will manage all the infrastructure in the cloud," he said. Prior to the acquisition, CloudJumper was already being integrated on NetApp on-premises and cloud storage infrastructures, including NetApp's Cloud Volumes and its Azure NetApp Service, and the two companies have a large overlap in channel partners, Bhatia said.įurther integration now that NetApp has acquired CloudJumper will make it easier for partners to build managed services around VDI, Bhatia said. VDI has been a big focus for NetApp because businesses are increasingly using the technology to move to Azure, Google, and AWS, Bhatia told CRN. NetApp has been involved in the VDI business for years, with a lot of customers running their virtual desktops on NetApp storage, both on-premises and in the cloud, said Vikram Bhatia, vice president for go-to-market strategy and partnerships for NetApp cloud services. ![]() NetApp Wednesday said it acquired CloudJumper as a way to build a single management platform that combines VDI, and the underpinning storage and data services infrastructure that delivers high-performance, easily-managed virtual desktops across Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud. "NetApp has had the storage infrastructure for VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure), but not the tools to manage it. "It's interesting to see a storage company like NetApp broaden its portfolio beyond storage," Chris Pyle, president of Champion Solutions Group, a Boca Raton, Fla.-based solution provider and NetApp channel partner, told CRN. NetApp's acquisition of virtual desktop infrastructure management company CloudJumper gives NetApp and its channel partners new ways to build on NetApp storage to further their reach into the cloud. ![]()
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