Andrew Smith

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Andrew Smith

Research Manager, Cloud Infrastructure Services

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NetApp Astra Now Available Through Microsoft's Azure Kubernetes Service

Apr 2021 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS47634621

By: Lucas MearianResearch Manager, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group, Andrew SmithResearch Manager, Cloud Infrastructure Services

Astra, NetApp's Kubernetes data service platform, is now available through Microsoft's Azure cloud service. Astra offers data management for containerized workloads in both private and public clouds; data protection through snapshots, backu...
AWS Helps Enterprises Manage Exponential Data Growth with New, Lower-Priced Cloud IaaS Storage

Mar 2021 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS47569621

By: Andrew SmithResearch Manager, Cloud Infrastructure Services, Dave McCarthyResearch Vice President, Cloud and Edge Infrastructure Services, Ashish NadkarniGroup Vice President, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group

During March, Amazon Web Services announced lower prices for two of its storage services: EFS and S3 Glacier. These updates follow several price-related storage announcements during AWS Storage Day at the end of 2020. These announcements hi...
Fire at OVH Datacenter Is a Stark Reminder of the Need for Cloud Disaster Recovery and Backup Solutions

Mar 2021 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS47528821

By: Andrew SmithResearch Manager, Cloud Infrastructure Services, Phil GoodwinResearch Director, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group, Ashish NadkarniGroup Vice President, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group

A recent fire at OVH datacenters in Strasbourg, France, destroyed systems and disrupted service to customers. This put OVH's name in the spotlight, but this disaster must also serve as a reminder to enterprises that no cloud is completely s...

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Prevalence of Workload Deployment on Cloud IaaS Compared to Dedicated Infrastructures

Apr 2021 | IDC Survey Spotlight | Doc # US47601621

By: Andrew SmithResearch Manager, Cloud Infrastructure Services, Heather West, PhDSenior Research Analyst, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group

This Survey Spotlight presents select findings from IDC's IT Infrastructure for Storage Survey. The survey was conducted in October 2020 and includes responses from over 600 IT and line-of-business (LOB) personnel responsible for making IT ...
Infrastructure as a Service Storage Instances Indicate Demand on the Supply Side for Flash/SSDs and HDDs

Apr 2021 | IDC Survey Spotlight | Doc # US47589421

By: Andrew SmithResearch Manager, Cloud Infrastructure Services, Ashish NadkarniGroup Vice President, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group

This IDC Survey Spotlight provides insights on adoption of public cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) storage instances. This is an indicator of the changing demand for storage media (which is mostly installed in servers), procured by ...
Top 5 Factors Driving Storage Capacity Growth in the Cloud and On Premises

Mar 2021 | IDC Survey Spotlight | Doc # US47574621

By: Andrew SmithResearch Manager, Cloud Infrastructure Services, Heather West, PhDSenior Research Analyst, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group

This IDC Survey Spotlight presents select findings from IDC's IT Infrastructure for Storage Survey. The survey was conducted in October 2020, and it includes responses from over 600 IT and line-of-business (LOB) personnel responsible for ma...

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Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies, Storage

Andrew Smith

IDC Links

Analyst Research

NetApp Astra Now Available Through Microsoft's Azure Kubernetes Service

AWS Helps Enterprises Manage Exponential Data Growth with New, Lower-Priced Cloud IaaS Storage

Fire at OVH Datacenter Is a Stark Reminder of the Need for Cloud Disaster Recovery and Backup Solutions

Prevalence of Workload Deployment on Cloud IaaS Compared to Dedicated Infrastructures

Infrastructure as a Service Storage Instances Indicate Demand on the Supply Side for Flash/SSDs and HDDs

Top 5 Factors Driving Storage Capacity Growth in the Cloud and On Premises

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