Seth Cutler, chief information security officer of NetApp, has said implementing artificial intelligence tools can help the public sector manage data protection, compliance and risks as agencies increase the pace of digital transformation projects to address cybersecurity threats.

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Seth Cutler, chief information security officer of data storage and management company NetApp, has said that agencies should continuously update and retrain artificial intelligence models to detect, prevent and respond to cyber threats.

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NetApp has begun to offer a cloud-based file storage service through Microsoft Azure's government region data centers.

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World Wide Technology has received recognition from NetApp for work as a value-added reseller of the latter company’s products to the Defense Department. NetApp selected WWT for the “Top DoD VAR Partner of the Year” award based on total revenue earned over the past four fiscal quarters, WWT said Tuesday. Robert Stein, vice president of NetApp’s public sector business, said the company […] More

Bill Miller, former senior vice president and chief information officer at Broadcom, has joined NetApp in the same role of CIO and will be responsible for both the company’s information technology organization and ongoing transformation initiatives. NetApp said Wednesday Miller will manage the NetApp on NetApp and Customer-1 programs that aim to help the company’s engineering and field organizations update and demonstrate […] More

NASA has picked a cloud-based NetApp storage platform to help agency personnel move, protect and manage data at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The selection came after NASA’s informational resources directorate conducted a proof-of-concept data storage effort that leveraged NetApp’s AltaVault appliance, Veritas‘ NetBackup  platform and Amazon Web Services‘ cloud technology, NetApp said Monday. “With one of the largest cloud footprints of any […] More

Data management and cloud storage solutions provider NetApp has appointed Steve Smith, Equinix CEO and president, to its board of directors — which is comprised of 10 other members. Smith started in Equinix in 2007 after work as senior vice president of HP services, where he managed the consulting and integration service and technology deployment and […] More

NetApp will provide its storage and backup-to-cloud services for data access and application response to more than 40 departments across the public school district of Seminole County, Florida. The company will offer its NetApp FAS8040HA and AltaVault products to assist Seminole County schools in supporting new applications and objectives, meeting workload needs through hybrid storage array and data […] More

Sunnyvale, California-based computer storage and data management company NetApp has appointed former Altera Chief Financial Officer Ron Pasek to the roles of executive vice president and CFO. The three-decade financial leadership veteran will join the company on April 11 to replace interim CFO Jeffrey Bergmann, NetApp said Wednesday. Prior to Altera, he spent 20 years in finance positions at […] More

Avnet subsidiary Avnet Government Solutions has added NetApp products and services to its General Services Administration schedule in efforts to offer data storage and management technology to government agencies. Avnet said Wednesday it aims to give partners access to NetApp technology through Avnet’s IT Schedule 70. Pete Rzonca, Avnet Government Solutions president, said public sector clients can use the technology to […] More

Kirk Kern, chief technology officer of cloud technologies at NetApp's U.S. public sector business, has outlined cloud adoption challenges to federal agencies and recommended strategies to overcome those issues. Kern wrote in an opinion piece for Federal Times published Monday that one potential obstacle to federal agency cloud adoption is the “lack of clarity on cloud migration […] More

NetApp has acquired Riverbed Technology‘s cloud-integrated backup product line for approximately $80 million in an effort to help clients manage data across cloud platforms. NetApp will consolidate the SteelStore product with other cloud-integrated storage offerings for customers to back up their data in private and public cloud environments, NetApp said Monday. NetApp plans to roll out the SteelStore product in the third […] More