NetApp’s CEO Unveils New Strategy

Posted: Wednesday, Nov 05

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NetApp’s CEO Unveils New Strategy

Karissa Breen, crowned a LinkedIn ‘Top Voice in Technology’, is more commonly known as KB, and widely known across the cybersecurity industry. A serial Entrepreneur and co-founder of the TMFE Group, a holding company and consortium of several businesses all relating to cybersecurity. These include an industry-leading media platform, a marketing agency, a content production studio, and the executive headhunting firm, MercSec. She is also the former Producer and Host of the streaming show, 2Fa.tv. Our flagship arm, KBI.Media, is an independent and agnostic global cyber security media company led by KB at the helm of the journalism division. As a Cybersecurity Investigative Journalist, KB hosts her renowned podcast, KBKast, interviewing cybersecurity practitioners around the globe on security and the problems business executives face. It has been downloaded in 65 countries with more than 300K downloads globally, influencing billions of dollars in cyber budgets. KB is known for asking the hard questions and getting real answers from her guests, providing a unique, uncoloured position on the always evolving landscape of cybersecurity. She sits down with the top experts to demystify the world of cybersecurity, and provide genuine insight to executives on the downstream impacts cybersecurity advancement and events have on our wider world.

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NetApp’s CEO Unveils New Strategy

From Karissa Breen

Data is the cornerstone of business transformation, driving intelligence around cybersecurity, as well as informing AI models. George Kurian, CEO of NetApp, recently unveiled at their annual conference, NetApp Insight in Las Vegas, that data is king.

“Data is the foundation for transforming a business,” Kurian explained.

Having the data and the right strategy is what will be the key differentiator that keeps businesses ahead of their competition.

During a recent media briefing, Kurian traced NetApp’s journey from the early days of network file storage that split the lineage of storage and computer to the AFX system. Fast-forward to today’s trajectory, which is secure and process-ready data environments.

NetApp’s approach is not another data infrastructure product. The plan is now moved towards integration and continuity.

“Unlike many other technology vendors who ask you to replace one system for another, we are building on top of ONTAP,” Adds Kurian.

The ability to keep current automation frameworks and security models can be the deciding factor for security leaders regarding undergoing upgrades or experiencing a major disruption.

“NetApp offers the most secure storage operating system on the planet, the only one compliant with all six types of the NIST stages of the NIST lifecycle.”

Legacy tools still exist, but ultimately limit capability. Kurian cited NetApp’s European clients he observed, who are running up against solutions built for structured data, small data volumes, predefined schemas. Whilst the industry wraps their head around what is ‘unstructured data and AI’. For NetApp, the next phase rides on the platform’s ability to accelerate data pipelines and AI adoption.