Network Appliance Inc. has announced a new line of products designed to enhance data management capabilities, making an aggressive move into the enterprise data centre market. The company said with launch, it is looking to unseat EMC and HP for leadership of open systems storage.
NetApp said the expanded portfolio offers modular, transparent scalability for the largest data center applications and consolidations; maximum flexibility to help customers adapt to business changes; and the highest availability of application data, ultimately enabling more productivity for IT productivity.
Two new systems announced include the FAS6030 and the FAS6070. An enhanced NetApp Manageability Software family and new Fibre Channel (FC) SAN capabilities has also debuted.