

NetApp is the largest independent storage vendor, a pioneer in file-based storage but also in making on-premises storage operate seamlessly in the cloud and in breaking the tie between data stored using NetApp technology and its own hardware. Mo.NetApp bolsters MSP play through Spot, CloudJumperĪsk almost anyone who NetApp is, and the answer will likely be along the lines of, “It’s a storage company.” And whoever answered that way would mostly be correct. That's its 23th acquisition in 21 years, including 9 with price not revealed, as for CloudJumper, when amount is not significant for NetApp financial results. Whether it's known as VDI, unified workspace, DaaS, WaaS, desktop virtualization, virtual desktop infrastructure, WVD, RDS, remote applications, virtualized applications, or other industry nomenclatures, CloudJumper said to support thousands of customers running tens of thousands of applications. It solves the challenging adoption problems of remote desktop and application digital workspaces. It is cloud-agnostic and support Microsoft Azure, Google, AWS and regional cloud providers, as well as complex hybrid technologies.
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Its software solution, called Cloud Workspace Management Suite (CWMS), is a VDI and RDS alternative to Citrix and VMware.
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The company started with a simple UI which overlays the cloud environment and allows to deploy, manage, maintain and optimize remote desktop and application workspaces - without coding or PowerShell.Ĭloud Workspace for Azure and Windows Virtual Desktop integration He has just been nominated VP of modern workspace for NetApp. Its president from 2016 to 2020, John David (JD) Helms, was formerly president of nGenx, in hosted virtual desktop and cloud-based application delivery. He went about looking for CloudJumper who could bring about this vision. As his companies laid fiber optics connecting cities, he understood that applications and desktops could be served from remote datacenters. Its founder, Al Cinelli, had the vision of a connected cloud workspace - before the concept of cloud was fully developed. Commentsīased in Garner, NC, CloudJumper is not in storage but has a 20-year history in the application and desktop vistualization technology, and without raising any VC money. In addition, NetApp will add resources to the existing CloudJumper channel partner program enhancing the capabilities of MSP, VAR, SI and ISV partners to solve customer challenges. NetApp VDS will be available on NetApp Cloud Central and integrated with Azure NetApp Files and Cloud Volumes. NetApp VDS provides CloudJumper’s customers resilient storage with enterprise features including performance, HA, global file caching, backup, compliance and capabilities to help move business operations to the cloud.

“N etApp and CloudJumper provide a simplified management platform for delivering VDI, storage and data management across Microsoft Azure, AWS and Google Cloud with best in class virtual desktop management combined with best in class storage and data services.”ĬloudJumper gives customers a simple and secure path to the future by managing current environments – often on-premises or using older technologies such as RDS – in addition to the environment the market is moving to – cloud hosted desktops using Windows Virtual Desktops (WVD). “ The ability to provide a consistent virtual desktop experience at scale while keeping data available and secure without sacrificing performance has always been important and is especially critical in today’s unprecedented environment,” said Anthony Lye, SVP and GM of NetApp’s cloud data services business unit. acquired CloudJumper Corp., a cloud software company in the VDI and remote desktop services (RDS) markets.Īs a result of the acquisition, the new NetApp Virtual Desktop Service (VDS) will solve the challenging problems of virtual desktop services and application management, allowing customers to deploy, manage, monitor and optimize those environments as a solution from a single company on the public cloud of their choice.
