I've discussed in a number of blog posts, as well as previous episodes of Tech Interviews, the importance of building a data strategy.

The term "Data Fabric" is an increasingly common way of describing such a strategy, this was something I first heard 3 years ago at NetApp's annual technical conference Insight as they introduced their first ideas for building a strategy that would start to move them from a storage company to a data management company.

When NetApp first discussed this three years ago, they were a very different company, accused of living in the past, a traditional storage dinosaur with no place in this modern world.

But NetApp has changed, today they are moving headlong into a data management future.

Surely then, as NetApp continue to change, their beloved ONTAP operating system can't still play a key part in building a data fabric.

Nothing could be further from the truth, and that is the focus of this episode, as I'm joined by Justin Parisi, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer at NetApp and the host of NetApp's Tech ONTAP podcast.

In this episode, we explore why ONTAP is anything but a legacy bit of technology and how not only is it still relevant, it is right at the core of NetApp's data fabric future.

We discuss how as a piece of software ONTAP provides the flexibility and versatility are crucial in a modern data strategy, doing so much more than storing data by providing services such as protection, security, efficiency and performance.

We wrap up looking at some of the features in the latest version of ONTAP and how continuous improvements ensure ONTAP remains at the heart of NetApp's data fabric strategy and can play a part in yours.

Next week we look at the development of the hyper-converged market, where it is today and how it needs to change, as I discuss some interesting HCI research with Troy Mangum.

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Full show notes are here :- https://wp.me/p4IvtA-1wD