NetApp Joins Vultr Cloud Alliance

In data-driven world, companies are being asked to do more with data – process it faster, analyze it more deeply, and use it to drive real-time insights. Yet, with data spread across on-premises servers, various clouds, and edge locations, managing it can be a monumental challenge.

NetApp, Inc. has joined the Vultr Cloud Alliance program with a goal to enable businesses to harness their data wherever it resides and unlock the potential of AI. This shared vision brought our teams together to build a scalable solution, and ready to meet the demands of AI workloads.

The partnership designed for data challenges
As data becomes more distributed, organizations need more than just infrastructure. They need a solution that brings clarity and control to their data management strategy. The 2 partners offer a streamlined approach for businesses to manage, protect, and access data wherever it resides.

By combining Vultr’s extensive global infrastructure with NetApp’s data management tools, this partnership allows companies to simplify data handling, reduce complexity, and enhance security. Designed with data challenges in mind, this solution empowers businesses to navigate a fragmented data landscape, ensuring flexibility without compromising control or accessibility.

Why Vultr and NetApp are a perfect fit?

Unified data management across hybrid clouds
With NetApp ONTAP on Vultr, organizations gain data management capabilities that span on-premises, cloud, and edge environments, enabling an actual hybrid cloud strategy. This approach allows businesses to shift data across environments, optimizing resources while ensuring critical data remains readily accessible.

By leveraging integration flexibility, companies can achieve data and application portability across public, private, and on-premises solutions, including Vultr’s cloud and GPU offerings. This hybrid strategy reduces reliance on a single provider, controls costs, and ensures adaptability for workloads while meeting regulatory standards – ultimately supporting a resilient and tailored IT infrastructure.

AI-optimized infrastructure with cloud GPUs
As AI and ML become central to business innovation, fast access to high-quality data is essential. Vultr’s Cloud GPU and NetApp’s efficient data handling provide the infrastructure to support intensive AI workloads.

Data scientists can train complex models, perform in-depth analytics, and gain insights, leveraging a platform designed to handle AI’s demands.

Cost-effective and vendor-agnostic flexibility
Unlike traditional cloud platforms that lock customers into rigid, high-cost structures, Vultr offers a flexible, vendor-agnostic solution. Businesses benefit from Vultr’s predictable pricing and NetApp’s automated tiering, allowing them to optimize storage costs without sacrificing performance. This freedom to operate across hybrid environments and multicloud setups enables businesses to tailor their infrastructure to their needs.

A long-term vision for hybrid cloud and AI
This partnership is more than just a collaboration; it’s part of a long-term strategy to empower organizations with the tools to innovate at scale. As more businesses adopt hybrid and multicloud strategies, the demand for scalable, secure, and flexible solutions will only grow. Vultr and NetApp are committed to supporting this evolution, ensuring that organizations can confidently navigate modern data management’s complexities.

Looking ahead, we’re expanding Vultr’s GPU offerings, providing more choice and performance options for AI and data-heavy applications. We’re also enhancing multicloud compatibility, ensuring data mobility and integration across diverse environments because we believe businesses should never be limited by their infrastructure.