{"id":36284,"date":"2018-09-19T13:34:11","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T13:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cloudcomputing-news.net\/news\/2018\/sep\/19\/netapp-acquires-stackpointcloud-multi-cloud-kubernetes-service-offering\/"},"modified":"2018-09-19T13:34:11","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T13:34:11","slug":"netapp-acquires-stackpointcloud-for-multi-cloud-kubernetes-service-offering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/netapp-acquires-stackpointcloud-for-multi-cloud-kubernetes-service-offering\/","title":{"rendered":"NetApp acquires StackPointCloud for multi-cloud Kubernetes service offering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cloudcomputing-news.net\/media\/img\/news\/hands-holding-jigsaw-puzzles-business-to-business-business-matching-picture-id864489188_2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Another piece of cloud M&amp;A but this time with a Kubernetes feel; hybrid cloud provider NetApp has announced the acquisition of StackPointCloud with the claim of providing the industry&#39;s first complete Kubernetes platform for multi-cloud deployments.<\/p>\n<p>As the company&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.netapp.com\/kubernetes-service\">hosting page put it<\/a>, the proposed hook up is &#39;the simplest way to deploy a Kubernetes cluster to the clouds&#39;. The NetApp Kubernetes Service is compatible with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform with more than 7500 clusters deployed thus far &#8211; 5785 on AWS, 1286 on Google and 596 at Azure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If multi-cloud is making more sense for organisations with greater efficiency for different workloads, and Kubernetes and containers makes sense for application development and deployment, why not both?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>StackPointCloud&#39;s technology offers &#39;zero to Kubernetes in three clicks&#39; which comprises the key feature of easy upgrade. Other features include Istio support, volume support and dashboard capability.<\/p>\n<p>Kubernetes has clearly been the leader in container orchestration &#8211; but as Ronald Sens, director EMEA marketing at A10 Networks noted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudcomputing-news.net\/news\/2018\/sep\/19\/why-kubernetes-helping-make-cloud-mainstream\/\">in this publication earlier this week<\/a>, there is more that can be done. &quot;The key point here is that enterprise organisations are starting to take note and there are signs that the market for Kubernetes is growing very rapidly,&quot; wrote Sens.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;This acquisition will benefit customers looking to simplify the delivery of data and applications in clouds, across clouds and hybrid clouds,&quot; said Anthony Lye, SVP and general manager of NetApp&#39;s cloud data services business unit. &quot;The StackPointCloud Kubernetes as a service platform combined with NetApp&#39;s Cloud Data Services creates a complete DevOps solution, so customers can focus on innovation, not administration.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cloudcomputing-news.net\/media\/img\/news\/hands-holding-jigsaw-puzzles-business-to-business-business-matching-picture-id864489188_2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Another piece of cloud M&amp;A but this time with a Kubernetes feel; hybrid cloud provider NetApp has announced the acquisition of StackPointCloud with the claim of providing the industry&#8217;s first complete Kubernetes platform for multi-cloud deployments.<\/p>\n<p>As the company&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.netapp.com\/kubernetes-service\">hosting page put it<\/a>, the proposed hook up is &#8216;the simplest way to deploy a Kubernetes cluster to the clouds&#8217;. The NetApp Kubernetes Service is compatible with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform with more than 7500 clusters deployed thus far &#8211; 5785 on AWS, 1286 on Google and 596 at Azure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If multi-cloud is making more sense for organisations with greater efficiency for different workloads, and Kubernetes and containers makes sense for application development and deployment, why not both?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>StackPointCloud&#8217;s technology offers &#8216;zero to Kubernetes in three clicks&#8217; which comprises the key feature of easy upgrade. 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