NetApp accelerates VMware migrations with Amazon elastic VMware service integration

NetApp announced that Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP is now a supported external storage option for Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon EVS, now generally available, is a new AWS service that allows users to run VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) directly within their Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), alongside other applications. With Amazon EVS, organisations can quickly migrate VMware workloads to AWS to seamlessly extend and expand their VMware environments and unlock business agility and transformation.

This integration with Amazon EVS combines NetApp’s proven, secure data management and protection capabilities with AWS’s scale, resilience, and performance, allowing customers to simplify and accelerate their AWS migration without re-platforming or re-factoring their existing applications or changing their data management workflows.

Migrating mission critical workloads to the cloud can help businesses drive transformation by eliminating aging infrastructure, reducing operational costs, and meeting critical business ...