Today we announced that the SanDisk FlashSoft software has been validated by NetApp for use with NetApp’s OnTAP enterprise storage and data management solutions. We’re very excited about this announcement, because we’ve worked closely with NetApp over a long period of time to ensure complete interoperability between our products. The NetApp team is excited about working with us because FlashSoft offers their customers a solution that seamlessly improves performance for the broadest set of user applications and operating system environments.

Server-side solid-state caching is a real game-changer in the storage industry, but no matter how great an innovation it represents, there’s little benefit without the assurance of data integrity and compatibility with existing storage systems and operations. From the beginning, FlashSoft software was designed to work with our customers’ preferred server platforms, storage infrastructure and solid-state devices. In our collaboration with NetApp, we’ve gone through rigorous testing to demonstrate that NetApp customers can confidently use FlashSoft software to deliver the performance benefits of a server-side solid-state cache without any disruption to their storage infrastructure.

This year we’ll be working directly with NetApp sales and technical staff, as well as channel partners and customers, to demonstrate the benefits of FlashSoft in NetApp storage environments with servers running Linux, Windows Server, and VMware vSphere. We’ll be hitting the road to visit cities across the country in the NetApp Partner Academy program during May and June, and we’ll be back in Las Vegas for NetApp Insight in October.

If you’re considering solid-state caching in the server for use in your NetApp storage environment, you will want to learn more about FlashSoft.

Tom

The Nikkei Global Management Forum is a special event that each year brings together a carefully chosen group of the world’s most accomplished business executives. The aim is to discuss corporate strategy, management philosophy and the latest trends in management from a truly global perspective. Since its inauguration in 1999, the Forum has come to be recognized as one of the most prestigious international conferences in Asia.

The theme for the 14th Nikkei Global Management Forum is “Visionary Leadership: The Path Forward in a Changing World,” and president and CEO of SanDisk, Sanjay Mehrotra, was invited to address this esteemed group of industry leaders on this topic. In his presentation, titled “Flash Memory: Driving Change,” Sanjay discussed the importance of risk-taking and the constant effort to drive flash technologies forward within the context of a constantly evolving global platform.

Mike Chenery

SanDisk ESS’ director of software marketing, Rich Petersen, recently participated in an interview on TMCnet.com in which he discussed SanDisk’s robust portfolio of enterprise offerings, underscoring the specific benefits of integrating caching software with flash memory in enterprise servers for improved efficiency and performance.

Check out the full video interview here.

Greg