Create a data-centric organisation through data fabric
“Data Fabric simplifies and integrates data management across cloud and on-premises to accelerate digital transformation. It delivers consistent and integrated hybrid cloud data services for data visibility and insights, data access and control and data protection and security.”
NetApp
NetApp Portfolio
Enterprise Storage
Build your data fabric on the industry’s broadest portfolio of all-flash, hybrid-flash, and object storage systems, or extend your storage system’s current capabilities.
When it comes to modernising and simplifying your storage environment, NetApp is recognised by Gartner as a proven leader for Primary Storage.
From simple, smart, trusted storage for shared NAS and SAN environments to arrays built for dedicated, high-bandwidth applications like data analytics and disk-based backup, Q Associates and NetApp work with you to design the perfect solution.
All-flash Storage
Take your enterprise apps to the next level with industry-leading performance, scalability, and simplicity.
NetApp All Flash FAS (AFF) is a robust scale-out platform built for virtualised environments, combining low-latency performance with best-in-class data management, built-in efficiencies, integrated data protection, multiprotocol support, and nondisruptive operations. Deploy as a stand-alone system or as a high-performance tied in a NetApp ONTAP® configuration.
Hybrid-Flash Storage
Deliver a cost-effective solution featuring solid-state drive (SSD) with hard disk (HDD)technology, FB XPM.
NetApp E-Series hybrid flash arrays deliver simplicity and reliability for mid-sized businesses driving data-intensive applications like analytics, video surveillance, and disk-based backup, to small enterprises and remote offices needing mixed-workload performance for their dedicated apps,
In addition to solid performance, E-Series enables flexible and cost-effective backup and recovery to the cloud, and features a modern, browser-based GUI that enables simple, flexible administration and rapid data access.
Object Storage
Optimise data management at scale with a software-defined, object-based cloud storage platform.
Store and manage unstructured data at scale by using NetApp® StorageGRID® for secure, durable object storage for the private and public cloud. Place content in the right location, at the right time, and on the right storage tier, optimizing workflows and reducing overall costs for globally distributed rich media.
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NetApp recognised by Gartner as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant™ for Primary Storage
Cloud Services Solutions
NetApp delivers a range of powerful Cloud Data Services to support customers to develop and deliver data-driven business outcomes for application on cloud, multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments.
Hybrid cloud solutions: Unify, simplify, innovate
NetApp helps you build a unified data fabric between your data centre and choice of clouds with simplified management and the flexibility to adapt as your needs change.
Read the NetApp press release to find out what’s new.
Why NetApp for cloud services?
As a cloud storage expert, NetApp Cloud Data Services enable users to deploy, run, monitor, maintain and manage services in the public cloud, including Azure, AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft 365.
From productivity to protection and database services, elevate your cloud with NetApp’s ever-evolving portfolio of cloud services and capabilities.
Your next-generation hybrid cloud infrastructure
Embrace the modern hybrid world with FlexPod, the platform designed to power your most demanding modern apps and enterprise needs, integrate advanced cloud services, manage data easily from edge to core to cloud, and dramatically reduce your data centre costs.
FlexPod
Delivers an industry-leading private cloud platform for core data-centric enterprise and AI workloads.
Through pre-validated reference architectures, FlexPod combines NetApp storage, Cisco UCS compute and Cisco Nexus switching in a highly integrated, converged infrastructure to deliver optimal datacentre performance, flexibility and management.
The Data Fabric
Data Fabric is an architecture and set of data services that provide consistent capabilities across a choice of endpoints spanning on-premises and multiple cloud environments.
Build your data fabric and take control of your enterprise systems, software, and services to deliver a single, connected experience.
Develop your data fabric
Your data is anywhere and everywhere, in every form imaginable. And it’s growing by the minute, stored in public clouds, private clouds and on premises. Your teams leverage it to do their jobs. Your business depends on it to survive and thrive. And now you can design your data fabric to deliver it where, when and how you need it.
Data Fabric simplifies and integrates data management across cloud and on-premises to accelerate digital transformation. It delivers consistent and integrated hybrid cloud data services for data visibility and insights, data access and control and data protection and security.
Q Associates shares NetApp’s vision to build a data fabric designed for simplicity and agility. Working together we can deliver a unified data experience across the world’s biggest clouds, private clouds, and on premises.
Let us help you to deliver a seamless hybrid multi-cloud experience.
a modern data
centre architecture
FlexPod is the #1 converged infrastructure platform that combines best in class Cisco and NetApp® components to deliver a data centre converged infrastructure solution that’s fast, reliable, secure, cloud enabled, and optimised for artificial intelligence (AI) and modern application performance. 
Platform for Innovation
Over 9,000 FlexPod
customers around
the World
Unmatched Versatility
175+ Validated Designs
No matter what proprietary or legacy software and systems your organisation uses, FlexPod will fit right in, and with compelling new capabilities there’s never been a better time to explore FlexPod solutions.
Written in the stars
For over 15 years we have committed and invested in NetApp technologies to the benefit of our clients across the UK and Europe. Our team is qualified to the highest level for implementation, professional services and support, as well as technical specialisations in Flexpod and Hybrid Cloud.
As an industry leading NetApp partner and in recognition of our dedication, NetApp awarded us ‘Star’ partner status.
”Q Associates are a long established and highly valued NetApp UK Partner who have achieved the highest partnership level of NetApp Star Partner.”
Kristian Keir, Vice President EMEA, NetApp
In partnership we achieve more
Working alongside NetApp we deliver IT infrastructures that support a broad range of business critical and high-performance workloads.
Our 24x7 support centre
monitors over 600 NetApp systems for our clients through our
SSC and NetApp Active Support services:
High Performance
Q Associates are familiar with our storage and back-up environment, have unrivalled technology know-how and an impressive grasp of the commercial considerations involved.
University of Bedfordshire
Easy to Scale
One of the attractions of the system is that it is very easy to scale our storage requirements. It’s a simple process, and we can add more storage as we need it.
Diamond Light Source
Multiple Vendors
We now have an infrastructure in place that’s designed to handle the data-intensive scale-out workloads that are critical to digital transformation.
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