More than just a box. 🟦 #theCUBE talks storage innovation at @NetApp Converge 2024 theCUBE.net “What I always really liked was the innovation you build in a solution,” says @realstrech in an exclusive segment with Derek Elbert, technical solutions architect at World Wide Technology. The two discuss NetApp’s ecosystem of solutions partners that are making #enterpriseAI an executable reality, starting with the foundational infrastructure. “With NetApp, it’s not just about ‘Hey, I’m gonna ship you a box. Good luck!’ It’s about how you bring a solution,” Strechay furhers. “We have something in St. Louis a lot of other solutions integrators don’t have, and that’s an advanced technology center,” explains Elbert. “That’s where we bring in all of the technologies from all of the vendors. NetApp has a very large footprint there, about 70 systems. And that’s where we can actually provide a place for customers to bring their workload to allow us to spin that up on our hardware.” “They can actually prove out that the workload they want to run on NetApp… will actually run,” Elbert concludes. 🔴 We’re live now! theCUBE.net #LiveNews #NetAppDataStorage #EnterpriseTech #UnifiedData #AIinfra #ITpros @wwt_inc