AI infrastructure modernization drives storage rethink – SiliconANGLE

Companies are rethinking their technology foundations as AI infrastructure modernization and security demands grow. The result is surging demand for flexible platforms that can run legacy and modern applications simultaneously while keeping data secure and AI-ready.

NetApp Inc. and Nutanix Inc. are now working together in an effort to help customers modernize their infrastructure, according to Ketan Shah (pictured, left), vice president of products at Nutanix. The partnership addresses a gap in the virtualization market as organizations look for more flexibility in how they run and protect workloads across hybrid environments.

“NetApp and Nutanix are combining forces to help customers modernize the infrastructure. Not just today for virtualization — [taking the] simplicity and agility of Nutanix with the agility and resilience of NetApp — but also taking them on a journey to modernize as the apps evolve with containers and AI,” Shah said. “That’s really what this is about.”

Shah and Sandeep Singh (right), senior vice president and general manager of enterprise storage at NetApp, spoke with theCUBE’s John Furrier and co-host Alison Kosik at Nutanix .NEXT, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. They discussed AI infrastructure modernization and the growing importance of secure, AI-ready data platforms. (* Disclosure below.)

The two…