{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"155846","rtpr_id":"nBw6h7L65a-20260929","ticker":"NTAP","exchange":"NASDAQ","all_tickers":["NTAP"],"title":"NetApp to Expand Partnership with SAP to Support SAP Cloud Infrastructure","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-09-29T17:30:00.319Z","article_body":"NetApp to Expand Partnership with SAP to Support SAP Cloud Infrastructure\n\nNetApp to explore integrating NetApp capabilities with SAP Cloud\nInfrastructure storage architecture, to support secure, resilient,\nhigh-performance infrastructure for SAP and customer workloads\n\nNetApp, the intelligent Data Infrastructure company, today announced its\nintent to expand its long-standing partnership with SAP, with plans to explore\ndeeper cloud-native integration of NetApp capabilities into SAP Cloud\nInfrastructure, SAP’s Infrastructure-as-a-Service platform.\n\nThe NetApp Platform supports key elements of the SAP Cloud Infrastructure\nstorage architecture, delivering reliable, highly available and\nhigh-performance file and block storage services. The NetApp Platform also\nprovides built-in proactive data protection capabilities and data replication\nto support SAP’s global availability model.\n\n“SAP and NetApp share a long-standing commitment to empower the world’s\nmost mission-critical enterprise environments,” said Álvaro Celis, Senior\nVice President, Chief Commercial, Partner and Ecosystem Officer at NetApp.\n“By bringing together SAP Cloud Infrastructure with the NetApp Platform, we\ncan empower customers to build an intelligent data infrastructure that\ndelivers the agility, resilience, performance and security required to take on\nthe most demanding tasks and complex problems across the most demanding\nenvironments.”\n\nThe collaboration intends to support SAP’s global cloud infrastructure\nfootprint, which spans multiple regions and availability zones, while helping\naddress country and industry-specific compliance requirements.\n\n“SAP Cloud Infrastructure is the foundation for secure, resilient and\nsovereign digital transformation,” said Jonathan Bletscher, SVP, Head of\nInfrastructure Platform Engineering & Delivery, SAP SE. “Together with\nNetApp, we are exploring ways to strengthen the infrastructure and data layer\nthat enables SAP applications, SAP Business AI Platform and customer workloads\nto run with the performance, availability and security our customers\nexpect.”\n\nIn addition, NetApp plans to explore joint go-to-market initiatives with SAP\nto help customers accelerate their cloud transformation journeys. These\ninitiatives will focus on enabling customers to migrate, modernize and operate\nSAP and non-SAP workloads on SAP Cloud Infrastructure with enterprise-grade\nperformance, resilience, security and operational consistency.\n\nLooking ahead, NetApp and SAP also plan to evaluate NetApp Object storage in\nSAP Cloud Infrastructure, including a technical validation.\n\nStatements by NetApp about unreleased offerings and future plans are for\ninformational purposes only, are subject to change without notice, and should\nnot be relied upon for purchasing or other decisions. Such statements do not\nconstitute a commitment, obligation, guarantee, or warranty of any kind by\nNetApp, including about availability, functionality, pricing, or timing.\n\nAbout NetApp\n\nFor more than three decades, NetApp has helped the world’s leading\norganizations navigate change – from the rise of enterprise storage to the\nintelligent era defined by data and AI. Today, NetApp is the Intelligent Data\nInfrastructure company, helping customers turn data into a catalyst for\ninnovation, resilience, and growth.\n\nAt the heart of that infrastructure is the NetApp data platform – the\nunified, enterprise-grade, intelligent foundation that connects, protects, and\nactivates data across every cloud, workload, and environment. Built on the\nproven power of NetApp ONTAP, our leading data management software and OS, and\nenhanced by automation through the AI Data Engine and AFX, it delivers\nobservability, resilience, and intelligence at scale.\n\nDisaggregated by design, the NetApp data platform separates storage, services,\nand control so enterprises can modernize faster, scale efficiently, and\ninnovate without lock-in. As the only enterprise storage platform natively\nembedded in the world’s largest clouds, it gives organizations the freedom\nto run any workload anywhere with consistent performance, governance, and\nprotection.\n\nWith NetApp, data is always ready – ready to defend against threats, ready\nto power AI, and ready to drive the next breakthrough. 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The NetApp Platform also\nprovides built-in proactive data protection capabilities and data replication\nto support SAP’s global availability model.\n\n“SAP and NetApp share a long-standing commitment to empower the world’s\nmost mission-critical enterprise environments,” said Álvaro Celis, Senior\nVice President, Chief Commercial, Partner and Ecosystem Officer at NetApp.\n“By bringing together SAP Cloud Infrastructure with the NetApp Platform, we\ncan empower customers to build an intelligent data infrastructure that\ndelivers the agility, resilience, performance and security required to take on\nthe most demanding tasks and complex problems across the most demanding\nenvironments.”\n\nThe collaboration intends to support SAP’s global cloud infrastructure\nfootprint, which spans multiple regions and availability zones, while helping\naddress country and industry-specific compliance requirements.\n\n“SAP Cloud Infrastructure is the foundation for secure, resilient and\nsovereign digital transformation,” said Jonathan Bletscher, SVP, Head of\nInfrastructure Platform Engineering & Delivery, SAP SE. “Together with\nNetApp, we are exploring ways to strengthen the infrastructure and data layer\nthat enables SAP applications, SAP Business AI Platform and customer workloads\nto run with the performance, availability and security our customers\nexpect.”\n\nIn addition, NetApp plans to explore joint go-to-market initiatives with SAP\nto help customers accelerate their cloud transformation journeys. These\ninitiatives will focus on enabling customers to migrate, modernize and operate\nSAP and non-SAP workloads on SAP Cloud Infrastructure with enterprise-grade\nperformance, resilience, security and operational consistency.\n\nLooking ahead, NetApp and SAP also plan to evaluate NetApp Object storage in\nSAP Cloud Infrastructure, including a technical validation.\n\nStatements by NetApp about unreleased offerings and future plans are for\ninformational purposes only, are subject to change without notice, and should\nnot be relied upon for purchasing or other decisions. Such statements do not\nconstitute a commitment, obligation, guarantee, or warranty of any kind by\nNetApp, including about availability, functionality, pricing, or timing.\n\nAbout NetApp\n\nFor more than three decades, NetApp has helped the world’s leading\norganizations navigate change – from the rise of enterprise storage to the\nintelligent era defined by data and AI. Today, NetApp is the Intelligent Data\nInfrastructure company, helping customers turn data into a catalyst for\ninnovation, resilience, and growth.\n\nAt the heart of that infrastructure is the NetApp data platform – the\nunified, enterprise-grade, intelligent foundation that connects, protects, and\nactivates data across every cloud, workload, and environment. Built on the\nproven power of NetApp ONTAP, our leading data management software and OS, and\nenhanced by automation through the AI Data Engine and AFX, it delivers\nobservability, resilience, and intelligence at scale.\n\nDisaggregated by design, the NetApp data platform separates storage, services,\nand control so enterprises can modernize faster, scale efficiently, and\ninnovate without lock-in. 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