NetApp Japan held a press conference with George Kurian, CEO of NetApp, on January 30th. The press conference was held in conjunction with Kurian’s visit to Japan for the event “NetApp INSIGHT Xtra Tokyo 2025” held in Japan on January 28th.
At the beginning, Kurian said, “Japan is the largest and most important market for NetApp in Asia.” During his visit to Japan, he spoke with customers, telecommunications carriers, government officials, and others. As a message he spoke there, he once again explained NetApp’s vision of “intelligent data infrastructure” from 2023. The first thing he said was, “We are now in the age of data and intelligence.”
Kurian said that the age of data has passed through the first era of digitizing documents and the second era in which the timeline of business could be traced with data but was still limited, and we are now in the third era. He explained that the third era is characterized by the ability to integrate and understand all information about customers, including transaction information, communication records such as emails, and information on the Internet. Kurian said that to succeed in this third era of data, it is necessary to have an infrastructure that integrates the data. Next, he said that easy-to-use and sophisticated tools are now available for integrated analysis of various data in business. Traditionally, data analysis interfaces such as SQL, text, and OCR were different, but technological developments have made it possible to analyze all data in an integrated manner.
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Kurian said that to use these tools effectively, well-managed, high-quality data is required. To do this, he said, an intelligent data infrastructure that can guarantee security, privacy, and governance is necessary. Next, he said that data infrastructure needs to be incorporated into ecosystems such as applications. “NetApp has been innovating in the field of intelligent infrastructure for the past few years,” Kurian said. And, “We are also focusing on the field of AI as a new application,” Kurian said. Specifically, he cited ultra-fast infrastructure that can withstand AI applications, functions such as data search and change management, and intelligent services for data such as metadata-based compliance management and masking of sensitive information.
“NetApp customers are also excited about the fact that they can integrate with the AI platform of the world’s largest hyperscaler to ensure the security and compliance of their enterprise data,” said Kurian.
SOURCE: Yahoo
