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NetApp, the California-based data infrastructure and cloud services company, collaborated with Cisco, the American multinational technology corporation giant, on June 3, 2026, to offer new validated solutions for secure, scalable, and simplified AI.
The collaboration is aimed at expanding FlexPod, a data center platform developed through a long-standing partnership between Cisco and NetApp originally launched in 2010, to support AI adoption for businesses of all sizes and maturity levels, using pre-tested, validated architectures and enterprise data management as a consistent foundation, the companies said.
"NetApp and Cisco's longstanding partnership on FlexPod has already proven effective, saving customers up to 20 percent of their time in infrastructure management and maintenance. Now, we are applying our combined expertise to modern challenges to accelerate AI adoption while reducing risk with built-in security," said Dallas Olson, Chief Commercial Officer at NetApp.
