"The market is moving with the increased velocity with Cloud leading this transformation in the partner ecosystem," said Kerr. "As partners evolve their business, they are looking to NetApp to capture this huge opportunity to modernize infrastructures and take advantage of the seamless path to the cloud that NetApp provides. I firmly believe embracing this change and its pace is a huge opportunity. We are seeing new business and partnering models, new ways of consumption and scale, and new players entering the space daily. NetApp partners are set up exceptionally well for this new world, and I am confident we'll find great success together."