NetApp puts ONTAP inside Oracle’s cloud, betting native beats bolted-on

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They discussed native ONTAP integration in OCI, migration for existing NetApp workloads and plans to bring AI closer to enterprise data. Infrastructure modernization often stalls at the storage layer, where moving mission-critical applications to the cloud can mean redesigning them from scratch.

Now, AI is raising the stakes as enterprises push decades-old data estates into production AI. are tackling that problem with an inbound, fully managed storage service that runs NetApp’s […] The post NetApp puts ONTAP inside Oracle’s cloud, betting native beats bolted-on appeared first on SiliconANGLE . Oracle is a software development and information technology consulting company based in Redwood Shores, and its products and services include software, API management and relational database management systems.

UPDATED 08:55 EDT / OCTOBER 05 2026 CLOUD NetApp puts ONTAP inside Oracle’s cloud, betting native beats bolted-on by Ryan Stevens Infrastructure modernization often stalls at the storage layer, where moving mission-critical applications to the cloud can mean redesigning them from scratch. Now, AI is raising the stakes as enterprises push decades-old data estates into production AI .

are tackling that problem with an inbound, fully managed storage service that runs NetApp’s ONTAP data management software natively inside Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The co-engineered offering is built to behave like any other OCI service rather than a third-party add-on, according to Pravjit Tiwana (pictured, left), senior vice president and general manager of cloud storage and services at NetApp. The native approach also matters for migration, where many cloud projects get bogged down.