White Paper
Transforming Storage for the Modern Era With NetApp Keystone Storage as a Service
Legacy enterprise storage environments are struggling to support modern IT demands driven by AI, hybrid cloud, cybersecurity, and digital transformation initiatives. Many organizations face rising complexity, operational inefficiencies, storage silos, unpredictable capacity needs, and escalating costs, making traditional capital-intensive storage procurement models increasingly impractical. In response, storage-as-a-service (STaaS) models are gaining traction by offering cloud-like, subscription-based consumption for on-premises infrastructure, allowing organizations to scale storage dynamically while maintaining control over data and compliance. Keystone is positioned as a unified hybrid multicloud STaaS platform that combines flexible pay-as-you-go economics, automated tiering, cyber resilience, AI-powered ransomware protection, and seamless integration across on-premises, edge, and major public clouds. The platform aims to reduce operational complexity, improve scalability, optimize costs, and accelerate IT modernization while providing SLA-backed performance and availability guarantees.
