Top 10 Leading NetApp Partners to Watch 2025-26
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NetApp Partners 2026: The Data Fabric, Hybrid Cloud Control, and Keystone Economics
NetApp enters 2026 with a partner ecosystem built around one consistent idea of unifying data management across on-premises, public cloud, and hybrid environments. ONTAP remains at the center, giving partners a single storage operating system that supports block, file, and object workloads with the same data services in every deployment model. This consistency across environments is an advantage for partners supporting customers who run mixed estates.
BlueXP strengthens this foundation by providing a unified control framework for hybrid and multicloud storage. Partners can oversee ONTAP systems, backup, tiering, disaster recovery, cloud volumes and Kubernetes data services from one interface. This eliminates the fragmentation common in cloud-first operations and helps partners standardize management for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud deployments.
NetApp continues to advance its AI efforts, but does so with features that customers can count on. NetApp's AI-ready storage and recent disaggregated architecture are designed to support high-performance and GPU-intensive workloads. These capabilities extend the company's long-standing focus on delivering predictable performance, integrated data protection, and automated tiering. Notably, that's pretty important for partners enabling modern analytics and machine learning projects.
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Cyber resilience also strengthens partner value. ONTAP offers tools such as locked snapshots, built-in ransomware safeguards, and quick recovery options. All of these are established parts of the platform and give partners steady, predictable ways to help customers protect their data.
Keystone adds another layer by offering storage on a pay-as-you-use model. It lets organizations run enterprise storage as an operating expense instead of a large upfront purchase. For partners, this creates ongoing revenue and supports customers shifting toward flexible consumption.
Together, ONTAP, BlueXP, and Keystone form a partner ecosystem built on well-documented capabilities. They give the market reliable support for hybrid cloud operations, data protection, and the growing mix of modern workloads.