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Al Bawaba
07-08-2025
- Business
- Al Bawaba
NetApp Accelerates VMware Migrations with Amazon Elastic VMware Service Integration
NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the intelligent data infrastructure company, today announced that Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP® is now a supported external storage option for Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon EVS, now generally available, is a new AWS service that allows users to run VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) directly within their Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), alongside other applications. With Amazon EVS, organizations can quickly migrate VMware workloads to AWS to seamlessly extend and expand their VMware environments and unlock business agility and integration with Amazon EVS combines NetApp's proven, secure data management and protection capabilities with AWS's scale, resilience, and performance, allowing customers to simplify and accelerate their AWS migration without re-platforming or re-factoring their existing applications or changing their data management mission critical workloads to the cloud can help businesses drive transformation by eliminating aging infrastructure, reducing operational costs, and meeting critical business timelines, but they need an effective data strategy to avoid introducing new challenges such as unexpected costs, sprawling IT environments, and fragmented services. As the only enterprise storage solution provider with a first-party data storage service natively built on AWS, NetApp is uniquely equipped to help customers accelerate modern workloads in the cloud by offering enterprise storage solutions natively built on AWS. Customers have been able to reduce costs by 50 percent after adopting Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP®. Using FSx for ONTAP to migrate and manage their VMware environments enables customers to leverage Intelligent Data Infrastructure to improve migration planning and decrease total cost of ownership with built-in data management capabilities.'Customers utilizing Amazon EVS with FSx for ONTAP can now enjoy the same data efficiency, protection, and automation they trust on-premises,' said Pravjit Tiwana, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Cloud Storage at NetApp. 'Through our collaboration with AWS, we're making it easier to move critical workloads to the cloud and manage them at scale.'To better support customers as they manage advanced workloads in the cloud, NetApp has released capabilities including:• Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP support for Amazon EVS: Amazon EVS, the new self-managed cloud solution for VMware from AWS, is now generally available, and FSx for NetApp ONTAP is a supported storage option. Amazon EVS automates and simplifies deployments and provides a ready-to-use VCF environment on AWS. This allows VMware administrators to quickly migrate VMware-based virtual machines to AWS using the same VCF software and tools they already use in their on-premises environment. Using FSx for ONTAP as external storage for the Amazon EVS environment reduces overhead by providing advanced data management and protection functionality, reducing total cost of ownership and increasing cyber resiliency.• Migration advisor for Amazon EVS workloads: The migration advisor feature of BlueXP workload factory for AWS now supports Amazon EVS workloads, helping simplify and speed up migration processes. Customers can now automate the discovery of on-premises virtual machines, provisioning of FSx for ONTAP, and placement of datastores in Amazon EVS.• Expanded VMware disaster recovery support in BlueXP: BlueXP disaster recovery for VMware now integrates with Amazon EVS, leveraging FSx for ONTAP storage as a reliable disaster recovery target. Supported datastore options include NFS (file-based) and VMFS (block-based) via the iSCSI protocol, ensuring versatile and efficient disaster recovery solutions.• Enhanced ransomware protection features: Further enabling customers to protect Amazon EVS workloads, NetApp ONTAP autonomous ransomware protection (ARP) for FSx for ONTAP is used to detect and respond to ransomware events in real time. Additionally, NetApp BlueXP ransomware protection service supports FSx for ONTAP to help customers with comprehensive orchestration of their defense against ransomware events. Enabling these features to support workloads natively in AWS helps protect customer data and minimize downtime by proactively detecting ransomware at the storage layer across the hybrid a NetApp Preferred Partner and an AWS partner, believes these latest announcements will come as good news to businesses looking to migrate VMware workloads to public cloud. 'Enabling support for FSx for ONTAP on Amazon EVS gives customers more granular control over the data powering some of their most important workloads,' said Robin Gardner, CCO at Xtravirt. 'Customers will be able access NetApp's advanced data management functionality to reduce the overhead of managing virtual environments and more efficiently and securely manage hybrid deployments.' No ransomware detection or prevention system can completely guarantee safety from a ransomware attack. Although it's possible that an attack might go undetected, NetApp technology acts as an important additional layer of defense.


Techday NZ
07-08-2025
- Business
- Techday NZ
NetApp brings enhanced data management to Amazon EVS on AWS
NetApp has announced that Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP will now be available as a supported external storage option for Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon EVS is a newly available service that enables customers to run VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) within their Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), alongside other cloud workloads. This offering allows businesses to migrate VMware environments to AWS without the need to re-platform or re-factor their existing applications, extending their on-premises setups and unlocking additional flexibility for transformation initiatives. The integration is designed to combine NetApp's data management and protection tools with AWS's platform capabilities, aimed at helping customers simplify and speed up workloads migrations to the AWS Cloud. The move also allows organisations to avoid disruption to their data management workflows while leveraging AWS scalability and resilience. Migrating key workloads to the cloud is considered a pathway for businesses to drive change by moving away from ageing infrastructure, lowering operational expenditures, and meeting vital timelines for their operations. The transition to cloud workloads, however, requires a robust data management strategy to avoid potential challenges, such as unforeseen costs, fragmented services, and an overly complex IT landscape. NetApp has positioned Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP as a solution for enterprises seeking native cloud data storage, claiming it as the only enterprise storage offering built natively on AWS. By adopting the joint solution, some customers have reported operational cost reductions of up to 50 percent. The integration also aims to help improve migration planning and lower the total cost of ownership through integrated data management features. "Customers utilizing Amazon EVS with FSx for ONTAP can now enjoy the same data efficiency, protection, and automation they trust on-premises," said Pravjit Tiwana, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Cloud Storage at NetApp. "Through our collaboration with AWS, we're making it easier to move critical workloads to the cloud and manage them at scale." Matthew Swinbourne, CTO Cloud Architecture at NetApp Asia Pacific, commented on the expansion of services in the region. "We foresee incredible benefits for Asia Pacific enterprises with the launch of Amazon EVS. The native integration of Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP into Amazon EVS elevates the security, efficiency and performance of VMware workloads whilst reducing the TCO for our customers," Swinbourne said. "With this launch, APAC organizations can achieve the flexibility, performance, and cost benefits that they need to accelerate their cloud ambitions." Expanded features NetApp has outlined several new features in support of the integration. These include: Support for using Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP as external storage for Amazon EVS, allowing VMware administrators to migrate virtual machines to AWS using familiar tools and providing data management functionality to decrease total ownership costs and boost cyber resilience. The migration advisor feature within BlueXP workload factory for AWS, which is now compatible with Amazon EVS workloads for automated virtual machine discovery, storage provisioning, and data store placement. Enhanced disaster recovery for VMware within BlueXP, supporting integration with Amazon EVS and using FSx for ONTAP as a disaster recovery target. This supports both NFS and VMFS datastore formats, ensuring comprehensive recovery scenarios. Additional ransomware protection, including NetApp ONTAP autonomous ransomware protection for FSx for ONTAP and orchestration capabilities in BlueXP ransomware protection service. These features aim to detect ransomware threats in real time and help minimise downtime. Xtravirt, an AWS and NetApp Preferred Partner, welcomed the announcement. Robin Gardner, CCO at Xtravirt, said, "Enabling support for FSx for ONTAP on Amazon EVS gives customers more granular control over the data powering some of their most important workloads. Customers will be able access NetApp's advanced data management functionality to reduce the overhead of managing virtual environments and more efficiently and securely manage hybrid deployments." NetApp also noted that, while it offers autonomous ransomware protection, no ransomware prevention system can provide complete protection, and attacks may still go undetected. However, the company believes its technology forms a useful additional layer of defence for customers overseeing hybrid and public cloud environments. Follow us on: Share on:

National Post
06-08-2025
- Business
- National Post
NetApp Accelerates VMware Migrations with Amazon Elastic VMware Service Integration
Article content Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP is now supported as external storage for Amazon Elastic VMware Service Article content SAN JOSE, Calif. — NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the intelligent data infrastructure company, today announced that Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP® is now a supported external storage option for Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon EVS, now generally available, is a new AWS service that allows users to run VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) directly within their Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), alongside other applications. With Amazon EVS, organizations can quickly migrate VMware workloads to AWS to seamlessly extend and expand their VMware environments and unlock business agility and transformation. Article content Article content This integration with Amazon EVS combines NetApp's proven, secure data management and protection capabilities with AWS's scale, resilience, and performance, allowing customers to simplify and accelerate their AWS migration without re-platforming or re-factoring their existing applications or changing their data management workflows. Article content Migrating mission critical workloads to the cloud can help businesses drive transformation by eliminating aging infrastructure, reducing operational costs, and meeting critical business timelines, but they need an effective data strategy to avoid introducing new challenges such as unexpected costs, sprawling IT environments, and fragmented services. As the only enterprise storage solution provider with a first-party data storage service natively built on AWS, NetApp is uniquely equipped to help customers accelerate modern workloads in the cloud by offering enterprise storage solutions natively built on AWS. Customers have been able to reduce costs by 50 percent after adopting Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP®. Using FSx for ONTAP to migrate and manage their VMware environments enables customers to leverage Intelligent Data Infrastructure to improve migration planning and decrease total cost of ownership with built-in data management capabilities. Article content 'Customers utilizing Amazon EVS with FSx for ONTAP can now enjoy the same data efficiency, protection, and automation they trust on-premises,' said Pravjit Tiwana, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Cloud Storage at NetApp. 'Through our collaboration with AWS, we're making it easier to move critical workloads to the cloud and manage them at scale.' Article content To better support customers as they manage advanced workloads in the cloud, NetApp has released capabilities including: Article content Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP support for Amazon EVS: Amazon EVS, the new self-managed cloud solution for VMware from AWS, is now generally available, and FSx for NetApp ONTAP is a supported storage option. Amazon EVS automates and simplifies deployments and provides a ready-to-use VCF environment on AWS. This allows VMware administrators to quickly migrate VMware-based virtual machines to AWS using the same VCF software and tools they already use in their on-premises environment. Using FSx for ONTAP as external storage for the Amazon EVS environment reduces overhead by providing advanced data management and protection functionality, reducing total cost of ownership and increasing cyber resiliency. Migration advisor for Amazon EVS workloads: The migration advisor feature of BlueXP workload factory for AWS now supports Amazon EVS workloads, helping simplify and speed up migration processes. Customers can now automate the discovery of on-premises virtual machines, provisioning of FSx for ONTAP, and placement of datastores in Amazon EVS. Expanded VMware disaster recovery support in BlueXP: BlueXP disaster recovery for VMware now integrates with Amazon EVS, leveraging FSx for ONTAP storage as a reliable disaster recovery target. Supported datastore options include NFS (file-based) and VMFS (block-based) via the iSCSI protocol, ensuring versatile and efficient disaster recovery solutions. Enhanced ransomware protection features: Further enabling customers to protect Amazon EVS workloads, NetApp ONTAP autonomous ransomware protection (ARP) for FSx for ONTAP is used to detect and respond to ransomware events in real time. Additionally, NetApp BlueXP ransomware protection service supports FSx for ONTAP to help customers with comprehensive orchestration of their defense against ransomware events. Enabling these features to support workloads natively in AWS helps protect customer data and minimize downtime by proactively detecting ransomware at the storage layer across the hybrid cloud. Article content Xtravirt, a NetApp Preferred Partner and an AWS partner, believes these latest announcements will come as good news to businesses looking to migrate VMware workloads to public cloud. 'Enabling support for FSx for ONTAP on Amazon EVS gives customers more granular control over the data powering some of their most important workloads,' said Robin Gardner, CCO at Xtravirt. 'Customers will be able access NetApp's advanced data management functionality to reduce the overhead of managing virtual environments and more efficiently and securely manage hybrid deployments.' Article content No ransomware detection or prevention system can completely guarantee safety from a ransomware attack. Although it's possible that an attack might go undetected, NetApp technology acts as an important additional layer of defense. Article content About NetApp Article content NetApp is the intelligent data infrastructure company, combining unified data storage, integrated data, operational and workload services to turn a world of disruption into opportunity for every customer. NetApp creates silo-free infrastructure, harnessing observability and AI to enable the industry's best data management. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in the world's biggest clouds, our data storage delivers seamless flexibility. In addition, our data services create a data advantage through superior cyber resilience, governance, and application agility. Our operational and workload services provide continuous optimization of performance and efficiency for infrastructure and workloads through observability and AI. No matter the data type, workload, or environment, with NetApp you can transform your data infrastructure to realize your business possibilities. Learn more at or follow us on X, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. Article content Article content Article content Article content Contacts Article content Media Contact: Article content Article content Kenya Hayes Article content Article content NetApp Article content Article content Article content Kris Newton Article content Article content Article content


Business Wire
05-08-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
AWS Announces General Availability of Amazon Elastic VMware Service
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced the general availability of Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) to enable customers to quickly and easily run and scale their VMware workloads on AWS. Amazon EVS lets customers run VMware Cloud Foundation on AWS without having to re-platform or re-factor their applications. With Amazon EVS, customers can use familiar VMware tools to control and customize their virtualization stack, while realizing the security, reliability, and performance benefits of AWS for their VMware workloads. With Amazon EVS, customers can use their VMware Cloud Foundation license portability to run their VMware workloads alongside other applications in AWS, maximizing their VMware investment without having to change IP addresses, retrain staff, or re-write operational runbooks. Customers have the choice of self-managing Amazon EVS or working with partners from the AWS Partner Network who are experienced in managing and operating VMware Cloud Foundation environments and integrating their VMware workloads with Amazon EVS. Customers and partners including Aeromexico, Alcaldía de Cali, Effectual, Huron Consulting Group, and more are using Amazon EVS to meet their VMware workload migration and modernization needs. 'Since 2016, enterprises have trusted AWS to run their most mission-critical VMware workloads, and today, we're expanding our VMware portfolio by giving customers even more flexibility, control, and choice,' said Steven Jones, general manager of Commercial Applications at AWS. 'Amazon Elastic VMware Service offers customers a straightforward way to bring their VMware workloads to AWS using the tools they know and trust, plus an easy onramp to the breadth of AWS services to help them increase agility, reduce costs, and accelerate innovation.' 'Amazon Elastic VMware Service provides customers with a powerful way to extend modern private clouds to AWS based on unified and consistent VMware Cloud Foundation infrastructure,' said Ahmar Mohammad, vice president of Partners, Managed Services, and Solutions GTM, VMware Cloud Foundation Division, Broadcom. 'With support for VCF license portability, this service helps customers maximize the value of their existing VCF investments while also benefitting from the scale and innovation of running on AWS. Our collaboration with AWS underscores Broadcom's commitment to delivering flexibility, efficiency, and choice for Broadcom customers.' Amazon EVS lets customers run VMware Cloud Foundation directly within their Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), providing organizations the flexibility to control and configure infrastructure, while seamlessly integrating their VMware environments with AWS's comprehensive services. Customers can automatically deploy a fully functional VMware Cloud Foundation environment using a simple step-by-step workflow in the AWS console and continue to use familiar features—including preferred tools for backup, recovery, and storage, like Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP—that help maintain a consistent backup strategy. With Amazon EVS, customers can also leverage AWS's industry-leading capabilities in analytics, storage, databases, serverless compute, and generative AI such as Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Q for Business, and gain competitive advantage by modernizing their infrastructure and accelerating innovation with AI. Customers and partners are deploying Amazon EVS Alcaldía de Cali is the municipal government of Santiago de Cali, Colombia's third-largest city, providing data-driven services to its residents. 'As part of our cloud-enabled strategy to strengthen public service delivery, Amazon Elastic VMware Service helped us migrate to AWS in just three weeks, while keeping 75% of our workloads on VMware technology,' said Alexander Mondragon, director of the Municipal Administrative Department of Information and Communication Technologies. 'Working with AWS Partner Blend helped us to successfully execute this migration. The ability to be agile and deploy in less than 24 hours was critical to maintaining uninterrupted public services and improving delivery across healthcare, education, property management, and payments, which ultimately helps us better serve the 2.2 million residents of Santiago de Cali.' Aeromexico is Mexico's global airline and a leader in Latin American aviation. 'Amazon Elastic VMware Service is a crucial addition to our efforts in modernizing applications and adopting the cloud at Aeromexico,' said Fernando Rocha, senior vice president of IT and CIO at Aeromexico. 'We have been collaborating extensively with AWS to harness the benefits of the cloud, and any advancement that speeds up this process is highly appreciated. With Amazon Elastic VMware Service, we can transition our applications to the cloud without the need to invest in on-premises infrastructure. This service is pivotal in accelerating our cloud journey while maintaining the resilience and security required for our operations.' Effectual is an IT service management company specializing in enterprise digital transformation, from migrations to modernization in the cloud. 'Amazon Elastic VMware Service enables customers to achieve accelerated timelines and unlock business agility by quickly migrating their VMware-based workloads to the cloud,' said Matt Crognale, senior manager, Migrations and Modernization at Effectual. 'With Amazon Elastic VMware Service, we are able to help customers migrate to the cloud without re-factoring applications, enabling them to maintain existing operational processes so they can focus on delivering value instead of managing infrastructure.' Huron Consulting Group is a global professional services firm that specializes in providing strategic consulting, technology, and analytics solutions, primarily for clients in healthcare, education, and commercial industries. 'Amazon Elastic VMware Service gives us the control and customization to configure our virtualization stack exactly how we need it,' said Frank Fioretti, principal infrastructure architect at Huron. 'Running our VCF environment on the same infrastructure as the rest of our cloud workloads allows our team to leverage their VMware expertise while benefitting from the same cloud scale, security, performance, and innovation as our next-generation workloads.' Amazon Elastic VMware Service is generally available today in US East (Ohio), US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), Europe (Dublin), Europe (Frankfurt), and Asia Pacific (Tokyo), with availability in additional Regions coming soon. To learn more, visit: The Amazon EVS announcement blog and AWS News for details on today's announcement. The Amazon EVS page to learn more about the service. About Amazon Web Services Since 2006, Amazon Web Services has been the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud. AWS has been continually expanding its services to support virtually any workload, and it now has more than 240 fully featured services for compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, security, hybrid, media, and application development, deployment, and management from 117 Availability Zones within 37 geographic regions, with announced plans for 13 more Availability Zones and four more AWS Regions in Chile, New Zealand, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—trust AWS to power their infrastructure, become more agile, and lower costs. To learn more about AWS, visit About Amazon Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Amazon strives to be Earth's Most Customer-Centric Company, Earth's Best Employer, and Earth's Safest Place to Work. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Career Choice, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, Alexa, Just Walk Out technology, Amazon Studios, and The Climate Pledge are some of the things pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit and follow @AmazonNews.


International Business Times
28-07-2025
- Business
- International Business Times
Engineering Modern Enterprise Infrastructure: Sridhar Nuti's Journey Through Cloud, Strategy, and Scalable Solutions
In a world where technology defines the rhythm of business, building scalable, secure, and resilient enterprise infrastructure is no longer a luxury, it is a necessity. At the forefront of this shift is Sridhar Nuti, an accomplished Senior Solution Architect with over two decades of experience shaping digital transformation strategies for Fortune 500 companies and leading global technology firms. With deep expertise in multi-cloud environments, data center modernization, and software-defined infrastructure, Sridhar has played a pivotal role in enabling organizations to unlock agility, reduce operational complexity, and future-proof their technology foundations. His work reflects a rare blend of technical leadership, hands-on engineering, and cross-functional collaboration making him a key enabler in driving business outcomes through technology. From Systems Engineer to Cloud Visionary Sridhar's career began with a strong foundation in systems and network engineering. Early roles at Microland and ING Vysya Life Insurance exposed him to the challenges of enterprise IT infrastructure routing, switching, WAN optimization, and VPN configuration across geographically dispersed branches. His ability to lead deployments and manage connectivity in complex ecosystems highlighted not only his technical acumen but also his emerging strength in strategic planning. By the time he transitioned to SemanticSpace Technologies, Sridhar was already operating at a leadership level. As a Systems Manager, he directed infrastructure operations across multiple locations, implemented capacity planning protocols, managed disaster recovery, and introduced change control mechanisms that enhanced performance and compliance. He successfully led a 20-member team responsible for system administration, help desk support, and global customer operations laying the groundwork for his architectural evolution. Leading Enterprise Modernization with Strategic Infrastructure Design Sridhar's breakthrough came with his move into architectural leadership at industry giants like VMware and Dell Technologies. At VMware, he served as a Senior Solution Architect in the Cloud Infrastructure Business Group, where he helped Fortune 100 clients modernize their legacy data centers by implementing VCF (VMware Cloud Foundation) and transitioning to multi-cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP. Prior to that, during his time at Dell EMC (VMware BU), Sridhar focused on HCI (Hyper-Converged Infrastructure) with VxRail and VCF. As an Advisory Solution Architect, he led multiple customer engagements, ranging from presales to deployment. His deep understanding of VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure), disaster recovery, vSphere, and Horizon made him a go-to expert for scalable solution design. Research Contributions and Thought Leadership in Cloud Computing Sridhar Nuti has contributed valuable research to the evolving field of cloud computing and digital architecture through two recent peer-reviewed publications. In the International Journal of Cloud Computing (QITP–IJCC) , his paper titled "Presales Engineering in Cloud Solutions: Influence, Innovation, and Impact" (July 2025) explores the strategic role of presales teams in shaping successful cloud transformations. The study highlights how AI-driven tooling and structured proposal frameworks can significantly reduce cost variance, accelerate go-lives, and enhance customer satisfaction. Complementing this, his work published in the Journal of Recent Trends in Computer Science and Engineering (JRTCSE), "Optimizing Cloud Service Delivery with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Platform Engineering", presents an architectural model for secure, scalable, and intelligent cloud-native systems. This research focuses on tenant isolation, workload optimization, and ML integration, offering practical guidance for enterprise-grade AI deployments. Together, these publications reflect Sridhar's deep technical acumen and commitment to advancing cloud-native innovation and personalization at scale. A Culture of Excellence and Continuous Learning Sridhar's academic foundation in Electronics and Communication Engineering is complemented by his certifications in VCP-DCV, VCP-CMA, VCAP, AWS Solutions Architect Associate, and Kubernetes Administration (CKA). His technical arsenal includes VMware vSphere, NSX, Tanzu, Kubernetes, vSAN, vRA, vROps, Azure, AWS, and DevOps tools like Jenkins, Git, and Docker. Beyond his technical expertise, Sridhar is known for his mentorship and team leadership. He fosters a collaborative culture where knowledge-sharing, upskilling, and hands-on experimentation are key values. Whether it's leading a cloud migration workshop or mentoring junior engineers on automation pipelines, he brings clarity, empathy, and strategic vision to every engagement. About the Author Sridhar Nuti is an accomplished Senior Cloud and Infrastructure Architect with over 18 years of experience in driving innovation across financial services, healthcare, and enterprise technology domains. With deep proficiency in cloud adoption, hybrid architectures, and DevSecOps enablement, he has led complex modernization efforts and delivered high-availability solutions for Fortune 500 clients. A lifelong learner and mentor, Sridhar continues to shape the digital backbone of tomorrow's enterprise through architecture, advocacy, and applied research.