NetApp puts ONTAP inside Oracle’s cloud, betting native beats bolted-on
NetApp embeds ONTAP directly in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure—no forklift, no redesign.
Why it matters
NetApp and Oracle are addressing a real friction point: enterprises can't move decades-old storage workloads to the cloud without major redesign. A fully managed ONTAP service native to OCI lowers that bar. For Salesforce practitioners running Data Cloud or multi-cloud integrations, this affects storage choice and migration path decisions.
The key facts
11 to knowNetApp ONTAP available as fully managed service inside Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Targets infrastructure modernization bottleneck: mission-critical storage redesign friction
Positioned as 'native' alternative to bolted-on storage layers
Relevant to enterprises pushing legacy data estates into production AI workloads
No redesign or forklift migration required (claimed)
Publication date: October 5, 2026
NetApp ONTAP now available as fully managed service in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
Targets enterprises moving mission-critical, decades-old data estates to production AI
Eliminates need to redesign applications and storage architecture for cloud migration
Positions native integration as alternative to bolted-on storage solutions
No pricing, regions, or GA timeline disclosed in article excerpt
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Publisher excerpt: 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. NetApp Inc. and Oracle Corp. are tackling…