Case Study: Multinational Mass Media Company achieves rapid cloud migration and simplified hybrid data management with NetApp Cloud ONTAP for AWS

Solving the Challenges of a Mandate to Move to the Cloud with Cloud ONTAP for AWS

A multinational mass‑media company in the United States that publishes newspapers and content across three continents mandated that 75% of its applications move to the cloud. The IT team faced complex testing and refactoring work to determine which apps were cloud‑ready, while many enterprise applications and on‑premises data models created a hybrid‑cloud management and cost challenge.

The company deployed NetApp FAS with clustered Data ONTAP on‑premises and Cloud ONTAP for AWS, using SnapMirror replication and OnCommand management to move, test, and manage complete application environments in AWS. This approach enabled rapid build-and-test cycles, supported both file and block workloads, simplified administration and data mobility across hybrid environments, and reduced cloud storage footprint and costs through deduplication and Snapshot-based efficiency.