EXECUTIVE INSIGHT
“ I consider myself fortunate in the sense that the work that I do is really more than a job . It is my calling , it ’ s my purpose ”
NICOLA ACUTT , CSO , NETAPP
of a CSO role is that you need to build relationships and partnerships with almost every function across the business . To do that well means a lot of listening and learning . That is fun for me .
Q . COULD YOU SUMMARISE THE SERVICES THAT NETAPP OFFERS ?
» NetApp is the intelligent data infrastructure company that provides three core capabilities to the market – unified data storage , integrated data services and cloud operation solutions that enable our customers to manage their full data estate .
The way I describe that to my family is to think about NetApp as providing data infrastructure , the roads and bridges and reservoirs for the data that we depend on for a modern digital world .
The extraordinary challenge that companies have in this modern world is managing their data estate . So NetApp provides solutions to manage that estate in an efficient , scalable , sustainable and secure way .
Q . HOW DOES NEW SUSTAINABILITY LEGISLATION IMPACT NETAPP AND CSOs ?
» I see this role as being at an inflexion point . We are moving rapidly from where a lot of what we are responsible for is shifting from voluntary reporting to mandatory disclosures across many metrics of sustainability .
This is not simply a matter of making disclosures , because the work to get there means we are actually taking on a change management role . Companies have to build and integrate these capabilities from an organisational management and a data management perspective .
136 March 2025