AUSTRALIA, Sydney - 13 March 2007 -
Network Appliance, Inc. NASDAQ: NTAP) today announced that it
continued to gain momentum in the storage area network (SAN)
market, while maintaining leadership in both the network-attached
storage (NAS) and iSCSI markets in 2006.
According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker
Q4 2006¹, NetApp gained share in both capacity and revenue for
the Fibre Channel (FC) SAN market. NetApp continued to grow faster
than the market in FC SAN in both revenue and capacity, from 2005
to 2006. NetApp grew FC SAN revenue at more than seven times the
rate of both the market leader and the overall FC SAN market.
NetApp grew FC SAN capacity at more than four times the rate of the
overall market and at almost five times the rate of the market
leader. Q4'06 marks the twelfth consecutive quarter that NetApp
grew FC SAN revenue faster than the market.
NetApp also demonstrated continued leadership in the NAS and iSCSI
storage markets in the fourth quarter. At year end 2006, NetApp
maintained the number-one market share position in capacity shipped
for NAS (38.9%) and in iSCSI for both capacity shipped (30.4%) and
revenue (23.6%).
In the networked storage market (which includes SAN, NAS, and
iSCSI), NetApp grew faster than the market, year over year, in both
capacity shipped and revenue. For capacity shipped, NetApp grew at
102.3%, while the market grew at 63.7%. NetApp advanced to the
number two position in capacity shipped in the networked storage
market. In terms of revenue, NetApp grew at 20.3%, while the market
grew at 14.0%.
"Our growth momentum in the FC SAN market in 2006 and continued
leadership in iSCSI and NAS demonstrate that data centre customers
find real value in our products and services," said Elisa Steele,
vice president of Corporate Marketing at Network Appliance. "Our
data centre solutions help our customers deliver outstanding
business results every day with maximised productivity, increased
availability, and reduced costs."
About Network Appliance
Network Appliance is a world leader in unified storage solutions
for today's data-intensive enterprise. Since its inception in 1992,
Network Appliance has delivered technology, product, and partner
firsts that simplify data management. Information about Network
Appliance™ solutions and services is available at
www-au.netapp.com.
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¹ IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker Q4
2006
Press Contacts:
Mark Heers
Director Marketing and Alliance
Network Appliance
Tel: +61 2 9979 5623
mheers@netapp.com
Rachel York
Max Australia
Tel: +61 2 9954 3492
Rachel.york@maxaustralia.com.au