AUSTRALIA, Sydney - 14 June, 2007 Network Appliance, Inc.
(NASDAQ: NTAP) today announced that it has gained revenue and
capacity share in all of its key storage markets in the first
calendar quarter of 2007. According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly
Disk Storage Systems Tracker Q1 2007,¹ NetApp grew revenue and
capacity faster than the networked storage market both sequentially
(Q4'06-Q1'07) and year over year (Q1'06-Q1'07). NetApp gained
revenue share in networked storage, growing to a 10.5% share in Q1
2007, up from a 9.3% share at year-end 2006. NetApp also gained
capacity share in networked storage, growing to 20.4% from 17.5% in
the same period.
In Fibre Channel (FC) SAN, NetApp continues to grow faster than the
market in both revenue and capacity, both sequentially and year
over year. This is the 5th consecutive quarter in which NetApp has
grown faster than the FC SAN market in revenue. Sequentially, the
FC SAN market revenue dropped 10.4%, while NetApp grew 12.6%. Year
over year, the FC SAN market revenue grew 12.6%, while NetApp grew
103.0%. NetApp dramatically outpaced the FC SAN market in terms of
capacity, growing at 263.7% year over year, compared to market
growth of 57.1% during that period.
In its core NAS market, NetApp grew faster than the market
sequentially in terms of both revenue and capacity. Sequentially,
the NAS market revenue dropped 8.0%, while NetApp grew 10.7%.
NetApp continues to lead the NAS market in terms of capacity, with
a 39.3% share in Q1 2007, up from a 32.4% share in Q4 2006.
NetApp demonstrated continued leadership in the iSCSI market in
terms of revenue and capacity, with first-place market share for Q1
2007 in capacity shipped (33.3%) and in revenue (24.3%). In Q1 2006
the iSCSI market revenue grew 8.6% sequentially, while NetApp grew
14.9%.
"The increased revenue and capacity market share NetApp gained this
quarter in the network storage, SAN, NAS and iSCSI markets
demonstrates the innovation and value NetApp is delivering to the
data centre," said Elisa Steele, vice president of Corporate
Marketing at Network Appliance. "We strive to continually provide
our customers with data management solutions that will improve upon
their total cost of ownership and simplify complex IT storage
environments."
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.
¹IDC Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker Q1
2007
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Mark Heers
Director Marketing and Alliance
Network Appliance
Tel: +61 2 9979 5623
mheers@netapp.com
Rachel York
Max Australia
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Rachel.york@maxaustralia.com.au