July 13, 2006 - Network Appliance,
Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP), the leader in advanced networked storage, has
been awarded Storage Vendor of the Year and NAS Product of the Year
for the NetApp® NearStore® R200 storage system at the
Storage Awards: The Storries III. Judged by the readers of Storage
Magazine, the UK's leading IT storage magazine, the Storage Awards
recognize excellence and innovation in the UK storage
industry.
Stuart Leigh, publisher of Storage Magazine, said: "The Storage
readership voted in droves for NetApp. Of the 4,000 or so votes
cast in the Storage Company of the year category, over 2500 of them
voted for NetApp. This is reward for a company that is both a
pioneer in a challenging, technology driven arena, and a company
that continually produces quality products for a demanding
market-place. To win one award is difficult, so winning two
confirms that NetApp is firmly positioned at the top of the storage
tree."
Mark Stevens, UK managing director at Network Appliance, said:
"NetApp is thrilled to be recognised by our industry peers at this
year's Storage Awards. To win the coveted category of Storage
Vendor of the Year is testimony to the strength of the NetApp
product portfolio plus the excellence of the NetApp Global Services
(NGS) and support team."
Stevens continues: "NetApp storage has become a preferred solution
for enterprise applications and database environments. This year's
Storage Awards with the NetApp NearStore R200 storage system being
awarded NAS Product of the Year for the second consecutive year
demonstrates customer preference for NetApp data protection,
compliance, and archival solutions.
NearStore R200 Storage System
The award-winning NetApp NearStore meets storage challenges by
providing near-primary storage performance at near-tape storage
costs by leveraging economical Serial ATA (SATA) disk drive
technology. NearStore systems are highly scalable and flexible and
are optimized for disk-to-disk backup, archival, and compliance
solutions.
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. Information about Network Appliance solutions and services
is available at
www-uk.netapp.com.
NetApp and NearStore are registered trademarks and Network
Appliance is a trademark of Network Appliance, Inc. in the U.S.,
Europe, and other countries. All other brands or products are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and
should be treated as such.
For Further Information, please contact:
Elisabeth van de Mandele/Sally Robards
Kaizo
netapp@kaizo.net
020 7580 8852