Sunnyvale, Calif.-June 2, 2010-NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) will sponsor and present at a variety of industry events in June, including Microsoft TechEd 2010, the USENIX Annual Tech Conference (ATC), and Cisco LIVE 2010. In addition, NetApp will launch a contest aimed at helping customers maximize the value of their existing storage efficiency technologies.

Microsoft TechEd 2010
NetApp is a Gold sponsor of Microsoft TechEd 2010, which takes place June 7-11 at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. In its booth (#801), NetApp will feature a fully functional on-site data center to demonstrate the efficiencies of its broad portfolio of storage and data management solutions for Microsoft® environments. For more information, visit www.microsoft.com/events/techednorthamerica.

Storage Decisions
Mike Riley, chief technology officer of Americas Sales at NetApp, will present "Changing the Trajectory of IT" at Storage Decisions on June 9 in Chicago, Illinois. During his presentation, Mike will explore cloud computing, storage-class memory, virtualization, and object-based storage, looking beyond how they work and focusing on how these technologies converge and which problems they solve. NetApp is a platinum sponsor at Storage Decisions and, in addition to this session, will have a booth (# 500-501) in the exhibition. For more information, visit storagedecisions.techtarget.com/chicago/index.html.

NetApp's Biggest Storage Loser Contest
NetApp will launch a new contest on June 21 to determine which existing customers use NetApp's comprehensive portfolio of storage efficiency technologies most effectively. Customers may submit information from the NetApp® My AutoSupport™ monitoring tool, along with their back story. Winners will be selected each month through October 2010 and a grand prize winner will be selected in November 2010. For more information, visit www.netapp.com/us/company/leadership/storage-efficiency/se-measurement.html.

USENIX Annual Technical Conference 2010
NetApp is a sponsor of the 2010 USENIX Annual Technical Conference, which brings together leading systems researchers for cutting-edge systems research and offers insight into leading industry topics, including virtualization, system administration, cloud computing, security, and networking. USENIX ATC 2010 takes place June 23-25 in Boston, Massachusetts. For more information, visit www.usenix.org/event/atc10.

Cisco LIVE 2010
NetApp is a Gold sponsor of Cisco LIVE 2010, and will demonstrate its best-of-breed solutions for virtualization, cloud computing, and the dynamic data center in its booth (#939). NetApp will also participate in joint presentations with customers and Cisco, as well be featured in Cisco's Data Center of the Future lab in booth #1349. Cisco LIVE 2010 will be held at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 27-July 1. For more information, visit www.ciscolive.com.

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