SUNNYVALE, Calif. - November 10, 2010
-NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) today announced that it has been
named by SNW as a winner in its Fall 2010 "Best Practices" Awards
Program in the Energy Efficiency, Green Computing, and Data Center
category. SNW's "Best Practices" Awards Program identifies and
acknowledges excellence among users of IT management solutions and
approaches.
NetApp was recognized for its groundbreaking
data center in Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina. The
data center, which opened in 2009, uses revolutionary technology
and design principles to reduce waste and to be up to 80% more
efficient than traditional data centers. When fully utilized, the
RTP data center is designed to reduce CO2 emissions by
approximately 95,000 tons per year, which is equivalent to removing
16,000 cars per year from the road. The RTP data center was also
the first data center to earn an Energy Star rating from the EPA,
with a near-perfect score of 99 out of 100.
NetApp primarily uses the RTP data center to further research
initiatives and improve flexibility and efficiency with shared IT
infrastructure technologies to deliver cloud computing and
IT on demand, which help customers around the world accelerate
their business. With its innovative design and construction, the
data center also serves as a blueprint for organizations looking to
design their own dynamic data centers.
"We built the RTP data center from the ground up to be the example
of how companies can deploy flexible and efficient shared IT
infrastructures that deliver the service levels they need and also
maximize IT efficiency," said Thom Bryant, vice president of
Workplace Resources at NetApp. "We're proud that representatives
from more than 500 organizations have toured our facility to see
how best-of-breed design and technology can help them achieve
greater flexibility and efficiency by moving to a shared IT
infrastructure. We thank SNW for honoring us with this award and
recognizing our environmental stewardship and sustainable
technologies."
"Innovative systems and strategies focused on data protection,
energy efficiency, virtualization, and cloud computing are
redefining IT infrastructure management," said Ellen Daly, senior
vice president, Events, IDG Enterprise. "The organizations and
professionals judged to be winners in SNW's Fall 2010 'Best
Practices' Awards Program are the best of the best when it comes to
identifying and deploying the most strategic applications for their
businesses."
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About NetApp
NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions
that deliver outstanding cost efficiency and accelerate business
breakthroughs. Discover our passion for helping companies around
the world go further, faster at www.netapp.com.
About Computerworld
For more than 40 years, Computerworld has been the leading source
of technology news and information for IT influencers worldwide.
Computerworld's award-winning Web site (Computerworld.com),
twice-monthly publication, focused conference series and custom
research form the hub of the world's largest global IT media
network.
Computerworld's Web site and print publication have won more than
100 awards in the past five years alone. Recognitions include Jesse
H. Neal Awards (from American Business Media) in 2008 for Best Web
Site, Best Online Articles or Series, and Best Blog; the Magazine
of the Year Award from the American Society of Business Publication
Editors in 2004 and 2006, and the ASBPE's 2008 Web Site of the Year
award and 2006 award for Best Overall Web Publication; and Folio
magazine's 2006 Gold Eddie Award for the best technology/computing
magazine. Computerworld.com was also named one of the "10 Great
Media Web Sites" by BtoB magazine in July 2007. Computerworld leads
the industry with an online audience of over 3 million unique
monthly visitors and a print audience of more than 1,059,000
readers each week (IntelliQuest CIMS, Spring 2009).
About IDG Enterprise
IDG Enterprise, an International Data Group (IDG) company, brings
together unique editorial brands (CIO, Computerworld, CSO, DEMO,
InfoWorld, IT World, Network World and The Industry Standard) to
serve the information needs of our technology and security-focused
audiences. As a digital-centric media company we serve our reader
and advertiser audiences with award-winning content and community,
driving conversation and conversion across our entire portfolio of
awarding-winning websites, events, magazines, products and
services. In addition, the CIO Executive Council, a peer advisory
service, brings together the nation's top CIOs, as well as provides
community and leadership development tools for their staffs.
Company information is available at www.idgenterprise.com.
About the SNIA
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is a
not-for-profit global organization, made up of some 400 member
companies spanning virtually the entire storage industry. SNIA's
mission is to lead the storage industry worldwide in developing and
promoting standards, technologies, and educational services to
empower organizations in the management of information. To this
end, the SNIA is uniquely committed to delivering standards,
education, and services that will propel open storage networking
solutions into the broader market. For additional information,
visit the SNIA Web site at www.snia.org.
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