SUNNYVALE, Calif.-November 29,
2010-NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) today announced that it has
been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant for
midrange and high-end modular disk arrays. In a recently released
research note, "Magic Quadrant for Midrange and High-End Modular
Disk Arrays,"[1]
Gartner asserts, "Vendors in the Leaders quadrant have the highest
scores for their ability to execute and completeness of vision. A
midrange disk array storage vendor in the Leaders quadrant has the
market share, credibility, and marketing and sales capabilities
needed to drive the acceptance of new technologies. They
demonstrate a clear understanding of market needs; they are
innovators and thought leaders; and they have well-articulated
plans that customers and prospects can use when designing their
storage infrastructures and strategies. In addition, they have a
presence in the five major geographical regions, consistent
financial performance, and broad platform support."
"We believe our position in the Gartner
Leaders quadrant is a testament to NetApp's strengths as a provider
of innovative storage and data management solutions that address
our customers' current and future business requirements," said Jay
Kidd, senior vice president, Storage Solutions Group at NetApp. "As
customers move to shared IT infrastructures, NetApp provides the
storage platform our customers require, and our unified
architecture delivers the flexibility and efficiency customers
demand to drive business impact."
NetApp provides the storage platform of
choice to help customers make the transition to a flexible and
efficient shared IT
infrastructure-the foundation for cloud
computing. Newly announced
platform features, products, and technologies help customers
move from a siloed infrastructure to a shared IT infrastructure
that addresses today's rapidly evolving business requirements. With
the NetApp® Unified
Storage Architecture, customers can support many applications,
diverse workloads, and changing requirements through a single
platform and set of processes to reduce complexity and drive down
costs. NetApp storage systems deliver one of the industry's most
cost-effective platforms for higher performance and enterprise
availability, to support today's midrange storage requirements and
to adapt to future changes. NetApp's innovative storage and data
management technologies such as scale up and scale out, unified
architecture, secure multi-tenancy, storage efficiency, and service
automation and analytics help customers capitalize on new growth
opportunities and drive greater efficiencies. For more information
regarding NetApp's storage systems, visit www.netapp.com/us/products/storage-systems.
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About the Magic
Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2010 by Gartner, Inc., and is
reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical
representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period.
It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure
against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner.
Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in
the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select
only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic
Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to
be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties,
express or implied, with respect to this research, including any
warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular
purpose.
About NetApp
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that accelerate business breakthroughs and deliver outstanding cost
efficiency. Discover our passion for helping companies around the
world go further, faster at www.netapp.com.
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[1] "Magic Quadrant for Midrange and High-End
Modular Disk Arrays" by Roger Cox, Stan Zaffos, Pushan Rinnen, and
Jimmie Chang, November 2010.