Industry Analyst Report Shows That NetApp Continues Leadership in NAS and Unified Storage Market
Sunnyvale, Calif. - May 30, 2007 --
Network Appliance, Inc. (NASDAQ:
NTAP) today announced its continued leadership position in the NAS
and unified storage markets. According to the May 2007 Gartner Inc.
report, "Market Share: NAS/Unified Storage, Worldwide,
2006,"
1 NetApp leads the overall worldwide NAS and
unified storage market with 54%
2 revenue market share
and 53%
3 capacity market share. The NetApp position in
the NAS and unified storage gateway market grew faster than that of
the competition, posting 42%
4 market share in revenue.
In addition to its leadership in the overall NAS unified storage
market, NetApp is also the leader in revenue and capacity shipped
for both the high-end and midrange NAS markets.
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"We believe our continued leadership in
unified storage and NAS demonstrates that our customers find value
in our products and services," said Elisa Steele, vice president of
Corporate Marketing at Network Appliance. "Our data center
solutions help our customers continue to address changing business
needs with maximized productivity, increased availability, and
reduced costs."
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.netapp.com.
(1) Gartner Inc., "Market Share:
NAS/Unified Storage, Worldwide, 2006," Pushan Rinnen, May
2007.
(2) Table 1-8, NAS/Unified Storage Vendors by Revenue.
(3) Table 1-9, NAS/Unified Storage Vendors by Raw Capacity
Shipped.
(4) Table 6-3, NAS/Unified Storage Gateway Vendors by
Revenue.
(5) Table 4-5, Midrange Stand-Alone NAS/Unified Storage Vendors by
Revenue; Table 4-5, Midrange Stand-Alone NAS/Unified Storage
Vendors by Raw Capacity Shipped; Table 5-4, High-End NAS/Unified
Storage Vendors by Revenue; Table 5-5, High-End NAS/Unified Storage
Vendors by Raw Capacity Shipped
Press Contact:
Jodi Baumann
Network Appliance, Inc.
(408) 822-3974
jodi@netapp.com