Leading Analyst Firm Positions NetApp as a Leader Within Midrange Enterprise Disk Array Magic Quadrant
Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - December 17, 2009) - NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) today announced that it
has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant for midrange
enterprise disk arrays. In a recently released research note, "Magic
Quadrant for Midrange Enterprise 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."
"In my opinion, our position in the Gartner Leaders quadrant is a testament
to NetApp's commitment to providing our customers with innovative storage
and data management solutions that help them achieve and exceed their
business objectives and reduce IT costs," said Manish Goel, executive vice
president of Product Operations, NetApp. "Due to our unified architecture
and industry-leading storage efficiency capabilities, NetApp® is an ideal
storage infrastructure of choice for today's virtualized data center
environments."
NetApp enables customers to drive down costs while driving up operational
efficiencies in their data center thanks to a wide range of storage and
data management technologies and products, including deduplication on
primary and secondary data, thin provisioning, RAID-DP®, and
FlexClone®, to name a few. NetApp's seamless integration with server and
desktop virtualization infrastructures can provide customers with
additional flexibility and savings. Furthermore, NetApp's unified storage
architecture allows customers to address all of their storage and data
management needs through a single platform and set of processes, helping to
save time and resources.
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About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted November 30, 2009 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
NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions that
accelerate business breakthroughs and deliver outstanding cost efficiency.
Discover NetApp's passion for helping companies around the world go
further, faster at www.netapp.com.
(1) "Magic Quadrant for Midrange Enterprise Disk Arrays" by Roger Cox, Stan
Zaffos, and Pushan Rinnen, November 2009.
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Contact Information: Press Contact:
Ryan Lowry
NetApp
(408) 822-7544
ryanl@netapp.com