ContentDirector and ContentReporter Software Enable Network Appliance to Offer Superior Management and Reporting Solutions.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 2000

Products Offer Single-Point Management of Globally Distributed Content

Network Appliance, Inc. (Nasdaq:NTAP), the leading provider of network-attached data access and content delivery solutions, today announced ContentDirector and ContentReporter, two new software offerings which provide an easy-to-use management tool for policy-based content distribution and usage reporting. Simply put, they offer single-point control of globally distributed content, reducing system administration and IT staff burdens and allowing IT managers to deploy critical resources to other tasks.

ContentDirector distributes and manages content across all Network Appliance(TM) products. ContentReporter enables easy integration into standard billing platforms for content delivery networks (CDNs) and service providers for new revenue-generating services. Combined, these solutions deliver powerful tracking and content distribution, enabling the next generation of enterprise applications and CDNs and empowering users with rapid, reliable content access.

"We are very pleased with the functionality offered by ContentDirector," said Bruce Gordon, vice president of New Service Development at StorageNetworks, Inc. "We believe this technology will accelerate our customers' use of our Global Data Storage Network (GDSN) by giving them an integrated solution, ideal for distributed architectures, that will allow the management of large quantities of information across our network."

As Mark Santora, senior vice president of marketing at Network Appliance, noted, "ContentDirector and ContentReporter offer functionality that was previously available only in custom software developed for specific applications. Because these 'off-the-shelf' solutions require little customization and can be deployed in a fraction of the time previously required, customers can scale their content infrastructures and applications quickly and seamlessly. These products all customers to focus their IT resources on revenue-generating projects and additional service offerings."

ContentDirector

ContentDirector manages the distribution of content seamlessly from high-performance NetApp(R) filers to NetCache(TM) solutions at the network edge. ContentDirector enables an automated approach to a variety of business-critical, data-intensive applications reliant upon timely content updates, or "refreshes." Such applications include e-business transactions, delivery of quality video to network edge devices, Web site acceleration, and a bevy of enterprise content "push" applications such as desktop-delivered employee training.

Product Highlights:

-- Powerful policy engine for content distribution and management from the data
center to the network edge

-- Selective replication of Web and streaming content from back-end filers to
remotely deployed NetCache products

-- Browser-based administration

-- Utilization of HTTP protocol for transfer

-- Automated updates with scheduling capabilities

-- Runs on Solaris, NT 4.0, and Win2000 servers

-- Available in late October

ContentReporter

ContentReporter intelligently compiles user data, such as Web page requests or specific feature usage, allowing enterprise businesses and content delivery networks to optimize their networks by determining where data should be pre-populated at remote NetCache locations ensuring availability, reliability, and quality.

Product Highlights:

-- Consolidated site analysis

-- Automated collection

-- Bandwidth and cache-usage reports

-- Plugs into existing billing infrastructure

-- Available in mid-November

About Network Appliance

Network Appliance, Inc., a veteran in network file storage and content delivery, has been providing data access solutions since 1992, and is a member of both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 index. Major corporations and service providers, including Lycos, Yahoo!, Citicorp Securities, Siemens, Lockheed, Cisco, Motorola, and Texas Instruments have deployed NetApp(R) solutions.

The company pioneered the concept of the "network appliance," an extension of the industry trend toward dedicated, specialized products that perform a single function. NetApp's storage and content delivery platforms (filers and NetCache(TM) appliances) are coupled with powerful content distribution and reporting software. This end-to-end solution offers seamless data management from the back-end data center to the edge of the network quickly, simply, and reliably. The Network Appliance(TM) product portfolio utilizes the company's innovative data access software, known as the Data ONTAP(TM) operating system, as well as standards-compliant hardware. It also offers multiprotocol support and transparent integration for UNIX(R) and Windows(R) environments.

Note to Editors: NetApp and the Network Appliance logo are registered trademarks and Network Appliance, NetCache, and Data ONTAP are trademarks of Network Appliance, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S and other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such.