Network Appliance Enables the Enterprise with New Center-to-Edge Solutions for Global IT Infrastructures.

Business/High-Tech Editors

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2001

Multiappliance Management Software and Fibre Channel Fabric 

Tape SAN Backup Solution Reinforce NetApp's

Enterprise Expansion

Network Appliance, Inc. (Nasdaq:NTAP), the leading provider of network-attached data access and content delivery solutions, continued its enterprise momentum by announcing new solutions that minimize total cost of ownership (TCO) and maximize return on investment (ROI).

In two separate press releases issued today, the company unveiled solutions that capitalize on customers' existing IT infrastructures while offering greater data availability and enhanced disaster recovery. As noted in those releases, Network Appliance continued its enterprise focus by:

-- Introducing NetApp(R) DataFabric(TM) Manager, an unbundled software package
for global enterprise and CDN deployments allowing IT staff to monitor and
configure multiple storage and content delivery appliances throughout a
network.

-- Unveiling new Fibre Channel Fabric Tape SAN (Storage Area Network) Backup
solutions, along with leading data protection companies, underscoring the
company's open storage networking approach to data management.

-- Offering DiskShelf14, a new 14-slot Fibre Channel disk drive shelf that
holds up to one terabyte of data. Customers will benefit from the increased
data storage and performance densities, which help to lower their overall cost
of storage.

-- Announcing SnapManager(TM) 1.1 for Microsoft(R) Exchange 5.5 environments --
a new version of the industry-leading online backup and rapid data recovery
solution. SnapManager 1.1 simplifies data management by providing near
instantaneous on-line backup and recovery, faster response times, and enhanced
Windows(R) 2000 support.

-- SecureShare(R) Quota Manager 2.0 -- a graphical user interface (GUI) tool to
centrally manage and control hard and soft quotas on thousands of Microsoft
Windows NT(R)/2000 versions working with many NetApp filers. The solution is
based on Microsoft's Management Console standard interfaces, and allows for a
single point of control across multiple filers.

"Today's economy is forcing businesses to get maximum value from their IT infrastructure investments, minimize total cost of ownership, reduce IT staffing pressures, and increase return on investments," said Network Appliance CEO Dan Warmenhoven. "Network Appliance center-to-edge solutions are positioned to enable enterprises to realize their IT objectives while simultaneously managing bottom line costs. NetApp is continuing its innovation of superior performance and scalability by enabling customers to deploy fast, simple, and reliable enterprise solutions."

These new announcements from Network Appliance demonstrate the company's continued success in the enterprise and builds on both NetApp center-to-edge(TM) solutions and open storage networking. With the introduction of the FC Fabric Tape SAN backup solution in particular, Network Appliance further blurs the distinctions between SAN and NAS, giving customers true choices to meet their enterprise needs.

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 Cisco, Lycos, Yahoo!, Citicorp Securities, Siemens, Lockheed, Motorola, and Texas Instruments have deployed NetApp 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 storage and content delivery platforms (filers and NetCache(TM) appliances) are coupled with powerful content distribution and reporting software. This center-to-edge solution offers seamless data management from the back-end data center to the edge of the network quickly, simply, and reliably. The Network Appliance 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.

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