Network Appliance Receives Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award From Stanford Business School Alumni.Award Recognizes the Entrepreneurial Spirit of Silicon Valley Companies SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Network Appliance (1) A specialized device for use on a network. For example, Web servers, cache servers and file servers can be implemented as general-purpose computers with the appropriate software or as network appliances, which are computers dedicated to a single function and cannot do anything , Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :NTAP NTAP Network Appliance, Inc. (stock symbol) NTAP Never Take Another Puff NTAP National Track Analysis Program NTAP Notices to Airmen Publication NTAP Windows NT Application Processors NTAP Naval Training Acquisition Process ) was honored at a dinner as the 2006 Entrepreneurial Company of the Year by the Peninsula Chapter of the Stanford Business School Alumni Association An alumni association is an association of graduates (alumni) or, more broadly, of former students. In the United Kingdom and the United States, alumni of universities, colleges, schools (especially independent schools), fraternities, and sororities often form groups with alumni . Dan Warmenhoven, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Network Appliance, accepted the award on the company's behalf. "As a company founded in the Valley, we take great pride in the entrepreneurial spirit of our roots and the drive to innovate and sense of community that reside in many Valley companies," said Warmenhoven. "We are honored to receive this award, because it represents all the employees of NetApp and the personal and individual ownership we take in building and sustaining a model company." About the ENCORE Award In the late 1970s, the Peninsula Chapter of the Stanford Business School Alumni Association saw an opportunity to recognize the entrepreneurial spirit of the companies that were springing up in Silicon Valley. The chapter created the Entrepreneur of the Year (ENCORE) Award, and the first honor was given to the CEO of California Microwave in 1978. After five years of honoring CEOs of innovative companies, it became clear that a company's success is based on the contributions of many people rather than one individual, so the award was changed to the Entrepreneurial Company of the Year. The ENCORE Award has been presented every year since 1978, and Apple was the first company to receive the honor twice Co in 1982, and again 23 years later in 2005. About Network Appliance Network Appliance is a world leader in unified storage The capability of combining different data formats such as files, folders, contacts and e-mail messages into collections that can be viewed and manipulated as one group. See WinFS. 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[TM] solutions and services is available at www.netapp.com. NetApp and the Network Appliance logo are registered trademarks and Network Appliance is a trademark of Network Appliance Inc. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such. |
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