Fortune Magazine Names Network Appliance to
Inaugural Fortune e-50
NetApp Powers the Leading ISPs, Web Sites, and E-Commerce Companies
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 22, 1999--Network Appliance Inc., (NASDAQ:NTAP - news) the
leading provider of network-attached data access and management solutions, today announced its selection this month to the
FORTUNE e-50 Index -- Fortune Magazine's first-ever performance gauge of the top Internet companies.
Taken in its entirety, the FORTUNE e-50 index includes leading representatives from the broadest spectrum of the Internet
economy, including e-commerce and infrastructure firms, networking companies and service providers.
Citing a Network Appliance core market strength, Fortune stated, ''Almost anyone looking for storage on the Net turns to
Network Appliance.'' NetApp was selected under the Net Hardware category joining such luminary corporations as Cisco,
Lucent, Intel and Qualcomm.
''NetApp has become the premier storage networking provider for the world's most prestigious Internet companies because
our products and technology deliver what Internet companies need most - reliability, availability and scalability for their 24X7
business,'' said Larry Kubo, vice president of marketing for Network Appliance. ''We are very pleased to be ranked among
the industry's best, especially when the judge is a prestigious publication like Fortune Magazine.''
About Network Appliance
Network Appliance, a veteran in network file serving and caching, has been providing data access solutions since 1992. Major
corporations and ISPs, including Lycos, Yahoo!, Citicorp Securities, Siemens, Lockheed, Cisco, Motorola and Texas
Instruments have deployed NetApp® solutions. NetApp's Internet caching solutions (NetCache(TM) appliances) and file
servers (''filers'') deliver fast, simple, reliable and cost-effective access to network-stored data and enable simultaneous shared
file services for UNIX®, Windows NT® and the World Wide Web.
The company pioneered the concept of the ''network appliance,'' a key component in the industry trend toward dedicated,
specialized products that perform a single function. Network Appliance(TM) filers and NetCache appliances are based on the
Company's innovative data access software known as Data ONTAP(TM) operating system and standards-compliant
hardware. More information is available at netapp.com
NetApp is a registered trademark and Network Appliance, Data ONTAP and NetCache are trademarks of Network
Appliance, Inc. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be
treated as such.
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