NTAP--OpenGrid Chooses Network Appliance Storage Solutions
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 23, 2000--Network Appliance(tm), Inc. (Nasdaq: NTAP - news), the leading provider of network-attached data access and content management solutions, and OpenGrid, Inc., a leader in providing intelligent wireless e-business solutions, today announced that Network Appliance will provide OpenGrid with storage networking solutions. OpenGrid enables businesses to provide customized, wireless e-business solutions using OpenGrid technology. Such solutions are incredibly data-intensive, which is why OpenGrid turned to Network Appliance.
Network Appliance has now become the preferred storage solutions provider to manage OpenGrid's data access and storage requirements. OpenGrid has deployed multiple-terabyte clustered NetApp® F760 filers, the most powerful Network Appliance enterprise storage solution. The filers are connected in a clustered failover configuration to provide continuous data availability and access. OpenGrid has also deployed NetApp SnapRestore(tm) software products to ensure the high data reliability and recoverability.
``Network Appliance storage solutions will help us manage our data more efficiently,'' said Jens Horstmann, president of OpenGrid. ``OpenGrid is a leader in wireless e-business solutions and we needed a leader in data access and content management to power OpenGrid's storage networking needs--Network Appliance was our clear favorite.''
``As the wireless e-business market proliferates, NetApp storage solutions add the flexibility, scalability, and high performance OpenGrid's customers need,'' said Mike Marchi, senior director of marketing at Network Appliance, Inc. ``We are excited that OpenGrid is using our storage appliances to enhance its leading wireless e-business solutions.''
OpenGrid is a participant in Network Appliance's ``Powered by Network Appliance'' program, a branding initiative designed to foster business development and enhance the exposure of Internet companies with e-business driven strategies. Network Appliance powers nine out of the top 10 ISPs and 13 out of the top 15 Web sites worldwide.
About OpenGrid
Based in Silicon Valley, California, OpenGrid, Inc. is a leader in providing intelligent wireless e-business solutions. OpenGrid's wireless solutions for messaging, commerce, content, and promotions enable partners to expand their reach, build stronger customer relationships, and provide dynamic information to a wireless world. OpenGrid brings the Internet to the next level by matching personalized customer needs with wireless Internet access to the right information at the right time.
OpenGrid, a member of the WAP Forum and TRUSTe, is a privately held company. OpenGrid partners include market leaders Motorola, Hilton Hotels, Cendant, Pegasus Solutions, and Mediaplex.
OpenGrid is a founder and chair of the adXML Initiative (www.adxml.org), an industry movement to pioneer specification standards for sending promotions and advertisements to wireless devices. The company is also a charter member of the Wireless Advertising Association (WAA), established to unite leading companies involved in wireless advertising as well as to discuss and resolve important issues in the evolution of advertising in this medium. Additional information about OpenGrid can be found at www.opengrid.com.
About Network Appliance
Network Appliance, a veteran in network file serving and caching, 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 ISPs, including Lycos, Yahoo!, Citicorp Securities, Siemens, Lockheed, Cisco, Motorola, and Texas Instruments have deployed NetApp solutions. NetApp 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,'' an extension of the industry trend toward dedicated, specialized products that perform a single function. Network Appliance filers and NetCache appliances are based on the company's innovative data access software known as the Data ONTAP(tm) operating system and standards-compliant hardware.
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