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To: SecularBull who wrote (4422)	9/18/2000 10:58:50 AM
From: Lynn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10934

Here's another news item today on NTAP. Quite frankly, I think it's last week's rather than today's news that is moving NTAP. Right now we are up 9 1/16 and this is _not_ the day's high. I guess the momo's have arrived (groan). Aperian Integrates Network Appliance(TM) Equipment Nationwide; Enhanced Data Management Services Offered in All Locations AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Aperian, Inc. (Nasdaq: APRN - news), a leading provider of scalable bandwidth and managed services for content- intensive businesses, today announced it is working with Network Appliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTAP - news), the leading provider of network- attached data access and content management solutions, to offer data management applications to facilitate storage-on-demand for Aperian customers. Aperian has selected Network Appliance NetApp® filers for use in its facilities nationwide. The NetApp solution is optimized for data storage and content management. The product offers users scalable continuous data availability and simultaneous data sharing between multiple operating system environments. ``The combination of Aperian's unique ability to provide scalable bandwidth on demand and Network Appliance's ability to offer industry-leading storage networking solutions provides an excellent enterprise data-management strategy,'' said Wayne Irwin, Aperian's executive vice president of sales and business operations. ``This offering is right in step with Aperian's commitment to providing our customers reliable and scalable managed hosting services.'' ``Aperian's storage on demand services demonstrate how together we provide scalable solutions to online services customers so those customers can better manage the tremendous data requirements unique to their mission-critical applications,'' said Mark Santora, senior vice president of marketing at Network Appliance. ``Aperian recognizes our ability to service customers' needs through versatile storage networking approaches ideal for data-intensive IT infrastructures.'' 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. More information is available at www.netapp.com. About Aperian Aperian, Inc., supplies Internet infrastructure and bandwidth for the delivery of content-intensive applications. Through strategic alliances with Genuity and MCI WorldCom, Aperian offers advanced, second-generation solutions to customers in data centers that sit directly on the Internet backbone. Aperian is an end-to-end Cisco Powered Network. Aperian has been certified for network architecture, security architecture, and facilities design by GTE/BBN Technologies. Information about Aperian and its services can be found on the World Wide Web at www.aperian.com. 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. Aperian, the Aperian logo, DOCC and Industrializing Broadband are trademarks of Aperian, Inc. Windows NT is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark in the U.S. and other countries, 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. MEDIA CONTACTS: James Wilson Jaime Jinks Aperian Network Appliance (512) 226-8659 (408) 822-3463 jwilson@aperian.com jjinks@netapp.com INVESTOR CONTACT: Frank Milano Aperian (512) 226-8664 fmilano@aperian.com SOURCE: Aperian, Inc. biz.yahoo.com Lynn