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To: Kayaker who wrote (9284)	10/1/2001 10:09:16 AM
From: SecularBull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10934

BEA Selects Network Appliance for Distributed Storage Solution NetApp Center-to-Edge Replaces Direct-Attached Storage Model to Increase Performance and Simplicity SUNNYVALE, Calif.--Oct. 1, 2001--Network Appliance, Inc. (Nasdaq:NTAP - news), the leading provider of network-attached data access and content delivery solutions, today announced that BEA Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:BEAS - news), one of the world's leading e-business infrastructure software companies, has selected the Network Appliance(TM) Center-to-Edge(TM) solution for its distributed storage infrastructure -- increasing the performance and simplicity of its global storage network. Critical features such as scalability, simplicity, and manageability, along with a low total cost of ownership, were the driving factors in the selection of Network Appliance to service BEA's distributed environment. BEA selected NetApp®'s Center-to-Edge solution to support global Web site deployments and a globally dispersed satellite solution, critical to BEA's fundamental business operations. BEA required a solution that could scale seamlessly, maximize availability for both the internal and external Web site, and increase user flexibility and simplicity in the database environment. ``Now more than ever, global enterprises must get control over and put their information to work,'' said Mark Santora, senior vice president of marketing at Network Appliance. ``Network Appliance Center-to-Edge architecture helps provide BEA with a cost-effective, yet extremely powerful storage infrastructure that enables the company to dedicate its resources to creative and strategic revenue generating activities, rather than the monitoring and maintenance work associated with complex or experimental storage technologies.'' About Network Appliance Network Appliance, Inc., a leader 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 Lycos, Yahoo!, Citicorp Securities, Siemens, Lockheed, Cisco, 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's storage and content delivery platforms (filers and NetCache® 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® and Windows® environments.