NetApp, Inc. formerly Network Appliance, Inc., is a proprietary computer storage and data management company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. It is a member of the NASDAQ-100 and ranks on the Fortune 1000. NetApp is credited with the widespread adoption of network-attached storage (NAS) architecture, as opposed to more costly storage area network (SAN), and is currently under attack from popular open source offerings (such as Sun Microsystems' ZFS).
NetApp was founded in 1992 by David Hitz, James Lau, and Michael Malcolm. The line of NetApp filers was the company's flagship since the very beginning.
Major acquisitions
1997 - Internet Middleware (IMC). IMC's web proxy caching software became the NetCache product line (which was resold in 2006).
2004 - Spinnaker Networks, Inc. The technology Spinnaker brought to NetApp was integrated into Data ONTAP GX and first released in 2006.
2005 - Alacritus The tape virtualization technology Alacritus brought to NetApp was integrated into the NetApp NearStore Virtual Tape Library (VTL) product line, introduced in 2006.
2005 - Decru. Decru continues to operate as a separate business for data encryption appliances.
2006 - Topio. Software that helps replicate, recover, and protect data over any distance regardless of the underlying server or storage infrastructure. This technology became known as ReplicatorX.
2008 - Onaro. Storage service management software which helps customers manage storage more efficiently with guaranteed service levels for availability and performance.
Competition
NetApp competes in the Data Storage Devices industry. NetApp ranks third in market capitalization in its industry, behind EMC Corporation and Seagate Technology, and ahead of Western Digital, Brocade, Data Domain, Imation, Quantum, and Isilon . In total revenue, NetApp ranks fourth behind EMC, Seagate, Western Digital, and ahead of Imation, Brocade, Xyratex, and Hutchinson Technology. Note that these lists of competitors do not include companies with significant storage businesses, such as Hewlett Packard, IBM, Hitachi Data Systems, Dell, and Sun Microsystems.
Work environment
NetApp also has a long history of making "Best Places to Work" lists. In 2008 the company ranked 14th on Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For. This is the sixth consecutive year NetApp has earned a spot on the list, placing in the top 50 each time. NetApp also earned top honors in the "Best Companies to Work for in Research Triangle Park" competition in 2006. Other previous distinctions include making ComputerWorld's "Top 100 Places to Work in IT 2005", "Best Places to Work" in the Greater Bay Area in 2006 by the San Francisco Business Times and the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, and the 8th spot on the 2006 list of "Best Workplaces in Germany" by Capital Magazine.
NetApp was founded in 1992 by David Hitz, James Lau, and Michael Malcolm. The line of NetApp filers was the company's flagship since the very beginning.
Major acquisitions
1997 - Internet Middleware (IMC). IMC's web proxy caching software became the NetCache product line (which was resold in 2006).
2004 - Spinnaker Networks, Inc. The technology Spinnaker brought to NetApp was integrated into Data ONTAP GX and first released in 2006.
2005 - Alacritus The tape virtualization technology Alacritus brought to NetApp was integrated into the NetApp NearStore Virtual Tape Library (VTL) product line, introduced in 2006.
2005 - Decru. Decru continues to operate as a separate business for data encryption appliances.
2006 - Topio. Software that helps replicate, recover, and protect data over any distance regardless of the underlying server or storage infrastructure. This technology became known as ReplicatorX.
2008 - Onaro. Storage service management software which helps customers manage storage more efficiently with guaranteed service levels for availability and performance.
Competition
NetApp competes in the Data Storage Devices industry. NetApp ranks third in market capitalization in its industry, behind EMC Corporation and Seagate Technology, and ahead of Western Digital, Brocade, Data Domain, Imation, Quantum, and Isilon . In total revenue, NetApp ranks fourth behind EMC, Seagate, Western Digital, and ahead of Imation, Brocade, Xyratex, and Hutchinson Technology. Note that these lists of competitors do not include companies with significant storage businesses, such as Hewlett Packard, IBM, Hitachi Data Systems, Dell, and Sun Microsystems.
Work environment
NetApp also has a long history of making "Best Places to Work" lists. In 2008 the company ranked 14th on Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For. This is the sixth consecutive year NetApp has earned a spot on the list, placing in the top 50 each time. NetApp also earned top honors in the "Best Companies to Work for in Research Triangle Park" competition in 2006. Other previous distinctions include making ComputerWorld's "Top 100 Places to Work in IT 2005", "Best Places to Work" in the Greater Bay Area in 2006 by the San Francisco Business Times and the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, and the 8th spot on the 2006 list of "Best Workplaces in Germany" by Capital Magazine.
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