NetApp Recognized as a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Solid-State Arrays

SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwired - Aug 24, 2016) - NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) today announced that it has been named a Leader in the 2016 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Solid-State Arrays, based on its ability to execute and its completeness of vision. According to Gartner, Leaders execute well against their current vision and are well positioned for tomorrow.*

"We believe our position as a Leader in this year's Magic Quadrant for Solid-State Arrays underscores the fact that NetApp is enabling customers' successful transition to flash," said George Kurian, chief executive officer of NetApp. "As flash replaces hard disk drives for primary workloads, we are winning against and replacing both established and emerging vendors because of the successful business outcomes enabled by our highly differentiated all-flash-array portfolio."

A Gartner Magic Quadrant is a culmination of research in a specific market, providing readers with a wide-angle view of the relative position of the market's offerings. By applying a graphical treatment and a uniform set of evaluation criteria, Gartner Magic Quadrants assess vendors on their ability to execute and the completeness of their vision.

NetApp delivers the industry's broadest portfolio of all-flash arrays, providing customers with unrivaled scale, speed, and data services for next-generation enterprise and webscale data centers. The NetApp^® flash portfolio helps customers achieve the best outcomes across priority deployment models, including performance applications, virtualized infrastructure, and cloud-like infrastructure.

Resources

• For a complimentary copy of the 2016 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Solid-State Arrays, visit www.netapp.com/2016gartner?cid=7011A000000mBZW.
• Click here for more information on the Flash Advantage 3-4-5 Program, including our 4:1 efficiency guarantee.
• Learn more about new NetApp SolidFire^® all-flash innovations.
• Unlock more value from your data analytics applications with NetApp EF-Series all-flash arrays.

*Gartner Research Methodologies, Gartner Magic Quadrant, http://www.gartner.com/technology/research/methodologies/research_mq.jsp
Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Solid-State Arrays, Valdis Filks, Joseph Unsworth, Arun Chandrasekaran, 22 August 2016

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