NETAPP WINS GREEN ENTERPRISE IT AWARD FROM UPTIME INSTITUTE

May 6, 2008 – NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP)announced that it was named a winner of the prestigious 2008 Green Enterprise IT Award from the Uptime Institute a leading research-based think-tank and corporate advisory on the business and technology issues related to critical computing environment reliability and energy efficiency.. This award comes just two weeks after the company hosted an ASEAN Media and Analyst Roundtable to discuss the urgent topic of Data Centre Transformation which saw participants from across ASEAN coming together to share ideas.

NetApp was honored as the Best-In-Class Implementation in the category of IT Hardware Asset Utilization for transforming its own data center to be more efficient and effective. Leading by example and implementing innovative technology and design techniques, NetApp subtracted machines and disks from their power equation and modified its power and cooling systems to optimize power efficiency. As a result, NetApp saved 41,184 kWh per month and more than $59,000 in electricity costs alone. The data center now meets or exceeds the EPA’s 2011 energy usage state-of-the-art data center maximum achievable scenario.

Speaking at the Singapore event in April, NetApp Chief Technology Officer, Dave Robbins shared some of the innovative best practices that NetApp had implemented in support of energy efficiency. “The technology and techniques we are using in the NetApp data center are the same ones we are helping our customers deploy in their own data centers. The mission being to improve efficiency, reduce costs, save space, and lessen their environmental impact while driving their businesses forward” he commented.

“We congratulate NetApp for its tremendous work in improving energy-efficiency in the data center and beyond,” said Kenneth G. Brill, Institute founder and executive director. “Uptime Institute is honored to showcase the pioneering efforts of the award winners and hopes that they will serve as a clear example to the world’s largest operators of critical computing facilities of the realistic impact and feasibility of energy efficiency initiatives.”

The award winners were announced at Uptime Institute’s third annual Green Enterprise Computing Symposium, which is designed to tackle strategic and operational hurdles and develop industry benchmarks for improving energy efficiency in data centers.

Discover more about NetApp’s commitment to power conservation by visiting www.netapp.com/us/company/our-story/green/power-conservation.html:
§ Read our whitepaper, “Reducing Data Center Power Consumption Through Efficient Storage,” which details our eight-point plan
§ Read the Oliver Wyman whitepaper, "Making Green IT a Reality: Customer Perspectives on the Impact of Storage Vendor Decisions on Power, Cooling, and Space in Enterprise Data Centers,” which quantifies the benefits of using efficient storage
§ Read our methods for designing data centers for efficiency in the whitepaper, "Ten Techniques for Improving Data Center Power Efficiency”