NetApp classé parmi les leader du Magic Quadrant Gartner consacré aux baies de stockage milieu de gamme

NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) annonce qu’il a été classé parmi les “leaders” du Magic Quadrant de Gartner consacré aux baies de stockage de milieu de gamme.

Dans une note récente, Gartner précise les critères pour qu’un fournisseur de baies de stockage de milieu de gamme entre dans la catégorie « Leaders ». « Il détient les parts du marché, dispose de la crédibilité et possède les capacités en matière de marketing et de ventes nécessaires pour favoriser l’adoption de nouvelles technologies. Sa compréhension des besoins du marché, son esprit d’innovation, sa position de leader éclairé et ses plans clairement définis, sont autant de garanties sur lesquelles les clients et les prospects peuvent s’appuyer pour concevoir leurs stratégies et leurs infrastructures de stockage. Il possède aussi une présence sur les 5 continents, affiche des performances financières stables et offre une solide plateforme de support »

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“We consider our positioning in the Leaders quadrant by Gartner confirmation of the value of NetApp’s innovative storage and data management solutions that deliver outstanding cost effectiveness for customers,” said Patrick Rogers, vice president of Solutions Marketing, NetApp. “Our unified storage solutions help our customers transform their data centers into competitive business advantage by virtualizing their assets and reducing ongoing costs.”

Companies improve data center efficiency with innovative NetApp® storage technology and products such as seamless integration with server and desktop virtualization, deduplication on primary and secondary data, thin provisioning, RAID-DP®, and flexible cloning. NetApp continues to focus on unified storage architecture, which uses a single platform and set of processes for all data management functions, including backup and disaster recovery. The result is complete compatibility that allows companies to manage more data with fewer resources.

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About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted November 12, 2008 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner’s analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the “Leaders” quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About NetApp
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1 Magic Quadrant for Midrange Enterprise Disk Arrays by Roger Cox, Stan Zaffos, and Pushan Rinnen, November 2008.