NetApp

Overview

NetApp, Inc.

former name	Network Appliance, Inc. (1992–2008)
type	Public
traded as	nasdaq: NTAP S&P 500 component
founded	1992
founders	David Hitz James Lau Michael Malcolm
hq location city	San Jose, California
hq location country	U.S.
area served	Worldwide
key people	George Kurian (CEO) César Cernuda (president) Mike Nevens (chairman)
industry	Cloud computing Storage device
products	Servers · SAN storage · NAS storage · Networking · Software
revenue	US$6.57 billion (2025)
operating income	US$1.34 billion (2025)
net income	US$1.19 billion (2025)
assets	US$10.8 billion (2025)
equity	US$1.04 billion (2025)
num employees	11,700
num employees year	2025
footnotes	Financials as of April 25, 2025.‡R1R‡

NetApp, Inc. is an American data infrastructure company that provides unified data storage, integrated data services, and cloud operations (CloudOps) solutions to enterprise customers. The company is based in San Jose, California. It has ranked in the Fortune 500 from 2012 to 2021.[2] Founded in 1992[3] with an initial public offering in 1995,[4] NetApp offers cloud data services for management of applications and data both online and physically.

History

NetApp was founded in 1992 by David Hitz, James Lau,[6] and Michael Malcolm[7] as Network Appliance, Inc.

Reception

Controversy

Syrian surveillance

In November 2011, during the 2011 Syrian uprising, NetApp was named as one of several companies whose products were being used in the Syrian government crackdown. The equipment was allegedly sold to the Syrians by an authorized NetApp reseller.[24]

On April 7, 2014, NetApp was notified by the US Department of Commerce "that it had completed its review of this matter and determined that NetApp had not violated the U.S. export laws", and that the file on the matter had been closed.[25]

Legal dispute with Sun Microsystems

In September 2007, NetApp started proceedings against Sun Microsystems, claiming that the ZFS File System developed by Sun infringed its patents.[26] The following month, Sun announced plans to countersue based on alleged misuse by NetApp of Sun's own patented technology.[27] Several of NetApp's patent claims were rejected on the basis of prior art after re-examination by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.[28] On September 9, 2010, NetApp announced an agreement with Oracle Corporation (the new owner of Sun Microsystems) to dismiss the suits.[29]

Syrian surveillance

Legal dispute with Sun Microsystems

Awards

NetApp was listed amongst Silicon Valley Top 25 Corporate Philanthropists in 2013.[30] NetApp was Named Brand of the Year by the Think Global Awards in 2019.[31] In 2023, NetApp was named Best Company to Work For by U.S. News & World Report.[32] In 2024, consulting firm Frost & Sullivan named NetApp Global Company of the Year in the hybrid cloud storage management industry.[33]

NetApp

History

Organization

Competition

Partnerships

OEM

Reception

Controversy

Syrian surveillance

Legal dispute with Sun Microsystems

Syrian surveillance

Legal dispute with Sun Microsystems

Awards

Environment

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