Press release:

Culture of Innovation Drives Customer and Partner Success, Lands NetApp on Forbes’s List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies

NetApp Is the Only Storage Vendor on the List for the Second Year in a Row

SUNNYVALE, Calif.— September 5, 2012—NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) today was ranked #51 out of 100 onForbes magazine's "World’s Most Innovative Companies" list for 2012. Innovation is at the heart of NetApp’s culture, and drives its employees’ commitment to delivering the best experience to its customers through every facet of how they do business with NetApp. It is this culture of innovation that enables customers to leverage IT for strategic and competitive advantages. Additionally, NetApp’s relationships with technology and go-to-market partners deliver a best-in-class innovation stack experience that helps customers go further, faster.

Tom Georgens, President and CEO of NetApp:

“Innovation is part of NetApp’s DNA and it has driven our growth throughout our history. Our 20 years of innovation has been about delivering the best technology and products, as well as innovating in everything we do to create a differentiated experience for our customers and partners around the world. Forbes’s recognition is a testament that our innovative spirit continues to thrive today and help our customers achieve great business outcomes.”

Andrew Henderson, CIO, ING DIRECT:

“Similar to NetApp, ING DIRECT has had a proud history of innovation since 1999. As the world’s leading direct savings bank, we pioneered branchless banking and quickly grew to become Australia’s fifth largest mortgage lender. NetApp helped ING DIRECT Australia bring new banking products and services to market more quickly via its ‘Bank in a Box’ project. In the past, it would take our software and application development team months to be able to test new ideas in our complex banking environment. Today, it takes minutes. NetApp’s innovation met our own appetite for innovation and gave our business a competitive edge.”

Watch NetApp’s co-founder, Dave Hitz, discuss 20 years of NetApp innovation and reflect on how data has changed over the past two decades.

Innovating Across All Areas of NetApp’s Business

NetApp innovation focuses on delivering an outstanding customer experience, developing industry-leading products and technology, developing best-in-class partnerships, and building the best team in the industry. NetApp’s innovation across these areas of its business has enabled the company to accelerate success for its customers, partners, shareholders, and NetApp.

Currently, NetApp® Data ONTAP® is the industry's #1 storage operating system¹. More customers trust Data ONTAP than any other storage operating system because it is the key to unleashing an agile data infrastructure that is Intelligent, Immortal, and Infinite. With the industry’s leading storage operating system, NetApp customers can be confident that they have the agility to shift and grow their businesses in whatever directions necessary.

NetApp also currently ranks as the #3 world’s best multinational workplace by the Great Place to Work Institute, based on a unique corporate culture that values creativity, teamwork, open communication, leadership, adaptability, and trust. By living these values, NetApp employees are empowered to develop new ideas every day and continue to make breakthroughs happen for the company’s customers. It is NetApp’s unwavering commitment to building a strong culture that has resulted in a company that customers and partners want to do business with.

About the Forbes Most Innovative Companies List

Forbes World’s Most Innovative Companies list relies on investors, who vote with their wallets, to identify the companies they expect to be innovative today and in the future. For a full description of the methodology, please visit
www.forbes.com/sites/innovatorsdna/2012/09/05/how-we-rank-the-worlds-most-innovative-companies/.

The full list of winners and related stories will appear in the September 24 issue of Forbes and are available now online at www.forbes.com/sites/innovatorsdna/2012/09/05/how-innovative-leaders-maintain-their-edge/.

Additional Resources

• Follow Tom Mendoza’s Twitter and blog on culture and leadership.
• Learn about NetApp innovation in healthcare:
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkzRJFQ-mQY&feature=player_detailpage
• Follow the NetApp 360 blog: communities.netapp.com/community/netapp-blogs/netapp-360
• Follow NetApp on Twitter: www.twitter.com/NetApp
• Join NetApp on Facebook: www.facebook.com/NetApp
• View NetApp videos on YouTube: www.youtube.com/NetAppTV
• Connect with NetApp on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=111681

About NetApp
NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions that deliver outstanding cost efficiency and accelerate business breakthroughs. Our commitment to living our core values and consistently being recognized as a great place to work around the world are fundamental to our long-term growth and success, as well as the success of our pathway partners and customers. Discover our passion for helping companies around the world go further, faster at www.netapp.com.

Press Contact:
Roger Villareal
(408) 822-1959
rogerv@netapp.com

NetApp, the NetApp logo, Go further, faster, and Data ONTAP are trademarks or registered trademarks of NetApp, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such.

¹ Source: NetApp internal estimates in terms of revenue and storage capacity in the worldwide open-networked storage market as of June 2012: VNX, VNXe, and Celerra NS can run any Flare or Dart operating system. The contribution of these products to the OS share has been estimated based on the proportion of NAS and SAN installations in these products (NAS—Dart; SAN—Flare).

Nextiva Receives 2011 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award

Press release:

Nextiva Receives 2011 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award
Nextiva Office Recognized as Innovative VoIP Communications Tool

Scottsdale, Arizona August 15, 2012

Nextiva (www.nextiva.com), a leading provider of cloud-based business VoIP services, announced today that it is the recipient of TMC’s Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award for the second year in a row.

TMC, a globally integrated media company, presents this award to products that facilitate voice, data and video communications, or a combination of them. Companies that receive the esteemed Product of the Year Award must exhibit a combination of vision, leadership and thoroughness.

“We are proud to distinguish the greatest achievements in the unprecedented growth of communications technologies in 2011,” said Rich Tehrani, CEO of TMC. “Nextiva has shown their dedication to quality and superiority while addressing the ever-changing marketplace demands.”

Nextiva Office delivers comprehensive phone systems to small and medium-sized businesses, including high-quality features such as advanced call routing, call manager dashboard, push to talk and Nextiva Anywhere. Nextiva provides an online portal so that business managers can quickly and easily access all of their service and usage information.

“We’re thrilled that our Nextiva Office product has been recognized as a Product of the Year for the second consecutive year,” says Yaniv Masjedi, VP at Nextiva. “We continuously enhance our products so that our customers always have access to the most innovative communications tools as well as a team of experts who provide Amazing Service and support all of our customers’ needs.”

2011 Product of the Year winners are announced on the websites for INTERNET TELEPHONY and Customer Interaction Solutions.

For more information on Nextiva’s business communication solutions, please visit http://www.Nextiva.com.

ABOUT NEXTIVA
Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Nextiva is a privately held member of the Unitedweb family of companies. Nextiva is one of the country's leading providers of cloud-based, VoIP business communication services. Nextiva has won more than 30 Independent Technology & Telephony Awards, including the "Product of the Year Award" by Internet Telephony magazine for four years running. Nextiva delivers “Fortune 500” phone service at start-up prices and serves thousands of small-to-midsize companies across the United States. For more information call 800-983-4289 or visit http://www.nextiva.com.

About TMC
TMC is a global, integrated media company that helps clients build communities in print, in person, and online. TMC publishes the Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, Next Gen Mobility and Cloud Computing (formerly InfoTECH Spotlight) magazines. TMCnet.com, which is read by two million unique visitors each month, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. TMC is the producer of ITEXPO, the world’s leading B2B communications event. In addition, TMC runs multiple industry events: 4G Wireless Evolution; M2M Evolution; Cloud Communications Expo; SIP Tutorial 2.0:Bringing SIP to the Web; Business Video Expo; Regulatory 2.0 Workshop; DevCon5; HTML5 Summit; CVx; AstriCon; StartupCamp; MSPAlliance MSPWorld and more. Visit TMC Events for a complete listing and further information. For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com.

News Release from the U.S. Dept. of Energy

Small Businesses Nationwide Begin Work on Cutting-Edge Innovative Research Projects

February 21, 2012 - 12:18pm

Washington, D.C. – Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced that with support from the Department of Energy, 142 small businesses around the nation are starting work this week on 180 innovative research projects ranging from designing better wind turbines to developing a chemical-free approach to killing bacteria in power plant cooling water and from developing instruments to improve nanomaterials to making new coatings to improve the efficiency of gas turbines.  These grants to small businesses - totaling $26.4 million – are developing new energy technologies that will help to grow America’s economy, create new jobs around the country and improve American competitiveness around the world.  The Energy Department’s Small Business Innovation Research program is part of the Obama Administration’s broader support for job-creating small businesses and startup companies nationwide.

“These small businesses are working to develop new technologies to bring to the marketplace, creating new jobs and potentially new industries here in America,” said Secretary Chu.  “As part of the Obama Administration’s Startup America Initiative, these innovative small businesses are helping the Department improve America’s energy security, grow our economy, and ensure U.S. companies can compete in the global economy.”   .

The companies will use their awards -- in amounts up to $150,000 -- over the next nine months to explore the feasibility of their innovative concepts.  They will then be eligible to compete for awards up to $1 million under a two-year, Phase II of research and development.

DOE selected the 180 projects from among nearly 1,000 Phase I proposals submitted under its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
This year’s Phase I awards to date were made in 36 technical topic areas for research supporting the Department’s diverse energy, scientific and environmental missions.  Under the STTR program, 23 of the companies are partnering with a university or DOE national laboratory to do the research.  In addition, DOE is planning on at least one more Phase I competition with another round of awards later in the year.

The full list of Phase I award winners and their projects is available HERE.

DOE’s Office of Science manages the departments’ SBIR and STTR programs.  More information about the two programs is available HERE.

Venture Acceleration Fund Accepting Applications

News release from Los Alamos National Laboratory:

Venture Acceleration Fund associated with LANL now accepting applications for 2012

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, January 23, 2012—The Venture Acceleration Fund of Los Alamos National Security, LLC, the company that manages and operates Los Alamos National Laboratory for the National Nuclear Security Administration, is now accepting applications for the 2012 calendar year. The three companies selected in the completion will receive up to $100,000 each to commercialize technology and take it to market faster.

The Venture Acceleration Fund (VAF) helps innovative companies reach the next level of success through business and technology development activities such as proof-of-concept, prototyping, securing initial customers, or obtaining additional funding. Companies located in the Northern New Mexico counties of Los Alamos, Santa Fe, Sandoval, Rio Arriba, Taos, San Miguel, and Mora are given preference for funding, as are projects associated with LANL technology or expertise.

VAF applications will be accepted throughout 2012 and will be reviewed in three rounds corresponding to three application deadlines: February 24, May 25, and August 25. One award will be made for each round. "The quality of applications has increased greatly over the past two years, so we expect the process will be competitive for 2012," said David Pesiri, Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Technology Transfer Division leader. "Nevertheless, our team often assists those companies that aren’t selected by connecting them with other resources to meet their specific needs and achieve good commercialization outcomes for the broadest set of customers possible."

In 2011, Los Alamos start-up company Manhattan Isotope Technology, LLC received a VAF award to develop, test, and validate a radio analytical lab for manufacturing strontium-82, which is used for heart imaging. The company is positioned to expand the limited availability of strontium-82 to the marketplace, currently only produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Vista Therapeutics, Inc. of Santa Fe also received VAF funding in 2011. The company is developing a NanoBiosensor System that will revolutionize the measurement of biomarkers, such as proteins, that are produced in response to trauma or disease. Funding was used to complete research and development and to adapt devices for a potential first customer. Chief Scientific Officer Spencer Farr expects that Vista’s new technology will hasten a personalized approach to medicine and will help the company create 40 high-paying jobs.

Ideum, another VAF recipient, used its funding to develop a new version of the company’s gesture-based software platform called "GestureWorks" for international release. Ideum customizes interactive exhibits and multi-touch tables for museums. "The VAF award allowed us to accelerate our schedule from 16 months to 8,” says Ideum’s founder, Jim Spadaccini. “This has huge implications for getting into the marketplace quickly."

Los Alamos National Security, LLC invests $1 million per year in economic development through a program known as Northern New Mexico Connect. Northern New Mexico Connect promotes VAF and a variety of other business development programs. In the past six years, 166 companies have created and retained 240 jobs and attracted $8.2 million in new funding and financing as a result of their work with Northern New Mexico Connect.

To find out more about the LANS Venture Acceleration Fund or to submit a VAF Application in 2012, visit www.nnmconnect.net or contact Belinda Snyder of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Technology Transfer Division at bee@lanl.gov.

About Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory, a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security, is operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC, a team composed of Bechtel National, the University of California, The Babcock & Wilcox Company, and URS for the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.

Los Alamos enhances national security by ensuring the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile, developing technologies to reduce threats from weapons of mass destruction, and solving problems related to energy, environment, infrastructure, health, and global security concerns.