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Data storage is now one of the fastest growing markets in technology. And in this market, Network Appliance is the world leader in open network storage solutions for today’s data-intensive enterprise.

Since our founding in 1992, Network Appliance has been first to introduce the technology, products, and partnerships that drive the evolution of storage. Now we are a full-line enterprise storage solu- tions supplier, leading the innovation and value curves for today’s data-intensive enterprise.

Our solutions address the key customer challenges around storage consolidation, data-center operations, business continu- ance, and global storage management. Our broad and diverse product mix pro- vides solutions for all types of enterprise data—from mission-and business-critical data that drive sophisticated CRM, DSS, and ERP systems to remote-office/branch- office data and archive/reference data.

Storage Is Today’s Growth Market

Improving and building their storage resources is a high priority in corporations all across the U.S. and the world.

According to a February 2002 survey by CIO Magazine, an average 22% of a company's total IT budget will be allocated to storage this year. Some analysts estimate that number will be as high as 50%1. 63% of the CIO survey base expects their storage spending to increase over 2001—up by 27% on average in 2002 compared to 2001.

The International Data Corporation (IDC), an independent research firm, says that networked storage is one of the fastest growing segments of this market, estimating that 1.3 million terabytes of