Editing NetApp (section)

==History==
[[File:NetApp Building 1.jpg|thumb|right|Former headquarters in Sunnyvale (which later became home to [[Walmart]]'s West Coast office hub)<ref name="TRD">{{cite news |last1=TRD Staff |title=Walmart subleases 719K sf office campus in Sunnyvale |url=https://therealdeal.com/san-francisco/2023/11/10/walmart-subleases-719k-sf-office-campus-in-sunnyvale/ |work=The Real Deal |date=November 10, 2023}}</ref>]]

* NetApp was founded in 1992 by [[David Hitz]], James Lau,<ref>{{cite web | title=Executive Bios | url=http://www.netapp.com/us/company/news/press-room/lau_j_bio.html | publisher=NetApp | year=2012 | access-date=April 13, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604020420/http://www.netapp.com/us/company/news/press-room/lau_j_bio.html | archive-date=June 4, 2012  }}</ref> and Michael Malcolm<ref>{{Cite news | title=Michael Malcolm Resigns as Chairman of the Board of CacheFlow to Focus on New Start-Up Opportunity | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2000_Nov_13/ai_66870672 | work=Business Wire | date=November 13, 2000 | access-date=April 14, 2009 | archive-date=July 8, 2012 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708003002/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2000_Nov_13/ai_66870672/  }}</ref> as '''Network Appliance, Inc.'''<ref>{{cite web |date=September 27, 2004 |title=Giant Firm winner: Network Appliance Inc. |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2004/09/27/focus12.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=May 24, 2019 |work=Triangle Business Journal}}</ref> At the time, its major competitor was [[Auspex Systems]]. In 1994, NetApp received venture capital funding from [[Sequoia Capital]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sequoiacap.com/company/network-appliance/ | title=Sequoia Capital funds NetApp | access-date=December 12, 2007 | archive-date=October 16, 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061016041019/http://www.sequoiacap.com/company/network-appliance/  }}</ref> 
* It had its [[initial public offering]] in 1995. 
* NetApp thrived in the [[internet bubble]] years of the mid-1990s to 2001, during which the company grew to $1&nbsp;billion in annual revenue. 
* After the bubble burst, NetApp's revenues quickly declined to $800&nbsp;million in its fiscal year 2002. Since then, the company's revenue has steadily climbed.
* In 2006, NetApp sold the NetCache product line to [[Blue Coat Systems]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.techworld.com/networking/6297/netapp-sells-netcache-to-blue-coat/?siteSection= | title = NetApp sells NetCache to Blue Coat | author = Bryan Betts | publisher = Techworld | date = June 26, 2006 | access-date = January 22, 2019 | archive-date = March 10, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120310063831/http://news.techworld.com/networking/6297/netapp-sells-netcache-to-blue-coat/?siteSection= }}</ref>
* In 2008, Network Appliance officially changed its legal name to NetApp, Inc., reflecting the nickname by which it was already well-known.<ref>{{cite web | author=Modine, Austin | title=NetApp changes name to NetApp | url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/10/netapp_changes_name_to_netapp/ | work=The Register | date=March 10, 2008 | access-date=May 24, 2019 }}</ref>
* On June 1, 2015, Tom Georgens stepped down as CEO and was replaced by [[George Kurian]].<ref name="newceo">{{cite web| title=NetApp Announces Changes to Executive Leadership Team and Board of Directors | url=http://www.netapp.com/us/company/news/press-releases/news-rel-20150601-55298.aspx | publisher=NetApp | date=June 1, 2015 | access-date=June 1, 2015}}</ref>
* In May 2018, NetApp announced its first end-to-end NVMe array called All Flash FAS A800 with the release of ONTAP 9.4 software.<ref>{{cite web
 |author1     = Joel Reich
 |access-date  = June 2, 2018
 |date        = May 8, 2018
 |archive-date = June 2, 2018
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180602142546/https://blog.netapp.com/the-future-is-here-ai-ready-cloud-connected-all-flash-storage-with-nvme/
 |url         = https://blog.netapp.com/the-future-is-here-ai-ready-cloud-connected-all-flash-storage-with-nvme/
 |title       = The Future Is Now: AI-Ready, Cloud-Connected, NVMe All-Flash Storage
|work = NetApp Blog
 }}{{in lang|en}}</ref> NetApp claims over 1.3 million IOPS at 500 microseconds per high-availability pair.<ref>{{cite web
 |publisher   = Demartek.com
 |author1     = Demartek
 |access-date = June 2, 2018
 |date        = May 8, 2018
 |url         = http://www.demartek.com/Reports_Free/Demartek_NetApp-Broadcom_NVMe_over_Fibre_Channel_Evaluation_2018-05.pdf
 |title       = Performance Benefits of NVMe™ over Fibre Channel – A New, Parallel, Efficient Protocol
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* In January 2019, Dave Hitz announced his retirement from NetApp.