Integra Selects Network Appliance for its Enterprise Storage

Business Wire, Feb 1, 2001

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SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 2001

Network Appliance (NASDAQ:NTAP), the leading provider of network-attached data access and content delivery solutions, today announced that Integra (IEA NM or INTG NM), Europe's leading provider of managed web hosting and e-business solutions, has selected Network Appliance(TM) storage solutions for its Integra Technical Centers (ITC) e-commerce infrastructure across Europe. Integra required storage solutions that provided high performance, reliability, and data availability, to store and manage multiple terabytes of Web content throughout the continent.

Integra selected Network Appliance open storage networking solutions to support a deployment of more than 20,000 interconnected servers by the end of 2004, and a rapid launch of a network of ITCs in Europe, with a growing storage capacity in heterogeneous OS environments. Integra launched its next-generation ITC in Frankfurt, Germany in July 2000.

The ITCs are specially designed for operating complex Web sites, and rely both on a high-performance infrastructure and a modular and open range of services. Network Appliance enterprise filers delivered a scalable approach to storage for Integra, allowing ITCs to keep pace with their increasing storage requirements.

Xavier Boileau, Integra's Chief Technical Officer comments, "Our experience with Network Appliance began more than three years ago, when we chose NetApp(R) filers for the Scandinavia Online Web site. The high performance and reliability of NetApp filers today handle more than 200 million Web pages per month. As we decided to grow on a total pan-European basis, we selected Network Appliance to offer us the same high performance and reliability on a Continental basis."

About Integra

Integra is the leading European provider of managed web and application hosting for businesses with mission-critical Internet operations. In addition, Integra's Professional Services division provides end-to-end e-business solutions in cooperation with specialized partners. Integra's pan-European network of Integra Technical Centres (ITCs) provides a state-of-the-art infrastructure to ensure optimal performance of complex web sites.

Integra has operations in Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the UK and operates more than 1,000 servers. Clients range from pioneering Internet businesses to leading enterprises and include companies such as efoodmanager, France Telecom, Hachette-Filipacchi, Havas Voyages-American Express, Lloyd's Register, Mitsubishi, Packard-Bell, Psion, Quelle, REWE GROSSVERBRAUCHER-SERVICE, Scandinavia Online AB, Shell, Siemens and Toshiba.

More information can be obtained from: www.integra-europe.com

About Network Appliance

Network Appliance, Inc., a veteran in network file storage and content delivery, has been providing data access solutions since 1992, and is a member of both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 index. Major corporations and service providers, including Lycos, Yahoo!, Citicorp Securities, Siemens, Lockheed, Cisco, Motorola, and Texas Instruments have deployed NetApp solutions.

The company pioneered the concept of the "network appliance," an extension of the industry trend toward dedicated, specialized products that perform a single function. NetApp's storage and content delivery platforms (filers and NetCache(TM) appliances) are coupled with powerful content distribution and reporting software. This end-to-end solution offers seamless data management from the back-end data center to the edge of the network quickly, simply, and reliably. The Network Appliance product portfolio utilizes the company's innovative data access software, known as the Data ONTAP(TM) operating system, as well as standards-compliant hardware. It also offers multiprotocol support and transparent integration for UNIX(R) and Windows(R) environments.

Cautionary statement (Integra): This release contains information relating to Integra's expectations. These expectations are, however, subject to a number of risk factors, cf. reference document dated March 3, 2000 approved by the COB. This document is available at the Company's headquarters and can be downloaded in pdf format at www.integra-europe.com.

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