Onaro SANscreen Storage Management Software Supports NetApp® Storage Systems

Business Wire, April 4, 2007

BOSTON -- Onaro, Inc., the leader in storage service management (SSM), and Network Appliance, Inc., (NASDAQ:NTAP), today announced the interoperability of its SANscreen storage service management software with NetApp FAS (Fabric-Attached Storage) systems. The joint solution will enable customers to gain visibility into and easily manage the different storage services supporting their mission-critical enterprise applications.

With SANscreen, NetApp FAS customers are able to achieve real-time feedback that all the devices in their FC SAN infrastructure are working together to meet the services required by their applications, in turn allowing customers to verify the present level of storage service, record and analyze past levels, and predict the future level. Plus NetApp customers running SANscreen can improve capacity planning, reduce provisioning times, eliminate defects, reduce trouble shooting time, and enable meeting audit and compliance requirements for their FC SAN environment.

"This joint solution addresses a major pain point for our enterprise customers -- SAN service management from Onaro combined with NetApp SAN solutions improves business responsiveness, application availability, and operational efficiencies in the data center," said Patrick Rogers, vice president of Solutions Marketing at Network Appliance. "We are excited to be working with Onaro as we continue to grow our market share in FC SAN."

"Onaro's storage service management solutions address the growing challenges IT organizations face aligning storage services to application requirements," said Assaf Levy, vice president, product management, Onaro, Inc. "By providing support for NetApp FAS, we are extending Onaro's storage service management solution to NetApp's growing and vibrant FC SAN customer base."

NetApp FAS

NetApp FAS systems simplify data management, enabling enterprise customers to reduce costs and complexity, minimize risks, and control change. They deliver simultaneous access for files and block-level application data and concurrent connection to Fibre Channel and IP networks. NetApp FAS systems are designed to consolidate and serve data for a wide variety of applications.

About Network Appliance

Network Appliance is a world leader in unified storage solutions for today's data-intensive enterprise. Since its inception in 1992, Network Appliance has delivered technology, product, and partner firsts. Information about Network Appliance solutions and services is available at www.netapp.com.

About Onaro, Inc.

Onaro is the leader in storage service management (SSM) enabling enterprises to increase service quality, return on storage, and compliance by managing storage as a service. Unlike traditional SRM applications which are device centric, Onaro provides a clear service view into a SAN's access paths, redundancy, replication and performance. SANscreen is being used by the world's largest companies in banking, retail, entertainment, data communications and wireless telecom. A partial customer list includes AOL, CareGroup Healthcare System, JetBlue Airways, Priority Healthcare, State Street Global Advisors, and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. For more information, please visit www.onaro.com.

NetApp is a registered trademark of Network Appliance, Inc. in the United States and other countries.