Intel Corporation And Network Appliance Announce Technology And Business Agreement

SUNNYVALE and SANTA CLARA, February 23, 2001 - Intel Corporation and Network Appliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) today announced the two companies have entered into a long-term $1 billion technology and business agreement. Specific financial terms of the agreement are confidential.

The 7-year agreement significantly expands an existing business relationship between Intel and Network Appliance that began in 1992. Under terms of the agreement, Intel will purchase NetApp® systems for use in data center operations worldwide, and Network Appliance will purchase Intel microprocessors, systems and other components for incorporation in NetApp filers for network storage and NetCache™ content delivery systems. The agreement also includes a broad technology cross license, patent sharing and cross purchasing agreement, advanced technology development and joint standards collaboration.

"This agreement significantly expands our relationship with Network Appliance, one of the industry's leading providers of enterprise network storage and content delivery platforms," said Will Swope, vice president and general manager Intel Architecture Solutions Enabling Group. "As the build out of the Internet continues, this agreement will benefit both companies."

"NetApp and Intel will be at the forefront of defining a new data architecture that will connect enterprises and their customers with information and new digital media seamlessly without bottlenecks," said Dan Warmenhoven, CEO of Network Appliance. "Our agreement with Intel is important because Intel-based systems play a significant role in enterprise and Internet infrastructures."

This agreement demonstrates that both companies clearly recognize the mission critical role that storage and content delivery networks play in powering today's information infrastructure and allows Intel and NetApp to enhance their business strategies of supplying the important components and building blocks of the Internet.

The companies also reaffirmed their commitment to develop new, open industry standards and initiatives, such as the DAFS Collaborative (www.dafscollaborative.org). DAFS is an industry-wide effort, co-founded by Network Appliance and Intel to define a standard approach for direct memory-to-memory data transfers over next-generation system architectures.

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 storage and content delivery platforms (filers and NetCache 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 DataONTAP™ operating system, as well as standards-compliant hardware. It also offers multiprotocol support and transparent integration for UNIX® and Windows® environments.

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