NetApp Customers Using SAP(R) Solutions Transform Data Operations

Study Results Show NetApp Offers Compelling Benefits in SAP
Solution-based Development and Test Environments
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
In a recent study conducted by Oliver Wyman, a global strategy
consultancy firm, customers concluded that when using SAP(R) solutions
in conjunction with NetApp(R) (NASDAQ:NTAP) (data and storage
management solutions, it helped mitigate risk, achieve faster time to
deliver business value, lower data management costs, and increase
flexibility. The study was conducted to examine the growing importance
of development and test solutions in SAP solution-based environments,
discuss customer perspectives on the impact of development and test
storage environments for SAP enterprise applications, and highlight
storage solutions that provide an advantage over key competitors in
SAP solution-based development and test deployments.

Participants in the study were recruited by Oliver Wyman for
interviews and were targeted to provide diversity on a number of
categories, including, storage vendor, networked storage protocol,
geographic region, industry, size of SAP solution-based environment,
and complexity of the development and/or test environment. Key
findings from the study include:

-- SAP customers using NetApp solutions were able to better
mitigate risk to production systems through increased testing
capabilities. On average, NetApp customers created more
development and test instances than the average customer.

-- SAP customers using NetApp solutions experienced faster time
to deliver business value by reducing the time spent in
development and test cycles.

-- SAP customers using NetApp solutions realized data management
cost savings of 40% to 64% compared to typical respondents.

-- NetApp FlexClone(R) and Snap technologies reduced storage
overhead requirements and enabled operational efficiencies in
SAP solution-based development and test environments.

Organizations across verticals worldwide leverage NetApp data and
storage management solutions to simplify their infrastructure needs in
regards to SAP solutions and enable business breakthroughs. NetApp
offers flexible solutions that provide customers with rapid upgrades
and deployments of SAP solutions with the ability to create
space-efficient SAP system copies in minutes versus hours.

With FlexClone technology, customers are able to provide complete
images of large SAP datasets to developers, enabling customers to do
concurrent development and testing without having to wait for data
access and slow replication processes. This allows customers to
develop and deploy new SAP applications faster than ever before using
minimal incremental storage and with reduced risk. NetApp also
provides customers in SAP solution-based environments with increased
application availability, the ability to adapt easily to growth and
change, and the ability to stay in control and on budget.

For the full report "Growing Importance of Development and Test
Solutions in SAP Environments: Customer Perspectives on the Impact of
Development and Test Storage Environments for SAP Enterprise
Applications," please visit
http://www.netapp.com/us/forms/sap-dev-test-wp.html.

About NetApp

NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions
that accelerate business breakthroughs and achieve outstanding cost
efficiency. Discover our passion for helping companies around the
world go further, faster at www.netapp.com.

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