Dedicated Employees and Innovative Culture Earn NetApp Recognition as a Best Company to Work for in America, Driving Success for Customers and Partners

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - January 16, 2014 -

Tom Georgens, President and Chief Executive Officer, NetApp

We are very honored to be named by FORTUNE magazine to this prestigious list for the 12th consecutive year. While technologies may change over time, our culture and people are the source of long-term differentiation. I firmly believe that if you create an environment in which employees thrive, our customers and partners can tell. Success across all of our constituents is driven by bringing motivated employees together with a common purpose that is rooted in our core values and fueled by innovation.

China Gorman, CEO, Great Place to Work

NetApp understands the role that people and culture play in their success. A great workplace culture and high-trust work environment win companies not just a spot on this list, but buoy their overall success in an increasingly competitive marketplace. These will be the companies that attract and retain the most skilled, loyal, and innovative employees in the coming years.

News Summary

NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) today was ranked #33 on FORTUNE magazine's 2014 100 Best Companies to Work For list in the United States. This marks the 12th consecutive year that NetApp has been named to this list of 100 elite companies. Companies were selected by employees through the most extensive survey in corporate America created by Great Place to Work . This year's list is the result of information from over 257 companies and 252,000 employees.

According to Great Place to Work, creating a great workplace is one of the best investments a company can make, leading to less employee turnover, higher productivity, more innovative, and, creative thinking and most importantly, higher levels of customer loyalty and financial performance. NetApp nurtures the company culture to unite employees in a shared set of core values that create a rewarding work environment and earn the loyalty and business of customers, partners, shareholders, and investors.

Read about the secret to a powerful business culture from Gwen McDonald, executive vice president of Human Resources at NetApp.

A Great Place to Work Around the World

This recognition follows NetApp's third consecutive #3 ranking on the World's Best Multinational Workplaces list by Great Place to Work. NetApp is committed to measuring itself against the world's top workplaces so that the company sustains its values and culture as the foundation of a great place to work. In 2013, NetApp also ranked among the top-10 best workplaces in 14 different countries and cities around the world.

Read excerpts from the survey results in a congratulatory blog from China Gorman, Great Place to Work CEO.

Inspired Employees Produce Industry-Leading Results

NetApp employees are motivated to push the boundaries of IT for customers and partners, resulting in a culture of innovation across all areas of the business. Highlights include:

Product Innovation

The NetApp Data ONTAP architecture is the world's #1 branded storage OS.[1] Learn more about other areas within the industry in which NetApp is the innovation leader.

A leading analyst firm ranked NetApp #1 in storage system capacity shipped for public cloud infrastructure.[2]

Partnerships

NetApp is the first major storage supplier building an ecosystem around a private storage solution for Amazon Web Services and has been recognized as the 2012 Private Cloud Partner of the Year and the 2013 Server Platform Partner of the Year by Microsoft.

Culture

All NetApp employees receive 40 hours of paid time off each year to volunteer at nonprofits or schools of their choice. In 2012, employees donated close to 50,000 hours of their time to help their communities.

In fiscal year 2013, NetApp charitable contributions through cash, in-kind, and employee volunteer programs were valued at more than $4.8 million.

Since 2007, NetApp employees and colleagues have raised more than $4.8 million for childhood cancer research through fundraisers for the St. Baldrick's Foundation.

Methodology

To pick the 100 Best Companies to Work For, FORTUNE partners with the Great Place to Work Institute to conduct the most extensive employee survey in corporate America; 257 firms participated in this years survey. More than 252,000 employees at those companies were surveyed by the institute, a global research and consulting firm operating in 45 countries around the world. Two-thirds of a companys score is based on the results of the institutes Trust Index survey, which is sent to a random sample of employees from each company. The survey asks questions related to their attitudes about managements credibility, job satisfaction, and camaraderie. The other third is based on responses to the institutes Culture Audit, which includes detailed questions about pay and benefit programs and a series of open-ended questions about hiring practices, methods of internal communication, training, recognition programs, and diversity efforts. After evaluations are completed, if news about a company comes to light that may significantly damage employees faith in management, we may exclude it from the list. Any company that is at least five years old and has more than 1,000 U.S. employees is eligible. The deadline for applying for next years list is June 30, 2014. For an online nomination form, go to the Great Place to Work Institutes web site. If you have further questions about the Best Companies to Work For, please e-mail fortunespecials@fortune.com

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