NetApp

NetApp (operating under netapp.com) is an American multinational Fortune 500 company and a world leader in cloud data services, intelligent data infrastructure, and hybrid cloud storage management. Founded in 1992 by David Hitz, James Lau, and Michael Malcolm, the company revolutionized computer storage with its foundational Network Appliance (NetApp) filers and its highly scalable, proprietary ONTAP storage operating system. As enterprises shifted from traditional on-premises data centers to distributed multi-cloud architectures, NetApp strategically engineered itself into a dominant hybrid cloud software powerhouse. Its modern portfolio bridges the physical-to-cloud divide by integrating enterprise data infrastructure with the world's largest public clouds, maintaining native, deeply embedded storage services directly inside Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The company's primary offerings span unified data storage, integrated data services (such as advanced tiering, secure backup, and ransomware recovery), and automated CloudOps software. Through strategic modern acquisitions like Spot.io, InstaCluster, and Talon Storage, NetApp enables thousands of global corporations to optimize cloud compute spend, orchestrate Kubernetes pipelines, and manage complex block, file, and object data workloads with absolute operational consistency. Publicly traded on the NASDAQ (NTAP) with multi-billion-dollar annual revenues, the company is headquartered in San Jose, California, and maintains a vast global footprint across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific regions.