Netgear is World Leader in NAS/Unified Storage

NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR), a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers, today announced that Gartner, Inc., has ranked it as the world’s No.1 vendor in NAS (network attached storage)/unified storage system units – according to the most number of units sold under RM 15,000.

Gartner Inc, a leading information technology research and advisory company, recently published their Market Share: Network-Attached Storage/Unified Storage Worldwide 2011 report, which placed NETGEAR alongside the largest traditional enterprise storage vendors in the world.

"Last year alone over 100,000 businesses selected NETGEAR storage solutions, choosing NETGEAR more often than any other NAS vendor in the world," said Mr. Soo Kean Thai, Regional Director ASEAN at NETGEAR.

NETGEAR also moved up Two Spots to become the 6th largest overall NAS vendor in terms of worldwide revenue.

In addition, Gartner reports that NETGEAR’s revenue growth rate was more than double the market average in the less than RM 76,000 unified storage segment and nearly twice the overall iSCSI market average.

“We are very pleased to have Gartner’s confirmation of our market leadership as it shows that NETGEAR is aligned with the needs of customers and channel partners evaluating solutions at the entry-level unified storage segment,” end Soo.

To learn more about NETGEAR ReadyNAS storage, please visit http://www.netgear.com/business/products/storage/ and http://www.readynas.com/.

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