NetApp, Inc.

Overview

NetApp, Inc. is a data infrastructure and storage technology company whose core business combines data-management software with storage systems and cloud services. Its portfolio includes ONTAP software and all-flash, hybrid-flash, and cloud-native solutions designed to manage data across on-premises, hybrid-cloud, and multicloud environments.[1][2]

Founded in 1992 and headquartered in San Jose, California, NetApp describes its work as helping organizations manage, protect, and use data across their IT environments.[1]+2

NetApp operates globally, with FY2026 revenue distributed across the Americas (51%), EMEA (34%), and APAC (15%).[5] For the fiscal year ended April 24, 2026, it reported net revenue of $6.925 billion and approximately 11,700 employees worldwide.[6][7] [1]+8

Products & services

NetApp’s product portfolio is built around ONTAP, its data-management software for on-premises, private- and public-cloud storage. ONTAP supports NAS, SAN, object, container and software-defined storage environments, with capabilities including ransomware detection, data movement and storage efficiency. NetApp’s storage portfolio spans file, block and object storage across flash, disk and cloud.[8][2]

Its storage systems include AFF A-Series and C-Series unified scale-out flash systems: A-Series is optimized for performance and low latency, while C-Series emphasizes capacity and affordability. ASA A-Series and C-Series are ONTAP-powered, block-optimized all-flash arrays for SAN workloads; NetApp states a 100% uptime guarantee and a 4:1 storage-efficiency guarantee for these systems. AFX is a disaggregated scale-out storage system for AI workloads; paired with AI Data Engine, it supports real-time metadata, inline vectorization and semantic search. Other product offerings include FAS hybrid systems, StorageGRID, add-on storage and optional software.[9]+3

Data-management and protection products include the ONTAP One license, Snapshot point-in-time copies, SnapCenter backup and recovery, SnapMirror replication and data mobility, and SnapLock data permanence. Cloud offerings include managed services Azure NetApp Files, Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP and Google Cloud NetApp Volumes, as well as Cloud Volumes ONTAP software for customer-managed storage on AWS, Google Cloud and Azure. NetApp Console services include Copy and Sync for migration, Backup and Recovery, Classification, and Ransomware Resilience. Support includes hardware and software technical support, upgrades and patches; the company also offers professional services and customer training.[13]+6

For FY2026, reported product revenue was $3.194 billion, or approximately 46.1% of total revenue of $6.925 billion. The other reported categories were support at $2.636 billion (38.1%), professional and other services at $407 million (5.9%), and public cloud revenue at $688 million (9.9%); the figures do not provide a breakdown by individual product.[6] [8]+19

Geographic presence

NetApp’s FY2026 revenue was reported across three regions: Americas, $3.505 billion (50.6%); EMEA, $2.358 billion (34.1%); and APAC, $1.062 billion (15.3%), out of $6.925 billion total. Percentages are calculated from reported regional revenue. The company reports no country-level breakdown beyond the United States, where sales were $3.293 billion, approximately 47.5% of total revenue.[20][21]

As of April 24, 2026, NetApp had sales and marketing operations in more than 20 countries, with approximately 5,000 managers, sales representatives and technical-support personnel worldwide. The company does not disclose employee distribution by geography.[22][21]

NetApp conducts research and development in locations worldwide; its Bengaluru campus is described as its largest R&D facility outside the United States, with more than 2,000 engineers.[23] Its outsourced manufacturing operations are located in Fremont and San Jose, California; Laredo, Texas; Guadalajara, Mexico; Helmond, Netherlands; Tiszaujvaros, Hungary; Taoyuan, Taiwan; and Singapore.[24] The company lists San Jose as its North American headquarters and Cork, Ireland, as its international headquarters.[25] [20]+5

Business segments

NetApp reports two operating segments, Hybrid Cloud and Public Cloud, and evaluates their performance using segment revenue and gross profit. Hybrid Cloud provides storage-management and infrastructure solutions for data-center modernization, spanning structured and unstructured data across flash, disk, and cloud storage, as well as related software, hardware, support, and services [26][27]. Public Cloud focuses primarily on as-a-service offerings, including cloud storage, data services, and operational services [28].

For Q1 FY2027, the quarter ended July 31, 2026, Hybrid Cloud generated $1,819 million, approximately 89.8% of NetApp’s $2,025 million in consolidated net revenue; Public Cloud generated $206 million, approximately 10.2% [29]. These percentages are calculated from the reported segment and consolidated revenue figures. [26]+5

Company history

NetApp was founded in 1992 by Dave Hitz and James Lau as Network Appliance; its early NFS server was nicknamed the “Toaster.” [4] The company went public in 1995 and introduced its first unified SAN and NAS appliances in 2002.[4]

In 2011, NetApp completed its $480 million acquisition of certain assets of LSI’s Engenio external storage-systems business, extending its offerings for analytics and high-performance computing workloads.[30] In 2015, George Kurian became CEO, and NetApp acquired flash-storage company SolidFire.[31][4] In 2022, it completed the acquisition of Instaclustr, adding managed open-source database, data-pipeline, and workflow services.[32] [30]+3

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