New Development An increased focus on Object Storage

1. New Development An increased focus on Object Storage The StorageGRID and Array Products groups are placing significant resources behind a plan to deliver a compelling object storage solution in second half 2014. StorageGRID.Next*Planned New Features: • Appliance form-factor • S3 API support • Distributed Erasure Encoding • Industry leading Object Scaling *Name Placeholder NetApp Confidential - Limited Use

2. How To Engage New Opportunities We are investing in the object storage space. We are building a new & compelling product that will be available second half 2014… some things you should know now: • If you have customers asking for the vision: • Tell them! We will have an approved object storage vision deck… • If you have an opportunity developing now: • If they are open to using existing SGAPI or CDMI, position POC/pilot now with production deployment aligning with the planned 2014 appliance release. • If they require S3, Distributed EC, or Appliance, sell the vision, engage the account with the StorageGRID team. • If they require Swift/OpenStack NOW… Engage with the OpenStack team and position E-Series + OpenStackand get the NetApp storage deal. • If they require the traditional StorageGRID deployment now, sell them StorageGRID! • If you have questions, reach out to xdl-storagegrid-questions@netapp.com NetApp Confidential - Limited Use