Exhibit 99.1
NETAPP AND ORACLE AGREE TO DISMISS LAWSUITS
SUNNYVALE, Calif.September 9, 2010 NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) today announced that both parties have
agreed to dismiss their pending patent litigation, which began in 2007 between Sun Microsystems and
NetApp. Oracle and NetApp seek to have the lawsuits dismissed without prejudice. The terms of the
agreement are confidential.
For more than a decade, Oracle and NetApp have shared a common vision focused on providing
solutions that reduce IT cost and complexity for thousands of customers worldwide, said Tom
Georgens, president and CEO of NetApp. Moving forward, we will continue to collaborate with Oracle
to deliver solutions that help our mutual customers gain greater flexibility and efficiency in
their IT infrastructures.
About NetApp
NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions that accelerate business
breakthroughs and deliver outstanding cost efficiency. Discover NetApps passion for helping
companies around the world go further, faster at www.netapp.com.
Safe Harbor Statement Under U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include statements regarding our partnership with
Oracle, and the benefits that we expect our customers to realize from that partnership. These
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results could vary.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements include our ability to maintain our relationship with Oracle, our
ability to design products and services that compete effectively from a price and performance
perspective, increased competition risks associated with the
anticipated growth in the network storage
market, and other important factors as described in NetApp reports and documents filed from time to
time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the factors described under the
sections captioned Risk Factors in our most recently submitted 10-K and 10-Q. We disclaim any
obligation to update information contained in these forward-looking statements whether as a result
of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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