The acquisition immediately puts NetApp on the map in the new-gen storage market.
NetApp might be the No. 2 enterprise storage provider in the world behind only EMC, but even companies high up in the market’s food chain need a spark once in awhile.The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company may have obtained something along those lines Dec. 21 with the acquisition of solid-state storage maker SolidFire for $870 million in cash.Six-year-old SolidFire makes all-flash storage systems for next-generation data centers…
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