Through the collaboration, NetApp released NetApp SnapManager 6.0 for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and to help users transition to SharePoint 2010.

The company also to offer Fibre Channel over Ethernet certified networks for virtual server environments.

The FCoE protocol works by wrapping Fibre Channel packets in Ethernet headers to send them over traditional Ethernet networks while preserving the Fibre Channel protocol. Typically, because it is sharing bandwidth with traditional server traffic, FCoE systems operate over 10Gbit/sec Ethernet ports.

NetApp estimated revenue for its next quarter would be between $1.16 billion and $1.21 billion.

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