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Hurray! FORTUNE magazine verified once again what we at NetApp already know: This is a great place to work. If you’re an employee or a prospective employee, this is obviously a really big deal. We think it’s important for our customers,shareholders and partners too.

For the eighth consecutive year, FORTUNE included NetApp on its prestigious list of the top “100 Best Companies to Work For.” This year, FORTUNE placed NetApp at number 7 in the United States. That makes this the second consecutive year that we’ve been in the top 10 of the Best Companies to Work For and the fourth successive year we’ve been ranked in the top 15.

Not only did FORTUNE once again tell the world what we employees already know—that NetApp rocks!—but our year-over-year employee survey scores increased during a challenging economic year. Specifically, employees gave NetApp higher scores in the Benefits, Open Communication, Trust in Leadership, and Being Treated Fairly categories.

What makes NetApp special for our employees, our customers, and our partners? It’s our culture and our commitment to maintaining it.

NetApp’s operational philosophy and culture are defined by our Model Company vision: to deliver the best possible results for the communities we serve by embracing and living a set of shared core values. Our commitment to living our core values and being recognized as a great place to work are fundamental to our success.

It’s widely known that employees who are happy at work take better care of the organization and their customers. They work harder, communicate better, and cooperate more. Fundamentally, happy employees care more about their success and the success of everyone on the team—customers, shareholders, employees, partners, and neighbors alike. Recognition as a great place to work also instills pride. NetApp employees are committed to doing great work because we are proud of our company, and because it helps us deliver an outstanding customer and partner experience.

“Our talented employees are united in one goal: helping our customers succeed.” —Tom Georgens, CEO

Each year, FORTUNE magazine compiles the "100 Best Companies to Work For" list from a pool of eligible U.S.-based applicants. For more details on this year’s ranking and process, go tomoney.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2010/.

Being included among FORTUNE’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” is important to NetApp. It’s one way we measure ourselves against the very best companies in the world. The employee survey scores are an inspiring reflection of our employees’ experiences and opinions about our culture and values, trust in leadership, integrity and fairness, teamwork, and camaraderie. We use the results to identify where we are doing well and where we can improve to continue to be a great place to work for our employees and a great company to do business with for our customers and our partners. It’s also a great recruitment tool to attract top talent to join us.

These excellent U.S. results are just the beginning. NetApp is being recognized around the globe as a Great Place to Work. So far this year, we’ve ranked among the top 10 Great Places to Work in 8 regions around the world, and in the top 30 globally :

Our dedication and our passion for doing the very best and achieving great results for our employees, customers, shareholders, partners, and communities make NetApp a Great Place to Work and set us apart. We believe that being a Great Place to Work is a key differentiator: Our customers and partners notice the difference in doing business with NetApp.

Join us as a customer, a partner, or an employee and find out for yourself why NetApp continues to be ranked among the best.