SYDNEY, Australia – 16 July 2024 – NetApp, the intelligent data infrastructure company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Fioretto as the new Area Vice President and Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand. This strategic move comes as NetApp continues to build on its solid revenue and growth, particularly in its cloud and flash storage businesses, and looks to artificial intelligence as a key driver for future growth.

Mark brings over 25 years of experience in the technology sector, with a proven track record of driving business growth and innovation. In his new role, he will be responsible for overseeing NetApp’s operations, strategy, and growth initiatives across Australia and New Zealand, ensuring the company continues to deliver exceptional value to its customers and partners.

“Mark’s appointment comes at a pivotal time for NetApp as we continue to see strong momentum in our enterprise storage business, reinforced by our unique value proposition around cloud and data management,” states Andrew Sotiropoulos, Senior Vice President of NetApp in Asia-Pacific & Japan. “Customers are increasingly turning to NetApp to help them build intelligent data infrastructures and leverage the power of public and hybrid clouds for rapidly growing, data-intensive workloads like AI, cloud-native, open-source, and enterprise applications, while ensuring their data remains secure and protected from ransomware attacks.”

Mark Fioretto, NetApp – Managing Director, Australia & New Zealand

“Mark’s extensive experience and deep understanding of the technology landscape will be invaluable as we continue to expand our presence in the Australia and New Zealand region. With Mark at the helm, we are confident in our ability to drive innovation, better support customers and achieve significant growth in the coming years.”

AI is now a top priority for organisations seeking to accelerate innovation, revolutionise operations, drive competitive advantage, and deliver superior solutions to their customers. Data management is essential for enterprise success, and NetApp is leading the evolution of the storage industry, helping our customers make their data infrastructure intelligent for the age of AI.

With a comprehensive and integrated portfolio of unified data storage solutions, NetApp is well-positioned to meet the evolving needs of its customers in the Australia and New Zealand region. The appointment of Mark as Managing Director underscores NetApp’s commitment to driving innovation and delivering exceptional value to its customers and partners.

About NetApp

NetApp is the intelligent data infrastructure company, combining unified data storage, integrated data services, and CloudOps solutions to turn a world of disruption into opportunity for every customer. NetApp creates silo-free infrastructure, harnessing observability and AI to enable the industry’s best data management. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in the world’s biggest clouds, our data storage delivers seamless flexibility. In addition, our data services create a data advantage through superior cyber resilience, governance, and application agility. Our CloudOps solutions provide continuous optimisation of performance and efficiency through observability and AI. No matter the data type, workload, or environment, with NetApp you can transform your data infrastructure to realise your business possibilities. Learn more at www.netapp.com or follow us on X, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.

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