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NetApp revenues dropped 3.7 per cent year-on-year to $1.29bn for its first fiscal 2017 quarter, ended July 29, but it turned a year-ago loss of $30m into a $64m profit as it reined in expenses. CEO George Kurian referred to this in his prepared quote: "We are pleased with our first quarter results. Our focus on disciplined …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    I suppose the layoffs are yielding fruit now.

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      More coming

      + attrition = "growth"

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    "Strategic products include Clustered ONTAP, branded E-Series, SolidFire, AltaVault and optional add-on software. Mature products are 7-mode ONTAP, add-on hardware, and related OS and E-OEM products."

    YES - NetApp needs marketing to translate above jumble of products into something their partying sales teams can regurgitate in front of the customer.

    Most sales reps miss the good old days where Data Ontap would solve all the worlds storage problems - for which competitors required 3 product lines.

    NetApp now has 8 product lines. Congratulations.

    Let's hope NetApp won't confuse Marketing with Sales :)

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      NetApp now has 8 product lines?

      Still way less than EMC+DELL

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      1. Trevor_Pott Gold badge
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        Re: NetApp now has 8 product lines?

        But way more than Pure.

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          Re: NetApp now has 8 product lines?

          The first time NetApp Customer Success Services (a.k.a. NetApp Support) will learn about these new products is when customers call in and raise a support ticket.

          I've been told it's called Just in Time Competency.

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    So if you want to store your Data on a Mature NetApp product you are best of staying on 7-Mode?

    Thanks George - for confirming what everybody already knew, but NetApp never admitted before.

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