NetApp Oral History Panel

1,572 views · Published 4 March 2017 · 2:26:01 · Indexed 21 October 2026

Channel: Computer History Museum · 2017 · Science & Technology

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[Record on November 7, 2014]


As one of the founders, Dave Hitz helped flesh out the business plan for what would eventually become NetApp. Don Valentine was an early investor and helped bring Dan Warmenhoven into the company as CEO. The three of them discuss the early years of NetApp, including its wild growth, successfully managing the business through the dotcom bust, coming out of it stronger than ever.


Catalog number: 102740004
Lot number: X7285.2015

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