AppLabs Helps NETGEAR ReadyNAS for Business Products Achieve VMware Ready™ Certifications

San Jose, California

NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR), a worldwide provider of technologically innovative, branded networking solutions, today announced that its entire ReadyNAS® family of business-class, high-performance unified network storage devices has achieved VMware Ready^TM status. Both desktop and rack-mount ReadyNAS for Business products, including the recently announced ReadyNAS 3100 and ReadyNAS 4200, have all passed their rigorous VMware testing for the NFS and now the iSCSI protocols.

"Virtualization drives network storage adoption, and NETGEAR is a world leader in affordable, reliable storage solutions for businesses," said Drew Meyer, director of storage product marketing for NETGEAR's Network Storage Business Unit. "We are thrilled to be completely VMware Ready^TM on our business-class ReadyNAS systems. As a result, our channel partners can deliver trusted virtualization solutions for as little as $1,000."

AppLabs is the world's largest software testing and quality management company, and also VMware's approved testing company. "The VMware Ready^TM logo indicates that the ReadyNAS products have gone through AppLabs' rigorous evaluation process," said Alex Whittaker, AVP of quality assurance services at AppLabs. "Our expertise and experience in VMware certification has ensured everything met the highest standards."

"The VMware Ready^TM designation signifies to customers that the products have passed detailed VMware testing, met stringent interoperability criteria, and are ready to run in production environments," said Parag Patel, vice president, alliances, VMware. "We are delighted that NETGEAR's ReadyNAS solutions now carry the VMware Ready logo."