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NetApp Buys Data Domain: Page 3 of 3

As for the rest of the storage gang, they will have to either partner with newly acquired HiFn, Ocarina Networks and other storage agnostic dedupers. This group could be a huge winner in all of this. Dedupe just become front and center and everyone is going to have to have a solution or explain why they do not.

Regardless of the real world outcomes, NetApp has certainly made the next few weeks interesting.

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