Research by IDC puts data growth rates to exceed by 39 percent each year through 2016. But how do enterprises achieve the feat of storing, moving, and protecting that much data with budget issues and the existing IT staff? The best storage efficiency solutions are those which control the data growth to increase storage utilization, regain capacity, and improve IT performance.

NetApp creates innovative products—storage systems and software that assist CIOs across the world store, manage, protect, and retain corporate assets: data. NetApp has a plethora of products and services taking care of the whole IT Infrastructure Management requirements. This makes it extremely challenging for CIO to navigate in the complex and fragmented NetApp landscape while seeking service providers to aid with consulting, implementation, and support.

For customer today, a wide range of products and services are available around the NetApp platform. This makes it extremely challenging for CIO to navigate complex and fragmented NetApp landscape when looking for services providers to help with consulting, implementation, and support.

To simplify and help CIOs navigate the NetApp solutions landscape, CIOReview is coming up with annual special edition on most promising NetApp Solution Providers.

A distinguished panel comprising of CEOs, CIOs, VCs, analysts including CIO Review editorial board will decide the “20 Most Promising NetApp Solution Providers 2014” in the U.S., listing the best vendors and consultants who provide key technology solutions and services related to NetApp products.

In the process of selecting the 20 Most Promising NetApp Solution Providers 2014 we will analyze the company’s offerings, core competency, news/press releases, client testimonials, milestones and other recognitions.

We invite you to nominate companies, which you think are at the forefront of tackling technological challenges in terms of solutions and services around the NetApp platform.

Please Note: This special edition on NetApp Solutions is an initiative of CIO Review magazine. The selections for this merit list is done by independent body and NetApp has no involvement in this initiative nor any partnership with CIO Review.