Amax vs NetApp

AMAX is a privately held open-architecture technology manufacturer based in Fremont, California in the United States. It specializes in innovative and scalable cluster, storage and networking products developed for data center, high performance computing, cloud and big data applications for corporate, scientific, military and government use. AMAX's business model specializes in application-driven designs of server to rack level solutions geared towards customer specifications rather than low mix mass production. As an official Solution Provider of Facebook-driven Open Compute Project solutions, AMAX architects solutions based on both traditional and modular Open Compute platforms. AMAX recently announced an Open Switch product based on Broadcom's Fastpath technology geared towards software-defined networking.

NetApp, Inc., formerly Network Appliance, Inc., is an American computer storage and data management company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. It is a member of the NASDAQ-100. It was ranked on the Fortune 500 for the first time in 2012. NetApp was founded in 1992 by David Hitz, James Lau, It had its initial public offering in 1995. NetApp thrived in the internet bubble years of the mid 1990s to 2001, during which the company grew to $1 billion in annual revenue. After the bubble burst, NetApp's revenues quickly declined to $800 million in its fiscal year 2002. Since then, the company's revenues have steadily climbed.