Nimble Storage Named 'Top Workplace' By the Bay Area News Group for the Second Consecutive Year

SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwired - Jun 18, 2014) - Nimble Storage (NYSE: NMBL), the flash storage solutions company, today announced that the company has been selected as a 'Top Workplace' by the Bay Area News Group. For the second consecutive year, Nimble Storage has ranked in the top 10, placing seventh this year and up two spots from the previous listing. In addition, Nimble's chief executive officer, Suresh Vasudevan, was selected as the winner of the Special Recognition Award for Leadership for mid-size companies in the Bay Area.

Each year, the Top Workplaces program recognizes organizations that have a great workplace based solely on an employee-driven survey which highlights how employees feel about their company, their leadership team, their jobs and their pay and benefits. More than 1,400 organizations in the Bay Area were considered this year.

Nimble Storage was acknowledged by its employees for the company's keen focus on a management style that incorporates listening and taking action, career advancement opportunities, organizational execution, and overall corporate vision. Nimble has also set it sites on making a healthy lifestyle an option for every employee. Nimble's recently opened three-building campus headquartered in San Jose helps the company promote work/life balance by offering several game rooms, an on-site workout facility, as well as a bocce court. In addition, employees value the management teams' emphasis on participating in local community activities. In the past year, employees have dedicated time to environmental awareness programs, inner city youth programs, and tackling homelessness and hunger in the Bay Area.

When asked how they felt about Nimble Storage, employees responded with:

• "I feel appreciated, respected and enabled to perform at a high level."
• "It is a very exciting and challenging time to be at Nimble Storage."
• "It is refreshing and allows my creativity to orchestrate development to meet the defined goals."
• "My opinions are heard and implemented. I love the people I work with."

The Bay Area News Group published the complete list of Top Workplaces on June 16th. For more information about the Top Workplaces lists and WorkplaceDynamics, please visit www.topworkplaces.com and www.workplacedynamics.com.

Supporting Quotes
 "Nimble Storage has accomplished a lot since its inception in 2008. Most notably, in the past calendar year, we've launched a successful IPO and the industry's first Adaptive Flash platform. We recognize that none of these feats would be possible without the hard work and dedication of our employees. It is an honor to be selected as one of the Bay Area's Top Workplaces for the second straight year, but an even greater honor that our employees hold the company in such high regard and feel that they have been equally valued by our management team."
 - Suresh Vasudevan, CEO, Nimble Storage

"The most important measure of whether we're getting it 'right' is the opinion of our employees. That's why we are especially proud to have been named one of the Bay Area News Group's Top Workplaces in the Bay Area, an honor based solely on the results of employee surveys. From the surveys and direct interactions with employees we've learned that employees want to believe their work has meaning, and their contributions are respected. At Nimble, we've implemented resources and programs to ensure we are providing that experience to our growing employee base."
 - Paul Whitney, vice president of Human Resources, Nimble Storage

Read more of Mr. Whitney's perspective on the Nimble Storage employee culture at the Nimble Storage blog.

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About Nimble Storage
Nimble Storage (NYSE: NMBL) is redefining the storage market with its Adaptive Flash platform. Nimble's flash storage solutions enable the consolidation of all workloads and eliminate storage silos by providing enterprises with significant improvements in application performance and storage capacity. At the same time, Nimble delivers superior data protection, while simplifying business operations and lowering costs. At the core of the Adaptive Flash platform is the patented Cache Accelerated Sequential Layout (CASL) architecture and InfoSight, an automated cloud-based management and support system that maintains storage system peak health. More than 3,000 enterprises, governments, and service providers have deployed Nimble's flash storage solutions across 37 countries. For more information about Nimble Storage, visit www.nimblestorage.com and follow us on Twitter: @nimblestorage.

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