Longbow analyst Nikolay Todorov raised his EPS forecast for NetApp's (NTAP) fiscal second quarter to the mid-point of guidance, which he notes is ahead of consensus, after a better than anticipated uptick in server and storage spending pointed to in his quarterly IT reseller checks. Though sales cycles remain elongate, resellers are forecasting a seasonal pickup in spending in the calendar fourth quarter, driven by an end of year budget flush, Todorov said. Following his storage and server industry checks, he keeps Neutral ratings on NetApp and HP Enterprise (HPE).