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Irvine, CA, July 22, 2002 - StoreAge Networking Technologies,
an innovator in enterprise SAN storage management, today announced
that its SVMTM (Storage Virtualization Manager) has successfully
completed interoperability testing with IBM's TotalStorage
Enterprise Storage Server (Shark) products, and has earned
IBM TotalStorage? Proven validation.
The IBM TotalStorage Proven program builds on IBM's already
extensive interoperability efforts to develop and deliver
products and solutions that work together with third party
products.
"This program provides StoreAge with pre-tested solutions
and configurations to simplify the adoption of our storage
software technology," said Eli Shapira, CEO of StoreAge.
Our participation in the program demonstrates that StoreAge
and IBM are working together to increase customer satisfaction
by promoting greater interoperability.
StoreAge's SVM dramatically reduces the cost of SAN storage
and SAN storage management by centralizing the provisioning,
performance optimization and protection of storage across
heterogeneous hosts and storage devices. Key business advantages
of SVM include more efficient utilization of SAN resources,
simplified management of disparate storage assets, data replication
for enhanced business continuity, accelerated application
testing and deployment, online data restores, and non-disruptive
backup to both disk and tape. This infrastructure solution
is designed to scale with the needs of the business, providing
true benefits in terms of high performance, data protection
and reduced TCO. SVM is the only Asymmetric (off-the-data
path) Virtualization product available in the market today.
It has been successfully deployed worldwide, gaining exceptional
success in managing storage in a variety of application environments
such as Microsoft Exchange, SAP, video broadcasting and many
others.
With the increased visibility of StoreAge solutions
to the IBM Business Partner and sales representative community,
StoreAge can have greater visibility with customers and look
towards smoother, reliable implementations. This can lead
to reduced sales cycles and ultimately increasing customer
satisfaction, said Kathleen Smith, Vice President, Storage
Solutions for IBM's Storage Systems Group.
The IBM TotalStorage Proven program supports the ability
of Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to build high-quality
solutions with the latest technology on leading storage platforms
as well as reduce solution design time when multiple, tested
building blocks have already been pre-tested.
About StoreAge Networking Technologies:
StoreAge Networking Technologies (www.store-age.com) is a
privately held company founded in 1999 as a spin-off from
IIS Intelligent Information Systems (NASDAQ: IISL) and since
then obtained over $28 million of equity investment from major
strategic as well as leading financial groups. The Company
has offices in Irvine, CA and Nesher, Israel, as well as strategic
partners in several European and Far East countries. StoreAge
develops and provides innovative storage management software
with a focus on Storage Area Network (SAN) architecture. StoreAge
is a technology leader in storage virtualization using an
Asymmetric design implemented through a SAN appliance approach.
The Company seeks to increase and expand its cooperation with
major OEM partners, storage systems integrators and storage
service providers to deliver advanced storage solutions to
the enterprise market. StoreAge is a member of both the US
and the European Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA)
and of SNIA's IP Storage Forum. For additional information
visit our web site at www.store-age.com
About IBM:
IBM (NYSE: IBM) is the world's largest information technology
company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses
innovate. IBM is the number one server vendor in the world.
IBM supports more than a dozen key industries worldwide, works
with companies of all sizes around the world to deploy the
full range of IBM technologies.
The fastest way to get more information about IBM is through
the IBM homepage at www.ibm.com
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