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StoreAge's SVM Earns IBM Total Storage Proven Validation

StoreAge Networking Technologies, an innovator in enterprise SAN storage management, announced that its SVM (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 is a privately held company founded in 1999 as a spin-off from IIS Intelligent Information Systems 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 www.store-age.com.

About IBM:

IBM is one of the world's largest information technology companies, 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.

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