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StorageNetworks ENHANCES STORAGE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

StorageNetworks Inc, a leading provider of storage management software and services, announced enhancements to its STORos platform and its STORos StorageManager software. This software, coupled with StorageNetworks industry leading process methodologies and professional services around networked storage, enables the enterprise storage utility, a solution that permits IT organizations to deliver the highest quality storage services to their internal customers.

StorageNetworks proven and comprehensive storage management software and services enable enterprise customers to improve availability and recoverability while driving significant and measurable returns on their storage investments.

The new release - STORos StorageManager v5.1 - provides expanded support for additional vendor technologies, including IBM Shark Model ESS F20 array and IBM Tivoli Management Suite, SRDF technology from EMC, and InRange switches. With this software upgrade, customers also have uninterrupted access to information in the STORos StorageManager v5.1 application with automatic fail over capabilities.

"While the storage industry is developing standards, like the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) proposed Common Information Model (CIM), to enable multi-vendor storage management, StorageNetworks is already delivering today the benefits of centralized, heterogeneous storage management across a broad range of enterprise-class storage technologies," stated Bill North, IDC. "With StorageNetworks latest software upgrade, the company further strengthens its position in the storage management solutions market."

"StorageNetworks has a strong history of interoperability," stated Tony Prigmore, Enterprise Storage Group. "The company has developed a comprehensive agent-based software solution that helps customers achieve interoperability among multi-vendor storage components."

StorageNetworks' solution for the enterprise storage utility combines robust software, proven process methodologies, and years of experience in managing multi-vendor networked storage. Customers can realize the benefits of automated storage management by increasing control of their data and lowering the costs to manage storage.

"As the industry adopts standards for managing complex multi-vendor storage, we will fully embrace those standards and extend them with our ongoing investments in software upgrades and innovation. Customers are demanding key functionality, such as provisioning, chargeback, autodiscovery of assets, backup reporting and expanded multi-vendor support, to drive immediate returns on their storage investments. Our solution provides this functionality today," concluded Peter Bell, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, StorageNetworks.

About StorageNetworks

StorageNetworks Inc is a leading provider of storage management software and services to enable the enterprise storage utility. StorageNetworks robust software, combined with the company's proven process methodologies and interoperability expertise, enable enterprises, network service providers, and system integrators to manage their storage environments with increased levels of utilization, availability and recoverability. StorageNetworks, headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, has offices worldwide. For more information, visit the company's Website at www.StorageNetworks.com, email at info@StorageNetworks.com or call 800-463-7105.