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NuView ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF StorageX VERSION 3.0

NuView Inc, a provider of software solutions that simplify enterprise storage, has announced Version 3.0 of its StorageX enterprise file management software solution. StorageX automates file storage management, reducing the cost and complexity of enterprise storage while increasing its availability. This release builds on previous versions of StorageX to enhance global namespace creation and management, add multi-vendor NAS management and extend StorageX benefits to UNIX clients who are accessing files on Network Appliance storage systems. StorageX 3.0 is available immediately from NuView.

NuView founder and CEO, Rahul Mehta, said, "StorageX solves critical enterprise storage problems and can dramatically reduce storage TCO. Using StorageX to manage networked storage -- whether it's Windows DAS, NetApp storage systems or NAS from various vendors, or server-attached SAN -- is one of the best things a company can do to effectively, efficiently manage its out-of-control storage growth, and achieve immediate, significant storage benefits."

"Network Appliance's customers today are benefiting significantly from Virtual File Manager (VFM), Network Appliance's version of StorageX. VFM's ability to simplify the management of file services in Windows environments dramatically lowers customers' total cost of ownership," said Suresh Vasudevan, senior director of software marketing at Network Appliance. "VFM 3.0 combined with Network Appliance's unified storage solutions will now extend this benefit into multi-protocol and disaster recovery environments."

StorageX 3.0 Highlights:

• Global, Multi-Protocol Namespace: Storage namespace and file virtualization are key enablers of efficient distributed file management. StorageX 3.0 includes namespace creation and management enhancements that increase file storage scalability, availability and manageability. With this release, storage administrators can easily aggregate heterogeneous file storage and manage it as a single file system. In addition, StorageX enables creation of a common namespace for UNIX and Windows users, which allows companies with heterogeneous environments to provide a single logical view of files stored on NetApp filers to both Windows and UNIX users.
• Multi-Vendor NAS Management: This new release of StorageX provides centralized management of multiple Network Appliance and Microsoft SAK NAS devices, which greatly simplifies NAS management. Using StorageX, an administrator can configure, view and manage multiple NAS devices from a single console, and generate detailed, consolidated reports of all activities on those devices.
• Enhanced Business Continuity: While many disaster recovery solutions protect data, StorageX is unique in that it protects user access to data during disaster events. This release provides automatic, transparent failover between heterogeneous storage devices -- even if they are in different locations -- which provides continuous client access to files during disaster events and enables rapid disaster recovery.
• Intelligent, Heterogeneous Data Movement: StorageX performs seamless file replication and data migration between heterogeneous storage devices and across storage architectures in a LAN or WAN. StorageX 3.0 simplifies and automates data movement throughout the enterprise by providing greater control in setting up and managing replication jobs, and offering automated server, share, and folder migration policies. Intelligent data movement ensures that file security is retained as data is moved, and servers, shares or folders can be easily and securely migrated between heterogeneous storage devices. StorageX intelligent data movement, when used with a global namespace, can dramatically simplify server/storage consolidation in Windows environments.
• Policy-Based Storage Management: StorageX enables creation of policies that automate routine administrative tasks and eliminates the need for complex scripting and enables rapid, intelligent management of unplanned events. StorageX can be used to automate replication, data migration, disaster recovery and namespace management, all of which simplify file management and reduce operational costs.

These and other features make StorageX a powerful solution that companies can use to simplify file management, increase data availability and effectively manage NAS throughout the enterprise. For more information or to request a demo of StorageX, please visit the NuView Web site at www.nuview.com.

About NuView

NuView is a provider of software that simplifies enterprise storage. In partnership with some of the world's leading companies, NuView is delivering enterprise technology that makes it easier for companies to find and manage the information they need when they need it while also reducing the cost and complexity of networked storage. With an experienced management team drawn from leaders of the technology industry, NuView is a rapidly growing, privately held company with headquarters in Houston, Texas.

StorageX 3.0 Press Release Addendum Partner and Analyst Quotes

• Randy Kerns, senior partner with the Evaluator Group: "NuView's StorageX is a unique implementation of global namespaces that offers advanced capabilities to customers. With this release of StorageX, NuView provides an answer to problems in a networked storage environment, namely the ability to scale NAS namespaces, file data availability and manageability of distributed file storage. With a high-level of automation, StorageX reduces the need for physical desktop and server management in a file storage environment."
• Steve Duplessie, Enterprise Storage Group: "NuView technology solves the NAS dilemma of 'I loved my first system but hated my 35th'. By creating a universal name space, users are never disrupted and administrators can change, add, grow or shrink without ever affecting the environment. This is the way everyone will manage their NAS devices in the future."
• Suresh Vasudevan, senior director of software marketing at Network Appliance: "Network Appliance's customers today are benefiting significantly from Virtual File Manager (VFM), Network Appliance's version of StorageX. VFM's ability to simplify the management of file services in Windows environments dramatically lowers customers' total cost of ownership. VFM 3.0 combined with Network Appliance's unified storage solutions will now extend this benefit into multi-protocol and disaster recovery environments."

Contact: Terri Golas of NuView Inc, 281-497-0620, terri@nuview.com.