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posted on 25 February 2008 21:35

SAN JOSE, Calif., February 25, 2008 – Storwize Inc., the only provider of primary storage data compression solutions, today announced it has joined the VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program.

Field-tested installations running VMware and Storwize solutions achieve compression ratios between 60 to 80 percent, resulting in reduced CPU, memory, and disk utilization. In addition to simply freeing up primary storage, and delaying the purchase of new hardware, Storwize allows more virtual machines or more instances of ESX Server to run on the same NAS device. VMware users backing up virtual machine disk (VMDK) files will find Storwize data reduction technology similarly shrinks backup loads and backup windows, working throughout the data lifecycle.

Deploying Storwize compression technology is completely transparent to users and can be done on the fly, requiring no workflow changes, no software agents, no drivers and no configuration changes within VMware Infrastructure or the client. When combined with Storwize compression, VMware environments realize further savings in electricity/cooling costs, floor space, and management time – beyond the savings introduced by VMware software alone.

(Storewize tn500 pictured above.)

“Storwize is very proud to partner with a company such as VMware that like Storwize, is looking to save users money and resources in data centers. This is one more place Storwize can significantly reduce the capacity at the point of origin and maintain the same data center environment for a number of years without having to change any configuration – even while offering performance improvements. Our shared users relate well to the idea of combining VMware virtualization with real-time storage compression solutions, since the net effect of both innovations is achieving the same or better results with less resources,” said Gal Naor, CEO of Storwize. “Particularly with heavy VMware users the advantages of compression as a data reduction tool are clear and undeniable.”

The VMware TAP program allows Storwize to leverage VMware resources and expertise to deliver enhanced value to shared customers large and small, through a variety of technical and marketing programs. As a Select Partner, Storwize receives benefits such as software for in-house lab testing, and technical training and support.

About Storwize
Storwize, Inc. is the only provider of real-time data compression solutions that dramatically boost storage space on network storage environments. Storwize appliances are installed between the organization’s storage arrays and their network. Designed to work with any storage array it is connected to, the Storwize appliance typically provides organizations with 2-5X additional capacity with associated savings in capital, operational, maintenance and management resources. Storwize recently announced its DIA Data Integrity Assurance™ platform for its STN-6000 appliances with end-to-end verification throughout the data stream, fault detection and correction and verification of decompression reliability.

The company recently received funding from Sequoia Capital, one of the largest and most influential venture capital firms. Storwize solutions have been shipped to customer sites worldwide and successfully tested for interoperability with leading storage vendors such as EMC and NetApp. Storwize has won several coveted industry honors from analyst firms and leading IT publications, and added multiple new customers in different vertical markets worldwide. Storwize is a member of the Green Grid. For more information, visit the company’s website: www.storwize.com.